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Patna stampede probe begins 05 Oct 2014 - 01:29 am

A boy who was injured in a stampede is carried to a hospital for treatment in Patna on Friday. Patna: The toll in...

Festival highlights 05 Oct 2014 - 01:28 am

Women devotees of the Bengali community apply Sindoor or vermillion on each other’s faces as they take part in the ‘Sindoor Puja’ on...

The NR Eye: Hope for poor expat workers from Telangana 05 Oct 2014 - 01:26 am

by Moiz Mannan Along with a push for investments from the wealthier diaspora, the government of the newly-formed state of Telangana has acted...

Stun grenade on-board Air India: Minister 05 Oct 2014 - 01:25 am

New Delhi: Cracking the whip against negligent Air India employees, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju yesterday suspended ground handling and security officers...

India to the rescue of fire outbreaks in Ghana 05 Oct 2014 - 01:25 am

Accra: In yet another sign of India’s growing ties to Africa, 80 fire tenders have been provided to the national fire service of...

No epidemic in Jammu: Govt 05 Oct 2014 - 01:25 am

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir’s health department yesterday dismissed as “rumours” the spread of any epidemic in the flood-affected Jammu region and said they...

Srinagar gets ready for a subdued Eid 05 Oct 2014 - 01:24 am

Srinagar: While the ghosts of last month’s devastating floods continue to haunt the major commercial hubs of Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar,...

Javed Akhtar clocks 50 years in Mumbai 05 Oct 2014 - 01:24 am

Mumbai: It was on this day 50 years ago that Javed Akhtar had stepped foot in Mumbai from Gwalior to pursue his creative...

Border incursions during Xi’s visits mysterious, says IAF chief 05 Oct 2014 - 01:23 am

New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) chief, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said yesterday it was “mysterious” how incursions by Chinese troops...

Mindsets need to change: Foreigners on Clean India mission 05 Oct 2014 - 01:19 am

New Delhi: Mindsets need to change if Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan or Clean India Mission to make the country litter...

Court should decide about ‘ill’ Chautala’s campaigning: EC 05 Oct 2014 - 01:19 am

Chandigarh: Refusing to be drawn into the controversy over INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala openly campaigning for his party for the Haryana assembly...

Yahoo plans to invest in Snapchat 05 Oct 2014 - 01:05 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Flush with cash from its investment in Alibaba, Yahoo is angling to buy into hot mobile messaging startup Snapchat, the Wall...

AIR FRANCE STRIKE PLANE PILOT AIRLINES 05 Oct 2014 - 01:04 am

Group: BusinessViews Credit: TOM Source: Trouw - Amsterdam, Netherlands Keywords: COLOR AIR FRANCE STRIKE PLANE PILOT AIRLINES 100114 Provider: CartoonArts International / The...

Olympic chief says hijab must be accepted 04 Oct 2014 - 02:59 pm

INCHEON, South Korea: Asia's Olympic chief on Saturday urged all sports to let women wear the Islamic hijab headscarf, after an Asian Games...

Afghan Taliban spokesman's tweet 'sent from Pakistan' 04 Oct 2014 - 02:50 pm

KABUL: The Taliban's main spokesman in Afghanistan on Saturday denied a tweet in which he claimed the group had killed 13 Afghan soldiers...

Bomb attack at Pakistan bus stop kills six, injures 17 04 Oct 2014 - 01:01 pm

PESHAWAR: At least six people were killed and 17 others wounded when a bomb exploded at a bus stop in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber...

Thai king readmitted to hospital 04 Oct 2014 - 11:43 am

BANGKOK: Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, was readmitted to a Bangkok hospital late on Friday after leaving it last month,...

Eight people killed in western Colombia 04 Oct 2014 - 11:29 am

BOGOTA: Eight bodies bearing gunshot wounds were found in an exclusive rural area of the western Colombian city of Cali, officials said. Cali...