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Top Headlines - The Times of India

Cheating case: One more complaint filed against Sun Pictures COO

Posted: 16 Jul 2011 12:46 AM PDT

Saxena, considered close to the Maran brothers, had been arrested recently on his arrival from Hyderabad by city police on the complaint by a Salem-based producer.

Chile miners sue government for 69-day ordeal underground

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 10:42 PM PDT

Some 31 miners who endured 69 days trapped underground when a northern Chile mine collapsed are suing the government for negligence saying there was lack of security.

United Nations drops sanctions against 14 ex-Afghan Taliban

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 06:35 PM PDT

The UN committee that oversees the Taliban blacklist dropped 14 names on Friday at the Afghan government's urging.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to return to Cuba for cancer treatment

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 04:33 PM PDT

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced on Friday that he will return to Cuba to begin a new phase of cancer treatment that will include chemotherapy.

Barack Obama under fire for not meeting Dalai Lama

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 03:17 PM PDT

US lawmakers and human rights activists on Thursday sharply criticized President Barack Obama for not meeting the Dalai Lama, accusing him of bowing to Chinese pressure to shun the Tibetan leader.

Dow Jones CEO, Murdoch lieutenant Les Hinton resigns

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 02:11 PM PDT

Les Hinton, the top executive of Rupert Murdoch's Dow Jones & Co, resigned after becoming one of the targets of criticism for the phone-hacking scandal that occurred when he oversaw News Corp's British newspapers, the company said.

Eight European banks fail stress test, credibility questioned

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 12:57 PM PDT

Eight European banks have failed a test of their ability to withstand a long recession and will have to raise just 2.5 billion euros ($3.5 billion) of capital, a significantly lower figure than expected.

Syrians stage largest protests since uprising; 17 killed

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 11:49 AM PDT

Hundreds of thousands of Syrians mounted the largest protests on Friday since the uprising began more than four months ago, pouring into areas where the government crackdown has been most intense.

Barack Obama rejects $2.4 trillion plan without tax hikes

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 08:27 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama on Friday said he would not support a $2.4 trillion plan to reduce the federal deficit without some tax hikes to increase revenues.

Case registered against Baba Ramdev and his aide, in Jaipur

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 06:43 AM PDT

case of cheating and kidnapping has been registered here against Yoga Guru Ramdev, his aide Acharya Balkrishan and four others following the directive of a court.

Centre moves SC for review, recall of its order in black money

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 05:58 AM PDT

The Centre on Friday approached the Supreme Court seeking review and recall of its order for setting up a SIT comprising its retired judges to take over the probe of all black money cases including that of Pune stud farm owner Hassan Ali Khan.

Bomb scare at HSBC bank in Kolkata, police evacuate building

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 02:33 AM PDT

The city police on Friday searched the Dalhousie Square branch of a leading multinational bank after an unidentified person made a call saying that there was a bomb inside the bank.

Phone hacking scandal: Rebekah Brooks resigns as News International CEO

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 02:20 AM PDT

Rebekah Brooks has resigned as chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper arm as a phone-hacking scandal escalates, and will be replaced by Sky Italia CEO Tom Mockridge.

Darjeeling tripartite pact to be signed on July 18, says Mamata Banerjee

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 02:05 AM PDT

The tripartite agreement on the Darjeeling hill authority among the Centre, West Bengal government and Gorkha Janmukti Morcha would be signed on July 18, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday.

Pakistan Supreme Court grants bail to suspect in Sri Lankan team attack case

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:35 AM PDT

A key suspect in the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore has been released from Kot Lakhpat Jail after the Pakistan Supreme Court granted him bail.

Cash for vote scam: Supreme Court pulls up Delhi Police

Posted: 14 Jul 2011 10:42 PM PDT

In a scathing remark on the efficiency of the police, the judges said, Are our investigating agencies so inefficient that after two years no headway has been made in a simple case?