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Air raid near Libyan oil terminals 17 Dec 2014 - 12:59 am

BENGHAZI: Islamist militias launched an air strike near key oil terminals in eastern Libya yesterday, stepping up a battle for the government-held facilities,...

Captain, officer of Kuwaiti ship detained 17 Dec 2014 - 12:58 am

CAIRO: The captain and first officer of a Kuwaiti container ship have been detained for four days after their ship collided with a...

New diabetes control system at HMC soon 17 Dec 2014 - 12:56 am

Dr Mahmoud Zirie (second right) and other members of the program implementation team. DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) is nearing completion of a...

Indian Coast Guard ship arriving to mark Qatar National Day 17 Dec 2014 - 12:43 am

DOHA: Indian Coast Guard Ship ICGS Vijit will be making a friendly visit to Doha from Saturday to December 23, in conjunction with...

UCL Qatar hosts research workshop on ‘Islamic Pasts’ 17 Dec 2014 - 12:37 am

DOHA: UCL Qatar recently hosted a two-day research workshop on ‘Islamic Pasts’ which examined the relationship between Islamic Studies within Heritage Studies to...

Women still unsafe, says family of gang-rape victim 17 Dec 2014 - 12:16 am

Political and civil society activists take part in a vigil to mark the second anniversary of the fatal gang-rape of a student in...

SC rejects Italian marines’ pleas 17 Dec 2014 - 12:08 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday declined applications by two Italian marines — accused of killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast —wherein...

Victory Day 17 Dec 2014 - 12:07 am

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar (left) and Chiefs from the Army, Navy and Air Force salute after laying wreaths for Vijay Diwas (Victory Day)...

Tusker electrocuted 17 Dec 2014 - 12:06 am

Villagers gather near a dead elephant at a field in Lokhisapori area, Sonitpur district of Assam state, yesterday. The tusker was electrocuted while...

CBI to question ex-PM in coal scam case 17 Dec 2014 - 12:04 am

New Delhi: A special court hearing the coal block case allegedly involving industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and others here yesterday asked the CBI...

‘Smart’ cities plan risks leaving millions behind 17 Dec 2014 - 12:03 am

NEW DELHI: As he pulled his family’s belongings from the rubble of his bulldozed home in the Indian capital, Rajesh Kumar was pessimistic...

Delhi-based new airline gets permit to fly 17 Dec 2014 - 12:03 am

MUMBAI: India’s newest airline said yesterday that it has received an air permit to begin flying in the country. Vistara, jointly owned by...

House in chaos over forced conversion 17 Dec 2014 - 12:02 am

NEW DELHI: Parliament was thrown into disarray yesterday as opposition lawmakers protested at mass conversions to Hinduism, with the uproar threatening to disrupt...

Mumbai police rescue dozens of boys from work 17 Dec 2014 - 12:02 am

MUMBAI: Police in Mumbai placed nearly 70 poor boys in care yesterday after rescuing them from traffickers who were bringing them to the...

Delhi condemns Peshawar attack 17 Dec 2014 - 12:02 am

New Delhi: There was all-round condemnation in India, including from President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for yesterday’s dastardly terror attack...

Seven arrested by CBI in UP for exam fraud 17 Dec 2014 - 12:01 am

New Delhi: The CBI yesterday arrested seven people from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh on charges of impersonating candidates in an online nationalised bank...

India bans Islamic State, hunts for sympathisers 17 Dec 2014 - 12:01 am

NEW DELHI: India yesterday declared a ban on Islamic State (IS), days after having detained an engineer for running a popular Twitter account...

Qatar Airways to operate 8 weekly flights to Salalah by February 16 Dec 2014 - 04:59 pm

DOHA: Qatar Airways will add four new services to Salalah, Oman's second largest city, by next February to take its flights per week...