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PM, Sonia to push reforms at mega rally 04 Nov 2012 - 06:21 am

New Delhi: Seeking to push the ruling UPA’s economic reforms agenda amid a slew of corruption allegations, the Congress’ top leadership, including Prime...

Swamy to seek derecognition of Congress 04 Nov 2012 - 06:21 am

New Delhi: The political row over defunct National Herald escalated yesterday with Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy urging the Election Commission to de-recognise...

Ship abandoned due to nature’s fury, fear of capsizing: Official 04 Nov 2012 - 06:20 am

Chennai: Nature’s fury and panic among the crew that the Pratibha Cauvery was likely to capsize led the captain to abandon the oil...

Hundreds pay tearful homage to Yerran Naidu 04 Nov 2012 - 06:20 am

Hyderabad: Hundreds of people paid their last respects to Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader and former union minister K Yerran Naidu, who was...

12th Plan will triple spending on health, says Manmohan 04 Nov 2012 - 06:20 am

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday said the 12th Five Year Plan will enhance spending on health up to three times and...

No ordinary ordnance 04 Nov 2012 - 06:19 am

Former Taliban fighters display their weapons after they joined Afghan government forces during a ceremony in Herat yesterday. The foreign combat troops are...

Suicide attack kills six near Peshawar 04 Nov 2012 - 06:18 am

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: A suicide bomber in northwest Pakistan yesterday killed the head of a local peace committee, three of his guards and two...

Court stops transfer of militants to Afghan jails 04 Nov 2012 - 06:18 am

LONDON: A determined attempt by the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) to transfer insurgents to Afghan jails was blocked by the high court...

Saudi Arabia funding $100m mosque in Afghanistan 04 Nov 2012 - 06:18 am

Kabul: Saudi Arabia is funding a $100m mosque and Islamic education centre in Kabul that will teach thousands of students a year and...

Court rejects bail for man in blasphemy row 04 Nov 2012 - 06:17 am

LAHORE: A Pakistani court yesterday refused bail to the headteacher of a school caught in a blasphemy row over a piece of homework...

Chinese act 04 Nov 2012 - 06:15 am

Actors dressed in Chinese traditional costumes take part in a performance of the ‘The Defence of Yan’an’, a re-enactment of the 1947 Chinese...

Robredo plane crash blamed on faulty engine 04 Nov 2012 - 06:15 am

MANILA: A combination of pilot error and a defective engine caused the crash of a Piper Seneca aircraft carrying Interior and Local Government...

Aquino to name independent justice for SC 04 Nov 2012 - 06:14 am

MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino will make sure the Supreme Court (SC) justice he will appoint to fill the slot vacated by Chief...

Manila shoppers warned of ‘toxic’ coffee mugs 04 Nov 2012 - 06:14 am

MANILA: Environmentalist group EcoWaste Coalition cautioned shoppers against buying coffee mugs bearing Christmas symbols as these may contain lead and other toxic chemicals....

Indonesian police shoot dead suspected militant 04 Nov 2012 - 06:13 am

POSO, Indonesia: Indonesian police yesterday shot dead a suspected militant and seized bombs during a raid in a district that has been at...

Communism camp for future China leaders 04 Nov 2012 - 06:12 am

JINGGANGSHAN: In the remote Jinggang mountains, China’s future communist elite are being trained in Mao Zedong’s former guerrilla base, an effort to buttress...

Power returns to Manhattan, but many waiting 04 Nov 2012 - 06:11 am

NEW YORK: The lower Manhattan skyline lit up early yesterday morning for the first time since superstorm Sandy slammed into the US Northeast...

Romney, Obama in final push to win over voters 04 Nov 2012 - 06:10 am

NEWINGTON: Republican Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama hop-scotched across the country yesterday in a final push to squeeze out victory from the...