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Parade held in jail over gang rape of Japanese tourist 10 Jan 2015 - 01:26 am

Kolkata: Six men arrested for the gang rape of a Japanese tourist held captive in India for nearly a month took part in...

Kite-maker at work 10 Jan 2015 - 01:25 am

Kite-maker Jagmohan Kanojia prepares kites at his home workshop, ahead of Lohri festival in Amritsar yesterday. Kite flying is a passion among the...

Tharoor seeks fair probe into wife’s death 10 Jan 2015 - 01:22 am

New Delhi/Thrissur: A friend of Sunanda Pushkar who dropped her to the hotel where she was later found dead has been quizzed in...

Plan to clean offices with cow urine 10 Jan 2015 - 01:22 am

New Delhi: Cow urine may soon be used to clean the floors of India’s government offices in a country where bovines are sacred...

Solution likely in Jadavpur impasse 10 Jan 2015 - 01:22 am

Kolkata: West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee, who yesterday met a section of protesting students of Jadavpur University and apprised Chief Minister Mamata...

Sirisena swears in as Sri Lanka president 10 Jan 2015 - 01:01 am

Sri Lanka’s newly-elected President Maithripala Sirisena takes oath as he is sworn in at Independence Square in Colombo yesterday. Colombo: Maithripala Sirisena was...

Pings from AirAsia black box detected 10 Jan 2015 - 01:00 am

Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia: Signals believed to be from the black box data recorders of crashed AirAsia Flight 8501 were detected yesterday, Indonesian authorities...

Tamils celebrate toppling Rajapaksa 10 Jan 2015 - 12:58 am

Jaffna: Sri Lanka’s Tamils yesterday celebrated their key role in ousting Mahinda Rajapaksa, whose 11th-hour charm offensive and exhortation to vote for “the...

HK lawmaker will quit to trigger referendum 10 Jan 2015 - 12:56 am

Hong Kong: A veteran pro-democracy lawmaker pledged yesterday to resign from Hong Kong’s legislature, triggering a by-election to allow residents to “vent their...

Three rebel suspects killed in Thai south fire fight 10 Jan 2015 - 12:56 am

Bangkok: Three suspected insurgents were killed in a shoot-out with soldiers in Thailand’s restive deep south yesterday after a 12-hour stand-off at a...

Pings from AirAsia black box detected 10 Jan 2015 - 12:55 am

Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia: Signals believed to be from the black box data recorders of crashed AirAsia Flight 8501 were detected yesterday, Indonesian authorities...

Philippines to buy two C130 transport planes from US 10 Jan 2015 - 12:54 am

MANILA: The Philippine military yetserday signed a pact with the US Navy to buy two secondhand C-130 transport planes to boost its capability...

Obama to visit France 09 Jan 2015 - 11:17 pm

President Barack Obama Washington---President Barack Obama rallied to the support of France on Friday after the bloody end to hostage sieges in Paris,...

Robber takes two hostages at jewellery store in south French city 09 Jan 2015 - 11:15 pm

Montpellier, France---A gunman robbed a jewellery store in the southern French city of Montpellier on Friday and took two women hostage, a judicial...

Netanyahu asks France to keep high security at Jewish sites 09 Jan 2015 - 11:03 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Jerusalem---Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked France Friday to maintain tight security on Jewish sites after a series...

From media massacre to showdown at hostage sites 09 Jan 2015 - 10:57 pm

PARIS---A timeline of the crisis in France that began with the massacre Wednesday of 12 people at satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and ended...

Seven dead as blast strikes Shiite mosque in Pakistan 09 Jan 2015 - 10:35 pm

Rawalpindi, Pakistan---A powerful explosion struck a Shiite mosque in Pakistan's garrison city of Rawalpindi Friday, killing at least seven people and wounding 15...

France is home to Europe's biggest Jewish and Muslim communities 09 Jan 2015 - 10:29 pm

PARIS---France, where police ended two hostage dramas Friday killing Islamist brothers wanted for the Charlie Hebdo massacre and a third suspected extremist who...