Saturday, March 5, 2011

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


Telangana region employees return to work after 16 days

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 10:58 PM PST

Andhra Pradesh government employees in Telangana region Saturday returned to work after the government accepted some of their demands.


Top Indian-American in US state department quits for private sector

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 07:51 PM PST

Richard Verma, assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs, played a key role in US' negotiations with Russia on the historic Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.


UN probes Zimbabwe on breaking Ivory Coast embargo

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:47 PM PST

UN experts are investigating suspected sanctions-busting arms deliveries from Zimbabwe to Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo, according to a UN report.


Poll rush: Rs 12 lakh cr to be sanctioned without scrutiny

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 02:21 PM PST

With elections in four states and an UT curtailing the Budget session, Parliament is set to pass the demands for various ministries without scrutiny.


Give Dadar station a shot of health services: Bombay high court

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 02:09 PM PST

Seeing red over the high casualties at stations, the Bombay high court has directed the Western Railway and Central Railway to start a pilot project at Dadar and make it a 'model station' by providing all necessary emergency medical services.


My caste, not income got me flat in Adarsh Society: Ajit Pawar's aide

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 01:51 PM PST

An employee of state deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has filed an affidavit in the Bombay high court denying that he obtained a flat in the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society by disclosing false information.


Fierce fighting for control of Libya's Zawiyah: Witnesses

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 12:04 PM PST

Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi were battling rebels on Friday for control of the town of Zawiyah, near Tripoli, in heavy fighting that has left "many dead," witnesses said.


Students clearing the National eligibility Test can get E-certificate in 6 days

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 10:14 AM PST

Students clearing the National eligibility test (UGC-NET) will now receive an e-certificate in just six days. Presently, it takes at least six to eight months for the University Grants Commission (UGC) to issue the certificate from the day the results are declared.

PC Chacko to head parliamentary panel to probe 2G scam

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 08:24 AM PST

Congress old-timer PC Chacko, a four-time Lok Sabha MP, was Friday appointed as the head of the Joint Parliamentary Committee that will probe the alleged finanical irregularities in the allocation of 2G spectrum - billed as one of the biggest scams in India.


Centre awaits report from Jharkhand in MGNREGA activist's murder

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 07:40 AM PST

The Centre is expecting a report from the Jharkhand government soon on the lynching of an MGNREGA activist by suspected Maoists yesterday, even as social activists have called for stern action against the culprits and measures to prevent such incidents.


Supreme Court turns down BSNL plea on roaming services charges

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 07:22 AM PST

The Supreme Court said that state-owned BSNL is not entitled to charge private operators for providing signaling network for roaming services just on the basis of registration by their subscribers, even though they were not availing the facility.


Government not to roll back punishment clause on tax violations

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 06:00 AM PST

The government is unlikely to dilute the penal provisions for prosecuting service tax defaulters, a senior finance ministry official said.


Sushma Swaraj satisfied with PM's statement; Not enough, says BJP

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 05:45 AM PST

The BJP on Friday spoke in different voices over owning of responsibility by PM Manmohan Singh on the CVC issue with Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj saying the matter should rest now while her party said he should respond in Parliament.


Mideast unrest: Libya protesters march from Tripoli mosques

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 04:41 AM PST

Protesters marched from mosques in the Libyan capital Friday, calling for Muammar Gaddafi's ouster, in defiance of a heavy crackdown by regime supporters over the past week that has spread fear in Tripoli.


Malik says he's on Taliban hit list along with Rehman, Wahab

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 03:45 AM PST

Pakistan's Interior minister Rehman Malik said that he along with ruling PPP leaders Sherry Rehman and Fauzia Wahab was on the top of the list of persons who could be targeted by militants and extremist elements like the Taliban.


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