WATERTOWN, S.D. -- Sen. Barack Obama pushed back Friday against President Bush's implicit criticism of his approach to foreign policy, condemning his administration for not capturing Osama bin Laden and blaming its Iraq war policy for strengthening and emboldening Iran.
Nine ministers from Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), or PML (N), quit the cabinet led by the party of assassinated former premier Benazir Bhutto on Tuesday after their leaders failed to reach agreement on the restoration of judges sacked by
A three-judge bench heard the petition of Gujarat State Petroleum Corp (GSPC) and others. Justices D N Patel and J N Upadhyay gave the verdict against GSPC while Justice D A Mehta ruled in its favour. Justices Patel and Upadhyay
Both were reacting to a TOI story titled, "CJI seeks to break norms for office space at home," which was based on a letter written by NDMC on April 10 expressing its inability to sanction CPWD's plan for additional construction
The Rajasthan Police have released sketches of three more men, who are suspected to be behind the blasts that killed more than 60 people on Tuesday. So far, the police have released sketches of seven suspects. Sources say there might
Refraining from giving details of the system, science and technology minister Kapil Sibal said it would be non-intrusive, would not require frisking of individuals and incorporate fully computerised parameters like cameras, biometrics, narcotic detection and explosive detection. The system's pilot
The task ahead of you is a great and difficult one," Qatari Amir Shaikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani told government and opposition leaders who flew to Doha a day after Arab mediators reached a deal to end Lebanon's worst
Meanwhile, oil shot to a record high near $128 a barrel after Goldman Sachs forecast a continued spike in prices through the end of the year. The US has decided to suspend shipments to its strategic oil reserve for the
The Jokhang temple in Lhasa, a key centre of Buddhist pilgrimage for centuries, was reopened to a large number of devotees. It was closed on March 14 when riots erupted after protests by Tibetans that led to death of 20
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced the 10-day amnesty for surrendering heavy and medium weaponry after he arrived in Mosul to launch the military crackdown codenamed "Mother of Two Springs". He said the crackdown was going well. "The process will achieve
The Al Qaeda leader, who has placed growing emphasis on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, said it was at the heart of the Muslim battle with the West and an inspiration to the 19 bombers who carried out the attacks on US
The disaster area is home to China's chief nuclear weapons research lab in Mianyang, as well as several secretive atomic sites, but no nuclear power stations. Minister of Environmental Protection Zhou Shengxian convened an emergency meeting hours after the tremor
Karthik, who can now join the IAS, is already serving in the IPS as he had cleared the 2006 exams. But this is a decision which may not be easy for him to take because he has taken a strong
Premier Wen Jiabao swapped his normal dark suit for an all-weather jacket and bullhorn, arriving in Sichuan province just hours after it was rattled by the temblor. "The central government hasn't forgotten about this place. We will rescue those who
If Indians use festive occasions to renew their ties with friends, Singh had plenty of them at hand, 2008 being the centenary of the ruling Wangchuk dynasty, the coronation year of young King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk and the year
Doctors at the National Hospital in Colombo said eight policemen and two civilians were killed and more than 85 people were wounded in the blast, which happened in a commercial quarter of the capital near the Hilton Hotel. The massive
The bund raised along the border during fencing work will be removed and re-erected behind the fencing. It will solve two purposes: the local populace can cultivate their fields, and BSF troops will be able to observe movement acrosthe border
In the Frenchie X advertisement, a lissome woman enters a room to find a young man in his briefs and slams the door shut leaving the rest to the imagination. According to sources, the advertisement was being repeatedly screened during
The ministry partly took the decision under pressure from the State government and Civil Aviation Ministry, even though a portion of the land allotted for the airport is covered with mangroves and falls in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ). Chief
