Friday, October 15, 2010

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


Japan pulls out of Iran's biggest onshore oil field project

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 12:05 AM PDT

Japanese oil developer Inpex Corp. said Friday it would withdraw from Iran's Azadegan oil field project, a move believed to be aimed at keeping it off a list of firms subject to US sanctions.

Omar Abdullah said nothing wrong on J&K accession: Krishna

Posted: 15 Oct 2010 12:03 AM PDT

"I don't think Omar Abdullah has said anything objectionable. It is a fact that Jammu and Kashmir has acceded to India just like Mysore acceded to India," Krishna said when asked how he saw the chief minister's statement recently.

PM to meet medal winning athletes

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 11:38 PM PDT

PM Manmohan Singh will meet the Indian medal winners at the Commonwealth Games this evening. India bagged 101 medals including 38 gold, 27 silver and 36 bronze at the Games.

Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai among world's fastest-growing cities: Forbes

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 11:18 PM PDT

Three Indian cities - Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Chennai - have been listed among the world's fastest-growing cities by Forbes magazine. It also called Gujarat the "most market-oriented and business-friendly" among Indian states.

Curfew imposed in some parts of Kashmir Valley

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 10:50 PM PDT

Curfew was on Friday imposed in parts of Srinagar, Baramulla, Pulwama and Kupwara districts of Kashmir Valley as authorities apprehended breach of peace after Friday prayers.

Obama vows to end US policy on gays in military

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 09:55 PM PDT

President Barack Obama has vowed to end the military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy that bars gays and lesbians from serving openly even as the US Justice Department has requested an emergency stay on federal judge's injunction stopping enforcement of the policy.

US military says 77,000 Iraqis killed over 5 years

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 09:52 PM PDT

A new US military tally puts the death toll of Iraqi civilians and security forces in the bloodiest years of the war thousands below Iraqi government figures.

Australian gets life term for murdering sons

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 07:48 PM PDT

An Australian man was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for murdering his three young sons by driving them into a reservoir on Father's Day to spite their mother.

Hillary Clinton says European defence cuts could hit NATO

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 06:13 PM PDT

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has warned that cuts to defence budgets by European governments seeking to rein in spending could damage the NATO military alliance.

At Lebanon border, Ahmadinejad predicts Israel's demise

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 03:41 PM PDT

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad predicted the demise of arch-foe Israel on Thursday from inside a Hezbollah stronghold in south Lebanon, just miles from the border of the Jewish state.

New York leaders launch 'love' campaign after hate crimes

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 02:38 PM PDT

After a string of gay-bashing incidents and outbreaks of ethnic tension in New York, the city has a simple message: "Love Love. Hate Hate."

Indian woman teacher kidnapped in Nigeria oil region: Police

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 12:41 PM PDT

Gunmen have kidnapped an Indian woman who works for a school sponsored by ExxonMobil in Nigeria, while also killing her driver and a police officer who was with her, authorities said Thursday.

Strikes over pensions paralyse French oil refining

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 11:31 AM PDT

Nationwide strikes paralysed France's oil refining industry on Thursday, with only one out of 12 plants operating normally and some petrol stations reporting brief shortages due to panic buying.

NATO backs Taliban talks, says no halt to military action

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 10:16 AM PDT

NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday said the alliance was ready to support possible peace talks with the Taliban but ruled out halting military operations against the Afghan insurgency.

Blackberry makers hope for positive outcome of talks with govt

Posted: 14 Oct 2010 08:40 AM PDT

Research In Motion, the makers of Blackberry smartphone, on Thursday said the company is bullish about talks with the government of India over its security concerns over the phone and hoped to reach a constructive decision soon.
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