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Storm death toll 8; search on for ship crew members 02 Nov 2012 - 04:27 am

CHENNAI, India: Rescuers in southern India searched yesterday for six tanker crew members missing after their lifeboat capsized as a cyclone slammed into...

Plan for NRI university revived 02 Nov 2012 - 04:27 am

New Delhi: With demands for affordable education for wards of overseas Indians growing, India has revived the idea of a university to cater...

Swamy’s charges against Sonia, Rahul rile Congress 02 Nov 2012 - 04:25 am

New Delhi: Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy yesterday alleged wrongdoing by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi leading to the...

Kejriwal exhorts people to throw out Khurshid in next election 02 Nov 2012 - 04:25 am

Lucknow: Anti-graft activist Arvind Kejriwal yesterday stepped up his attack on External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid in Farukkhabad and urged the people to...

Rajasthan court gives unique punishment for adulteration 02 Nov 2012 - 04:24 am

Jaipur: A grocery shop and a sweet outlet in Rajasthan have been meted out unique punishment by a court for adulteration. The owners...

Pakistan’s debt doubled in Zardari era 02 Nov 2012 - 04:23 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s federal government’s debt obligations have almost doubled during the tenure of the incumbent government of Pakistan People’s Party. Latest official statistics...

US rejects Lashkar-e-Taiba offer of storm aid 02 Nov 2012 - 04:22 am

WASHINGTON: The United States rejected an offer of help for Americans hit by superstorm Sandy from the founder of a Pakistan-based Islamist group...

Pakistan spends $1.45bn to generate 2,996MW power 02 Nov 2012 - 04:22 am

ISLAMABAD: In order to meet the higher demand for power, the government of Pakistan has spent Rs138.213bn ($1.455bn) on different power generation projects...

Imran Khan welcome in US: Official 02 Nov 2012 - 04:22 am

WASHINGTON: Pakistani cricketer turned politician Imran Khan “is welcome” in the United States even though he was briefly held by US immigration agents...

Animals in Islamabad zoo suffer due to neglect: Report 02 Nov 2012 - 04:22 am

ISLAMABAD: Tales of neglect continue to pour out of the Pakistani capital Islamabad’s only zoo. The zoo first saw the death of a...

Parents kill daughter with acid 02 Nov 2012 - 04:19 am

Muzaffarabad: A mother and father in Pakistan-administered Kashmir killed their 15-year-old daughter by dousing her with acid after seeing her talking to a...

Myanmar neighbours urged to accept refugees 02 Nov 2012 - 04:17 am

People displaced by the recent violence in Pauktaw at the Owntaw refugee camp, outside Sittwe, yesterday. KUALA LUMPUR: Myanmar neighbours should prepare to...

Sri Lanka govt moves to impeach chief justice 02 Nov 2012 - 04:17 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s ruling party lawmakers submitted a motion yesterday to impeach the country’s top judge as President Mahinda Rajapaksa moved to crush...

Search for missing from Bangladesh boat accident continues 02 Nov 2012 - 04:17 am

DHAKA: Bangladeshi fishermen in the Bay of Bengal were asked yesterday to search for about 130 people missing after a boat sank while...

China’s Communist Party prepares for power handover 02 Nov 2012 - 04:16 am

Beijing: China’s political elite are expected to oust disgraced figure Bo Xilai and jostle for leadership roles in their last formal meeting which...

11-year-old boy among six killed in Thai south 02 Nov 2012 - 04:16 am

BANGKOK: An 11-year-old boy was among six people killed in a spate of shootings in Thailand’s restive south, police said yesterday, as a...

S Korea president’s brother quizzed in land-deal probe 02 Nov 2012 - 04:16 am

SEOUL: The brother of South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak appeared before a special prosecutor yesterday over alleged irregularities in a project to build...

Scare tactics 02 Nov 2012 - 04:14 am

Filipino traffic constables adjust Halloween masks before heading to their posts in Quezon City, east of Manila. Traffic officers of the Metropolitan Manila...