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Modi lauds Patel, targets Congress over ’84 riots 01 Nov 2014 - 07:17 am

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked people to build on the legacy of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel for a shresth (great) India at...

Bhopal fugitive Anderson dies 01 Nov 2014 - 07:17 am

Children of surviving gas victims look to defaced poster of Warren Anderson hanging on the wall of abandoned Union Carbide Plant after the...

Pirates free Indian sailors after 4 years 01 Nov 2014 - 07:15 am

mogadishu/new delhi: Somali pirates have freed seven Indian sailors detained for close to four years in exchange for an undisclosed ransom, Somali officials...

India to appeal death sentence to fishermen 01 Nov 2014 - 07:15 am

New Delhi: India yesterday indicated there may have been “miscarriage of justice” in the death sentence handed down to five Indian fishermen for...

No plans for Modi-Sharif meeting at Saarc 01 Nov 2014 - 07:13 am

New Delhi: India yesterday denied any plans for a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif during the...

China meeting pledges development programmes for Afghanistan 01 Nov 2014 - 07:13 am

A general view of the opening ceremony of the 4th Ministerial Conference of the Istanbul Process on Afghanistan at the Diaoyutai Guesthouse in...

On alert 01 Nov 2014 - 07:12 am

Pakistani police check people on a roadside in restive Karachi yesterday. Security has been intensified across the country during Muharram, in which Shias...

PMO puts curbs on ministers’ foreign trips 01 Nov 2014 - 07:04 am

ISLAMABAD: As a measure of austerity and bringing an improvement in the functioning of the government, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has imposed a...

Protests shrink, but still no peace for PM on political front 01 Nov 2014 - 07:03 am

ISLAMABAD: With the fiery cleric Dr Tahirul Qadri gone, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif looks breathing easy. Yes, Imran Khan is still roaring out...

Taliban free Russian pilot after 18 months in captivity 01 Nov 2014 - 07:03 am

KABUL: The Afghan Taliban said yesterday it had freed a Russian helicopter pilot captured in eastern Logar province in April 2013 because he...

Woman on death row losing hope 01 Nov 2014 - 07:03 am

LAHORE: A Pakistani Christian woman condemned to death four years ago for blasphemy is losing hope that she will be freed or pardoned,...

Year after Haiyan 01 Nov 2014 - 07:02 am

Filipino survivors and relatives of victims of last year’s Typhoon Haiyan offer prayers, candles and flowers following a mass along the shores of...

Halloween 01 Nov 2014 - 07:01 am

Revellers wearing make-up and costumes pose during Halloween night in Tokyo’s Shibuya district yesterday. Celebrating Halloween has in recent years become an incredibly...

Myanmar may amend statute in key move 01 Nov 2014 - 06:59 am

NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s parliament will consider amending the country’s constitution — which currently bars opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from becoming president —...

HSBC official’s remarks on Hong Kong protests denounced 01 Nov 2014 - 06:59 am

HONG KONG: Thousands have signed an online petition denouncing reported comments by an HSBC Holdings board member in which she likened Hong Kong...

Rains slow Sri Lankan landslide search; 150 feared dead 01 Nov 2014 - 06:59 am

Colombo: Heavy rains hampered search operations yesterday at the site of a landslide in Sri Lanka where more than 100 people were buried...

China to send elite army unit to help fight Ebola in Liberia 01 Nov 2014 - 06:59 am

BEIJING: China will dispatch an elite unit of the People’s Liberation Army to help Ebola-hit Liberia, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday, responding to...

First lawsuit filed in Malaysia over MH370 01 Nov 2014 - 06:58 am

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian family yesterday sued the government and beleaguered national carrier for negligence in the mysterious disappearance of flight MH370, in...