Sunday, December 12, 2010

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


Kosovo starts voting, some Serbs boycott election

Posted: 12 Dec 2010 12:09 AM PST

Kosovars began voting in their first parliamentary elections as citizens of an independent country on Sunday eager to see the new leaders pull them out of poverty.


Holbrooke 'a towering figure' in US foreign policy: Obama

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 11:09 PM PST

Barack Obama has described critically ill Richard Holbrooke as "a towering figure" in American foreign policy and said that he was praying for the recovery of the "tireless public servant", who is a key member of his Af-Pak team.


Madoff's eldest son hangs himself in NYC apartment

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:13 PM PST

Every day for two years, he carried the toxic burden of a name that meant fraud to the world. On Saturday, the eldest son of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff hanged himself in his Manhattan apartment.


Sweden calls Stockholm blasts 'terrorist attack'

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 09:23 PM PST

Two blasts rocked the centre of Stockholm on Saturday night in what Sweden's foreign minister called "a terrorist attack", killing one person and wounding two.


Visa-on-arrival for Buddhist pilgrims from 5 more countries

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 08:43 PM PST

As a New Year gift to Buddhist pilgrims, the government has decided to extend Visa-on-arrival facility to five ASEAN countries from January 1.


US, New Zealand secretly resume intelligence ties: Report

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 07:44 PM PST

The US and New Zealand ended a near 25-year break in intelligence collaboration last year but kept the news secret, according to a leaked cable published on Sunday.


Two blasts hit Stockholm, linked to Afghanistan

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 04:36 PM PST

Two blasts rocked the centre of Stockholm on Saturday in a possible attack inspired by Sweden's presence in Afghanistan, killing the bomber and wounding two other people, police and media said.


Russia said UK stopped it tracking former KGB agent Litvinenko's killers

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 04:18 PM PST

Russia told a US diplomat that it had been tracking the suspected killers of a former KGB agent before his murder in London four years ago, but had been warned off by Britain, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks on Saturday.


President Obama calls leaders, slams 'deplorable' WikiLeaks

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 01:38 PM PST

US President Barack Obama called Turkey's prime minister and Mexico's president on Saturday to discuss the "deplorable action" by WikiLeaks, and said the cable releases should not harm bilateral ties.


President Obama calls leaders, slams 'deplorable' WikiLeaks

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 01:38 PM PST

US President Barack Obama called Turkey's prime minister and Mexico's president on Saturday to discuss the "deplorable action" by WikiLeaks, and said the cable releases should not harm bilateral ties.


Bernard Madoff's son commits suicide in New York

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 11:08 AM PST

The son of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff hanged himself on Saturday in his New York apartment on the second anniversary of his father's arrest for perpetrating Wall Street's biggest ever fraud.

Bernard Madoff's son commits suicide in New York

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 11:08 AM PST

The son of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff hanged himself on Saturday in his New York apartment on the second anniversary of his father's arrest for perpetrating Wall Street's biggest ever fraud.


I-T department expects to collect Rs 2500 crore in Vodafone case

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 09:44 AM PST

Mumbai Income Tax authorities expect to collect Rs 2500 crore on accounts of the ongoing Vodafone case.


US envoy Holbrooke in hospital in 'critical' condition

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 08:31 AM PST

Richard Holbrooke, the US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, was critically ill Saturday in hospital where he has been joined by family members, the State Department said


US concern about terrorism in Spain: WikiLeaks

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 08:14 AM PST

The US grew so concerned about the possibility of an Islamist terror attack in Spain in 2007 that it proposed setting up a counterterrorism center in the country's second-largest city, according to confidential cables.


China's strategic highway to Indian border set for completion

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 06:32 AM PST

China has inched closer to completing the construction of a strategic highway in a remote Tibetan county close to its border with India, which is likely to boost its capability to move troops and logistics quickly to the borders.


Congress responsible for washout of Winter session: BJP

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 04:39 AM PST

BJP on Saturday accused Congress of insulting democratic principles by steadfastly rejecting the demand for a JPC into the 2G Spectrum and CWG scams, made by majority members of the Parliament.


PM says he is worried about future of Parliamentary system

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 04:05 AM PST

PM Manmohan Singh on Saturday said he is 'worried' about the future of the parliamentary system in the wake of a complete washout of the winter session of Parliament on the 2G spectrum issue.

PM says he is worried about future of Parliamentary system

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 04:05 AM PST

PM Manmohan Singh on Saturday said he is 'worried' about the future of the Parliamentary system in the wake of a complete washout of the winter session of Parliament on the 2G spectrum issue.


MEA summons US diplomat over 'pat-down' search of Shankar

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 02:33 AM PST

India on Saturday lodged a strong protest with the US for subjecting ambassador Meera Shankar to 'pat-down' security check at an American airport as deputy chief of US embassy here was summoned to the ministry of external affairs.


India to back Ban Ki-Moon's if he seeks second term

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 02:16 AM PST

India will support UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon if he decides to seek second term in 2012, according to a senior diplomat attached to the Indian mission in the United Nations.


2G scam: Former telecom minister A Raja meets Karunanidhi

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 01:28 AM PST

Beleaguered former telecom minister A Raja on Saturday met DMK president M Karunanidhi, three-days after the CBI raided his residence in connection with the 2G spectrum scam.


'Back channel diplomacy' underway with India on Kashmir: Pakistan

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 01:06 AM PST

"Back channel diplomacy with India is underway to resolve the Kashmir issue. However, we are stressing India should hold tripartite talks," Pakistan's kashmir affairs minister Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo said.


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