Monday, May 30, 2011

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


FIR lodged for making threatening calls to Bihar MP

Posted: 30 May 2011 12:32 AM PDT

An FIR was on Monday registered against unidentified persons charging them with making threatening calls and extortion demands from ruling JD(U) Lok Sabha MP from Samastipur Maheshwar Hazari.


Taliban co-founder tipped off US on Osama bin Laden hideout: Report

Posted: 29 May 2011 11:46 PM PDT

Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar leaked the whereabouts of the al-Qaida chief to the US under a "deal", a media report claimed.


Minor earthquake measuring 4.4 jolts Kashmir Valley

Posted: 29 May 2011 11:12 PM PDT

A low intensity earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale was recorded in Kashmir. However, there were no reports of any damage.


180-yr-old shrine in Singapore restored by Indian Muslim community

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:46 PM PDT

Nagore Dargah, over 180-year-old shrine in Singapore, has been reopened after it was restored by the Indian Muslim community in the country.


Germany announces end to nuclear power by 2022

Posted: 29 May 2011 06:25 PM PDT

Germany will shut down all its nuclear plants by 2022, becoming the first major industrial power to give up atomic power, the country's environment minister announced early on Monday.


Japan voters want new PM; nuclear crisis seen prolonged

Posted: 29 May 2011 05:47 PM PDT

Seventy percent of Japanese voters want Prime Minister Naoto Kan to be replaced but nearly half think he should stay and oversee the initial stage of dealing with the March 11 disaster and ensuing nuclear crisis, a newspaper survey showed on Monday.


Bombs kill four, wound 20 at Nigeria military base: Police

Posted: 29 May 2011 03:38 PM PDT

Three bombs inside a Nigerian military base killed at least four people and wounded 20 on Sunday, police said, in an attack just hours after President Goodluck Jonathan was inaugurated.


Karzai scolds US military over Afghan civilian deaths

Posted: 29 May 2011 03:03 PM PDT

President Hamid Karzai on Sunday scolded the US military for "arbitrary and unnecessary" missions that kill Afghan civilians, saying it was his last warning on the issue after 14 died in an air strike.


Republican Sarah Palin rolls into Washington on a Harley

Posted: 29 May 2011 03:01 PM PDT

US Republican Sarah Palin rolled into Washington on the back of a Harley-Davidson on Sunday, sparking a frenzy of attention and renewed speculation about her 2012 presidential plans.


Greeks demonstrate against austerity measures

Posted: 29 May 2011 02:58 PM PDT

About 30,000 people protested in Athens' central Syntagma square against the government's tough economic austerity policies.


Obama vows national response to Missouri tornado

Posted: 29 May 2011 01:19 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama said on Sunday that a tornado that killed at least 139 people in this small town a week ago was a national tragedy that will require a national response.


French civil service minister accused of sexual harassment resigns: PM

Posted: 29 May 2011 06:46 AM PDT

A French minister accused of sexual harassment resigned on Sunday, officials said, two weeks after former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested in New York on sex crime charges.


Rebels in Libya planning for a post-Muammar Gaddafi future

Posted: 29 May 2011 04:38 AM PDT

Libya's rebels are planning for a post-Gaddafi future, appointing "ambassadors" and drafting a constitution, but risk becoming a provisional short-term government for only half of the country.


Pak PM Gilani attended funeral of Headley's father in 2010

Posted: 29 May 2011 02:24 AM PDT

This was disclosed by 50-year-old Headley at a Chicago court during the trial of co-accused Tahawwur Rana (50) in the 26/11 attacks case.


India may approach NY court to prove ISI as terror group

Posted: 28 May 2011 10:30 PM PDT

If the court is convinced about ISI's role in 26/11 attack, it will strengthen the case of declaring ISI as a terror outfit by the US and UN.
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