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BJP chief battles allegations, Jethmalani wants him out 24 Oct 2012 - 07:08 am

New Delhi: Fresh allegations of alleged wrongdoing hurled at Nitin Gadkari yesterday led party colleague Ram Jethmalani to demand that he step down...

Police official suspended for hostage drama 24 Oct 2012 - 07:07 am

Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government yesterday suspended a police official for colluding with a head constable to stage a ‘hostage’ drama last month....

Largest human national flag 24 Oct 2012 - 07:06 am

Pakistani youths make the biggest human national flag at the National Hockey Stadium in Lahore. More than 24,000 Pakistanis on Monday formed the...

Nato forces kill four children in Logar 24 Oct 2012 - 07:05 am

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday condemned a Nato operation that he said killed four children in the country’s east, a claim the...

UAE to strengthen bilateral economic ties with Pakistan 24 Oct 2012 - 07:05 am

LAHORE: While agreeing to work on a roadmap for promoting economic cooperation between the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan, the embassy of the...

Malala recovers slowly with her family’s support 24 Oct 2012 - 07:05 am

ISLAMABAD: Malala Yusafzai’s family members are meeting her regularly at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham as the 15-year-old schoolgirl is making steady...

New drones in Afghanistan to be controlled from UK 24 Oct 2012 - 07:04 am

Kabul: The UK is to double the number of armed RAF “drone” flying combat and surveillance operations in Afghanistan, and for the first...

Taliban commander captured 24 Oct 2012 - 07:04 am

KUNDUZ: A high-level Taliban commander in northern Afghanistan, Mullah Abdul Rahman, has been captured in a joint Afghan-Nato operation, police said yesterday. “Rahman...

Taiwan hospital fire kills 12, injures 60 24 Oct 2012 - 07:03 am

This picture taken and released by the Tainan Fire Department yesterday shows firemen tending to rescued patients outside the Sinying Hospital following a...

Three dead in fresh Myanmar violence 24 Oct 2012 - 07:02 am

YANGON: At least three people have been killed in a fresh outbreak of communal violence between Muslim Rohingya and Buddhists in Myanmar’s western...

E Timor to take over policing as UN withdraws 24 Oct 2012 - 07:02 am

JAKARTA: UN peacekeepers will hand over full responsibility for policing to East Timor next week as they begin withdrawing in earnest from Asia’s...

China reshuffles top military ranks ahead of congress 24 Oct 2012 - 07:02 am

BEIJING: China reshuffled its top military ranks yesterday, weeks before a once-in-a-decade generational leadership change which sources said would see the outgoing air...

S Korean MPs trigger Japan protest with island visit 24 Oct 2012 - 07:00 am

SEOUL: A group of South Korean lawmakers yesterday visited an isolated set of islands at the centre of a territorial dispute with Japan...

China rules last presidential debate 24 Oct 2012 - 06:58 am

US President Barack Obama (left) greets the family of Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney (right) after the final presidential debate in the Wold...

Candidates back in key swing states 24 Oct 2012 - 06:58 am

Delray beach, Florida: Barack Obama and Mitt Romney took their head-to-head battle for the US presidency to key swing states yesterday after a...

BBC denies cover-up of abuse 24 Oct 2012 - 06:58 am

LONDON: The head of the BBC denied yesterday helping to cover up abuse by one of its former stars but accepted the broadcaster...

Sept 11 mastermind dyes his beard with breakfast berries 24 Oct 2012 - 06:57 am

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba: Accused September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has been tinting his beard red by rubbing it with fruit juice and...

UK postpones plan to shoot dead badgers 24 Oct 2012 - 06:57 am

LONDON: Britain has delayed a plan to shoot thousands of badgers to stop the spread of tuberculosis in cattle in the face of...