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Top Headlines - The Times of India

Former DMK minister surrenders over land grabbing charges in Tamil Nadu

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 11:04 PM PDT

Senior DMK leader and former minister Veerapandi Arumugam on Monday surrendered before police for three-day custodial interrogation in connection with two cases of alleged land grabbing lodged against him.

Hundreds of gay couples get married in New York

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:49 PM PDT

From Manhattan to Niagara Falls, hundreds of gay couples got married across New York on Sunday, one month after it was legalised in the state.

Phone-tapping an 'unpardonable crime': Yeddyurappa

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:35 PM PDT

Terming as "an unpardonable crime" the phone-tapping of Karnataka Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde, chief minister BS Yeddyurappa on Monday sought an inquiry into the issue by a central team and denied his hand and that of the ruling BJP in it.

Strong earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 07:57 PM PDT

A strong earthquake has struck off the coast of the Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries and no tsunami alert was issued.

UK health minister calls pension reforms unrealistic: Paper

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 06:15 PM PDT

Britain's health secretary Andrew Lansley has criticised the government's public sector pension reforms in a private letter to Treasury minister Danny Alexander, the Daily Telegraph said in its Monday edition.

Republicans, Democrats still stuck on debt plan

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 05:31 PM PDT

Democrats and Republicans remained deadlocked in crisis talks Sunday to agree on painful cuts in US government spending, leaving in question an extension of the country's borrowing limit needed by Aug. 2 to avoid a catastrophic default.

Former IMF chief Strauss-Kahn accuser says she wants justice

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 02:26 PM PDT

A Guinean woman who has accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of trying to rape her in a Manhattan hotel suite has given her first public interviews to clear her name, US media said Sunday.

Norway suspect borrowed from Unabomber's manifesto

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 02:16 PM PDT

Parts of the manifesto written by the suspect in Norway's terrorist attacks were taken almost word for word from the writings of "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski.

Another strong earthquake jolts northeastern Japan

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 01:41 PM PDT

The US Geological Survey is reporting that another strong earthquake has jolted northeastern Japan, the same region devastated by March's massive quake and tsunami. There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage, and no tsunami warning is in effect.

Mining scam: Guv to tell President what he thinks of Yeddurappa

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:22 AM PDT

Turning the heat on Yeddyurappa, governor HR Bhardwaj made it clear that he will send his assessment to the President once the Lokayukta submits his report.

LTTE's once political arm sweeps post conflict polls in North

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 05:18 AM PDT

The pro-LTTE political group TNA emerged as a major force in Sri Lanka's war-ravaged north with an overwhelming vote in its favour handing it two-thirds of the local council seats.

Peace leaves Maoist 'comfort women' in worse plight in Nepal

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 03:20 AM PDT

Nearly seven decades after the revelation of the plight of women caught in World War II and made to provide sex and companionship to the Japanese army similar tales are emerging from Nepal that survived a longer war for 10 years.

India presses Pakistan for voice samples of 26/11 accused

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 02:40 AM PDT

India has pressed Pakistan for the voice samples of the seven accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks and sought speedy trial of the case in that country to bring to justice the perpetrators of the strikes.

Karnataka governor to send report on mining scam to President

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 02:21 AM PDT

Karnataka governor H R Bhardwaj on Sunday said he would send a report to President Pratibha Patil once the Lokayukta's report on mining scam, that has indicted chief minister B S Yeddyurappa, "comes on record".

NATO hands model anti-Taliban province to Afghans

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 01:22 AM PDT

NATO troops on Sunday handed control of the Panjshir valley, a fiercely anti-Taliban province, to Afghan forces in the latest of a series of security transitions.

Maharashtra minister injured in road accident, hospitalised

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 12:48 AM PDT

Maharashtra Cooperative Minister Harshwardhan Patil was injured after the vehicle he was travelling in collided with another vehicle near Medhak village on Baramati-Morgaon road on Sunday, police said.