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Top Headlines - The Times of India

Jammu-Srinagar national highway reopens for vehicular traffic

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 11:25 PM PDT

The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, which is the sole surface link between Kashmir and the rest of the country, was reopened for traffic today after a day long closure due to landslides triggered by heavy rains in Ramban district.

BSP expels Lucknow candidate for assembly elections

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 10:34 PM PDT

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has expelled its candidate from Lucknow central Assembly constituency Fakir Siddiqui from the party.

G7 ready to fight excessive currency moves: Japan

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 04:38 PM PDT

Financial chiefs and central bankers of the G7 nations spoke again early Monday and agreed to cooperate against excessive currency moves, the Japanese finance minister said.

Saudi Arabia recalls ambassador from Syria: King Abdullah

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 02:59 PM PDT

Saudi Arabia has recalled its ambassador from Damascus for consultations, King Abdullah said Sunday, in a statement calling on Syria's leaders to "stop the killing machine".

European Central Bank says it will actively buy eurozone bonds

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 02:24 PM PDT

The European Central Bank said on Sunday it was ready to implement its SMP bond-buying programme, a move financial markets had been looking for as a possible way to prevent the euro zone debt crisis from widening.

Time for US to take responsibility: Chinese state media

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 02:10 PM PDT

Democrats and Republicans in Washington need to stop blaming each other over the unprecedented US credit rating downgrade and find solutions, China's official Xinhua news agency said early on Monday.

Economy, not debt rating, will send markets lower

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 01:47 PM PDT

US investors will have their first chance Monday to react to Standard & Poor's decision to strip the US government of its top credit rating. But the bigger issues facing Wall Street and stock markets worldwide remain debt-ridden countries in Europe and concerns that the global economy is weakening.

Unidentified persons vandalise Subramanian Swamy's home compound

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 07:30 AM PDT

A small group of unidentified persons attacked the compound of the house of Janata party leader Subramanian Swamy in Nizamuddin East today, police said.

British soldier killed by Afghan boy for $80

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 07:11 AM PDT

A British soldier was blown up by a boy in Afghanistan for just $80 he was promised for the act, a media report said.

Typhoon blows past Shanghai on way to n'east China

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 07:06 AM PDT

A typhoon blew down power lines and billboards in the Chinese financial hub of Shanghai on Sunday and aimed at a northeast port city where beaches were closed and sandbags were piled on the waterfront.

Syrian armoured military assaults kill 57-activists

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 06:53 AM PDT

At least 57 Syrian civilians were killed in armoured military assaults by President Bashar al-Assad's forces on Sunday to crush a five-month uprising against his rule, a grassroots activists' organisation said.

15 tankers ferrying oil to NATO forces destroyed in Pakistan

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 12:50 AM PDT

Fifteen tankers ferrying oil to NATO forces in Afghanistan were destroyed when a huge blast ripped through a terminal on the outskirts of Peshawar city in northwest Pakistan, officials said today.

Jammu-Srinagar highway closed due to landslide

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 12:41 AM PDT

The 300 km long Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, connecting J&K with the rest of the country, was closed for traffic on Sunday due to landslides, triggered by heavy rains in Ramban district.