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Top Headlines - The Times of India

12 million children wish Nelson Mandela 'Happy Birthday'

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 01:31 AM PDT

Millions of children around the country are singing 'Happy Birthday' to former South African President Nelson Mandela, to celebrate his 93rd birthday.

Iran takes control of 3 Kurdish rebel camps in Iraq: Guards

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 01:17 AM PDT

Iran has taken "full control" of three camps of the Iranian Kurdish rebel PJAK movement inside neighbouring Iraq, a a commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards told the official IRNA news agency on Monday.

BJP supports demand for separate Telangana state: Gadkari

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 12:20 AM PDT

The BJP supports the demand for the formation of a separate Telangana state, party president Nitin Gadkari has said, citing its policy of favouring the creation of smaller states.

Egypt's new cabinet to be sworn in after protests

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 11:35 PM PDT

Egypt's new cabinet will be sworn in on Monday after a reshuffle that protesters said had partially satisfied their demands for deeper political and economic reforms.

25 Colombian cops sacked for tipping off drug dealers

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 10:33 PM PDT

A total of 25 Bogota police officers were fired for tipping off drug dealers, officials said.

30 reported killed in clashes in Syria

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 09:17 PM PDT

At least 30 people were killed in 24 hours in the central Syrian city of Homs in clashes between supporters and opponents of President Bashar al-Assad's regime, a human rights activist said.

Hacking scandal fells Britain's top policeman

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 08:15 PM PDT

A phone-hacking scandal centred on Rupert Murdoch's News Corp cost Britain's top policeman his job and renewed questions on Monday about Prime Minister David Cameron's judgment.

Carbon tax plans: Australian PM vows to push on as support plunges

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 05:25 PM PDT

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard vowed to stand firm on her controversial carbon tax plans on Monday despite the first poll since the levy was announced showing support for her Labor party plunging.

Father of admitted terrorist faces New York City trial

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 03:36 PM PDT

While FBI agents grilled a Denver airport shuttle van driver named Najibullah Zazi about a chilling terror plot to attack New York City subways in the fall of 2009, Zazi's father courted some trouble of his own by agreeing to answer a couple of innocent-sounding questions about his family and acquaintances.

British police chief quits over phone hacking scandal

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 12:41 PM PDT

Britain's most senior police officer Paul Stephenson resigned on Sunday, citing allegations about Scotland Yard's links to Rupert Murdoch's empire amid the phone hacking scandal.

Cash-for-vote scam: Police make first arrest, to quiz Amar Singh

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 07:23 AM PDT

Slammed by Supreme Court for a shoddy probe in the cash-for-vote scam, Delhi Police made its first arrest in the case picking up Sanjeev Saxena, believed to be an aide of Amar Singh, for allegedly trying to bribe BJP MPs ahead of UPA government's trust vote in 2008.

Swami Nigamananda death: Uttarakhand govt recommends CBI probe

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 06:10 AM PDT

The Uttarakhand government has recommended a CBI probe into the death of Swami Nigamananda, who was on fast for nearly four months demanding a halt to quarrying in Ganga.

Congress should not try to find 'scapegoats' for Mumbai blasts: Advani

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 05:21 AM PDT

Attacking Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan for his comment that giving the home protfolio to NCP was a mistake, senior BJP leader L K Advani said Congress should not try to find "scapegoats" for the Mumbai blasts.

Congress banking on Sonia, Rahul magic in 2012 UP polls

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 05:17 AM PDT

The Congress is banking on the magic of its leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi to help the party regain power in Uttar Pradesh after a gap of over two decades.

Nato airstrikes target Taliban in east Afghanistan

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 03:08 AM PDT

NATO warplanes on Sunday bombed a school in eastern Afghanistan taken over by an unknown number of Taliban fighters as Afghan troops battled with insurgents holed up inside the building, a provincial official said.

Volatile volcano in central Indonesia spews ash in biggest eruption

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 03:03 AM PDT

A volatile volcano in central Indonesia unleashed its most powerful eruption yet on Sunday, spewing hot ash and smoke thousands of feet (meters) into the air and sending panicked villagers racing back to emergency shelters.

Murdoch apologizes again for illegal phone hacking

Posted: 17 Jul 2011 02:30 AM PDT

The apologies keep coming from Rupert Murdoch, who has taken out a second newspaper ad promising that his News Corporation will make amends for the phone hacking scandal shaking his global media empire.