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India never violates ceasefire, says Rajnath 25 Oct 2014 - 04:38 am

Greater Noida: India has never violated the 2003 ceasefire with Pakistan on the Jammu and Kashmir border, Home Minister Rajnath Singh (pictured), said...

Delhi slum fire 25 Oct 2014 - 04:37 am

Onlookers and local residents stand at the site where a fire broke out in a slum area in New Delhi yesterday. No casualties...

Dengue spreads in Lucknow 25 Oct 2014 - 04:35 am

Lucknow: Over 50 dengue cases have been reported in the Uttar Pradesh capital in the past one week, officials said yesterday. Chief Medical...

Delhi downplays rally on Kashmir in Britain 25 Oct 2014 - 04:34 am

New Delhi: India yesterday downplayed a planned rally by a pro-Pakistan group on the Kashmir issue in Britain, saying the European nation had...

School secretary held in child rape case 25 Oct 2014 - 04:34 am

Bangalore: Karnataka Police yesterday arrested the secretary of a society that runs a private school here, where a three-year-old student was allegedly raped,...

Bombs hurled at police in Bengal, three injured 25 Oct 2014 - 04:34 am

Kolkata: Three policemen, including the officer-in-charge of a police station in West Bengal, were injured yesterday when assailants hurled bombs at them. The...

Pakistan politician escapes suicide bombing 25 Oct 2014 - 04:30 am

Supporters of JUI-F shout slogans in protest against a suicide bomb attack targeting their leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman, in Karachi, yesterday. QUETTA: A...

Blasphemous article unrest 25 Oct 2014 - 04:29 am

Afghan demonstrators wave placards and shout slogans over an allegedly blasphemous article that appeared in a newspaper in Kabul yesterday.

Co-accused in Pearl murder case cleared 25 Oct 2014 - 04:28 am

KARACHI: A Pakistan anti-terrorism court has acquitted a co-accused in the 2002 murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl due to a lack of...

Sharif seeks cabinet members’ performance reports 25 Oct 2014 - 04:28 am

ISLAMABAD: It seems that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has woken up to the governance issues that have been plaguing his third stint in...

Taliban open fire on car, kiling five civilians 25 Oct 2014 - 04:28 am

Kabul: At least five civilians were killed after a group of Taliban militants opened fire on a civilian car in eastern Nangarhar province....

Over 7,000 offenders wanted by police in Islamabad 25 Oct 2014 - 04:27 am

ISLAMABAD: More than 7,000 proclaimed offenders and court absconders are wanted by the Islamabad police in various cases over the past several years,...

Federal Investigation Agency recovered $130m last year 25 Oct 2014 - 04:27 am

KARACHI: Ghalib Ali Bandeshah, director general of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), yesterday said the authority has recovered Rs13bn ($130m) for the national...

Protesters to vote on govt offers 25 Oct 2014 - 04:26 am

Pro-democracy protesters react from their barricades as anti-Occupy members come close to them in Mongkok shopping district in Hong Kong yesterday. HONG KONG: ...

Colombo market 25 Oct 2014 - 04:25 am

A man holds his bag as he walks through a market in Colombo yesterday. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced a 2015 budget,...

Philippines rules out US deal renegotiation 25 Oct 2014 - 04:24 am

MANILA: Amid calls for the review and abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement between the United States and the Philippines, Foreign Affairs Secretary...

Canadian couple accused of spying, held in isolation 25 Oct 2014 - 04:24 am

BEIJING: A Canadian couple accused of spying near China’s sensitive border with North Korea have been kept separately in near isolation for more...

Tensions rise over planned leaflet launch on Korean border 25 Oct 2014 - 04:24 am

SEOUL: South Korean activists vowed yesterday to push ahead with a political leaflet launch over the border with North Korea, despite threats of...