Thursday, March 31, 2011

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Pak media praises Gilani, Manmohan; says meeting an achievement

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 11:55 PM PDT

A get together brought about by cricket should serve to revive Indo-Pak dialogue so rudely shattered by the Mumbai attacks, advocated the Pakistani media after the historic meeting of the two Prime Ministers at Mohali.

National Conference activist killed in Kashmir

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 10:17 PM PDT

Suspected separatist guerrillas have killed a prominent ruling National Conference (NC) activist in south Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said on Thursday.

Elizabeth Taylor leaves rumoured $1 billion fortune

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 07:42 PM PDT

Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor has left behind a fortune worthy of a legend, a whopping $1bn. The Oscar-winning star's fortune makes her one of just 14 women in the world to have become self-made billionaires.

Education is answer to world's problems: Founder of Super 30

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:50 PM PDT

Education is the answer to world's pressing problems, Anand Kumar, a mathematician and founder of Super 30, said on Wednesday.

Microsoft launches Internet Explorer 9 in UAE

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:47 PM PDT

Microsoft Gulf on Wednesday released Windows Internet Explorer 9, the latest version of the world's most-used browser, for consumers across the UAE.

Gaddafi's foreign minister arrives in Britain and quits post

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:42 PM PDT

The man serving as foreign minister under Muammar Gaddafi flew into Britain on Wednesday telling officials he no longer wanted to represent the Tripoli regime, British officials said.

Gujarat govt investments may lead to unsustainable debt: CAG

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 11:29 AM PDT

In the last three years, the average returns on Gujarat government's investments has been 0.22 per cent, while it had paid an interest of 7.85 per cent on its borrowings, a report by the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) of India has said.

Black money case: ED gets court's permission to quiz Hasan Ali

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 10:08 AM PDT

A sessions court on Wednesday granted the ED permission to take Pune-based stud farm owner Hasan Ali -- arrested for alleged money-laundering and lodged in Arthur Road jail here -- to its office till April 1 for interrogation.

No major reforms as Syria's Assad warns of 'conspiracy'

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 09:45 AM PDT

President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday blamed conspirators for deadly unrest in Syria but failed to lift emergency rule or offer other concessions in his first speech since protests demanding greater freedoms erupted earlier this month.

West Bengal polls: Trinamool Congress complains against Sourav Ganguly

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 08:02 AM PDT

The EC's decision selecting Sourav Ganguly for an audio-visual promo for West Bengal assembly elections has run into trouble with Trinamool Congress complaining that he was politically affiliated to ruling CPM.

981 candidates in fray for Assam assembly polls

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 07:26 AM PDT

A total of 981 candidates are in the fray for the 126 assembly constituencies in Assam that go to polls in two phases on April 4 and 11.

Supreme Court upholds poll panel stay on Kerala's rice scheme

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 06:52 AM PDT

The court wondered why the scheme was extended just before the April 13 election to the state assembly, saying: "It was a big political issue."

Four stricken reactors at Japan N-plant to be decommissioned

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 06:22 AM PDT

Battling to contain its atomic crisis, Japan on Wednesday said it will scrap four stricken reactors at its Fukushima nuclear plant, as radiation seeping into seawater reached its highest level yet -- 3,355 times the usual amount.

2G scam: Asif Balwa, Agarwal sent to CBI custody till April 1

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 05:46 AM PDT

The CBI was on Wednesday allowed by a Delhi court to interrogate Asif Balwa and Rajeev Agarwal, arrested for their alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation scam for transferring Rs 200 crore to Kalaignar TV Pvt Ltd, in its custody for two days.

10 judges, four additional judges appointed to Madras HC

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 04:46 AM PDT

Ten additional judges were on Wednesday elevated as permanent judges in the Madras high court even as four others were appointed as additional judges.

Libya rebels flee oil town under Gaddafi bombardment

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:53 AM PDT

Libyan rebels pulled out of the oil town of Ras Lanuf on Wednesday under heavy bombardment from Muammar Gaddafi's forces, showing up their weakness without Western air strikes to tip the scales in their favour.

China mulls to switch over to solar photovoltaics to scale down N-power

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 03:08 AM PDT

China is seriously considering to down size its massive expansion plan of nuclear plants in view of radiation crisis created by ruptured Japanese nuclear reactors and weighed option to double the target capacity of PV to meet future power requirements.
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