Thursday, December 16, 2010

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


India wants 'final solution' to Pak diverting US aid: Antony

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:47 PM PST

Defence minister A K Antony said the past experience and track-record shows that instead of using the American military aid in the fight against Taliban, Pakistan is diverting it against India.


Australia resumes hunt for refugee boat victims as toll rises

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:03 PM PST

Rescuers scoured treacherous seas today for survivors of a refugee boat wreck that killed at least 28 people off Australia, renewing heated debate on the grim plight of boat people travelling from Asia.


Food inflation rises to 9.46% for week ended December 4

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:00 PM PST

Food inflation rose to 9.46 per cent for the week ended December 4 on account of higher prices of rice, vegetables, milk and fruits.


S Korea upholds suspended term for faked stem-cell research

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 09:57 PM PST

A South Korean appeals court on Thursday upheld a suspended prison term for a scientist whose claims of stem-cell breakthroughs rocked the scientific world until his research was found to be faked.


Italy court toughens sentences for ex-CIA agents

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 03:45 PM PST

An Italian appeals court sentenced 23 Americans to up to nine years in jail on Wednesday for the abduction of a Muslim cleric, in a symbolic condemnation of the CIA "rendition" flights used by the former U.S. government.


Health group sues McDonald's over Happy Meal toys

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:12 AM PST

A California mother and The Center for Science in the Public Interest have sued McDonald's Corp. trying to get the fast-food chain to stop using toys to market meals to young children.


Volkswagen recalls more than 228,000 cars in US

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 09:33 AM PST

Volkswagen has recalled more than 228,000 vehicles in the United States amid fears that faults could cause the vehicles' engines to catch fire.


JuD chief Hafiz Saeed makes public appearance in Islamabad after over 2 years

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 08:11 AM PST

JuD chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed made his first public appearance in the Pakistani capital in over two years at a meeting of leaders of key religious parties and hardliners opposed to changes in the country's controversial blasphemy law.


Sebi refuses Raju's cross-examination by Price Waterhouse

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 07:08 AM PST

Market regulator Sebi today rejected the request of Price Waterhouse Bangalore lawyers to let them cross-examine the disgraced founder-chairman of Satyam Computer Services B Ramalinga Raju and his associates, accused in the Rs 14,000 crore accounting fraud.


Continuance of Kalmadi, Bhanot impediment in CWG probe: CBI

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 05:40 AM PST

The CBI has conveyed to the Government that continuance of Commonwealth Games organising committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi and secretary Lalit Bhanot in their posts was proving to be a stumbling block for its ongoing probe into allegations of corruption in the conduct of the mega sporting event.


Time names Mark Zuckerberg 'Person of Year'

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 05:00 AM PST

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been named Time magazine's ``Person of the Year'' for 2010.

27 asylum seekers killed in a boat smash off Australia

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 04:38 AM PST

A wooden boat overflowing with asylum seekers reportedly from Iraq and Iran, smashed against rocks in a storm off an Australian island killing 27 people, including women and children.


Chinese PM Wen Jiabao in India to strengthen bilateral ties

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 01:32 AM PST

Chinese premier Wen Jiabao arrived in New Delhi today. The talks between Wen and Singh are expected to touch on the tensions and rivalries that have marked the historic relationship between the two nations.


Delhi HC refuses to stop phasing out of blueline buses

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 12:52 AM PST

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to stay the phasing out of blueline buses from the national capital.


Communist rebels in Philippines kill 10 soldiers: Military

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 12:43 AM PST

Communist rebels in the Philippines ambushed and killed 10 soldiers as the troops were returning to camp to observe a Christmas truce, the military said Wednesday.


Curfew imposed in Srinagar to prevent Muharram procession

Posted: 14 Dec 2010 09:38 PM PST

Curfew was imposed in several parts of this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital here Wednesday to prevent a Muharram procession.
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