Thursday, September 9, 2010

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Indian filmmaker Vijay Kumar 'pleads guilty', set to return home from US

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 12:28 AM PDT

A Mumbai-based documentary filmmaker is finally set to be released from a Texas jail after pleading "no contest" to charges of illegally carrying brass knuckles in his luggage to avoid a lengthy trial.

IAF to procure 59 Mi-17 choppers from Russia

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 11:24 PM PDT

Aiming to strengthen its medium-lift helicopter fleet, the IAF is planning to procure 59 more Mi-17 IV choppers in addition to the 80 ordered earlier from Russia.

India mulls importing gas from Iran via sea: Report

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 10:19 PM PDT

India is likely to resume negotiations for independently importing natural gas from Iran via a sea pipeline, according to a media report.

US military bans video game that 'kills' US troops

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 09:24 PM PDT

Military bases across the US have banned the sale of a new video game that lets a player pretend to be a Taliban fighter and "shoot" US troops in Afghanistan.

'Islamists' free hundreds of inmates in Nigerian jail attack

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 08:45 PM PDT

Suspected members of an Islamist sect have freed hundreds of inmates in an attack on a prison in northern Nigeria that led to a fierce gun battle with authorities, officials said Wednesday.

Hillary Clinton says Mexican drug cartels looking like insurgency

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 07:41 PM PDT

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that violent Mexican drug cartels were starting to look like an insurgency.

Cuban model 'doesn't even work for us any more': Fidel Castro

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:10 PM PDT

The 84-year-old former Cuban president who remains head of the ruling Communist Party, appeared well on the mend after his near-fatal gastrointestinal crisis in 2006.

Battle of oil titans as BP seeks to shift blame for Gulf of Mexico spill

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 02:49 PM PDT

BP sought to spread the blame for the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster on Wednesday, setting off a battle of oil industry giants with tens of billions of dollars in potential fines and legal liabilities at stake.

60 feared killed in MP bus mishap

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 12:56 PM PDT

Sixty people, including women and school children, were feared dead after a private bus fell into a flooded river near Dewas town in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday evening.

US pastor's plans for Quran burning condemned worldwide

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 11:18 AM PDT

The planned mass burning of copies of the Quran in the US state of Florida drew worldwide condemnation on Wednesday, with the Vatican saying it would be "an outrageous and grave gesture."

CNN names Piers Morgan as Larry King's replacement

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 10:47 AM PDT

CNN says Piers Morgan of "America's Got Talent" will replace Larry King on the network's prime-time line-up in January.

88,000 people evacuated in rain-hit Andhra Pradesh

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 10:17 AM PDT

The Andhra Pradesh Government has taken up evacuation work on a large scale in rain-affected 13 districts of the state, officials said today.

US stocks up as fears for European economy ease

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 09:17 AM PDT

US stocks were slightly up on Wednesday after news of a successful Portuguese debt auction eased the previous day's concerns about the European economy.

British PM David Cameron's father dies in France: Downing St

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 08:43 AM PDT

The father of British Prime Minister David Cameron died Wednesday after suffering a stroke while on holiday in France, Downing Street said.

Fresh amendments may pave way for military rule in Sri Lanka: Fonseka

Posted: 08 Sep 2010 07:31 AM PDT

Sri Lanka's detained former Army chief Gen Fonseka described as "last nail in the coffin of democracy" the constitutional reforms enabling President Mahinda Rajapaksa to seek a third term.
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