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Thai police probe murder 21 Sep 2014 - 01:07 am

Chief of Royal Thai Police Somyot Pumphanmuang (third right) and Royal Thai Police adviser Jarumporn Suramanee (fourth right) yesterday look on near the...

Indonesia brands four China Uighurs terror suspects 21 Sep 2014 - 01:05 am

JAKARTA: Four foreign men detained in Indonesia for allegedly planning to take part in militant training were officially named suspects for breaking counter-terrorism...

N Korea threatens attack over leaflets launch 21 Sep 2014 - 01:05 am

SEOUL: North Korea yesterday threatened to attack South Korean activists if they launch anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border while the South hosts the...

American wanted jail to expose rights: Pyongyang 21 Sep 2014 - 01:04 am

SEOUL: A US citizen jailed this month in North Korea wanted to be imprisoned so he could reveal the human rights situation inside,...

Heavy rains in Kolkata 21 Sep 2014 - 12:56 am

A woman holds an umbrella while waiting to board a train during heavy rains at a railway station in Kolkata yesterday. Weather officials...

Kashmir floods: Hospitals begin clean-up drive 21 Sep 2014 - 12:51 am

SRINAGAR: Hospitals in Srinagar started clean-up operations to resume routine functioning as soon as possible even as the number of deaths due to...

Shiv Sena puts forth formula on seat-sharing 21 Sep 2014 - 12:50 am

Mumbai: A day after saving their 25-year alliance from splitting, the BJP and the Shiv Sena were yet to reach an agreement on...

Sushma to interact with over 100 foreign ministers in NY 21 Sep 2014 - 12:47 am

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj would be meeting more than 100 of her counterparts from across the world, including the new...

Bill Gates in bid to boost charity among rich 21 Sep 2014 - 12:46 am

NEW DELHI: US billionaire Bill Gates will dine with some of country’s wealthiest people this weekend in a bid to encourage them to...

Rein in leaders who spew venom: Muslims to Modi 21 Sep 2014 - 12:45 am

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comment on Muslims that they will “live for India and die for India”, was yesterday welcomed by...

Africa summit postponed over Ebola outbreak 21 Sep 2014 - 12:45 am

NEW DELHI: The deadly Ebola outbreak in west Africa has forced India to postpone plans for a December summit in New Delhi attended...

Premier gets world’s largest birthday card 21 Sep 2014 - 12:45 am

Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi got a unique gift on his birthday on September 17. The school where he studied in Gujarat made...

Bengal rape case: 13 get 20 years in jail 21 Sep 2014 - 12:45 am

Kolkata: A West Bengal court yesterday sentenced 13 people convicted of raping a tribal woman in Birbhum district of the state to 20...

Defamation charge against Arvind Kejriwal 21 Sep 2014 - 12:36 am

New Delhi: A court here yesterday framed defamation charges against former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and three others in a case filed...

The NR Eye: From ‘Empire’ to ‘Republic’, the Indian passport has travelled a lot 21 Sep 2014 - 12:36 am

by Moiz Mannan From the time the first passport was issued by the British to citizens of the ‘Indian Empire’ after World War...

Displaced Pakistanis 20 Sep 2014 - 11:39 pm

President Karzai (centre) and presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah (right) listen to the national anthem on the third anniversary of the assassination of Burhanuddin...

Taiwanese tourist dies in mountain accident 20 Sep 2014 - 11:38 pm

ISLAMABAD: A Taiwanese tourist has plunged to her death in a popular mountaineering area in northern Pakistan, officials said yesterday. The woman fell...

Four killed in NW Pakistan clash 20 Sep 2014 - 11:37 pm

ISLAMABAD: A soldier and three militants have been killed in fighting in restive northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border, the military said yesterday....