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Probe into Ofsted Baby P e-mails

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 07:04 AM PST

Probe into Ofsted Baby P e-mails


Probe into Ofsted Baby P e-mails

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST

A High Court judge demands an explanation from Ofsted over suggestions its inspectors deleted e-mails relating to the Baby P case.

Stimson wanted kick-off delayed

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 06:07 AM PST

Gillingham manager Mark Stimson questions the decision not to delay the kick-off of the 3-1 defeat at Leyton Orient.

2012's real team effort

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:55 AM PST

London 2012 has been a decade in the making and it's vital we don't forget those that helped make it happen along the way, writes Adrian Warner.

Wife to be evicted from £12m home

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 05:49 AM PST

The ex-wife of former ICI chairman Charles Miller Smith is given three months to leave their £12m home.

Man goes missing on fishing trip

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 01:40 AM PST

A search begins after a man in his 30s fails to return from a Dorset fishing trip and his empty boat is washed up.

Smokers face £80 fine for butts

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 11:32 PM PST

Smokers who drop cigarette butts in the City face an £80 fine after the launch of a new crackdown.

Blackburn v Chelsea

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 04:01 AM PST

Preview followed by live coverage of Wednesday's game between Blackburn and Chelsea in the Carling Cup.

Manchester City v Arsenal

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 04:50 AM PST

Preview followed by live coverage of Wednesday's game between Manchester City and Arsenal in the Carling Cup.

Man Utd 2-0 Tottenham

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 01:54 PM PST

Darron Gibson scores two spectacular first-half goals as Manchester United defeat Tottenham to reach the semi-finals of the Carling Cup.

Matt Tinsley

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:32 AM PST

Sideman turned soloist finds a willing audience for his alt-nuanced tales of love and life. Hear a sample inside...

Telangana: TRS activists torch Renuka Chowdhury's office

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 03:16 AM PST

Telangana: TRS activists torch Renuka Chowdhury's office


Telangana: TRS activists torch Renuka Chowdhury's office

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 09:20 PM PST

Telangana Rashtra Samiti activists set ablaze Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury's office. Renuka is against the demand for a separate Telangana state.

What loss? Air India big shots get upgrade to luxury

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 01:37 AM PST

AI may be battling for survival but its top executives will continue getting royal treatment. The diktat making it mandatory for senior officials to fly only economy class has been reversed in the latest order.

Sukhna land scam: Wrong to prejudge Generals, says Army chief

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 12:12 AM PST

Army chief General Deepak Kapoor today went on the defensive on the Sukhna land scam asking the media not to jump into any conclusions as it amounts to character assassination of senior army officers.

26/11 panel says intel reports treated like trivial mail

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 01:09 PM PST

The R D Pradhan Committee, set up to inquire into the lapses leading to the 26/11 attacks, has found that crucial intelligence reports are merely forwarded from desk to desk and senior officers don't even look at them.

Jet Airways mid-air test almost crashed plane

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 08:17 PM PST

A Jet Airways flight coming in to land in Mumbai in Oct lost height faster than the prescribed rate of descent as the auto-pilot tripped, the flight director disappeared and the ground-proximity warning system went off.

Mumbai, Kolkata may go under water by 2100

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 02:12 PM PST

Days before the Copenhagen climate conference kicks off, a major study by a group of 100 international scientists has said that sea levels are likely to rise by as much as 1.4 metres by the end of this century.

HDFC offers home loan at 8.25%

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 12:01 PM PST

Upping the ante against banking leader SBI, HDFC has decided to give loans at a fixed rate of 8.25% per annum. The offer will be for all new loans taken before April 1, 2010, and the rate will be fixed till March 2012.

Buttock enhancement surgery kills ex-beauty queen

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 11:48 AM PST

A 38-year-old former Miss Argentina has died from complications after undergoing cosmetic surgery on her buttocks. Solange Magnano, a mother of twins who won the crown in 1994, died of a pulmonary embolism.

Ash, Kat, Deepika strike a classic pose

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 12:39 AM PST

Abhishek will make a great Pa: Aishwarya

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 09:08 PM PST

Aishwarya Rai says she is fully convinced that actor-husband Abhishek Bachchan will make a good father in real life because he is so "real and rooted".

Women 'happier with life than men'

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 08:35 PM PST

Women get more pleasure out of life than men - but only by 15 minutes a day, says a new study.

