Friday, December 10, 2010

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


US envoy discusses sanctions with Myanmar's Suu Kyi

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 11:35 PM PST

A senior US diplomat discussed economic sanctions with Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi Friday during the first high-level visit by a Washington envoy since her release last month.


Professor arrested for setting exam paper with questions on Kashmir unrest

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 11:25 PM PST

A lecturer of a government college was today arrested for allegedly setting a paper filled with questions related to the recent unrest in Valley.


Two Vaishnodevi pilgrims die of heart attack

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 11:10 PM PST

Two Vaishnodevi pilgrims, including a woman devotee, have died due to heart attack enroute cave shrine of Mata Vaishnodevi in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.


Saudi Arabia receives $1.2bn for damage during Gulf War

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 09:24 PM PST

Saudi Arabia has received $1.2bn from the UN in compensation for the damage caused by the 1991 Gulf War to the environment in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom.


China clamps down on dissidents, media ahead of Nobel

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 09:16 PM PST

China clamped down on dissidents, the Internet and the media on Friday as the Nobel committee readied to honour peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, with activists missing and strong security at his wife's flat.


Royal couple attacked in violent London protests

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 07:54 PM PST

The incident involving the royal limousine came as protesters roamed through the West End of London, smashing shop windows and setting rubbish bins alight on Oxford Street, the capital's main shopping centre.


Royal couple attacked in violent London protests

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 07:54 PM PST

The incident involving the royal limousine came as protesters roamed through the West End of London, smashing shop windows and setting rubbish bins alight on Oxford Street, the capital's main shopping centre.


Nobel peace ceremony hails absent winner amid China fury

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 07:23 PM PST

Exiled Chinese dissidents, ambassadors, Norwegian royals and other dignitaries will gather around an empty chair Friday to hail absent Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo in a ceremony that has enraged Beijing.


Heavy rains flood towns in eastern Australia

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 05:29 PM PST

Australia's attorney general declared 45 communities along the country's east coast disaster areas Friday, following weeks of drenching rains that have submerged homes, destroyed crops and killed four people.


Georgia pressing US for NATO membership prospectus

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 03:05 PM PST

Georgia wants the United States to outline the steps necessary for it to join NATO.


US threatens sanctions against Ivory Coast

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 02:55 PM PST

The United States warned Laurent Gbagbo that he faces punitive sanctions if he continues to refuse to step down following a disputed election that the United Nations says were won by his opponent.


Iranian 'Blogfather' released on bail: Human rights group

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 11:22 AM PST

Iran has temporarily released on bail a pioneering Iranian blogger who has been sentenced to more than 19 years in prison, a rights group said on Thursday.


Students clash with police as British lawmakers vote on fees

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 08:22 AM PST

Angry demonstrators clashed with police in a student protest outside parliament today as the coalition government faced its biggest test yet in a vote on proposals to triple university tuition fees.


Unilever proposes Bharti's Sunil Mittal as non-executive director

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 07:12 AM PST

Global FMCG firm Unilever today said it has proposed to appoint founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises Sunil Bharti Mittal as non-executive director on its board.


US jobless claims fall more than expected

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 06:04 AM PST

New claims for US unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, official data showed Thursday, offering hope for stabilization in the ailing labor market.


French sale of nuclear reactors to India will create 'mistrust': Pak

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 04:30 AM PST

Pakistan has criticised a multi-billion-dollar agreement finalised by France to sell two nuclear reactors to India, saying the deal would create "mistrust" and have "serious security implications" in South Asia.


Attending Nobel Peace Prize ceremony not bilateral issue: India

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 02:37 AM PST

India today said its decision to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony tomorrow at Oslo for Chinese dissident Liu Xiabo was not a bilateral issue between New Delhi and Beijing.


College in Bhopal bars women 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.


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.

Indian Ambassador to US, Meera Shankar, patted down at Jackson airport

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 06:57 PM PST

India's sari-clad ambassador was pulled from an airport security line and patted down by a security agent in Mississippi after attending a conference, an act one state agency official called "unfortunate."


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