Thursday, December 9, 2010

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


College in Bhopal bars lady teachers to wear jeans in campus

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 11:26 PM PST

A local government college here has banned jeans pants for lady teachers instructing them to wear saris while in the campus.

Parliament adjourns till noon after uproar over 2G issue

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 10:18 PM PST

Parliament was on Thursday adjourned without taking up the Question Hour for the 20th straight day as opposition members persisted with their demand for a JPC probe in the 2G spectrum allocation.

India to deepen cooperation with EU in counter-terrorism: PM

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 08:37 PM PST

Looking to expand India's engagement with the EU, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said he will work with the European leadership to deepen strategic cooperation in counter-terrorism and other "non-traditional" threats to security.

China envoy rejects US pressure to curb North Korea: Report

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 07:48 PM PST

A Beijing envoy rejected calls by the United States and its allies for China to rein in its wayward ally North Korea and urged direct talks with the regime, a newspaper reported Thursday.

Panama Canal traffic halted due to heavy rain

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 05:31 PM PST

Traffic in the Panama Canal, a major shipping waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, has been suspended temporarily due to heavy rains, the canal authority said on Wednesday.

US strategy is paying off in Afghanistan, says Robert Gates

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 04:15 PM PST

Defence secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday said he was "convinced" the US strategy in Afghanistan was paying off, a year after President Barack Obama ordered in reinforcements.

US urges strong trilateral alliance with Seoul, Tokyo

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:08 PM PST

The top US military official said Tokyo, Seoul and Washington must build an even stronger alliance in the face of North Korean aggression, while calling on Beijing to show leadership by reining in its ally Pyongyang.

Haiti closes its airports amid post-election violence: Official

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 01:22 PM PST

Haiti closed its airports Wednesday as post-election violence rocked the Caribbean nation with clashes leaving at least four dead.

Obama confident Senate will ratify START nuke pact

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 11:56 AM PST

Pushing a top foreign policy priority, President Barack Obama expressed confidence Wednesday that the Senate will ratify a US-Russian nuclear arms pact before breaking for the holidays.

Ouattara's Ivory Coast poll win irrefutable: United Nations

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 10:55 AM PST

Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo had no grounds to dispute the results of the Nov. 28 presidential election that gave rival Alassane Quattara victory, the United Nations said on Wednesday after reviewing the vote.

IMF chief says debt crisis situation in Europe still 'troubling'

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 09:51 AM PST

The head of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Wednesday that the situation in Europe, which is battling a debt crisis, remains troubling and that the future looked uncertain.

First private space capsule launches from US

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 08:13 AM PST

SpaceX on Wednesday launched its Dragon space capsule from Cape Canaveral in Florida, marking a US company's first attempt to send a spacecraft into orbit and back.

US stocks little changed as dollar, bonds pressure

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 07:51 AM PST

US stocks were little changed on Wednesday, weighed by gains in the dollar and higher bond yields, but analysts said they expect the market to regroup before attempting a rally into year-end.

Nepal army rejects allegations of spreading cholera in Haiti

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 06:48 AM PST

The Nepalese army today rejected allegations that link its personnel to the outbreak of cholera in Haiti saying "it is a totally baseless and hypothetical allegation".

2G scam: CBI recovers incriminating documents during searches

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 05:32 AM PST

The CBI today said it had seized "incriminating" documents during searches at 14 places, including former Telecom Minister A Raja's residence, in connection with its probe into the 2G spectrum scam.
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