Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Car bomb kills five in southwest Pakistan: Police

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 10:48 PM PDT

A police official says a car bomb has exploded in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 5 people

President Pratibha Patil's copter develops snag

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 10:43 PM PDT

President Pratibha Patil's scheduled departure from here for Thiruvananthapuram was delayed as the helicopter she was to board developed a technical problem, police said today.

Libyan slits daughters' throats in 'honour killings' after they were raped by Gaddafi's troops

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 10:11 PM PDT

A Libyan father slit the throats of his three teenage daughters in an 'honour killing' after they were raped by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists during the siege of the port city of Misrata.

US would not relent until al-Qaida is defeated: Barack Obama

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 08:07 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama has said that the killing of Osama bin Laden is the greatest victory yet in the war against terrorism, but vowed not to relent till the time al-Qaida is defeated.

Amnesty International alleges death, torture in Syrian prisons

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:31 PM PDT

A human rights group said it believed that at least 88 people, ten of them children, have died in detention in Syria during five months of anti-government protests - a dramatic increase that coincides with the government's bloody crackdown.

5% ONGC offer, NOC to Cairn-Vedanta deal next month

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:29 PM PDT

The follow-on public offer by flagship explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation is likely to hit the market either on September 20 or 27 and the company may decide on giving a no-objection certificate for the Cairn-Vedanta deal on September 27.

WikiLeaks denies it reveals sources in new US cables

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 01:20 PM PDT

The whistleblowing website WikiLeaks denied on Tuesday that it has revealed the names of some of the sources in a new batch of US diplomatic cables it has released.

President Obama hails 9/11 generation of US warriors

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 11:49 AM PDT

President Barack Obama on Tuesday hailed the "9/11 generation" of US veterans and 6,200 service members who perished in the "hard decade of war" spawned by the September 11 attacks.

Cabinet nod for bill to set up independent nuclear regulator

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 10:28 AM PDT

Government on Tuesday approved a bill that would give more powers to the country's nuclear regulator by making it a statutory body.

ED registers money laundering case against Jaganmohan Reddy

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 09:50 AM PDT

Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case against former Congress leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, days after CBI had searched various premises belonging to him.

US consumer confidence crumbles to 2-year low in August

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 09:24 AM PDT

Consumers' confidence in August dropped almost 15 points to the lowest level since April 2009 as worries about the economy fueled the wildest stock market swings since the financial meltdown in 2008.

Pak must end enforced disappearances: Amnesty International

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 08:39 AM PDT

A top human rights watchdog on Tuesday slammed the Pakistan government for its failure to resolve hundreds of cases of alleged disappearance in the country.

Bangladesh, India set to swap 162 'enclaves' next week

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 07:40 AM PDT

Bangladesh and India are set to sign a deal next week to exchange 162 "enclaves" to end their border disputes, pending since 1947, during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's historic visit here.

Sushma Swaraj writes to Speaker, opposes Lok Sabha secretary general's extension

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 06:38 AM PDT

Raising objections to the one-year extension in tenure to Lok Sabha secretary general T K Vishwanathan, leader of opposition Sushma Swaraj has said he was "not fit" for the post.

Delhi HC dismisses Suresh Kalmadi's plea to attend Parliament

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 05:27 AM PDT

The Delhi high court on Tuesday dismissed the plea of sacked CWG Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi, a Lok Sabha MP, seeking permission to attend the ongoing Parliament session.

Govt sets up two new units to check terror funding

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 04:59 AM PDT

Minister of state for home Jitendra Singh informed the Lok Sabha that 43 cases of terror funding have been registered since 2009 by various state and central probe agencies.

Drunken IPS officer detained for creating commotion on Janashatabdi Express

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 03:07 AM PDT

An IPS officer was taken into custody by railway police yesterday after he allegedly misbehaved with fellow passengers in an inebriated state inside an air-conditioned compartment of a Janashatabdi express.

Air India plane lands under emergency conditions in Thiruvananthapuram

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 02:54 AM PDT

An Air India plane with 123 passengers and crew on board landed under emergency conditions at the airport here today after a minor defect was detected in its hydraulic system.

Landslide on Konkan track delays trains, commuters suffer

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 01:35 AM PDT

Torrential rains in the Konkan region triggered a landslide in Ratnagiri sector in Maharashtra today, delaying trains and causing inconvenience to scores of commuters.
  • Date: 1:25 AM
  • Author: Vipul Sawant.
  • Labels:

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)