Saturday, July 30, 2011

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


DMK leader MK Stalin detained while staging protest

Posted: 30 Jul 2011 12:24 AM PDT

DMK leader MK Stalin has been detained by TN Police at Thiruvarur. Stalin staged road blockade when the police tried to arrest Kalaivanan who is the secretary of DMK's Thiruvarur unit.


Top US officials debate drone strikes in Pakistan

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 06:28 PM PDT

The White House's top adviser on Afghanistan and Pakistan said on Friday that taking out three to five key al-Qaida leaders could amount to a "knockout punch" against the group.


US House approves debt bill, Senate ready to reject

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 05:15 PM PDT

The Republican-led House passed legislation on Friday night to prevent a calamitous US default next week but it was destined for certain defeat in the Senate amid a wrenching political standoff.


Pakistan restricts movement of American diplomats: Report

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 03:51 PM PDT

Pakistani government has imposed restrictions on the movement of US diplomats and other embassy officials in the country, media reports said on Friday.


Egypt Islamists rally in show of strength, clashes in Sinai

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 03:18 PM PDT

Hundreds of thousands of Islamists packed Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday in a show of force that angered secularists as clashes in Sinai between security and apparent Islamists killed four, including a military captain.


Turkey's military chiefs quit ahead of key meeting

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 02:14 PM PDT

Turkey said on Friday its top four military chiefs were all seeking retirement, in what appeared to reflect a deep rift between the secularist military and a government with roots in political Islam.


A week later, Norway mourns 76 victims of massacre

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 12:42 PM PDT

Norway honoured the memory of 76 people killed in its worst peacetime massacre, with the prime minister urging the nation on Friday to unite around its core values of democracy and peace.


CBI questions 28 companies' representatives in Jaganmohan Reddy asset case

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 11:33 AM PDT

The CBI, which is probing the alleged disproportionate assets of YSR Congress chief and Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, has questioned representatives of 28 companies till date, a senior official said.


Digvijay pleads with PM, HM on Pak singer Adnan Sami's stay in India

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 10:16 AM PDT

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought his intervention to enable Pakistani singer Adnan Sami to stay longer in the country.


Ramdev's aide Acharya Balkrishna resurfaces after HC stay, performs yagna

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 09:48 AM PDT

Soon after he reappeared, Balkrishna performed a yagna (worship) clad in a saffron robe instead of donning white clothes that he usually wears.


Monsoon claims six lives in UP, triggers landslides in Uttarakhand

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 07:06 AM PDT

Heavy rains continued in parts of northern India on Friday as monsoon activity led to landslides in Uttarkhand and loss of six lives in Uttar Pradesh.


Uttarakhand HC stays arrest of Acharya Balkrishan till August 29

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 06:32 AM PDT

The Uttarakhand high court has asked Acharya Balkrishan to submit his passport with the registrar-general by August 5.


Chhattisgarh CM's aircraft lands under emergency conditions due to snag

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 06:23 AM PDT

Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh had a lucky escape as the aircraft carrying him had to land under emergency conditions due to a technical snag.


China doubles compensation as train accident turns into democracy debate

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 05:05 AM PDT

The move to raise the death compensation to $143,000-the highest ever in a train accident in China, came a day after the Chinese premier Wen Jiabao promised to "severely punish" those responsible for the accident.


Ramdev's aide Balkrishna gets bail, to appear before CBI on August 4

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 01:55 AM PDT

Acharya Balkrishna, a key aide of yoga guru Baba Ramdev, got anticipatory bail Friday even as the CBI asked him to appear before it by August 4 in connection with a fake passport case, a CBI official said.


Ramdev's aide gets bail, to appear before CBI on August 4

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 01:55 AM PDT

Acharya Balkrishna, a key aide of yoga guru Baba Ramdev, got anticipatory bail Friday even as the CBI asked him to appear before it by August 4 in connection with a fake passport case, a CBI official said.


Former aide of Raja seeks to drag Radia, corporate leaders in 2G case

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 01:02 AM PDT

R K Chandolia, former aide of ex-telecom minister A Raja, today sought implication of corporate leaders and lobbyist Niira Radia in the 2G case as accused, saying they had participated in the alleged "covert deal" between the Tata group and Kalaignar TV.


Roadside bombs kill 23 in south Afghanistan: Officials

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 11:36 PM PDT

Roadside mines killed 23 civilians in southern Afghanistan on Friday when a minibus and a tractor separately struck explosives in Helmand province, officials said.
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