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Black box-like system on trial 08 Jan 2015 - 03:56 am

Qatar Airways’ first Airbus A350 XWB at Doha International Airport. DOHA: As part of efforts to improving safety of passengers, Qatar Airways is...

Flying Qatar Airways to get cheaper 08 Jan 2015 - 03:53 am

HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud inaugurated this evening Qatar airways A350...

Paris terror attack kills 12 08 Jan 2015 - 03:40 am

Firefighters carry a victim on a stretcher at the scene after a shooting at the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo yesterday. PARIS: Hooded...

Dense fog causes traffic jams 08 Jan 2015 - 03:39 am

Vehicles use fog lights at a busy Industrial Area street early yesterday. People woke up to another day of misty morning as various...

Deputy PM opens 25th international book fair 08 Jan 2015 - 03:38 am

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud and the Minister...

India reaches out to diaspora youth at PBD 08 Jan 2015 - 02:42 am

Gandhinagar: India reached out to its global youth with the message of “come, connect, celebrate and contribute” to be part of the “momentous...

Satyarthi dedicates Nobel Prize to India 08 Jan 2015 - 02:42 am

Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi (right) presents his Nobel medal to President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi yesterday. Satyarthi...

Leopard inside bedroom 08 Jan 2015 - 02:41 am

Forest officials take away a leopard after it was tranquilised at a residence in Guwahati yesterday. The leopard took shelter inside a bedroom...

Kerry to visit India ahead of Obama trip 08 Jan 2015 - 02:40 am

Washington: US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to India this week to join a key investment forum and pave the way...

Punjab to get custody of Jagtar Tara 08 Jan 2015 - 02:36 am

Chandigarh: Punjab Police will get former Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Jagtar Singh Tara’s custody in a month’s time, a top police official...

Italian marine asks court for more leave after surgery 08 Jan 2015 - 02:36 am

New Delhi: An Italian marine accused of killing two Indian fishermen asked a court through his lawyers for more time at home to...

16 dead in AP bus accident 08 Jan 2015 - 02:36 am

Hyderabad: At least 16 passengers, almost all of them college students, were killed and 50 were injured when a crowded bus slid down...

CBI files case against Dera chief over forced castration 08 Jan 2015 - 02:35 am

New Delhi: The CBI registered a case against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in connection with the alleged forced castration...

Bengal gets Rs93,000cr commitment in summit 08 Jan 2015 - 02:35 am

Kolkata: Badly needing investment to usher in development and jobs in the debt-stressed state, the West Bengal government kick-started a fresh investors’ meet...

Tharoor alleges bid to implicate him in Sunanda’s death 08 Jan 2015 - 02:33 am

New Delhi: A day after police said Sunanda Pushkar was poisoned, her husband and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor alleged in a letter made...

Heptullah urges youth not to join groups like IS 08 Jan 2015 - 02:32 am

New Delhi: Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptullah appealed to India’s youth not to fall prey to the lures of militant groups like the...

Coal workers’ strike called off on second day 08 Jan 2015 - 01:38 am

New Delhi: A five-day countrywide strike by more than five lakh coal workers protesting the government’s moves towards commercial mining of the fossil...

BJP distances from Sakshi Maharaj’s four-children theory 08 Jan 2015 - 01:37 am

New Delhi: The BJP distanced itself from a remark by party MP Sakshi Maharaj that Hindu women should produce four children to protect...