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Heavy rains kill 65 in Kashmir 04 Sep 2014 - 09:42 pm

Residents evacuate their home to make it to a higher and dryer place on the outskirts of Srinagar. SRINAGAR: Sixty-five people were killed...

Rescuing a cow 04 Sep 2014 - 09:42 pm

A livestock herder pulls a rope with other villagers as they rescue his cow after it accidently fell into the flooded Narmada Canal...

Aussie PM unveils ‘New Colombo plan’ 04 Sep 2014 - 09:41 pm

Mumbai: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who began his India visit from here where he arrived early yesterday with a 30-strong business delegation,...

SC upholds Urdu as second official language in UP 04 Sep 2014 - 09:41 pm

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the 1989 Uttar Pradesh law conferring Urdu the status of second official language, holding that it...

Many states on alert after Al Qaeda move 04 Sep 2014 - 09:40 pm

NEW DELHI: India put several provinces on heightened alert yesterday after Al Qaeda announced the formation of a wing of the militant group...

Andhra Pradesh picks Vijayawada as capital 04 Sep 2014 - 09:40 pm

Hyderabad: Ending all speculation, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu yesterday announced that the coastal city of Vijayawada will be the new...

Qatar bourse closes on a high of 13,985.98 points 04 Sep 2014 - 02:44 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) index closed for the weekend on a high of 13,985.98 points, adding 147.58 points (1.07 percent) when trading closed...

Qatar Exchange index jumps 542.82 points this week 04 Sep 2014 - 02:43 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange index gained 542.82 points (4.04 percent), this week when the bourse closed Thursday at 13,985.98 points. Trading value during this...

Blackout hits Cairo rush hour 04 Sep 2014 - 02:29 pm

CAIRO: A huge power outage blacked out most of Cairo on Thursday causing major disruption across the city of some 20 million people...

Iraq, China's CNPC agree to cut Halfaya final output target 04 Sep 2014 - 01:42 pm

BASRA: Iraq has agreed with China's CNPC to cut the final output target from the Halfaya oilfield to 400,000 barrels per day from...

NATO would consider Iraq request for IS help 04 Sep 2014 - 01:28 pm

NEWPORT, United Kingdom: NATO would "seriously" consider any request from Iraq for assistance in a war against insurgents from the radical Islamic State,...

South Africa 'refuses' Dalai Lama visa for Nobel summit 04 Sep 2014 - 01:27 pm

CAPE TOWN: South Africa has refused to grant a visa for the Dalai Lama to attend the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates...

Heavy monsoon rains kill more than 30 in Pakistan 04 Sep 2014 - 01:26 pm

LAHORE, Pakistan: More than 30 people have been killed as a result of heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan, officials said Thursday, as authorities...

50 feared dead as bus plunges into gorge in India 04 Sep 2014 - 01:26 pm

SRINAGAR, India: At least 50 people were feared killed when flood waters swept a bus carrying a wedding party into a gorge in...

Kuwait Petroleum eyes stake in Indian refinery, offers crude supply 04 Sep 2014 - 01:25 pm

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) aims to pick up a significant stake in Indian Oil Corp's Paradip refinery and supply about 60...

Oman Oil signs $1.85bn two-part loan facility 04 Sep 2014 - 01:24 pm

MUSCAT: Oman Oil Co, the sultanate's state-run oil firm, has completed a $1.85 billion two-part loan deal with a group of mainly international...

Saudi's Advanced Petrochemical to invest in $1bn plant in S. Korea 04 Sep 2014 - 12:57 pm

KHOBAR: Saudi Arabia's Advanced Petrochemical Co. plans to invest in a project worth around $1 billion to produce propylene in South Korea, the...

MH17 Ukraine crash report due Tuesday 04 Sep 2014 - 12:35 pm

THE HAGUE: Dutch air crash investigators have announced that they will release a preliminary report next Tuesday into what brought down flight MH17...