Thursday, April 28, 2011

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Army jawan goes on shooting spree, kills four colleagues in J&K camp

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 10:32 PM PDT

In a case of fratricide, an Army jawan opened indiscriminate fire allegedly killing four of his colleagues and injuring another inside a camp in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district in the wee hours on Thursday.

US ambassador to India Timothy Roemer to resign

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 09:38 PM PDT

US ambassador Timothy Roemer has decided to resign due to personal commitments, sources said on Thursday.

Bombay HC seeks reply on appointment of clean up marshals

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 09:35 PM PDT

Taking a note of fast approaching monsoon, the Bombay high court has questioned the BMC what progress it has made till date in appointing clean up marshals?

Ivory Coast militia leader Coulibaly killed: Official

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 04:55 PM PDT

The leader of a militia that helped Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara defeat rival Laurent Gbagbo this month was killed on Wednesday after he and his men refused to obey a presidential order to disarm.

Syria's Assad under pressure as hundreds of Baathists quit

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 03:01 PM PDT

Foreign pressure mounted on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday and hundreds of members resigned from his party, as troops kept their grip on the flashpoint town of Daraa.

Ready for tie-up with BJP if it backs quota for Muslims: Jagan

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:04 PM PDT

YSR Congress president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday said he was ready to join hands with BJP if the saffron party supports reservation for Muslims.

Fatah, Hamas agree to end feud, form government

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 12:55 PM PDT

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement has struck an agreement with bitter rival Hamas on forming an interim government and fixing a date for a general election, officials said on Wednesday.

9 Americans dead after Afghan military pilot opens fire

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 11:36 AM PDT

Eight American troops and a US contractor died on Wednesday after an Afghan military pilot opened fire during a meeting at Kabul airport -- the deadliest episode to date of an Afghan turning against his coalition partners, officials said.

Income Tax dept to give transcript of Radia tapes to CBI, ED:SC

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 09:21 AM PDT

The Supreme court on Wednesday directed the Income Tax department to provide a transcript of tapped conversations of corporate lobbyist Neera Radia with corporate honchos, politicians and bureaucrats to CBI and ED which are probing 2G scam case.

EC slaps notice on CPM leader for remarks against Mamata

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 08:14 AM PDT

The Election Commission served a notice to veteran CPM leader Anil Basu for using certain "obscene" remarks against Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee saying "prima facie" his utterances violated model code of conduct.

Birth controversy distracts from big issues: Barack Obama

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 07:35 AM PDT

Defending his own legality to lead the US, President Barack Obama on Wednesday produced a more extensive Hawaii birth certificate in an extraordinary attempt to bury the issue of where he was born. He declared: "We do not have time for this kind of silliness."

National Investigation Agency gets court nod for probe into hand chopping case

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 06:18 AM PDT

S Vijay Kumar, CBI special court judge here, on Wednesday granted permission to the National Investigation Agency to conduct further probe into case relating to chopping off of the palm of Prof T J Joseph of Newman College, Thodupuzha following blasphemy allegations last year.

Entrepreneur driven firms claim 60 % market capitalization in top 500 listed companies

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 03:22 AM PDT

Despite the backdrop of business scandals and deceptive accounting systems that rocked India Inc. last year, the Indian entrepreneur firms or Family Owned Businesses (FOBs) have emerged strong in 2011 by accounting for 60 per cent of market cap in top 500 companies

Gilani defends ISI, says govt backs all actions of spy agency

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 03:14 AM PDT

Gilani has mounted a defence of Pakistan's ISI in the wake of reports that the US had listed it as a terrorist support organisation, saying the spy agency had the backing of his government for all actions.

Tribunal slams Andhra government, quashes DGP's appointment

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:29 AM PDT

Slamming the state government for appointing an ineligible officer K Aravindo Rao as the director general of police (DGP), the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Wednesday quashed his appointment.

Afghan army officer fires on NATO troops at Kabul airport

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 01:12 AM PDT

An Afghan army officer opened fire on foreign troops Wednesday after an argument at the airport in the capital, the latest in a spate of deadly incidents that have occurred inside government or military installations, the defense ministry said.
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  • Author: Vipul Sawant.
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