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Blue Mosque 12 Oct 2014 - 12:08 am

Afghan men pray at the Blue Mosque believed by some Muslims to be the site of the tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib,...

Violence rises with food insecurity in Islamabad 12 Oct 2014 - 12:07 am

ISLAMABAD: With Pakistan already named among the 10 nations that contribute the most to global poverty, a recent World Bank (WB) report has...

Trade with India unhurt amid border conflict 12 Oct 2014 - 12:07 am

LAHORE: Skirmishes on the Kashmir Line of Control (LoC) and Sialkot Working Boundary between Pakistan and India has not yet stopped cross border...

Pakistan to host Commonwealth session next year 12 Oct 2014 - 12:07 am

ISLAMABAD: Over 200 parliamentarians from 53 counters of the Commonwealth unanimously chose Pakistan as the venue of 61st Conference of Commonwealth Parliamentary Assembly...

Sindh records 421 cases of violence against women in 3 months 12 Oct 2014 - 12:06 am

KARACHI: Khairpur, the home district of Pakistan’s Sindh province Chief Minister Qaim Shah tops the list of districts in the province with the...

PM launches model village programme 12 Oct 2014 - 12:06 am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches the ‘Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana’ (MP’s Ideal Village Project) in New Delhi yesterday. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra...

Evacuations as Andhra braces for cyclone 12 Oct 2014 - 12:05 am

Large waves hit the beach yesterday in Visakhapatnam ahead of Cyclone Hudhud that is expected to make landfall today. Visakhapatnam: Nearly 400,000 people...

Fighting resumes on border with Pakistan 12 Oct 2014 - 12:04 am

Displaced villagers, who fled firing along the India-Pakistan border, eat a meal at a camp in Ghagwal about 40km from Jammu, yesterday. JAMMU:...

Karva Chauth festival 12 Oct 2014 - 12:02 am

Women with henna-decorated hands pray during the Hindu festival of Karva Chauth in Ahmedabad yesterday. Married Hindu women observe a one-day fast and...

Parties ignored Gurgaon, says Modi 12 Oct 2014 - 12:01 am

Gurgaon: Calling Gurgaon a ‘Mini India’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said its development was ignored because of ‘parallel administration’ by families of...

Parties want independent probe into death of Tharoor’s wife 12 Oct 2014 - 12:01 am

Palakkad: Opposition parties in Kerala yesterday demanded an independent and comprehensive probe into the death of former union minister Sashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda...

Meticulously planned murder deserves death penalty: SC 12 Oct 2014 - 12:00 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that when an accused executes a meticulously planned diabolic murder, without provocation or acting on the...

Indian-Canadian is Canada’s new ambassador to India 11 Oct 2014 - 11:58 pm

Toronto: Canada’s new High Commissioner to India Nadir Patel is an Indian-Canadian, one who was born in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state of...

India offers help to develop anti-Ebola drugs, vaccines 11 Oct 2014 - 11:57 pm

United Nations: India will cooperate in the development of vaccines and drugs to fight the Ebola virus “for the poorest of the poor...

The NR Eye: How can NRIs rescue cash-strapped Kerala? 11 Oct 2014 - 11:57 pm

by Moiz Mannan The tiny south Indian state of Kerala, which likes to be known as “God’s own country”, urgently needs to answer...

Korean, Iranian films share top award at Busan 11 Oct 2014 - 11:55 pm

BUSAN: A Korean and an Iranian film exploring family and relationships shared the top award at Asia’s largest film festival yesterday , with...

Qatari envoy meets Nato official 11 Oct 2014 - 11:51 pm

Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Security Policy at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) Thrasyvoulos Terry Stamatopoulos met Qatar’s Ambassador to Belgium...

Disrespect to rule of law leads to revolt: Qatar 11 Oct 2014 - 11:51 pm

DOHA: Qatar yesterday reiterated its commitment to rule of law saying that lack of respect for rule of law led people to revolt...