Lingerie shopping made easy & 'sexy'

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 02:14 AM PST

Lingerie shopping made easy & 'sexy'

No wedding plans yet: Neha Dhupia

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:30 AM PST

Neha Dhupia reveals her filmi fundas in a candid chat with TOI...

Bollywood's hotties drool over Robert Pattinson

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 08:08 PM PST

Ash goes all out for 'Paa' premiere

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 11:32 AM PST

This one is strictly for Paa. Not just the film, but Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's Pa, Amitabh Bachchan.

Kingfisher pilot sets off hijack alarm by mistake

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 03:54 PM PST

A Kingfisher flight from Hong Kong sounded a hijack alarm just while it made a landing at Mumbai airport on Tuesday evening.

Govt banks wrote off Rs 25,000cr in last 3 years

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 12:17 PM PST

When everyone was praising govt banks for posting robust growth in recession, these financial institutions quietly wrote off bad debts running into thousands of crores to give their bottomlines a clean look.

Experts: Harper's 1st visit to China to thaw ties (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 03:12 AM PST

Experts: Harper's 1st visit to China to thaw ties (AP)


Experts: Harper's 1st visit to China to thaw ties (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2009 02:22 AM PST

AP - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for what Chinese experts are touting as a fence-mending trip to repair ties damaged by Ottawa.

China sentences 5 church leaders to labor camp (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 11:06 PM PST

AP - Five members of an unregistered Chinese Protestant congregation have been sentenced to two years in a labor camp following a police raid on their church, a monitoring group said Wednesday.

China's OK on GMO rice, corn seen boosting yields (AFP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:50 PM PST

China has approved genetically modified strains of rice and corn in a move experts say could dramatically boost crop yields, but Greenpeace China has said the commercialisation of genetically modified rice was a AFP - China has approved genetically modified strains of rice and corn in a move experts say could dramatically boost crop yields and help the world's most populous nation avoid food shortages.


China to remove outdated industry: state media (AFP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:29 PM PST

A cyclist passes through thick pollution emitted from a factory in Yutian, close to the capital Beijing. The country is planning AFP - China is planning "rare" and "heavy-handed" steps to phase out outdated industry, state media said Wednesday, days after Beijing pledged to slow the growth in its fast-rising carbon emissions.


China lets foreigners set up limited partnerships (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 09:42 PM PST

Reuters - Foreign firms and individuals will be allowed to set up limited partnership firms in China from March 2010, a move that could make it easier for some overseas investors to tap the domestic market.

Government-backed Chinese gay bar stays empty (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 08:16 PM PST

Chinese tug at a volunteer dressed as a red ribbon for a snap shot during an AIDS awareness event to mark World AIDS Day in Beijing Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. A group of protesters, who have been infected with AIDS or have relatives who became HIV positive after receiving infected blood disrupted a UNAIDS event, calling for greater support for people living with AIDS/HIV in China.(AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)AP - A new bar in southwestern China aimed at educating gay men about AIDS stayed conspicuously empty during its official opening as potential customers shunned the spotlight, state media said Wednesday.


Trina Solar grows China market share with new deal (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 11:38 AM PST

AP - Chinese solar power company Trina Solar Ltd. on Tuesday said it signed a new sales agreement to supply about 8 megawatts of photovoltaic modules to the Chinese domestic market, as part of its efforts to expand sales in China.

American woman becomes petitioner in China (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 11:37 AM PST

In this photo taken Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, U.S. petitioner Julie Harms, center is questioned by a plain clothes security personnel outside the west gate to the Zhongnanhai  compound after she attempts to deliver a letter to China's top leadership who resides in the compound in Beijing, China.  She joins the crush of Chinese petitioners outside the high, well-guarded gates on cold Beijing mornings. Like the others, she has a grievance against the government, in her case, a fiancé jailed on a charge she says is untrue. But unlike the others, Julie Harms is American and a Harvard graduate. And as she haunts government offices in a long search for justice. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - She joins the crush of Chinese petitioners outside the high, well-guarded gates on cold Beijing mornings. Like the others, she has a grievance against the government, in her case, a fiance jailed on a charge she says is untrue.


China police chief warns of unrest; Internet testing control (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 04:53 AM PST

Reuters - China's top police officer has warned that the nation's security forces are struggling keep pace with an increasingly assertive society, and he demanded defter quelling of protests and stricter oversight of the Internet.

Survey shows China manufacturing expanding (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2009 03:40 AM PST

AP - China's manufacturing activity grew for a ninth straight month in November amid heavy stimulus spending but the growth rate was unchanged from October, an industry group reported Tuesday.

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