Sunday, January 30, 2011

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Warren Buffett, Bill Gates to visit India this year

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 09:00 PM PST

Two of the world's richest people Warren Buffett and software czar Bill Gates will visit India this year to seek support of wealthy Indians for philanthropic activities.

At least 10 dead in German train collision, say rescuers

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 06:09 PM PST

At least 10 people died when a regional passenger train collided with a goods train late on Saturday night in Saxony-Anhalt, eastern Germany, police and firemen said.

Dutch freeze contacts with Iran over hanging

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 05:04 PM PST

The Dutch government froze official contacts with Iran on Saturday to protest the hanging of a Dutch-Iranian woman, the foreign ministry said.

Irish senate passes bailout bill ahead of election

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 03:30 PM PST

Ireland's upper house of parliament passed Saturday a key finance bill needed to secure the country's bailout package, paving the way for embattled Prime Minister Brian Cowen to call elections.

Italian judges defy Berlusconi threats in sex inquiry

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 02:15 PM PST

Italy's judges vowed not to be intimidated and rallied to support Milan colleagues investigating the sex scandal surrounding Silvio Berlusconi Saturday as the prime minister rounded on the magistrates.

Belarus frees jailed ex-presidential candidate

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 01:30 PM PST

Belarus' KGB said Saturday it has released former presidential candidate Vladimir Neklyayev and the wife of another candidate from jail, both of whom had been in prison since massive election night protests more than a month ago.

Pakistan rebuffs call for US gunman's quick release

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 12:14 PM PST

Pakistan on Sunday rebuffed a call from the United States for the immediate release of an American man who shot dead two men in a Lahore street, saying its legal process must be respected.

Bomber kills deputy governor in south Afghanistan

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 11:02 AM PST

A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle packed with explosives rammed into a car carrying the deputy governor of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province on Saturday, killing him and wounding three of his bodyguards, the interior ministry said.

Maharashtra govt to consider strengthening laws against adulteration

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 07:44 AM PST

Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar today said that existing laws would be strengthened to curb adulteration and crack down on the mafia, against the backdrop of murder of additional collector Yashawant Sonawane.

Indian students duped by US varsity forced to wear radio collars

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 04:53 AM PST

After being duped by a California-based "sham" university, scores of Indian students in the US are now enduring the ignominy of being forced to wear radio collars around their ankles so that authorities can keep track of their movements.

Youth Congress appointments only through poll process: Rahul

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 03:30 AM PST

Youth Congress office-bearers would henceforth be appointed not from Delhi, but through organisational elections, AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi said.

Egyptian protesters return to Cairo's streets

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 02:47 AM PST

Mubarak ordered troops and tanks into the capital Cairo and other cities overnight and imposed a curfew in an attempt to quell demonstrations that have shaken the Arab world's most populous nation.

Egyptian protesters return to Cairo's streets

Posted: 29 Jan 2011 02:12 AM PST

The sight of protesters pouring into Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square and clashing with police for a fifth day indicated Mubarak's words in a televised speech shortly after midnight had done little to cool the anger.
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