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Top Headlines - The Times of India

Assam rail blast: 16 APA insurgents allegedly involved arrested

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 01:21 AM PDT

The CRPF has caught 16 members of the tribal insurgent outfit - Adivasi People's Army - for their alleged involvement in planting IED at railway track in Assam that led to Guwahati-Puri Express train derailment on Sunday.

Pakistan intelligence chief heads to US for talks

Posted: 13 Jul 2011 12:34 AM PDT

Pakistan's spymaster on Wednesday left for US talks on intelligence cooperation, hoping to shore up the strategic alliance against al-Qaida that hit crisis point after the US killing of Osama bin Laden.

Telangana Congress leaders launch 48-hour hunger strike

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:30 PM PDT

Defying Congress leadership, leaders from Telangana region on Wednesday launched a 48-hour hunger strike in Andhra Pradesh, demanding the separate state of Telangana.

Sun Network's Kalanidhi Maran summoned by Chennai police

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:10 PM PDT

Media mogul Kalanithi Maran, managing director of the Rs.19 billion turnover Sun TV Network Ltd, has received police summons in connection with cheating cases lodged against the company's movie division Sun Pictures.

China economic growth slows to 9.5% in Q2

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 10:12 PM PDT

China said on Wednesday its economy grew at a slower pace in the second quarter, highlighting the difficult task for Beijing as it battles to bring politically sensitive inflation under control.

New railway minister Dinesh Trivedi meets Kalka Mail accident victims

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 07:38 PM PDT

Hours after being sworn in as railway minister, Dinesh Trivedi arrived in Kanpur on Tuesday night to meet the victims of the Howrah-Kalka Mail accident in Uttar Pradesh undergoing treatment in hospital.

US report proposes overhaul of nuclear rules

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 05:49 PM PDT

The US nuclear safety regulator should weigh an overhaul of its rules and guidelines used to keep plants safe when disaster strikes, a task force recommended on Tuesday, according to a source familiar with its report.

Thousands rally for Egypt military chief's ouster

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 04:38 PM PDT

Thousands of Egyptians rallied on Tuesday for the downfall of Egypt's military leader, as anger mounts over the army's handling of a transition from the country's former autocratic regime.

No succession plan needed despite cancer: Hugo Chavez

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 03:20 PM PDT

President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday that despite his recent cancer diagnosis, he has no intention of putting a succession plan in place, as he repeated an earlier vow to make a complete recovery.

UN adopts resolution against recruiting child soldiers

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 01:57 PM PDT

The UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously adopted a resolution against recruitment of child soldiers, pressing nations to halt the abuse of children including rape and attacks on schools.

Taliban commander arrested in connection with Karachi violence

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 12:42 PM PDT

Pakistani police on Tuesday announced the arrest of a key Taliban commander in connection with the violence in Karachi that has been hit by gang warfare since the last two years.

Chhattisgarh DGP Vishwaranjan removed, Anil M Nawaney named new police chief

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:33 AM PDT

Chhattisgarh director general of police Vishwaranjan was Tuesday night shunted out, apparently as a fall-out of his widening rift with home minister Nanki Ram Kanwar over allegedly inadequate scale of anti-Maoist operations in the state.

Buddhadeb flays Trinamool for violence against Left cadres

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 08:37 AM PDT

Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader and former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Tuesday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress of perpetrating violence on Left supporters.

Buddhadeb flays Trinamool for violence against Left cadres

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 08:37 AM PDT

Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader and former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Tuesday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress of perpetrating violence on Left supporters.

UK gov't to urge Rupert Murdoch to withdraw BSkyB bid

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 08:30 AM PDT

The British government says it will urge Rupert Murdoch to withdraw his bid to take control of satellite broadcaster BSkyB.

Manmohan the honest king of a corrupt regime: Navjot Singh Sidhu

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 05:42 AM PDT

BJP MP from Punjab Navjot Singh Sidhu, who was roped in to strengthen the party's Delhi unit, on Tuesday described Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as the "honest king of a corrupt regime" which could not control either inflation or graft.

Five AMU professors booked for keeping black buck in captivity

Posted: 12 Jul 2011 03:00 AM PDT

An FIR has been registered against five professors of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) for allegedly keeping a black buck in captivity at the varsity campus in Aligarh, police said here on Tuesday.