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Infighting forces Amit Shah to lead BJP campaign in Delhi 22 Dec 2014 - 07:59 am

New Delhi: Miffed with infighting and lack of coordination among state leaders that may harm the party’s prospects in the upcoming Delhi assembly...

Mohan Bhagwat to press ahead on conversions in challenge to Modi 22 Dec 2014 - 07:58 am

NEW DELHI: The head of India’s most powerful Hindu group vowed to press ahead with a campaign to convert Muslims and Christians to...

Kerala government orders probe 22 Dec 2014 - 07:57 am

Thiruvananthapuram: A report about 35 people getting converted to Hinduism would be probed by a senior police official, Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala...

Conversion in PM’s home state sparks anger 22 Dec 2014 - 07:57 am

AHMEDABAD: Hardline Hindu groups came under fire yesterday after some 200 Christians were converted in the prime minister’s home state, amid increasing concern...

Cold wave hits northern states 22 Dec 2014 - 07:56 am

Delhi: Icy winds and a cloudy sky badly affected normal life in several north Indian states yesterday, with most people forced to stay...

Pakistan executes four more militants 22 Dec 2014 - 07:55 am

Supporters of political party Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) hold signs condemning the attack by Taliban gunmen on the Army Public School in Peshawar,...

Roadside blast, Taliban attack kill 14 in Afghanistan 22 Dec 2014 - 07:55 am

Afghan police officers attend their graduation ceremony in Kabul yesterday. KUNAR: A roadside bomb and a Taliban attack on a police post have...

So many Santas! 22 Dec 2014 - 07:54 am

Pakistani Christian children dressed as Santa Claus pose during a Christmas peace rally in Karachi yesterday.

Afghan govt sites ‘hit by malware’ 22 Dec 2014 - 07:52 am

WASHINGTON: Malicious software likely linked to China is being used to infect visitors to a wide range of official Afghan government websites, US...

Eight bodies found in Balochistan 22 Dec 2014 - 07:52 am

QUETTA: Authorities yesterday found eight bullet riddled bodies in Pakistan’s restive southwestern Balochistan province, which is facing a tribal insurgency, sectarian violence and...

Injured Afghan journalist dies 22 Dec 2014 - 07:52 am

KABUL: An Afghan journalist who was seriously injured during a suicide attack on a French cultural centre died of his wounds in hospital...

Fishing boats destroyed 22 Dec 2014 - 07:52 am

Two foreign flagged fishing boats registered in Papua New Guinea are destroyed by the Indonesian Navy yesterday after they were seized for illegal...

Festival of Lights 22 Dec 2014 - 07:51 am

Spectators watch the Festival of Lights displays along a financial district in Makati city, Metro Manila, yesterday. Filipinos are known for celebrating Christmas...

N Korea faces UN Council scrutiny 22 Dec 2014 - 04:44 am

UNITED NATIONS: North Korea comes under scrutiny today at the UN Security Council in the first-ever meeting on its dismal rights record, amid...

Seoul prosecutors probe data leak at nuclear power plants 22 Dec 2014 - 04:44 am

SEOUL: Seoul prosecutors have launched an investigation into a leak of non-critical data at South Korea’s nuclear power operator, the prosecutors’ office said...

10 years on, tsunami warning stumbles at the ‘last mile’ 22 Dec 2014 - 04:43 am

BANGKOK: In April 2012, Indonesia’s Banda Aceh, the city worst hit by the tsunami that killed at least 226,000 people on Boxing Day...

South Korea halts US poultry imports due to bird flu in US 22 Dec 2014 - 04:43 am

SEOUL: South Korea has suspended imports of US poultry and poultry products because of an outbreak of bird flu in the United States,...

Distance learning law signed in Philippines 22 Dec 2014 - 04:42 am

BAGUIO CITY: Formal education is just a click away. Online courses are now accepted as formal education with the signing of the distance...