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Diplomat in US row stripped of her duties 21 Dec 2014 - 06:35 am

NEW DELHI: An Indian diplomat at the centre of a bitter row with the United States has been stripped of her duties over...

76pc vote in last phase of Kashmir elections 21 Dec 2014 - 06:34 am

Jammu: Braving the winter chill, an astounding over 13 lakh people, or 76 percent of the electorate, yesterday turned out to vote in...

Advantage BJP in Jharkhand, PDP in Kashmir: Exit polls 21 Dec 2014 - 06:33 am

New Delhi: The BJP has a clear advantage in Jharkhand and the PDP is projected to lead in Jammu and Kashmir, exit polls...

Calls grow for law against ‘forced conversions’ 21 Dec 2014 - 06:33 am

NEW DELHI: India’s ruling party chief yesterday called for a law to ban “forced religious conversions” amid increasing uproar over the right-wing government’s...

Plant saplings, groom tells bride’s family 21 Dec 2014 - 06:32 am

Patna: A groom in Bihar made an unusual request to the bride’s family by asking them to plant 250 saplings as his only...

Court imposes Rs10,000 fine on Gadkari in defamation case 21 Dec 2014 - 06:31 am

New Delhi: A court yesterday imposed a fine of Rs10,000 on union minister Nitin Gadkari after he failed to comply with court’s earlier...

US must respect Cuba’s communist rule: Castro 21 Dec 2014 - 06:30 am

Cuban President Raul Castro (left) speaks with first vice-president Miguel Diaz-Canel during the Parliament Annual Session in Havana yesterday. HAVANA: President Raul Castro...

Protest in Spain 21 Dec 2014 - 06:29 am

A demonstrator with tape on her mouth gestures during a protest against the new public security law approved by the lower house of...

Paying respects 21 Dec 2014 - 06:28 am

Women from the Muslims and Friends association pay their respects as thousands of Sydneysiders continue to leave flowers at a memorial outside the...

London ‘garden bridge’ gets official approval 21 Dec 2014 - 06:26 am

LONDON: The project to create a garden bridge over the River Thames between Waterloo Bridge and Blackfriars got the final go-ahead on Friday,...

Mother arrested for murder of eight children in Cairns 21 Dec 2014 - 06:26 am

CAIRNS: Australian police said yesterday that they had arrested the mother of all but one of eight children reportedly stabbed to death in...

Sanctions roadblock to Ukraine peace: Russia 21 Dec 2014 - 06:25 am

KIEV: Russia accused the West yesterday of fuelling unrest in Ukraine by adopting anti-Kremlin sanctions that further erode the prospects of peace talks...

South Africa welcomes first Miss World in 40 years 21 Dec 2014 - 06:25 am

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa yesterday welcomed back home its first Miss World winner in 40 years, Rolene Strauss, with wild cheers and ululations. Hundreds...

Obama paints picture of resurgent America 21 Dec 2014 - 06:25 am

WASHINGTON: After a tough year capped by a bruising defeat for his Democrats in last month’s midterm elections, no one would blame President...

Xi warns Hong Kong, Macau 21 Dec 2014 - 06:23 am

Protesters march during a pro-democracy protest in Macau yesterday. MACAU: Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Hong Kong and Macau yesterday to remember they...

Lives of danger on typhoon coast 21 Dec 2014 - 06:22 am

A boy cycles past coconut trees destroyed at the height of Typhoon Hagupit and a sign at a village in Taft town, Eastern...

Cleaning up the beach 21 Dec 2014 - 06:22 am

A man dressed in a Santa Claus outfit joins an effort to clean up the beach at Kuta in Denpasar on Indonesia’s resort...

North Korea demands joint inquiry into hack 21 Dec 2014 - 06:21 am

SEOUL: North Korea called yesterday for a joint investigation with the US into a crippling cyber attack on Sony Pictures, denouncing Washington’s “slandering”...