Friday, April 1, 2011

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


Three guards beheaded at NATO terminal in northwest Pakistan

Posted: 01 Apr 2011 12:37 AM PDT

Militants early on Friday beheaded three security guards at a NATO truck terminal and damaged 10 oil tankers in a restive Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan, officials said.


SC asks govt to file CBI report on suspended Prasar Bharati CEO B S Lalli

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:53 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the government to file the status report of CBI probe into role of suspended Prasar Bharati CEO B S Lalli in alleged corrupt deals involving national television network.


Japan crisis drags, France wants global nuclear reform

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 11:28 PM PDT

Japan's nuclear and humanitarian crisis stretched to three weeks on Friday with radiation still leaking from a crippled nuclear power plant.


South Korea's Lee says North Korea not sincere about talks

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:39 PM PDT

North Korea's offers of dialogue are not sincere, South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak said on Friday, urging the communist state to apologise for two deadly border incidents last year.


NRI businessman imprisoned for visa fraud in US

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:36 PM PDT

An Indian businessman has been sentenced to prison in California on charges he fraudulently tried to get H-1B work visas for workers from India to fill non-existent jobs in the US.


NRI businessman imprisoned for visa fraud in US

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:36 PM PDT

An Indian businessman has been sentenced to prison in California on charges he fraudulently tried to get H-1B work visas for workers from India to fill non-existent jobs in the US.


Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo digs in as rival tightens noose

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:05 PM PDT

Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo, cornered in Abidjan by rival forces, faced being forcibly ousted on Friday as he missed a deadline set by recognised leader Alassane Ouattara to cede power.


Japan, US forces launch new search of tsunami-hit coast

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 08:17 PM PDT

Thousands of Japanese and US troops on Friday began an intensive aerial and maritime search for bodies along Japan's north Pacific coast devastated by the March 11 quake and tsunami.


New York boy, 12, charged with hate crime on Muslim

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 06:52 PM PDT

A 12-year-old boy accused of trying to rip the head scarf off a Muslim classmate during recess has been charged in New York City with a hate crime.


Over a million new US green card holders in 2010: Study

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 04:28 PM PDT

Over a million foreigners were granted legal permanent residency in the United States in fiscal year 2010 that ended in September, the department of homeland security said.


Australia warns Bali bomb arrest could spark attacks

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 04:16 PM PDT

Australia warned on Friday the arrest in Pakistan of an alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings could spark revenge attacks against Westerners in Indonesia.


Muammar Gaddafi aide in secret talks with Britain: Report

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:25 PM PDT

A senior aide from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime has been in talks with the British government, the Guardian newspaper reported on its website on Thursday.


South Korea trade pact will bar imports from North Korea

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:18 PM PDT

The top US diplomat for east Asia said Thursday a proposed free trade agreement with South Korea is in America's strategic interests, rejecting concerns it could provide a back door for imports from communist North Korea.


Gaddafi's rule relying on wavering tribal support

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:04 PM PDT

The biggest danger to Muammar Gaddafi is not the rebel forces struggling to march on his capital. It's more likely to be the crumbling of the remaining, fragile support for his regime.


'Japan finds nuclear radiation above legal limit in meat'

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 12:36 PM PDT

Japan has found radiation above the legal limit in beef from near a stricken nuclear plant, the first such finding in meat since a quake and tsunami triggered the atomic crisis, local media reported.


Turkey says arming Libya rebels could spawn terrorism

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 10:01 AM PDT

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected on Thursday the idea of supplying arms to Libya's rebel fighters, saying that doing so could be "conducive to terrorism."


Boeing received banned US subsidies: WTO

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 08:31 AM PDT

Planemaker Boeing received at least $5.3 billion of dollars of banned US subsidies, the World Trade Organization said on Thursday.


We've nothing to do with Sourav Ganguly as EC's icon: CPM

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 07:26 AM PDT

CPM on Thursday brushed aside Trinamool Congress' objection to selection of Sourav Ganguly for Election Commission's publicity campaign saying it had nothing to do with the EC's decision.


Interpol says it has no info on terror attack at World Cup venue

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:50 AM PDT

The Interpol, through the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), has clarified that it has no information of a terror attack on an ICC World Cup Cricket venue.


NATO takes sole control of Libya air operations

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:05 AM PDT

NATO's chief said on Thursday the alliance doesn't support US and British suggestions that the UN mandate for the international military operation in Libya would allow arming rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi's troops.


2G scam: Judicial custody of Raja, three others extended till April 2

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:59 AM PDT

The judicial custody of former telecom minister A Raja and three others, arrested for their alleged role in the 2G spectrum scam, was on Thursday extended by a Delhi court till April 2, when the agency plans to file its first charge sheet in the case.


Pak comedian dies of heart attack during Pak-India match

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:17 AM PDT

A popular Pakistani comedian died of heart attack while performing at a special TV programme organised for the electrifying Indo-Pak World Cup semi-final clash that India went on to win.


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