Thursday, December 2, 2010

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


Zardari against back channel talks with India: Kayani to US

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:56 AM PST

Pakistan army chief Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani told a top US diplomat that his establishment wanted resumption of back channel talks with India, but President Asif Ali Zardari is against it, according to a WikiLeaks cable.

Seven students expelled from college for eve-teasing in Muzaffarnagar

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 11:44 PM PST

Seven students of National Inter College were expelled for allegedly eve teasing some girls at Kandhla town in the district, officials said here today.

Pak Army overruled proposal to send Pasha to India post 26/11

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 11:10 PM PST

Pakistan's powerful Army had vetoed President Asif Ali Zardari's proposal to send ISI chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha to New Delhi that came on British insistence to calm down tensions with India following the Mumbai terror attack, a secret US cable made public by WikiLeaks shows.

No Question Hour in Parliament for 15th day due to uproar over JPC

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 10:36 PM PST

A united opposition today forced adjourned of Parliament till noon raising slogans for a JPC probe in the controversial allocation of 2G spectrum with the Question Hour not being taken up for the 15th straight working day.

Student attacked last month was Nepalese, not Indian: Oz police

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 07:32 PM PST

Australian police today clarified that a student who underwent an emergency surgery after being stabbed in the stomach last month was not an Indian as reported by the media, but a Nepali.

Asian shares jump sharply after Wall Street rally

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 05:59 PM PST

Asian stock markets rose sharply Thursday, powered by big gains on Wall Street and easing worries about Europe's debt problems.

Albania offers arms and ammunition to Afghan authorities

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 04:41 PM PST

Albania today decided to offer arms and ammunition to Afghan authorities, contributing to the international community's efforts there, officials said.

WikiLeak founder Julian Assange is being persecuted in Sweden, says Lawyer

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 01:31 PM PST

The lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange charged today that his client is being persecuted by Swedish authorities whose accusations of sex crimes have prompted an Interpol alert for his arrest.

Moderate 5.9 quake strikes near Fiji

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 01:28 PM PST

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Fiji region today, the US Geological Survey said, although there were no reports of damage and no tsunami warning was in effect.

Amnesty urges US probe deadly Yemen strike after cable leaks

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 01:26 PM PST

Amnesty International called today for Washington to probe a missile strike in Yemen that killed dozens of people after a leaked diplomatic cable showed it was the work of the US military.

Court acquits Goa's 'dupatta killer' in two more murder cases

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 09:10 AM PST

Giving him benefit of doubt, Goa's "dupatta killer" Mahanand Naik was acquitted in two murder cases on Wednesday by a local court.

US stocks rally on strong jobs, factory data

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 07:59 AM PST

US stocks rallied on Wednesday as upbeat U.S. and Chinese data lifted investor confidence about a global economic recovery.

India yet to get act together on internal security: Ved Marwah

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 06:36 AM PST

Insurgency, especially the Maoist threat, may be India's greatest internal security issue, but fact is the police, as first-responders, are still not trained to deal with it and India's yet to get its act together on dealing with internal security, said security expert Ved Marwah.

Adarsh scam: Bombay HC asks state, CBI to coordinate probe

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 06:14 AM PST

The Bombay high court on Wednesday asked CBI and Maharashtra Police to coordinate the probe into Adarsh Housing Society scam.

EU bans honey imports from India due to presence of heavy metals: Scindia

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 04:15 AM PST

The government today informed Parliament that the European Union has banned imports of honey from India on account of presence of heavy metals in the consignments.
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