Saturday, January 8, 2011

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


More rain worsens floods in Australia

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 01:02 AM PST

Ten people have died since late November and about 200,000 have been affected by the floods. Roads and rail lines have been cut, Queensland's big-exporting coal industry has virtually shut down.


Goods train derails in Bihar, rail traffic disrupted

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 11:16 PM PST

Around 19 wagons of a goods train laden with coal derailed as the train reached Muthani station in Bihar's Kaimur district early on Saturday morning, railway sources said.


Three killed near Gurdaspur as crackers stored in a house explodes

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 11:02 PM PST

The blast was so strong that even the roofs of neighbouring three houses caved in. Police suspect the cause of the explosion could also be LPG cyclinder blast.


Court issues NBW against 19 AIADMK leaders

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 10:26 PM PST

Police had filed a series of cases against AIADMK men in December 2008 for allegedly damaging vehicles and other public property during by-election to Tirumangalam Assembly constituency.


US to increase help for Pakistan: Report

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 08:46 PM PST

The decision was made in last month's White House Afghanistan war review and will be delivered by Vice President Joe Biden when he travels to Pakistan next week for meetings with military chief Gen. Ashfaq Kayani.


US issues Sudan travel warning ahead of referendum

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 04:10 PM PST

The United States on Friday warned its citizens in Sudan to exercise caution ahead of a landmark referendum that could see the south of the country split from Khartoum.


US post office on alert as third envelope ignites

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 03:07 PM PST

An envelope ignited at a post office in the US capital Friday, a day after suspect packages burst into flames in state government buildings in neighboring Maryland, police said.


Reyat sentenced to nine years for perjury in Kaniska bombing

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 01:13 PM PST

Inderjit Singh Reyat, the only man convicted in the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people, was sentenced today in Vancouver to nine years in prison for perjury during the trial of two men acquitted in the attacks.


NATO to deploy radar planes to Afghanistan

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 10:50 AM PST

NATO decided on Friday to deploy AWACS radar aircraft to Afghanistan to monitor the growing traffic of aerial missions against Taliban insurgents, the Western military alliance said.


US sisters who will share kidney released from prison

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 09:46 AM PST

Two sisters whose life sentences were suspended on the condition that one donate a kidney to the other were released from a Mississippi prison on Friday after serving 16 years for an armed robbery.


Income tax authorities raid traders, onion prices ease by Rs 5-10/kg

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 09:21 AM PST

Onion prices on Friday eased by Rs 5-10 a kg in major metros following raids on traders by income tax authorities in several states like Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir.


No large-scale forest destruction at Lavasa: MoEF panel

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 08:41 AM PST

Wrapping up its three-day visit to the Lavasa Lake City near here, the Central team deputed to look into alleged violations in the project on Friday said no large-scale destruction of forest had taken place at the controversial site.


US unemployment rate falls to 9.4%, hiring up

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 07:16 AM PST

The US unemployment rate dropped to 9.4 percent last month, its lowest level in 19 months. That was because more Americans found jobs, but also because some people gave up on their job searches.


Congress leaders to quit posts if no Telangana bill in Parliament

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 06:38 AM PST

Congress leaders from Telangana on Friday said they are ready to quit their posts if the bill for formation of separate Telangana is not introduced in the budget session of Parliament.


Sanjay Dutt files appeal against attachment of properties

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 05:28 AM PST

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt on Friday moved the Bombay High Court appealing against its earlier order directing attachment of two of his properties in connection with a financial dispute with producer Shakeel Noorani.


Don't record politicians' visits, phone calls, Maharashtra cops told

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 04:39 AM PST

All police stations in Maharashtra have been ordered by authorities not to make records of phone calls or document "unofficial" visits of politicians, a move that came against the backdrop of SC reprimand for Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh.


Five Indians arrested in Singapore face more charges

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 03:44 AM PST

Five Indians who allegedly used fake casino chips at a casino resort in Singapore now face an additional 32 charges in a court here for the offence.


Ansari overtakes President in attending functions in Delhi

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 02:23 AM PST

Mohammad Hamid Ansari may be the deputy of President Pratibha Patil but he overtook her in one aspect last year when he attended more functions than her in the capital.


Suicide attack kills 17 at Afghan public bath: Police

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 12:36 AM PST

A suicide bomber killed 17 people and wounded another 21 in assassinating a police commander at a public bath in a southern Afghan town on the border with Pakistan, the local government said.


Suicide attack kills 13 at Afghan public bath: Police

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 12:36 AM PST

A suicide attack killed 13 people and wounded another 17 at a public bath in the flashpoint town of Spin Boldak in southern Afghanistan on the border with Pakistan, police said.


Laos ex-general, commander of CIA-backed secret army during Vietnam war, dies

Posted: 07 Jan 2011 12:22 AM PST

Former Laotian general Vang Pao, who once commanded a CIA-backed "secret army" of Hmong guerrillas during the Vietnam war, died Thursday in California aged 81, a hospital spokeswoman said.
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