Friday, February 4, 2011

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


26/11 case: Pakistan court adjourns trial till Feb 17

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:43 AM PST

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Friday adjourned the trial of LeT's Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six others charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks till February 17.


Myanmar picks junta's PM as new president

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 12:05 AM PST

Myanmar's parliament named the premier of the outgoing military government as the country's new president Friday, handing a key junta member the top job in the post-election administration.


Chidambaram, Omar agree to push Kashmir peace roadmap

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 10:55 PM PST

Union home minister P Chidambaram met chief minister Omar Abdullah Friday and the two agreed to draw up a roadmap for lasting peace in Jammu and Kashmir. The former then reviewed the security situation in Kishtwar.


US asks Pakistan to meet international obligation and release diplomat

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 09:52 PM PST

US has asked Pakistan to meet its "international obligations" and release the American diplomat, who is accused of double murder, as he has "diplomatic immunity".


Kazakhstan to hold presidential election on April 3

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 08:44 PM PST

Kazakhstan's veteran leader has called a snap presidential election on April 3, about 20 months before his current term in office is due to end, a decree published in the official Kazakhstanskaya Pravda on Friday said.


Barack Obama calls Saleh, hails political reforms in Yemen

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 07:14 PM PST

US President Barack Obama has welcomed political reforms in Yemen in a call with his counterpart Ali Abdullah Saleh, who had announced not to seek re-election in 2013.


Italy's parliament backs Silvio Berlusconi in sex scandal

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:23 PM PST

Italy's parliament rebuffed a request by prosecutors to search some of Premier Silvio Berlusconi's properties as part of a prostitution investigation targeting him.


JP Morgan execs warned of fraud: Madoff trustee

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:03 PM PST

E-mails and other internal documents show that executives at JPMorgan Chase were complicit in Bernard Madoff's massive fraud, lawyers seeking to recover funds for his victims said Thursday.


US agency sued over drug used in executions

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 02:52 PM PST

A federal lawsuit filed against the Food and Drug Administration urges a judge to block overseas shipments of a key drug used in the nation's executions that has been in short supply since the sole US maker decided to stop producing it.


Paris to host new Palestinian donor conference: Ministers

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 02:50 PM PST

Paris will host a new international donor conference for a Palestinian state in June, ministers from donor countries and the so-called Quartet on the Middle East said following talks here Thursday.


Hillary Clinton offers Jordan support in 'difficult times'

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 12:40 PM PST

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered support for Jordan Thursday in "difficult times" and said she looked forward to working with its new government when she spoke to King Abdullah II, her spokesman said.


Chinese weapons fall into hands of militants: US cables

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 08:34 AM PST

China's failure to enforce export controls on arms to Iran has led to the Chinese-made weapons falling into the hands of insurgents fighting coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, secret US cables leaked by WikiLeaks have revealed.


Buddhadeb writes to Chidambaram on 'Trinamool-Maoist nexus'

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 08:03 AM PST

Lodging a fresh complaint with Union home minister P Chidambaram, Bhattacharjee in his letter cited the arrest of two persons from a Trinamool Congress-run camp in Midnapore on January 31 who allegedly had a Maoist link.


26/11 martyr Majaor Unnikrishnan's uncle attempts self-immolation

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 07:30 AM PST

The uncle of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, who was killed by terrorists during Mumbai attacks, allegedly attempted to set himself afire in front of Parliament House on Thursday as he was disturbed over his nephew's death.


Somali attacker of Danish cartoonist found guilty

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 06:57 AM PST

A Danish court on Thursday found a Somali man guilty of attempted terrorism for trying to kill a cartoonist whose 2005 drawing of the Prophet Mohammad stirred Muslim outrage around the globe.


World food prices hit record high: UN agency

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 06:08 AM PST

World food prices reached their highest level ever recorded in January and are set to keep rising for months, the UN food agency said on Thursday, warning that the hardest-hit countries could face turmoil.


Karzai, Manmohan discuss Afghan situation, regional issues

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 05:17 AM PST

PM Manmohan Singh and Afghan President Hamid Karzai held discussions in New Delhi on Thursday on a range of bilateral and regional issues, including the common threat of terrorism.


Sohrabuddin killing: CBI moves high court for cops' voice sample

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 04:24 AM PST

The CBI Thursday appealed to the Gujarat High Court against a lower court's refusal to allow a voice sample test of two accused policemen in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh staged shootout case.


Karnataka govt orders probe into land purchases of Gowda family

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 03:30 AM PST

In a tit-for-tat offensive against the family members of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, BJP government in Karnataka on Thursday ordered a probe into certain land deals said to have been made by them.


Girl whipped to death by clerics for illicit affair in Bangladesh

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 02:55 AM PST

The clerics ordered 14-year-old Mosammet Hena to be whipped by 100 lashes in a Fatwah or a religious court at a village in the outskirts of Dhaka on Tuesday for allegedly carrying on with a married man.


Tens of thousands of Yemenis demonstrate in Sanaa

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 02:29 AM PST

Tens of thousands of protesters massed on Thursday at Sanaa University for a "day of rage" against Ali Abdullah Saleh's rule.


Court defers for half an hour order on granting CBI custodial interrogation of A Raja

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 01:28 AM PST



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