Friday, July 1, 2011

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Russia to supply nuclear submarine to India-RIA

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 12:29 AM PDT

Russia will deliver a nuclear submarine to India by the end of the year, Russia's navy chief was quoted as saying on Friday by state news agency RIA.

Team Anna to meet Sonia Gandhi tomorrow

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 12:24 AM PDT

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will on Saturday meet Gandhian Anna Hazare and other representatives of civil society to discuss the Lokpal Bill.

Punjab asks schools to ban leather shoes

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 12:08 AM PDT

The Punjab government has urged government schools to ban the wearing of leather shoes, officials said Friday.

4th batch of 2,303 pilgrims leave for Amarnath

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 11:54 PM PDT

Amid tight security arrangements, the fourth batch of 2,303 pilgrims today left Jammu base camp for 13500-feet high cave shrine of Amarnath in South Kashmir Himalayas.

Zardari meets British deputy PM, discusses ties

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 11:42 PM PDT

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari met British deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in London and discussed bilateral ties as well as the prospect of expanding Pakistan-Britain trade, it was reported here.

Aussie doctor imprisoned for genital mutilation

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 11:40 PM PDT

A former Australian gynecologist was sentenced on Friday to 3 1/2 years in prison for mutilating a patient's genitals, indecently assaulting two other patients and ignoring a ban on practicing obstetrics.

Police arrest six for hacking demat account

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 10:41 PM PDT

Delhi police have busted a gang of demat account hackers by arresting six perons in connection with a forgery and cheating of Rs 94 lakhs.

ISI aids and abets terrorist sanctuaries in Pak: Ex-US general

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 10:19 PM PDT

Former top Pentagon general said Gen Jack Keane also charged that Pakistan Army headed by Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, who once headed ISI, has been repeatedly lying to the US on the matter.

Case against former IMF boss Strauss-Kahn collapsing on doubts: Report

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 09:55 PM PDT

The case of sexual assault against former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn appears to be collapsing on questions over the credibility of the accusing housemaid, whose version prosecutors are finding hard to believe.

Wrongly jailed for 18 years, US man gets $1.4m

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 08:58 PM PDT

A US man who spent 18 years in jail after being wrongly charged of killing six people has received $1.4 million in compensation.

Wrongly jailed for 18 years, US man gets $1.4m

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 08:58 PM PDT

A US man who spent 18 years in jail after being wrongly charged of killing six people has received $1.4 million in compensation.

Bad weather suspends Amarnath pilgrimage

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 08:45 PM PDT

The annual Amarnath pilgrimage was Friday suspended because of bad weather along both the routes to the cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, police said.

US rejects demands to vacate Pakistan drone base

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 04:54 PM PDT

The United States is rejecting demands from Pakistani officials that American personnel abandon a military base used by the CIA to stage drone strikes against suspected militants, US officials said.

US treasury secretary Geithner might quit after debt deal: Report

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 03:30 PM PDT

US treasury secretary Timothy Geithner might leave his job after the White House reaches a deal with Congress over raising the US debt ceiling, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.

US TV channel suspends analyst for Barack Obama remark

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 02:43 PM PDT

A US cable television news channel suspended a veteran political analyst today for making a derogatory remark about President Barack Obama.

Russia says arming Libyan rebels violates UN resolution

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 01:47 PM PDT

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that arming Libyan rebels was a "crude violation" of a UN Security Council resolution that imposed a comprehensive arms embargo on Libya from February.

NATO says Haqqani commander killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 01:37 PM PDT

Nato on Thursday said that a senior commander in the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani network, wanted over this week's deadly attack on a leading hotel in the Afghan capital, had been killed in an air strike.

Greek parliament backs austerity measures, but more trouble looms

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 12:52 PM PDT

Greek lawmakers voted through the details of fresh austerity measures on Thursday, but objections from all sides on parts of the plan served notice of fresh rows ahead after days of rioting in Athens.

UN Lebanon tribunal submits indictment in Hariri case

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 11:35 AM PDT

A special UN tribunal confirmed on Thursday it has submitted a confidential indictment and arrest warrants to Lebanese authorities over the 2005 murder of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri.

ED issues notice for attachment of Hassan Ali's properties

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 10:16 AM PDT

ED has issued showcause notice for attachment of properties valued at Rs 50 crore of Pune stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan and his Kolkata-based associate Kashinath Tapuriah in a money laundering case.

German parliament approves nuclear shutdown by 2022

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 06:48 AM PDT

German lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved plans to shut the country's nuclear plants by 2022, putting Europe's biggest economy on the road to an ambitious build-up of renewable energy.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy involved in scuffle during handshake tour

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:04 AM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy was involved in a scuffle during a handshake tour on Thursday when a man grabbed him by the shoulder and tried to pull him over a crowd barrier.

Court orders attachment of property, Thackeray says sainiks real wealth

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 02:01 AM PDT

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Thursday said lakhs of Shiv Sainiks were his real property while making light of the orders of a Bihar court to attach his properties for failing to appear in a case charging him with publishing a 'contemptuous' article in party mouthpiece 'Saamana'.

Preponment of departure of Amritha Express, Mangalore Express from July 1

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 01:31 AM PDT

With effect from July 1, train No. 16343 Thiruvananthapuram Central-Palakkad town Amritha Express will leave at 22.30 hours and train No. 16347 Thiruvananthapuram Central-Mangalore Express will leave at 2040 hours.

18,000 pilgrims proceed towards Amarnath cave shrine

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 01:10 AM PDT

More than 18,000 pilgrims were on Thursday allowed to move towards the Amarnath cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir on the second day of the annual pilgrimage, officials said.
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