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Top Headlines - The Times of India

4 militants killed in US drone attack

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 11:34 PM PDT

Four suspected militants were killed and five others injured when a US drone struck a house in the lawless North Waziristan tribal region in northwest Pakistan, officials said on Wednesday.

SC boost to Indo-Bangladesh ties, Lafarge gets green signal to mining in Meghalay

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 11:28 PM PDT

The SC on Wednesday gave a boost to Indo-Bangladesh ties by lifting stay of limestone supply from Meghalay to Bangladesh's biggest cement plant at Chatak run by French multinational Lafarge.

SC will give direction on Rs 1 lakh crore treasure trove on Friday

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 11:01 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that unearthing process of Rs 1 lakh crore treasure trove inside Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala should be filmed.

SC will give direction on Rs 1 lakh crore treasure trove on Friday

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 11:01 PM PDT

The Supreme Court expressed serious concern on the fight that has begun over the reported Rs 1 lakh crore treasure trove unearthed in Thiruvananthapuram temple.

Noted filmmaker Mani Kaul passes away

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:19 PM PDT

Noted filmmaker Mani Kaul, who was considered one of the pioneers of new Indian cinema, died here on Wednesday after prolonged illness.

Noted filmmaker Mani Kaul's death is a huge loss: Subhajit

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:18 PM PDT

Goutam Ghose says the director was one of the last Mohicans of Indian creative cinema

BJP chief summons Arjun Munda to Delhi to discuss by-poll debacle

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:12 PM PDT

Stung by the party's defeat in by-election to Jamshedpur Lok Sabha seat, BJP president Nitin Gadkari has summoned chief minister Arjun Munda to New Delhi on Wednesday to discuss the poll debacle.

Life remains paralysed across Telangana region for second day

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:07 PM PDT

Life remained paralysed across Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, the second day of the 48-hour shutdown called by Telangana Joint Action Committee (JAC) to demand a separate state of Telangana.

Japan to conduct 'stress test' on its nuclear plants to check their resilience

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 07:23 PM PDT

Japan will conduct a "stress test" on all its nuclear plants to check their resilience following the crisis at the tsunami-struck Fukushima Daiichi plant, Japanese media said today.

Spain's running of the bulls festival set to begin

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 07:21 PM PDT

Over one million people are expected to jam the streets of the city of Pamplona for Spain's best-known fiesta -- the nine-day San Fermin bull-running festival which gets underway today.

Amnesty International accuses Syria of crimes against humanity

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 06:40 PM PDT

Amnesty International has accused the Syrian regime of committing crimes against humanity during a deadly crackdown over a pro-democracy protest in a border town.

Cyber attacks on South Korea-US may have been a test run: McAfee

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:50 PM PDT

Cyber attacks on US and South Korean military websites in March may have been a test by North Korea or sympathizers, according to a report released Tuesday by computer security firm McAfee.

Series of air strikes in Yemen kill 4 civilians, 6 gunmen

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:46 PM PDT

Four civilians and six gunmen were killed in a series of air raids that targeted extremists who have taken control of most of Yemen's southern city of Zinjibar, officials and a medic said.

Maid in Strauss-Kahn case sues New York Post over 'prostitution' claim

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:42 PM PDT

The Guinean hotel maid, who has accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape, is suing the New York Post for claiming that she was a prostitute.

Double bombing kills 37 people at Iraqi government office

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 12:36 PM PDT

A car packed with explosives and a roadside bomb went off back-to-back outside a municipal building north of Baghdad today, killing 37 people and wounding 54, Iraqi police and a hospital doctor said.

Who wants to live forever? Scientist sees aging cured

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:44 AM PDT

: If Aubrey de Grey's predictions are right, the first person who will live to see their 150th birthday has already been born. And the first person to live for 1,000 years could be less than 20 years younger.

Madhya Pradesh govt to set up institute to honour Vajpayee

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 08:24 AM PDT

Madhya Pradesh government will establish an institute of public administration to honour veteran BJP leader and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, official sources said.

Rahul Gandhi's march to get feedback on land policy: Digvijay

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 07:10 AM PDT

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said Rahul Gandhi's march from the twin villages of Bhatta-Parsaul was aimed at getting first-hand information from people on the land acquisition policy of the UP government.

Nitish Katara murder: Verdict on third accused Wednesday

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 06:07 AM PDT

Delhi court's verdict on Sukhdev Pehalwan, an accused in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder, is likely to be announced on Wednesday.

Japan eyes first nuclear restart since quake, power worries stay

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 05:50 AM PDT

Japan edged closer to its first nuclear power plant restart since the March earthquake following approval from a Japanese city mayor, but concerns about summer power shortages remained as it was unclear when other plants would follow suit.

Man wanted for rapes, murder in UK arrested at IGI airport

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 05:24 AM PDT

Aman Vyas, who went to the UK in 2007 on a student visa, had allegedly raped three women aged 59, 46 and 35 and murdered one of them between March 24 - May 30, 2009. He was allegedly trying to flee to Bangkok.

Homosexuality no disease, India must include gay sex: UNAIDS

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 04:14 AM PDT

UNAIDS emphasised on Tuesday that there is no place for discrimination on the basis of a person's sexual orientation, a day after Ghulam Nabi Azad said men having sex with men is a "disease" and "unnatural".

Attack on security forces convoy in Pak kills 5 soldiers

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 02:49 AM PDT

Five security personnel were killed and six more injured when a security forces convoy was targeted with a roadside bomb in Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said.

SC orders govt to disband use of SPO to fight Maoists in Chhattisgarh

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 11:22 PM PDT

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Chattisgarh government and the Centre to disband use of ill educated, ill trained and ill equipped tribal youth as Special Police Officers (SPO) to fight Maoist and Naxals.