Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


Maharashtra govt recommends suspension of Information Commissioner Ramanand Tiwari

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 12:36 AM PST

Tiwari was in charge of the Urban Development department when the Adarsh building got crucial clearances. He has also been accused of withholding information on the controversial housing society.


PM Manmohan Singh holds meeting to tackle price rise

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 11:30 PM PST

With the prices of essential commodities reaching worrying levels, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today held a high level meeting to find ways to tackle inflation, particularly of food items.


SC paves way for trial in Palmolein oil import case

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 10:26 PM PST

The case relates to the alleged loss of Rs 2.32 crore in the import of palmolein oil in 1991-92 when late K Karunarakan was the chief minister of Kerala and P J Thomas the food secretary


NIA announces cash reward for information on 3 Samjhauta suspects

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 10:05 PM PST

Sixty-eight people were killed when bombs were set off in two coaches of cross-country Samjhauta Express, running between Delhi and Lahore, around midnight on February 18, 2007 at Diwana near Panipat.

NIA announces Rs 10 lakh reward for Samjhauta suspects

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 10:05 PM PST

Sixty-eight people were killed when bombs were set off in two coaches of cross-country Samjhauta Express, running between Delhi and Lahore, around midnight on February 18, 2007 at Diwana near Panipat.


Jagan sits on fast in Delhi against Krishna award

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 07:57 PM PST

Jagan's camp claims that at least a dozen Congress MLAs and few MPs will participate in the fast. This even as the state Congress has warned its MLAs from joining Jagan's fast.


19 dead or missing in Australian flood 'tsunami'

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 05:06 PM PST

Giant flash floods which smashed through an Australian town like an "inland tsunami" left at least eight people dead and 11 missing on Tuesday as the country's widespread flood crisis suddenly escalated.


US VP Joe Biden in surprise trip to Afghanistan

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 03:40 PM PST

US Vice President Joe Biden arrived for a surprise visit to Afghanistan Monday, where he will meet President Hamid Karzai at the start of a year when US troops are poised to begin limited withdrawals.


Ex-US US House of Representatives leader Tom DeLay gets 3-year prison term

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 02:29 PM PST

Former US House of Representatives Republican Leader Tom DeLay was sentenced to three years in prison on Monday after a jury found him guilty of money laundering and conspiracy.


Michael Jackson doctor bought 255 anesthetic vials: Witness

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 01:04 PM PST

A pharmacist said Monday the doctor charged in Michael Jackson's death bought 255 vials of a powerful anesthetic in the three months before the singer died.


ETA declares permanent ceasefire but Spain says insufficient

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 11:59 AM PST

Armed Basque separatists ETA announced Monday a permanent, verifiable ceasefire after more than 40 years of bloodshed but Spain's government rejected it as insufficient.


US marks moment of silence for Arizona shooting victims

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 10:38 AM PST

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle led Americans to observe a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the weekend's shooting in Arizona that critically injured a US Congresswoman and killed six people.


'Bullitt' director Peter Yates dies aged 81

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 09:05 AM PST

British filmmaker Peter Yates, the director of the classic movie "Bullitt" starring Steve McQueen, has died at the age of 81, his agents in London said Monday.


2G scam: Swamy to move SC seeking contempt action against Sibal

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 09:01 AM PST

Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy said he will move the Supreme Court seeking contempt of court action against Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal for stating that the CAG report of Rs1.76lakh crore loss to the exchequer due to 2G spectrum allocation was "erroneous".


US stocks drop amid eurozone debt jitters

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 07:02 AM PST

US stocks opened lower Monday amid renewed worries about eurozone debt markets and ahead of the start of the US corporate quarterly earnings season.


Export ban: Pak to sell 300 truckloads of onions in Lahore

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 06:08 AM PST

Pak exporters are likely to sell about 300 stranded truck load of onions at Wagah border in local vegetable market of Lahore after Pak govt refused to withdraw the onion export ban notification issued on January 5.


Calcutta High Court admits PIL on Lalgarh firing, Centre backs it

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 05:19 AM PST

The Calcutta High Court today admitted a PIL, which the Centre supported, seeking a CBI investigation into the firing at Lalgarh in West Midnapore district on January 7.


iGate buys 63% stake in Patni Computer for $921m

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 03:56 AM PST

US-based iGate-led consortium today clinched a deal to buy nearly 63 per cent stake in India's sixth largest IT firm Patni Computer for about $921 million (Rs 4,188 crore) after several rounds of negotiations.


Pak govt divided on lifting onion export ban to India

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 03:28 AM PST

Pakistan government today appeared divided over resuming onion exports to India with the agriculture ministry not averse to lifting the ban but the commerce ministry has some reservations.


Additional CCTVs installed at Varanasi blast sites

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 01:33 AM PST

Additional closed-circuit television cameras will keep a vigil on Sheetla Ghat, Dashashwamedh Ghat and Chittaranjan Park area in the wake of the terrorist attack that rocked the town on December 7 last year.


Committee on TRP recommends increasing sample size

Posted: 10 Jan 2011 01:15 AM PST

Expressing dissatisfaction over the current system of gauging popularity of TV programmes, a committee constituted to review the Television Rating Point (TRP) system has recommended increasing the sample size from the present 8,000 homes to 30,000 in both rural and urban areas.


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