Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


BJP demands prosecution of guilty Prasar Bharti officials

Posted: 01 Feb 2011 12:27 AM PST

BJP on Tuesday demanded early prosecution of Prasar Bharti officials found guilty by the Shunglu Committee of allegedly causing a loss of several crore rupees in awarding Commonwealth Games broadcasting rights.


Lashkar militants gun down two sisters in North Kashmir

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:51 PM PST

In the first major strike targeting civilians this year, Lashkar-e-Toiba militants have shot dead two sisters after dragging them out of their house in Sopore town of North Kashmir's Baramulla district.


CAG cannot be the only basis for cancellation of Spectrum: SC

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:12 PM PST

Everything they (government) do after filing of the petition, is subject to the outcome of the petitions, a bench comprising Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly said.


ITBP aspirants go on rampage in Bareilly, UP

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:05 PM PST

Angry over arrangements made by the ITBP for recruitment of Grade IV posts, candidates targeted a number of vehicles, setting some of them afire.


Storm threatens 100 million in US with snow, ice, cold

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 07:20 PM PST

Blizzard, winter storm and freezing rain warnings were issued for more than 25 states, from North Dakota and Colorado down to New Mexico, then up through Texas, Kansas and Missouri to the Great Lakes region and across Pennsylvania to New England.


Mubarak 'will have to go': US senator

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 05:06 PM PST

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak "will have to go," a top US lawmaker said Monday after a closed-doors Senate meeting on weeklong, deadly protests calling for the authoritarian leader's ouster.


Mubarak seeks dialogue with agitating Egyptian opposition

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 04:18 PM PST

Facing mounting pressure to quit, embattled President Hosni Mubarak offered to open talks with opposition groups which have called a nation-wide general strike, demanding his ouster even as the powerful Army made it clear that it will not use force against the protesters.


US ambassador to China to quit amid 2012 buzz

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 12:16 PM PST

The White House said Monday that the US ambassador to China Jon Huntsman will soon resign, amid reports he may mount a bid for the Republican nomination to take on President Barack Obama in 2012.


No contact with Muslim Brotherhood: US

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 11:42 AM PST

The White House says the Obama administration has had no contact with the Muslim Brotherhood, the deeply conservative Islamic organization that constitutes the biggest organized opposition group in Egypt.


US stocks flat as M&A, earnings offset Egypt fears

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 07:33 AM PST

US stocks were little changed on Monday as merger activity and solid earnings, including Exxon Mobil, offset concerns about the possible spread of unrest in Egypt to other parts of the Middle East.


Five-time Oscar-winning composer John Barry dies at 77

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 06:15 AM PST

Five-time Oscar-winning composer John Barry, who wrote music for a dozen James Bond films, including "You Only Live Twice" and "Goldfinger" and developed the twanging guitar riff in the spy's theme music, has died.


Former army official working for ISI nabbed

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 05:54 AM PST

Himachal Pradesh Police have arrested a former Indian Army official who was allegedly working for Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agency and providing information about vital installations of the Indian armed forces, a police official said here Monday.


Hundreds evacuate as Japan volcano erupts

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 04:52 AM PST

Hundreds of people living near a Japanese volcano that has been spewing columns of smoke and ash thousands of metres into the air were forced to evacuate their homes today, a local official said.


Posco's $12 bn Odisha project gets conditional nod

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 04:31 AM PST

The environment ministry Monday gave conditional clearance to South Korean steel major Posco's $12 billion project in Odisha, the biggest foreign direct investment in the country.


Fast track court convicts 12 in Kandhamal riots case

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 02:35 AM PST

Two separate fast track courts here sentenced 12 people to rigorous imprisonment and penalty after convicting them in cases of house burning during the Kandhamal riot in 2008.


AI plane with 300 Indians from Egypt lands in Mumbai

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 01:51 AM PST

The Boeing 747-800 was flown to Cairo on Sunday as a special measure to airlift the Indians stranded there amidst nationwide unrest against the Egyptian government.


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