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Minister to attend summit as Afghan turmoil threatens Nato plans 03 Sep 2014 - 01:35 am

KABUL: Afghanistan is expected to send its defence minister to a Nato summit in Wales this week, Nato officials said on Monday, after...

$15m sought for displaced persons in Waziristan 03 Sep 2014 - 01:35 am

PESHAWAR: The Fata Disaster Management Authority has asked the federal government to give it Rs1.5bn or $15m to cater for internally displaced persons...

Bomb explosion kills four soldiers 03 Sep 2014 - 01:35 am

KABUL: At least four Afghan national army soldiers were killed following a roadside bomb explosion in the past 24 hours, Afghan online news...

Three militants killed in Kashmir gunfight 03 Sep 2014 - 01:33 am

SRIN Soldiers fire towards a house in which militants were hiding, during a gunfight in Rajpora area of Pulwama district, south of Srinagar,...

Power failure hits Mumbai 03 Sep 2014 - 01:32 am

Mumbai: A sudden power crisis gripped India’s commercial capital yesterday with several areas facing power blackouts and load-shedding as a key power generating...

Modi woos Japanese investors 03 Sep 2014 - 01:32 am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers a speech, titled ‘My vision of India’ to a Japanese audience in Tokyo. TOKYO: Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Waiting for devotees 03 Sep 2014 - 01:31 am

A boatman sits on his boat as he waits for devotees at Sangam, the confluence of the rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical...

Tibetan celebration 03 Sep 2014 - 01:30 am

Tibetans living in exile in India perform a traditional dance as they celebrate the 54th Tibetan Democracy Day at the Tsuglagkhang Tibetan temple...

Death row convict may be heard in open court: SC 03 Sep 2014 - 01:29 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday held that in cases where it has upheld a death sentence, the convict will have the right...

Shutdown against murder hits Kerala 03 Sep 2014 - 01:29 am

Thiruvanantha-puram: Thousands were stranded at bus and railway stations across Kerala yesterday as a shutdown to protest the murder of a RSS leader...

Four ill after fire at Kolkata’s landmark high-rise 03 Sep 2014 - 01:29 am

Kolkata: Four people fell ill after inhaling toxic fumes following a fire at Kolkata’s landmark Chatterjee International Centre building, which houses a large...

Grover named CBI counsel in 2G case 03 Sep 2014 - 01:29 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday appointed senior counsel Anand Grover as special public prosecutor to represent the Central Bureau of Investigation and...

Ex-attorney general Vahanvati dead 03 Sep 2014 - 01:28 am

MUMBAI: Legal luminary and former attorney general Goolamhoossein Essaji Vahanvati died following cardiac arrest at a private hospital here last evening. He was...

Congress, AAP slam new govt’s performance 03 Sep 2014 - 01:27 am

New Delhi: The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) yesterday criticised the performance of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government in its first...

Nuclear power plants had accident-free year 03 Sep 2014 - 01:27 am

Mumbai: Not one out of 33 incidents in various nuclear power plants in India during 2013-2014 was classified as an “accident” as per...

Marine in Italy-India spat hospitalised 03 Sep 2014 - 01:26 am

ROME: One of two Italian marines detained in India over the fatal shooting of two fishermen has been hospitalised in New Delhi, according...

Australia satisfied with safeguards 03 Sep 2014 - 01:26 am

SYDNEY: Australia is satisfied with the safeguards India has in place to allow the export of uranium to the nuclear-armed nation, Trade Minister...

Six injured as police fire on agitating flood victims in Bihar 03 Sep 2014 - 01:26 am

PATNA: At least six people were injured when police opened fire to disperse a mob of agitating flood victims in Bihar’s Patna district...