Thursday, February 10, 2011

Top Headlines - The Times of India

Top Headlines - The Times of India


Musharraf knew of plot to kill Benazir, reveals probe

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 11:47 PM PST

Pervez Musharraf was aware that the Taliban was plotting to kill former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, but he did not pass on the information to the authorities concerned, said a team probing the 2007 assassination.


SC awards one year RI to former Kerala minister in graft case

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 10:03 PM PST

The Supreme Court on Thursday awarded one year rigorous imprisonment to former Kerala power minister and Congress leader R Balakrishnan Pillai and two others in the Idamalayar dam corruption case.


ICE removes radio tags from two Tri Valley Indian students

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 09:18 PM PST

US immigration authorities have removed radio tags from the ankles of two Indian students from California-based Tri Valley University (TVU), which has been shut down on charges of massive visa fraud.


Suicide bomber kills 27 soldiers at army training camp in Pakistan

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 08:18 PM PST

A teen suicide bomber in a school uniform attacked soldiers during morning exercises at a Pakistani army training camp on Thursday, killing 27 troops and wounding 40 others, police and the military said.

Suicide bomber kills 20 soldiers in Pakistan

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 08:18 PM PST

A suicide bomber in a school uniform attacked soldiers during morning exercises at a Pakistani army training camp on Thursday, killing 20 troops and wounding 20 others, police and the military said.

Suicide blast at Pakistan army recruitment centre kills 10

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 08:18 PM PST

A suicide bombing at an army recruitment centre in northwest Pakistan on Thursday killed at least 10 people, said a police official.


Over 250,000 killed by disasters worldwide in 2010: Ban Ki-moon

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 06:21 PM PST

Over a quarter of a million people were killed by disasters worldwide last year, making 2010 one of the deadliest years in more than a generation, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said.


New York Congressman Lee quits in Internet scandal

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 03:35 PM PST

US Representative Chris Lee, a married Republican, abruptly resigned from Congress on Wednesday after revelations that he had sent flirtatious messages to another woman on a prominent Internet site.


Sex trial aims to discredit my government: Berlusconi

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 12:30 PM PST

Silvio Berlusconi faced the most serious challenge yet to his grip on power as Italian prosecutors sought to put him on trial in a seamy prostitution scandal involving a 17-year-old Moroccan girl that has both titillated and divided the nation.


French PM admits to New Year's holiday at Mubarak's cost

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 09:34 AM PST

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has admitted he enjoyed a New Year holiday in Egypt sponsored by President Hosni Mubarak.


Taiwan detains general in China spy case

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 08:37 AM PST

A Taiwanese general has been arrested over claims he spied for China, the defence ministry said on Wednesday as it scrambled to limit the damage from what it called the worst espionage case in 50 years.


US, Pak promised Bhutto she will be the next PM: Report

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 07:27 AM PST

Slain Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto was given an assurance by the "highest authorities" in Pakistan and the US that she would be the next prime minister after the 2008 general elections, according to a media report on Wednesday.


Government to terminate Antrix-Devas deal next week

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 07:02 AM PST

The government is expected to cancel next week the controversial deal ISRO's commercial arm Antrix Corporation had signed with a private firm for utilising scarce S-band spectrum.


Korea talks 'collapse' in setback for nuclear dialogue

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 06:54 AM PST

Military talks between the rival Koreas have "collapsed," a unification ministry official in Seoul said on Wednesday, dealing a setback to efforts to restart international aid-for-disarmament talks.


2G scam: CBI chief asked to appear before PAC

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 06:13 AM PST

CBI director A P Singh has been asked to appear before Parliament's public accounts committee next week to give evidence in connection with the controversial allocation of 2G spectrum.


Union Cabinet to cancel S-band spectrum deal next week

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 05:40 AM PST

With yet another scam suspected in a spectrum deal, the government is likely to cancel the contract between ISRO's commercial arm Antrix and Devas Multimedia allowing it the use of scarce S-band spectrum.


Italian prosecutors request immediate trial for Berlusconi

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 04:34 AM PST

Milan prosecutors on Wednesday requested an immediate trial for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, accused of abuse of power and having sex with an underage girl nicknamed Ruby the heartstealer.


Court acquits 7 men 'branded as terrorists' by Delhi Police

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 03:53 AM PST

Delhi Police was left red-faced when a court ordered release of seven persons "branded as terrorists" and remarked that the encounter story plotted by the police in this regard was "carefully scripted in office".


Southern Sudan minister shot dead in dispute

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 03:20 AM PST

A Southern Sudanese government minister was shot dead by his personal driver on Wednesday, an army spokesman said.


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