Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India

10 Indians and a Pakistani jailed for murder in Dubai

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 11:17 PM PST

Last year, 17 Indians were awarded death by a Sharjah court which found them guilty for the murder of a Misri Nazir Khan, a Pakistani national, near a Sharjah labour camp over bootlegging dispute in January 2009.

CWG scam: CBI questions Suresh Kalmadi

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 10:08 PM PST

Commonwealth Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalamdi was today questioned by the CBI in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the conduct of the sports event.

Citibank fraud: Hero group identifies two more 'suspect' employees

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 10:07 PM PST

Following an initial internal inquiry, two employees, Ganpat Singh and Gaurav Jain, working in the accounts department have also been identified to have been in possible collusion with Sanjay Gupta and Shiv Raj Puri

'Baker Street' singer Gerry Rafferty dead at 63

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 09:29 PM PST

Gerry Rafferty, the Scottish singer-songwriter behind hit songs ``Baker Street'' and ``Stuck in the Middle With You,'' has died. He was 63.

CWG scam: CBI questions Suresh Kalmadi

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 08:59 PM PST

The CBI had raided the Delhi and Pune homes of Kalmadi on December 24 as well as the organising committee's office in the capital, two months after the mega event ended amid allegations of major financial irregularities.

Freezing weather leads to south China evacuations

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 08:45 PM PST

Torrential icy rain across five provinces in southern China has forced 58,000 people to evacuate from their damaged homes, causing economic losses of $203.8 million, the ministry of civil affairs said on Wednesday.

Puri elected chairman of UNSC counter-terrorism committee

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 07:45 PM PST

Indian Ambassador to the United Nations Hardeep Singh Puri has been elected Chairman of the all important Security Council Committee on counter-terrorism and two other key committees of this 15-membered body.

Son of former Iranian shah found dead in Boston

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:30 PM PST

The youngest son of the late shah of Iran was found dead Tuesday of an apparent suicide at his home in Boston, after he had "struggled for years to overcome his sorrow," his brother said.

One dead in Ivory Coast pro-Gbagbo police raid on rival party

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 02:27 PM PST

At least one person died when Ivory Coast security forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo raided on Tuesday the headquarters of a party backing his bitter rival, an interior ministry spokesman said.

Schwarzenegger tweet to President Medvedev: Let's go skiing

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 01:05 PM PST

The unlikely friendship was formed last year when President Dmitry Medvedev visited Silicon Valley and then sought the then-California governor's help in creating Russia's own version of the high-tech hub.

Military force still an option if Ivory Coast talks fail: ECOWAS

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 09:46 AM PST

Military intervention to oust Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo remains an option if talks fail to end an impasse over rival claims for the presidency, the head of regional bloc ECOWAS said Tuesday.

Military force still an option if Ivory Coast Coast talks fail: ECOWAS

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 09:46 AM PST

Military intervention to oust Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo remains an option if talks fail to end an impasse over rival claims for the presidency, the head of regional bloc ECOWAS said Tuesday.

Subramanian Swamy moves SC for cancellation of 2G spectrum licences

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 08:43 AM PST

Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy Tuesday moved the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of the 2G spectrum licences alloted during the tenure of former telecom minister A Raja allegedly.

North India shivers, 13 perishes in cold wave

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 08:03 AM PST

Allahabad and the national capital on Tuesday shivered under the intense cold wave that claimed 13 more lives and continued to keep mercury under sub-zero levels in the hill states of northern India.

Yeddyurappa is corrupt, shameless chief minister: Deve Gowda

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 06:41 AM PST

JD (S) chief H D Deve Gowda said the BJP should think about the various corruption allegations against Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa before pointing fingers at other political parties.

Peaceful polls will be held in West Bengal: Chidambaram

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 06:26 AM PST

Amidst reports of unabated killing of political workers in West Bengal, the Centre said it was confident that peaceful elections will be held in the state in May and promised adequate security during the polls there as well as four other election-bound states.

CWG scam: Kalmadi ducks CBI, aides Bhanot and Bhore questioned

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 05:04 AM PST

Kalmadi was summoned for questioning Dec 31, 2010, by the premier investigative agency. But he offered to appear for investigation any time after Jan 3.

Probe against ex-CJI K G Balakrishnan's son-in-law: CM's directive sent to home dept

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 04:33 AM PST

Kerala Government on Tuesday set in motion the process on initiating a vigilance probe into alleged amassing of unporportionate wealth by son-in- law of former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan.

Deadlock bites in Ivory Coast after African mediation fails

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 03:38 AM PST

Ivory Coast's political crisis is deadlocked, African mediators said on Tuesday, after the latest diplomatic mission to the country failed to get strongman Laurent Gbagbo to step down as president.

Dead foetus found in airplane bathroom in Manila

Posted: 04 Jan 2011 03:12 AM PST

Police say a dead foetus has been found in the bathroom of a plane that arrived in the Philippine capital.
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