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Mobile game launch 14 Dec 2014 - 01:32 am

Bollywood director Rajkumar Hirani (left), producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra (second left), actors Anushka Sharma (second right) and Aamir Khan attend the launch of...

Chinese opera 14 Dec 2014 - 01:31 am

Chinese actors perform in the musical Kunqu opera Peony Pavilion at Siri Fort auditorium in New Delhi yesterday.

India-Russia deals irk US 14 Dec 2014 - 01:29 am

Washington/new delhi: The US is unhappy over India doing “business as usual” with Russia, but it will have no effect on President Barack...

Bangladesh president arrives on Thursday 14 Dec 2014 - 01:28 am

New Delhi: With the India-Bangladesh land swap agreement appearing poised to be implemented, Bangladesh President Mohammad Abdul Hamid will be paying a ceremonial...

President undergoes angioplasty 14 Dec 2014 - 01:28 am

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday underwent an angioplasty, a non-surgical procedure to open blocked arteries, at a hospital here. Mukherjee, 79, was...

Pro-IS tweeter arrested 14 Dec 2014 - 01:28 am

Bengaluru/Kolkata: In an arrest with international ramifications, Indian business executive Mehdi Masroor Biswas, whose Twitter handle @ShamiWitness was alleged to be the most...

Village headman killed in Kashmir 14 Dec 2014 - 01:27 am

Srinagar: The body of a village headman kidnapped by gunmen from his house in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district was found yesterday in...

Hindutva upsurge threatens secularism 14 Dec 2014 - 01:27 am

New Delhi: The first phase of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) politics was marked by the targeting of mosques and churches. After the...

39 tribal Christians re-converted to Hinduism in Bastar: BJP MP 14 Dec 2014 - 01:20 am

Raipur: As many as 39 tribal Christians were re-converted to Hinduism in the Naxal-hit Bastar district of Chhattisgarh in October this year, a...

Saradha scam: Minister Mitra denied bail, sent to custody 14 Dec 2014 - 01:20 am

Kolkata: A city court yesterday denied bail to West Bengal Transport and Sports Minister Madan Mitra —arrested in connection with the multi-crore rupee...

Call for India, China, US trilateral dialogue 14 Dec 2014 - 01:19 am

New Delhi: India, China and the US — three countries that share a major chunk of the world population and GDP between them...

Over 200 drunk drivers fined in Delhi 14 Dec 2014 - 01:19 am

New Delhi: Over 200 people have been fined for drunk driving in Delhi as part of a special drive by the Delhi Police,...

EBOLA VICTIMS AFRICA TOURISM CUP OF NATIONS 14 Dec 2014 - 01:18 am

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Indonesia rescuers search for 108 missing in landslide 14 Dec 2014 - 01:13 am

Indonesian soldiers and rescue team members lift a cattle trapped in the mud after a landslide hit the village of Sampang in Banjarnegara...

Lighting Festival 14 Dec 2014 - 01:11 am

The Malaysia administration office building, Palace of Justice, is illuminated with lighting and graphic during the Putrajaya Lighting and Motion Festival 2014, in...

No signs N Korea ready for talks: US 14 Dec 2014 - 01:10 am

BEIJING: The US diplomat responsible for North Korea said that Pyongyang is proceeding with its nuclear programme and showing no clear sign of...

Voters may give unenthusiastic yes to PM Abe 14 Dec 2014 - 01:09 am

TOKYO: Japan will hold a general election today that looks likely to return Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to power and might even give...

Ex-Chinese official stands trial in $31m graft case 14 Dec 2014 - 01:08 am

BEIJING: A Chinese businessman who is believed to be an ally of former President Jiang Zemin stood trial in a $31m corruption case,...