Sunday, December 26, 2010

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


Corruption cannot be associated only with present govt: Amartya Sen

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:12 AM PST

Noting that corruption is nothing new in the country, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has said that it cannot be associated only with the present dispensation as the story will be the same had there been investigations into the previous government's tenure.


Train services disrupted in Jharkhand

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 09:57 PM PST

Train services between Rourkela and Tatanagar station on Howrah-Mumbai route was disrupted on Sunday after a wire was found lying on the tracks at Sonua station of Maoist-hit West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.


UN says 14,000 flee Ivory Coast for Liberia

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 05:33 PM PST

About 14,000 refugees have fled Ivory Coast to seek refuge in eastern Liberia after post-election violence, the United Nations refugee agency said on Saturday.


US says 14,000 flee Ivory Coast for Liberia

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 05:33 PM PST

About 14,000 refugees have fled Ivory Coast to seek refuge in eastern Liberia after post-election violence, the United Nations refugee agency said on Saturday.


Former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez dies at 88

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:22 PM PST

Former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez died on Saturday aged 88 at a hospital in Miami, his family told Venezuelan media.


Terrorist attack an affront on people of Pakistan: Obama

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 02:50 PM PST

Strongly condemning terrorist attack in Pakistan at a food distribution center, US President Barack Obama has termed it as an affront on the people of the country.


Sanjeev Tripathi to be new RAW chief

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 02:30 PM PST

Sanjeev Tripathi, currently number two in the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), will take charge as the new chief of the India's external intelligence agency on or before December 30 on two-year term.


Pope urges courage for Catholics in China, Iraq

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 01:28 PM PST

Iraqi Christians celebrated a somber Christmas in a Baghdad cathedral stained with dried blood, while Pope Benedict XVI exhorted Chinese Catholics to stay loyal despite restrictions on them in a holiday address.


Ivory Coast: Gbagbo camp rejects ECOWAS military threat

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:57 AM PST

Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo's regime rejected Saturday an "unacceptable" threat by West African leaders to oust him through force, branding it a "Western plot directed by France."


Dutch police arrest 12 Somalis over terrorism plot in Rotterdam

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 10:39 AM PST

Twelve men of Somali origin have been arrested in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam on suspicion of involvement in terrorist activities, the Netherlands prosecution service said on Saturday.


Bombing wounds 11 at Christmas Mass in Philippines

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 09:28 AM PST

A bomb exploded during Christmas Day Mass at a chapel inside a police camp in the volatile southern Philippines, wounding a priest and 10 churchgoers.


Vajpayee turns 87, BJP demands Bharat Ratna for him

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 08:19 AM PST

Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee turned 87 Saturday and top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders greeted him on the occasion and demanded that the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, be conferred upon the party patriarch.


Somali pirates seize Thai vessel, 27 crewmen: Official

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 07:30 AM PST

The Thor Nexus was seized early hours on Saturday while on its way to Bangladesh from the UAE. All its crew members are Thai, a maritime official said.


Major 7.6 quake strikes western Pacific: USGS

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 05:58 AM PST

A major 7.6-magnitude quake struck at a shallow depth under the sea near Vanuatu in the western Pacific early on Sunday local time, the US Geological Survey said.


China allows legislators to grill ministers over healthcare reform

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 05:08 AM PST

In a rare development, Chinese legislators were allowed to grill ministers, and the matter was publicized over the official media.


Ice foils London Christmas swim for first time in 30 years

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:15 AM PST

One of London's oldest -- and coldest -- Christmas Day traditions fell victim to the freezing weather on Saturday when ice forced swimmers to abandon their open-air race in a lake.


Paresh Barua's son tortured before release, claims ULFA

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:04 AM PST

Two days after ULFA's military chief Paresh Barua claimed that his son was kidnapped by unknown persons, the banned outfit today alleged that the abductors had released his son Arindam after 'torturing' him and 'interrogating him about his father'.


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