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Vadra-DLF land deal becomes political mess 17 Oct 2012 - 06:12 am

Chandigarh: The abrupt transfer of a Haryana official who axed the mutation of a prime plot in Gurgaon sold by UPA chairperson Sonia...

No development fees at Delhi, Mumbai airports from 2013 17 Oct 2012 - 06:12 am

New Delhi: The government yesterday said that it will scrap charging airport development fees (ADF) meant to cover the funding gap for the...

No alliance with Mamata in near future: Congress 17 Oct 2012 - 06:12 am

Kolkata: After their recent divorce, the Congress yesterday said there was no possibility of aligning again with the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Cong-ress in...

Homeless Indian in Oman threatens to end life 17 Oct 2012 - 06:12 am

Muscat: A 52-year-old homeless Indian worker in Oman, who has no job and is suffering from various diseases, has threatened to end his...

CBI files chargesheet against Yeddyurappa in graft case 17 Oct 2012 - 06:11 am

Bangalore: The CBI yesterday filed a charge sheet in a trial court here against former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and 13...

Taliban say attack on Malala justified 17 Oct 2012 - 06:10 am

Pakistani demonstrators chant slogans during a protest against the assassination attempt by the Taliban on child activist Malala Yousafzai in Islamabad, yesterday. ISLAMABAD:...

Malala shooting ‘an attack on all girls’ 17 Oct 2012 - 06:10 am

BAKU: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari said yesterday that the shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai by the Taliban was an attack on all...

Gunmen kill four Shias in Baluchistan 17 Oct 2012 - 06:09 am

QUETTA: Gunmen shot dead four Shia Muslims yesterday, in a fresh sectarian attack in Pakistan’s troubled southwestern province of Baluchistan, police said. All...

Islamabad raises concern over UN counter-terrorism strategy 17 Oct 2012 - 06:09 am

ISLAMABAD: Being a part of the United Nations Global Counter Terrorism Strategy, Pakistan has raised concern that the strategy might not achieve the...

Nato regrets civilian deaths in Afghan operation 17 Oct 2012 - 06:09 am

KABUL: Nato forces expressed regret yesterday for the deaths of “three innocent Afghan civilians” during an operation against insurgents in southern Afghanistan on...

Afghan spy carried out suicide attack that killed US soldiers 17 Oct 2012 - 06:08 am

KANDAHAR: An Afghan intelligence agent carried out a suicide attack that killed two Americans and four Afghans at the weekend, officials said yesterday,...

Mock assault 17 Oct 2012 - 04:42 am

Members of the US Marines from 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit along with their Filipino counterparts manoeuvre a mock assault during the Philippine-US Amphibious...

Myanmar ruling party re-elects Thein Sein 17 Oct 2012 - 04:42 am

NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s reformist President Thein Sein was re-appointed yesterday as head of the ruling party at a key meeting aimed at reviving its...

Vietnam PM keeps post as party admits mistakes 17 Oct 2012 - 04:41 am

HANOI: Vietnam’s embattled premier has survived a key Communist Party meeting that exposed the regime to rare scrutiny, provoking a backlash yesterday from...

Chinese warships sail near Japanese islands 17 Oct 2012 - 04:41 am

TOKYO: A Chinese naval flotilla including two destroyers sailed through waters near Japanese islands yesterday, further fuelling tensions, in what one commentator said...

Fisherman shot dead by S Korea coastguard 17 Oct 2012 - 04:41 am

SEOUL: A Chinese fisherman died yesterday after being hit by a rubber bullet during a raid by South Korean coastguard commandos on illegal...

Call for travel ban against South Korean leader’s son 17 Oct 2012 - 04:41 am

SEOUL: A South Korean special prosecutor has asked for President Lee Myung-Bak’s son to be banned from leaving the country while he probes...

US welcomes Philippine peace deal with rebels 17 Oct 2012 - 04:40 am

Washington: The United States welcomed a peace deal between Muslim rebels and the Philippine government to end a four-decade old insurgency, saying it...