Thursday, June 2, 2011

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Anna Hazare extends support to Ramdev, will join agitation

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 11:18 PM PDT

Anna Hazare on Thursday said he will support Baba Ramdev so that the government does not do what it did when he was fighting.

Teacher arrested in Bihar for helping Maoists

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 09:37 PM PDT

A government school teacher has been arrested for helping Maoists who blew up his school in Bihar's Rohtas district, police said Thursday.

Top US officials' Gmail account hit by Chinese phishing

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 08:59 PM PDT

A cyber spying campaign originating in China had targeted Gmail accounts of senior US officials, military personnel, journalists and Chinese political activists, Google has said.

India to launch 12 foreign satellites in next two years

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 08:58 PM PDT

India has bagged multi-million dollar contracts to launch 12 foreign satellites in the lower orbit from its spaceport over the next two years, a top space agency official said Wednesday.

State of emergency declared after Massachusetts tornadoes

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 06:08 PM PDT

Severe weather including what Gov. Deval Patrick called at least two tornadoes swept through parts of the state on Wednesday afternoon, scattering debris, toppling trees and triggering a declaration of a state of emergency.

Parliamentary watchdog blasts Britain's asylum 'amnesty'

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 04:57 PM PDT

Britain's bid to clear its huge backlog of asylum claims has seen so many people allowed to stay it effectively amounts to an amnesty, a parliamentary investigation found Thursday.

Egyptian businessman held for sex charges in New York

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:49 PM PDT

A 74-year-old former chairman of a top Egyptian bank was today arraigned and is being held on $25,000 bail on charges of sexually abusing a housekeeper in a luxury hotel in New York.

US House puts off vote on resolution seeking end of involvement in Libya

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:40 PM PDT

The House postponed a vote on a resolution demanding an end to US involvement in Libya amid fears that Democrats and Republicans would unite in backing the measure and hand President Barack Obama an embarrassing foreign policy defeat.

Barack Obama's aide visits Afghanistan before troop review

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:31 PM PDT

A senior aide to President Barack Obama has just paid a visit to Afghanistan, meeting top government and military officials ahead of a White House decision on potential US troop reductions.

Egypt's Hosni Mubarak set to go on trial on August 3

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:53 AM PDT

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, overthrown by a popular uprising this year, was ordered on Wednesday to stand trial in August for the killing of protesters on charges that could carry the death penalty.

Impact of Osama bin Laden death still unclear: US army chief

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 10:11 AM PDT

The man picked to be President Barack Obama's top military adviser said on Wednesday that the United States does not yet understand the long-term implications of Osama bin Laden's death.

Israelis hold controversial march in east Jerusalem

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 09:51 AM PDT

More than 25,000 Jewish Israelis joined a Jerusalem Day parade in the city's mainly Arab eastern sector on Wednesday to celebrate its capture 44 years ago, during the Six Day War.

West Bengal govt waives tuition fees for poor engineering students

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 09:08 AM PDT

The West Bengal government on Wednesday said it was contemplating waiver of tuition fees for poor but meritorious students of engineering and technical education in government and private colleges.

No decision yet on joining lawsuit in US on 26/11 attack: Chidambaram

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 07:39 AM PDT

"No decision has been taken. I think there are advantages and disadvantages...No decision has been taken on that," home minister P Chidambaram told reporters.

Maharashtra raises age bar for drinking alcohol

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 06:55 AM PDT

In an attempt to discourage youngsters from consuming alcohol, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday hiked the minimum age for drinking beer from 18 to 21 and hard liquor from 21 to 25.

2G scam: Raja allowed to withdraw money from frozen account

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:44 AM PDT

A CBI special court here on Wednesday allowed former communications minister A Raja to withdraw Rs 1 lakh from his personal account, which was ordered frozen by the CBI, to meet his family expenses.

Maharashtra discourages alcohol consumption among youngsters, raises age limit

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 05:34 AM PDT

In an attempt to discourage youngsters from consuming alcohol, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday hiked the minimum age for drinking beer from 18 to 21 and hard liquor from 21 to 25.

Jayalalithaa demands Maran's resignation over alleged kickbacks

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 04:49 AM PDT

Speaking to reporters, Jayalalithaa said "Maran should quit and face legal proceedings" even as she demanded the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the issue.

Japan PM faces party rebellion ahead of confidence vote

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 04:20 AM PDT

A former Japanese prime minister joined the swelling ranks of ruling party rebels trying to oust leader Naoto Kan, raising the risk that a no-confidence vote will pass in Parliament on Thursday, forcing him to quit.

37 killed in fighting in Yemen capital: Medic

Posted: 01 Jun 2011 01:20 AM PDT

Thirty-seven people, most of them combatants, were killed in overnight fighting between opposition tribesmen and security forces in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, a medic said on Wednesday.
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