Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


Singapore HC increases jail term of 'quack' doc from India

Posted: 12 Jan 2011 12:40 AM PST

Last September, Kulandaivelu Padmanaban, 61, was sentenced by a district court to a week's jail and fined 10,000 Singapore dollars for practising medicine without a certificate.


Accused pilot granted bail in Delhi road rage case

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 10:19 PM PST

A pilot, who allegedly mowed down a restaurant manager in a tony market in the capital in a road rage incident, was on Wednesday freed on bail.


Onion traders go on strike against raids, Delhi govt considers ESMA

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 09:54 PM PST

Impact of strike is yet to be seen in the retail market. Onion prices continue to rule high at Rs 60 per kg in most parts of Delhi. However, in posh colonies, prices are hovering around Rs 75 per kg.


Alyeska receives govt permission to restart Trans-Alaska Pipeline

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 08:44 PM PST

Alyeska has received government permission to restart the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, which carries 12 per cent of U.S. crude, a company spokeswoman said on Tuesday.


Alyeska receives govt permission to restart Trans-Alaska Pipeline

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 08:44 PM PST

Alyeska has received government permission to restart the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, which carries 12 per cent of U.S. crude, a company spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

Illinois lawmakers vote to scrap death penalty

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 08:07 PM PST

Since 2000, Illinois has had a moratorium in place for the death penalty after a series of people sentenced to death were ultimately found to be not guilty of the crimes after investigations.


Indian budget airline IndiGo in $16bn deal with Airbus

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 05:09 PM PST

Indian budget airline IndiGo has signed an agreement to buy 180 Airbus A320 aircraft, the European plane maker said, in a record sale worth $16.4 billion (12.6 billion euros).


Palestinians 'walking away' from peace: Netanyahu

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 03:56 PM PST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed the Palestinians for the stalled peace process, saying their refusal to negotiate showed they were not interested in peace.


Christian shot dead in Egypt train attack

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 02:28 PM PST

A gunman in police uniform on Tuesday opened fire on a group of passengers in a train, killing a Christian man and wounding five others in the Egypt's southern Minya province.


Autopsy showed Michael Jackson death a homicide: Coroner

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 01:13 PM PST

The coroner who performed the autopsy on Michael Jackson testified on Tuesday that the pop star's death would have been classified a homicide even if the singer gave himself the final dose of the anaesthetic propofol.


Shot US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords able to breathe 'on her own': Doctor

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 12:17 PM PST

The Arizona lawmaker shot in the head in an attack that killed six in Tucson remains in critical condition Tuesday but is now capable of breathing on her own, doctors said.


Zardari appoints close aide Muhammad Latif Khosa as Punjab governor

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 11:21 AM PST

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardrai on Tuesday appointed his close aide Muhammad Latif Khosa as the new governor of Punjab province to succeed the slain PPP leader Salman Taseer.


US stocks climb as eurozone fears ease

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 08:12 AM PST

Wall Street stocks posted moderate gains Tuesday after a positive start to the quarterly earnings season and easing eurozone debt fears after Portugal denied it needed a bailout.


Nine Asian men arrested in UK over sex grooming case

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 07:11 AM PST

Nine Asian men, most of them of Pakistani origin, have been arrested in Britain on charges of grooming teenage white girls for sex.


Oil prices jump after leak shuts Alaskan pipeline

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 06:06 AM PST

World oil prices today climbed after an Alaskan pipeline leak forced a shutdown of the network that accounts for more than 10 per cent of US crude output.


We're stepping up release of leaked docs, says WikiLeaks founder

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 04:34 AM PST

WikiLeaks will step up its publication schedule of secret documents, founder Julian Assange announced Tuesday, promising more revelations based on the group's stash of confidential US embassy cables and other leaks.


NRIs interested in contesting 10 Punjab Assembly seats: IOC

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 02:58 AM PST

A group of NRIs from Punjab have shown interest in contesting ten Assembly seats in the forthcoming Vidhan Sabha elections in the state on Congress tickets.


SAARC countries to participate in National Youth Festival

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 02:33 AM PST

About 5,000 youths from across the eight SAARC countries will participate in the National Youth Festival, which begins here on Wednesday.


Terror can't be ignored for friendly ties with Pak: Krishna

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 02:00 AM PST

Asking Pakistan to fulfil its assurances of disbanding the terror infrastructure on its soil, India Tuesday said it was willing to go "more than half the way" to hold peace talks with the neighbour but terrorism could "not be shoved" under the carpet.


China's stealth fighter makes its maiden test flight

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 01:43 AM PST

China's radder evasive stealth fighter made its maiden test flight on Tuesday, making the country only the second nation after US to test such cutting edge technology.


US Supreme Court dismisses Obama citizenship case

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 01:36 AM PST

The US Supreme Court has dismissed a petition questioning the citizenship of President Barack Obama, dealing a severe blow to his detractors who were challenging his US birth certificate.


Indian-American charged in US' biggest insider trading case

Posted: 11 Jan 2011 12:53 AM PST

An Indian-American is among four persons charged by US authorities as part of a wide-ranging investigation involving the multi-billion-dollar Galleon Group hedge fund scam, the biggest insider trading case in the country.


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