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Oil hits new five-year low before rallying to $63 15 Dec 2014 - 02:39 pm

LONDON: Brent crude oil hit a fresh five-year low close to $60 a barrel on Monday after producer group OPEC restated its determination...

Executed Chinese teenager found innocent 18 years on 15 Dec 2014 - 11:39 am

BEIJING: A Chinese teenager executed after being convicted of murder and rape 18 years ago was declared innocent by a court Monday, in...

Philippine prosecutors charge US Marine with murder 15 Dec 2014 - 11:31 am

MANILA: Philippine prosecutors on Monday filed murder charges against a US Marine accused of killing a Filipino transgender woman, in a case that...

Turnout dips in fourth phase of Kashmir vote 15 Dec 2014 - 10:51 am

Kashmiri men and women are split into separate queues as they wait to cast their votes at a polling station on the outskirts...

‘Modi wave will conquer Delhi’ 15 Dec 2014 - 10:49 am

New Delhi: Banking on a Modi wave that the BJP says has “grown stronger” since it stormed to power at the centre, the...

Paying respects 15 Dec 2014 - 10:48 am

Followers of deceased guru Ashutosh Maharaj Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthaan leave after a congregation at his ashram ahead of a High Court hearing...

Train derails 15 Dec 2014 - 10:48 am

A man walks along the tracks next to a derailed passenger train at Liluah station, on the outskirts of Kolkata, yesterday. Twelve coaches...

Displaying Nobel award 15 Dec 2014 - 10:47 am

Joint Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2014, Kailash Satyarthi (centre) shows off his award with children and supporters after paying tribute at Rajghat, Mahatma...

Modi calls on youth to shun narcotics use 15 Dec 2014 - 10:43 am

New Delhi: Exhorting India’s youth to shun drugs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said narcotics not only destroy lives and families but the...

Use social media, but exercise caution: Ministry 15 Dec 2014 - 10:43 am

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government may have been encouraging its officials to use social media in disseminating information about its policies and...

2015 to be busy year for ISRO, says chief 15 Dec 2014 - 10:42 am

Chennai: The year 2015 is shaping to be a busy year for the Indian space agency. It will launch five foreign satellites apart...

No end to government’s woes in Rajya Sabha 15 Dec 2014 - 10:42 am

New Delhi: A united opposition that emerged in the Rajya Sabha in the first half of the winter session may appear divided with...

Snow in Shimla brings promise of white festive season 15 Dec 2014 - 10:42 am

Shimla: Timely and continuing snow in Shimla brings along with it the sublime promise of a White Christmas, which has been elusive since...

Turnout dips in fourth phase of Kashmir vote 15 Dec 2014 - 10:42 am

Jammu/Srinagar: The fourth phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election yesterday saw less than half of the over 14 lakh voters turning...

61pc balloting in Jharkhand 15 Dec 2014 - 10:41 am

Ranchi: Women voters Sunday outnumbered men in the fourth phase of the assembly elections in Jharkhand. Around 61 percent balloting was reported from...

‘Bargate’ scam: Kerala minister in tatters 15 Dec 2014 - 10:41 am

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Finance Minister K M Mani is possibly India’s longest-serving legislator having won every election to the assembly since 1965. But things...

Pro-IS tweeter sent to five days police custody 15 Dec 2014 - 10:40 am

Bengaluru: A local court yesterday sent pro-Islamic State (IS) terror group tweeter Mehdi Masroor Biswas to five day police custody for interrogation, a...

Boots on the ground 15 Dec 2014 - 10:40 am

German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen comes out of a German Air Force helicopter at the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) headquarters...