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Top Headlines - The Times of India

Afghan President's brother Wali Karzai killed by his bodyguard

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 12:50 AM PDT

Ahmed Wali Karzai, the younger brother of the Afghan president and a powerful figure in the deeply troubled southern province of Kandahar, was assassinated on Tuesday, officials said.

First Indian record of supernova event found in Kashmir

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 12:46 AM PDT

Through a mural at the Mosque of Madani at Srinagar in Kashmir, Indian researchers claimed to have found the "first firm record" in the Indian subcontinent, of a supernova event that might have taken place centuries ago.

Kalka Mail mishap: Rail traffic on New Delhi-Howrah route resumes

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 10:21 PM PDT

Rail traffic on the busy New Delhi-Howrah route resumed on Tuesday, two days after the Delhi- bound Kalka Mail derailed near here in Uttar Pradesh killing 68 people.

More temples in Goa might ban entry to ill-dressed visitors

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 10:06 PM PDT

The ban on visitors wearing indecent clothes, is likely to be extended to more temples in Goa, with a right wing organisation deciding to lend its support to the campaign on the issue.

Government doctors in Rajasthan withdraw mass leave plan

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 09:34 PM PDT

Government doctors in Rajasthan, who had announced to go on a two-day mass leave, withdrew their plan on Tuesday after a meeting with a sub-committee of ministers.

US ran fake vaccine project in Abbotatabad in hunt for bin Laden: Report

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 09:15 PM PDT

CIA officials recruited a senior local doctor to organise the campaign after it tracked down a bin Laden courier to the al-Qaida fugitive's compound in the town of Abbottabad.

Infosys Q1 net rises 15.4%, narrowly misses estimates

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 09:03 PM PDT

Infosys Ltd, India's No. 2 software services exporter, reported a 15.4 per cent rise in fiscal first-quarter profit, narrowly missing expectations as a surge in wages offset strong demand from western clients.

Police in firing line over British phone-hacking scandal

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 07:07 PM PDT

British lawmakers were to grill police chiefs on Tuesday amid reports that royalty and ex-Prime Minister Gordon Brown were targeted in a phone-hacking scandal that felled Rupert Murdoch's News of the World.

Gunmen blow up Egyptian gas pipeline to Israel

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 06:43 PM PDT

Masked gunmen blew up a terminal of the Egyptian natural gas pipeline to Israel and Jordan in a predawn attack on Tuesday, security officials said.

US ran fake vaccine project in hunt for bin Laden: Report

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 05:14 PM PDT

US intelligence launched a fake vaccination drive in the Pakistan town where it believed Osama bin Laden was hiding in an effort to gather DNA from members of his family, the Guardian reported on Tuesday.

Hillary Clinton says Syria's Assad has lost legitimacy

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 03:21 PM PDT

Secretary of state Hillary Clinton hit back on Monday after Syrian "thugs" besieged the US embassy in Damascus, saying President Bashar Al-Assad was "not indispensable" and had "lost legitimacy."

Military aid to Pakistan not feasible when trainers are being asked to leave: US

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 01:51 PM PDT

The Obama administration, however, asserted that there was no change in its civilian aid to Pakistan.

Hugo Chavez says he is recovering rapidly after surgery

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:38 PM PDT

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is recovering rapidly after undergoing surgery last month that removed a cancerous tumor, the government said on Monday.

US drone strike kills 10 militants in Pakistan

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 11:36 AM PDT

A US drone strike targeting a compound in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on the Afghan border on monday killed at least 10 militants, local security officials said.

US debt default 'not acceptable': Barack Obama

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 08:57 AM PDT

President Barack Obama said Monday it was "not acceptable" for the United States to default on its debt and vowed to meet with Republican opponents every single day until a deal is reached.

US debt default 'not acceptable': Barack Obama

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 08:57 AM PDT

President Barack Obama said Monday it was "not acceptable" for the United States to default on its debt and vowed to meet with Republican opponents every single day until a deal is reached.

Wall Street drops more than 1% on global debt fears

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 08:38 AM PDT

Wall Street fell more than 1% on Monday as fears over the US budget and European debt crises sent a shudder through markets and overshadowed the start of corporate earnings reports.

British police officers sold royal details to paper: Reports

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 07:08 AM PDT

Rupert Murdoch's now defunct News of the World tabloid allegedly paid British royal protection officers for details about Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the royal family, reports said on Monday.

Rahul, Digvijay to discuss Congress list for UP polls

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 07:00 AM PDT

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will discuss with senior party leaders here tomorrow the list of candidates for the upcoming state assembly elections.

Fresh case against Sun Pictures COO Saxena

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 01:58 AM PDT

Chennai city police have slapped another fresh case against the COO of Sun Pictures W Hansraj Saxena, based on the complaint of a film producer Nemichand Jhabak, who produced the movie 'Mappillai' starring Dhanush and Hansika Motwani. This is the third case registered against the Saxena in the past one week.