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Three inmates killed in foiled Zambo jailbreak 30 Aug 2014 - 11:10 pm

ZAMBOANGA: Three people were killed and eight others wounded after a jailbreak attempt in the southern Philippines turned into a deadly firefight, police...

Filipino inventor makes ‘green’ cellphone dock 30 Aug 2014 - 11:09 pm

MANILA: An award-winning Cebuano inventor made an environment-friendly smartphone dock from recycled forest dirt, debris and castaway limestone materials, and is eyeing Japan...

Philippine Congress urged to vote against ‘privacy’ bill 30 Aug 2014 - 11:09 pm

DAGUPAN CITY: The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) has urged Congress to withdraw or vote against the bill seeking to...

Kyoto-Varanasi partnership pact inked 30 Aug 2014 - 11:08 pm

from left: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indian Ambassador to Japan Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa, Mayor of Kyoto Kadokawa Daisaku and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo...

Water ATMs bring smiles to faces of Rajasthan villagers 30 Aug 2014 - 11:07 pm

Rajasthani women queue up at a water ATM. Barmer (Rajasthan): An Indian energy major and modern technology have combined to bring about a...

Protest in Srinagar 30 Aug 2014 - 11:06 pm

A Kashmiri student performs during a protest organised by Association of Parents of Disappeared (APDP) in Srinagar yesterday. The association is seeking the...

Helmets must for women in Delhi 30 Aug 2014 - 11:06 pm

A helmeted woman rides her moped through the streets carrying two friends in New Delhi. All women riding pillion on motorbikes in the ...

Corruption case against top industrialist dropped 30 Aug 2014 - 11:05 pm

NEW DELHI: India’s top police agency has dropped a corruption case against leading industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, who had been accused conspiring to...

Petrol price cut by Rs1.51 a litre, diesel up 50 paise 30 Aug 2014 - 11:04 pm

New Delhi: With international crude oil rates dropping to around $100 a barrel, petrol prices were cut yesterday by Rs1.51 a litre excluding...

Good response to Jan Dhan scheme 30 Aug 2014 - 11:03 pm

Agra: Long queues were seen at banks in Agra to open accounts under the new Jan Dhan scheme and the response from the...

C V Rao sworn in as new Maharashtra governor 30 Aug 2014 - 11:03 pm

Mumbai: Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao, a veteran BJP leader from Telangana, was yesterday evening sworn-in as the new governor of Maharashtra. The Bharatiya Janata...

Kochi doctors perform first pancreas transplant 30 Aug 2014 - 11:02 pm

Kochi: A hospital here has successfully conducted Kerala’s first combined pancreas-kidney transplant, the third such in India. The highly complex surgery was conducted...

Maran brothers, Malaysian tycoon charged in scam 30 Aug 2014 - 11:02 pm

MUMBAI: India’s federal police have filed charges against a former minister, his media mogul brother, and a Malaysian tycoon over alleged corruption to...

Two-third of UP districts face drought 30 Aug 2014 - 11:02 pm

Lucknow: More than two-third of the districts in Uttar Pradesh are facing an acute drought, officials said yesterday. Officials said more than 53...

RUSSIA TROOPS MISTAKEENTER UKRAINE 30 Aug 2014 - 10:38 pm

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Swan-shaped boats 30 Aug 2014 - 10:14 pm

Afghan tourists ride on swan-shaped paddle boats on the Band-e Amir lake on the outskirts of Bamiyan yesterday. Bamiyan, some 200 kilometres northwest...

24 die as Taliban attack intel office 30 Aug 2014 - 10:13 pm

An Afghan security official secures the site of a bomb blast that targeted an intelligence office in Jalalabad yesterday. JALALABAD: Taliban suicide bombs...

PM dismisses political crisis as ‘tiny storm’ 30 Aug 2014 - 10:12 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday dismissed a political crisis triggered by protests aimed at unseating his government as ‘a tiny storm’...