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Religious police beat up Briton in Riyadh 02 Sep 2014 - 01:21 am

RIYADH: Members of Saudi Arabia’s religious police roughed up a British resident of Riyadh after they caught him paying at a women-only cash...

TRUCE ISRAEL DOVE GAZA MIDDLE EAST MIDEAST 02 Sep 2014 - 01:20 am

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India, Japan to boost defence ties 02 Sep 2014 - 01:18 am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits a music class in an elementary school in Tokyo yesterday as the students play soprano recorders. TOKYO: Japan...

Glittering shrine 02 Sep 2014 - 01:17 am

Sikh devotees light candles at the illuminated Golden Temple in Amritsar yesterday on the occasion of the 410th anniversary of the installation of...

Mechanical cow 02 Sep 2014 - 01:16 am

An artisan works on a huge mechanical cow made with fibre and plywood, in a work based on Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times, to...

Left-wing protest 02 Sep 2014 - 01:16 am

Activists of 15 left-wing parties walk with party flags as they participate in a rally in Kolkata yesterday to protest against US foreign...

Bihar’s flood-hit loot warehouse 02 Sep 2014 - 01:15 am

Patna: Flood victims in Bihar’s Nalanda district broke into a government warehouse and looted foodgrains yesterday to protest inadequate assistance given to them...

Retired general detained in Tatra truck case 02 Sep 2014 - 01:13 am

New Delhi: Lt-General (retd) Tejinder Singh was taken into custody yesterday after a court rejected his bail plea over allegations that he offered...

Indians in Saudi Arabia asked to get new passports 02 Sep 2014 - 01:13 am

RIYADH: The Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia has appealed to all Indians living in the kingdom to get machine-readable passports issued as soon...

Rescued elephants turn painters 02 Sep 2014 - 01:12 am

New Delhi: Phoolkali, a rescued elephant, is unaware that she is securing her future as works of art created by her are selling...

Indian in UAE unable to pay hospital bills 02 Sep 2014 - 01:12 am

ABU DHABI: An uninsured Indian man in the UAE has run up more than $160,000 in medical bills after he suffered a brain...

AMU to honour distinguished Muslims at convocation 02 Sep 2014 - 01:12 am

Aligarh: The Aligarh Muslim University will honour distinguished Muslims at its convocation for which the Emir of Sharjah, Sultan bin Mohamed Al Qasimi,...

Four die in Assam pipeline blast 02 Sep 2014 - 01:12 am

GUWAHATIi: Four people were killed and six others injured in an explosion yesterday in a pipeline of the Assam Gas Company in Sivasagar...

Kiev accuses Russia of ‘great war’ 01 Sep 2014 - 11:48 pm

A burning Ukrainian patrol boat in the Azov Sea near Mariupol, where the Kiev government still has control. Rocket launchers were used to...

One more found with Ebola in Nigeria port city 01 Sep 2014 - 11:47 pm

Medical workers of the JohnFitzgerald Kennedy hospital of Monrovia show the poor protective aprons they have during a strike for salaries and better...

‘Massive hack’ reveals intimate pictures of stars 01 Sep 2014 - 11:46 pm

File pictures of Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence (left) and pop star Rihanna. LOS ANGELES: Scandal rocked both Hollywood and the US tech industry Monday...

British ‘jihadist’ mum threatens to behead Christians: Reports 01 Sep 2014 - 11:45 pm

Britain’s Prime Minister, David Cameron (second left) walks from number 10 Downing Street to the Houses of Parliament in central London yesterday. Cameron...

Fidel Castro compares Nato to Nazis, hits out at US 01 Sep 2014 - 11:43 pm

HAVANA: Cuban ex-president Fidel Castro lashed out at the United States and Europe yesterday, accusing them of war-mongering and comparing the Nato military...