Monday, January 17, 2011

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Goa Speaker summons three NCP MLAs after two defy party

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 11:40 PM PST

Goa Assembly Speaker has summoned all the three NCP MLAs for a meeting on January 24, after the party informed that it wanted to replace its whip and the legislative wing's president.

Toyota suspends operations at Japan plants due to snow

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 11:33 PM PST

Toyota Motor said Monday it would temporarily suspend operations at its key plants in Japan later in the day due to heavy snowfall, adding that it expected little impact on production.

Oil slips to near $91 after China tightening move

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 10:13 PM PST

Oil prices slipped to near $91 a barrel Monday in Asia after China's latest move to restrict lending raised the prospect of weaker demand for crude.

Maoists torch CPM party office, bomb building

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 09:18 PM PST

Suspected Maoists torched a CPI(M) party office and bombed a building housing a self-helf group in West Midnapore district, police said today.

Cuba laments 'limited' lifting of US restrictions

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 07:09 PM PST

Cuba said Sunday that the easing of US restrictions on travel and remittances to the island was "very limited" and would keep a decades-old trade embargo intact.

'Baby Doc' Duvalier back in Haiti after long exile

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 04:47 PM PST

Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier returned Sunday to Haiti after nearly 25 years in exile, a surprise and perplexing move that comes as his country struggles with a political crisis and the stalled effort to recover from last year's devastating earthquake.

3 young women die in stampede at Hungarian disco

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 03:15 PM PST

Three young women died in a stampede at a Hungarian nightclub, police said Sunday. Five people, including the organizers of the event, were taken into custody.

Army attacks Tunisian presidential palace: Source

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 12:25 PM PST

The Tunisian army launched an assault on Sunday against supporters of ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali holed up inside the presidential palace on the outskirts of Tunis, a security source told AFP.

Hezbollah leader: Saad Hariri should not return as PM

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 12:22 PM PST

Sheik Hassan Nasrallah made his first public comments today since ministers from his movement and their allies resigned from the Cabinet on Wednesday, toppling Hariri's Western-backed government.

Pak should punish Qadri, blasphemy law should stay: Musharraf

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 09:40 AM PST

Former Pakistani military dictator Pervez Mushrarraf has said that the killer of Punjab governor Salmaan Tasser should be punished and not allowed to challenge the writ of the state.

Israel to build 1,400 apartments in contested Jerusalem

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 08:45 AM PST

Israeli authorities said Sunday they are moving ahead with a new proposal to build 1,400 apartments in a contested part of Jerusalem, enraging Palestinians who denounced the plan as another settler land grab.

Swiss whistleblower to hand over bank data to WikiLeaks

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 07:58 AM PST

Swiss whistleblower Rudolf Elmer is planning to handover to WikiLeaks two CDs containing data of around 2,000 bank clients who may have been evading taxes, according to an interview published Sunday.

Sabarimala stampede: Police to submit initial report in 4 days

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 07:01 AM PST

The special team of the crime branch of the Kerala police, which began investigation into Friday's stampede that claimed the lives of 102 Ayyappa pilgrims, will submit its initial report in four days.

100 Hindu families in Pak want to migrate to India

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 06:31 AM PST

More than one hundred Hindu families of Baluchistan province of Pakistan are making efforts to migrate to India after becoming the target of extremists and fundamentalist groups who kidnap them for ransom.

Death sentence for killer of six Copts at 2010 Christmas mass in Egypt

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 06:05 AM PST

A Muslim man was condemned to death in south Egypt on Sunday for the January 2010 slaying of six Copts after Christmas mass, a year before a suicide bomber killed 21 people outside a Coptic church.

Drinking water to go for radioactivity testing in Bathinda

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 05:35 AM PST

At least 354 cases of hepatitis has been reported in the last one month in Bathinda town. The health department is at a loss to detect the cause of the problem after bacteriological and heavy metal testing found nothing wrong.

Air-borne flight grounded in Bangalore after fire scare

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 05:17 AM PST

A Hyderabad-bound Kingfisher flight from Bangalore with 27 passengers and 5 crew members on board, returned back at the airport today due to a fire scare, after being air-borne for 10 minutes.

14 Indian sailors jailed in Somalia over illegal charcoal

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 03:43 AM PST

A Mogadishu court jailed 14 Indian sailors for a year for illegally exporting charcoal, court sources said on Sunday.

Allies seek better coordination in UPA-II

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 03:27 AM PST

At a time when the ruling coalition is passing through a turbulent phase, demands for a better coordination in the UPA-II are being raised by the allies of the Congress.

UGC comes out with guidelines for using radioactive elements

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 01:51 AM PST

University Grants Commission has issued guidelines to varsities on use and safe disposal of radioactive elements, nearly eight months after origin of Cobalt-60, which lead to the death of a man here, was traced to Delhi University's chemistry department.
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