Monday, January 31, 2011

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


China denies Karmapa links, says India shows 'mistrust attitude'

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:29 AM PST

China on Monday denied that Karmapa, the head of the Tibetan Karma Kagyu sect, was its spy, and claimed that allegations against the country in this regard showed India's "mistrustful attitude" towards Beijing.


Maoists behead stone quarry owner

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:18 AM PST

According to locals, a group of 200 red guerrillas raided Sikaripara area and torched four stone crushers. The red rampage continued for more than three hours.


Indian girl falls to death in Abu Dhabi

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 11:55 PM PST

Thirteen-year-old Asma Abdul Rasakh, an eight class student of Indian High School, was fixing a curtain hook at her residence on Saturday when the chair she was standing on slipped and threw her out of the window


SC takes strong view of khap panchayat troubling dalits in Haryana

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 10:26 PM PST

Supreme Court on Monday took strong view of khap panchayat troubling dalits in Haryana and resorting to rasta roko agitation for withdrawal of cases against upper caste people in the Mirchpur village burning case.


Justice Shivraj Patil submits 2G report to Kapil Sibal

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 10:13 PM PST

Justice Patil said he has named officials in the telecom department guilty of malpractice in the sale of spectrum.


Clinton meets with Haiti presidential candidates

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 09:40 PM PST

Clinton arrived Sunday in the impoverished Caribbean nation for a brief visit. She met with President Rene Preval and earlier met with each of the three candidates jockeying to replace him.


Hundreds of junior doctors in Bihar strike work

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 09:10 PM PST

Three interns of the Anugrah Narain Magadh Medical College Hospital in Gaya, about 100 km from here, were injured Sunday night when the security guard of opposition RJD legislator Surendra Prasad Yadav fired at them.


Fog disrupts air operations at IGI

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 07:43 PM PST

A Jet Airways flight from Abu Dhabi was diverted to Mumbai while a Spicejet flight from Mumbai was diverted to Jaipur after general visibility dropped to less than 50 metres, an airport official said.


Hitler's headquarters in Ukraine to be made tourist attraction

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 07:25 PM PST

Ukrainian officials have unveiled a plan to turn the remains of Hitler' Eastern Front military headquarters into a tourist attraction.


US has no plans to suspend aid to Haiti: Hillary Clinton

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:58 PM PST

The US has no plans to halt aid to earthquake-ravaged Haiti in spite of a crisis over who will be the nation's next leader but does insist that the president's chosen successor be dropped from the race, Hillary Clinton said.


Thousands in Pakistan rally against American official

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 03:36 PM PST

In a massive protest, hard-line Islamic leaders have warned the Pakistani government against caving to US pressure and releasing an American official arrested in the shooting deaths of two Pakistanis.


Milan judges quiz woman at heart of Berlusconi inquiry

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 02:26 PM PST

Milan judges have questioned a 25-year-old woman accused of helping to recruit underage girls to attend Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's parties, ANSA news agency said.


Religious clashes have killed 35 in Nigeria: Police

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 01:12 PM PST

Clashes between Christians and Muslims in central Nigeria last week have left 35 people dead, police said on Sunday, as fresh violence flared up in the flashpoint city of Jos.


Leading Tunisian Islamist Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi returns from exile

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 11:48 AM PST

Thousands of Tunisians turned out on Sunday to welcome home an Islamist leader whose return from 22 years of exile indicated that his party would emerge as a major force in Tunisia after the ousting of its president.


US says American entitled to diplomatic immunity in Pakistan

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 10:50 AM PST

The US on Sunday mounted a defence for an American facing a double murder charge for shooting two Pakistani men in Lahore, saying he was a member of the US mission's staff and entitled to diplomatic immunity.


Over dozen Congressmen injured in police cane charge in MP

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 08:38 AM PST

Police lobbed tear gas shells and resorted to cane charge to disperse the Congressmen, who were angry after the name of local MP and union minister of state Jyotiraditya Scindia did not figure in the dedication plaque of the girls' hostel, constructed with the Central fund.


Somali pirates arrested in South Korea: Report

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 07:16 AM PST

Five Somali pirates were arrested on Sunday to be questioned over the hijacking of a South Korean chemical ship in the Arabian Sea and attempting a murder of the carrier's captain, local media reported.


Parliament will not be stalled, but no compromise on JPC: Prakash Karat

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 06:00 AM PST

CPM general secretary Prakash Karat said Left parties will not stall parliamentary proceedings in the coming budget session but there will be no compromise on the demand for a JPC probe into the 2G spectrum scam.


IAF bags best marching contingent award

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:14 AM PST

The Indian Air Force has bagged the 'Best Marching Contingent' award amongst the three Services at this year's Republic Day Parade while the Indo-Tibetan Border Police has been adjudged the best amongst the paramilitary.


Blasts, fire at Venezuela military arms depot, 40 wounded

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:10 AM PST

At least one person was killed and several injured in northern Venezuela early Sunday when a series of powerful explosions shook an arms and munitions depot, officials said.

Blasts, fire at Venezuela military arms depot, 40 wounded

Posted: 30 Jan 2011 04:10 AM PST

A fire set off a series of explosions at a military arms depot in the city of Maracay in central Venezuela today, injuring about 40 people and leading authorities to evacuate the area, an official said.
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