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Abdullah rejects rigged poll audit 28 Aug 2014 - 01:43 am

Election workers count ballot papers for an audit of the presidential run-off in Kabul yesterday. KABUL: Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah yesterday withdrew...

Sharif defiant amid protest crisis 28 Aug 2014 - 01:43 am

Pakistani Rangers cordon off parliament during an ongoing protest by followers of Imran Khan and Tahir-ul-Qadri in Islamabad yesterday. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s embattled prime...

New Taliban group vows attacks 28 Aug 2014 - 01:41 am

ISLAMABAD: A new bloc of the Pakistani Taliban has vowed to carry on the movement’s campaign of bombings and shootings, in the militants’...

Pakistan, India agree to reduce tensions at border 28 Aug 2014 - 01:41 am

ISLAMABAD: India and Pakistan’s directors general of military operations (DGMOs) spoke to each other on hotline yesterday in a bid to defuse tensions...

25 rebels die in Afghan raids 28 Aug 2014 - 01:41 am

KABUL: At least 25 Taliban militants were killed and 6 others were injured during military operations by Afghan national security forces in the...

PML-N assures 4m new jobs 28 Aug 2014 - 01:40 am

LAHORE: As the PML-N govt has been facing a tough time due to protests, a Provincial Minister for Excise, Taxation and Finance Mujtaba...

Afghan leader will not attend Nato summit 28 Aug 2014 - 01:40 am

KABUL: President Hamid Karzai will not attend a key Nato summit next week because of his disagreements with Washington over Afghan security needs...

PM should avoid tainted ministers: SC 27 Aug 2014 - 11:12 pm

Lawyer Rakesh Dwivedi, the amicus curiae in the case on criminal politicians, speaks to the media in front of the Supreme Court in...

First batch of Haj pilgrims from Kashmir departs 27 Aug 2014 - 11:11 pm

A Haj pilgrim kisses the face of her relative as she leaves for pilgrimage to Makkah, in Srinagar. The first group of 275...

Clegg visits Airbus facility in Bangalore 27 Aug 2014 - 11:10 pm

British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg during his visit to the UK-based Airbus facility in Bangalore yesterday. Clegg is leading a business delegation...

Over 12 lakh hit by Assam floods 27 Aug 2014 - 11:08 pm

A one-horned rhinoceros and its calf wade through flood waters at a submerged area of the Pobitora wildlife sanctuary in Assam yesterday. About...

Rajnath threatens to quit 27 Aug 2014 - 11:06 pm

New Delhi: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and BJP president Amit Shah yesterday came out in support of Home Minister Rajnath Singh after...

New e-service brings doctor to your doorstep 27 Aug 2014 - 11:05 pm

Kolkata: Got a medical issue in the middle of the night but don’t know who to call? Don’t worry! A new website virtually...

Saradha scam: CBI grills two businessmen 27 Aug 2014 - 11:05 pm

Kolkata: The CBI yesterday grilled Kolkata-based entrepreneur Santanu Ghosh, also the chairman of the now-defunct Xenitis Group, and another businessman Rajesh Bajaj, based...

SC tells DLF: Deposit Rs630 crore penalty 27 Aug 2014 - 11:04 pm

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday penalised real estate giant DLF Rs630 crore for exploiting its dominant position to the disadvantage of its...

Giving bank accounts to all a huge task: Experts 27 Aug 2014 - 10:07 pm

NEW DELHI: Premier Narendra Modi has put a pledge to give bank accounts to all Indians on a war footing, but experts say...

Minister unveils dot Bharat domain name 27 Aug 2014 - 10:07 pm

New Delhi: Telecommuni-cations and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad yesterday unveiled the dot Bharat domain name, an official statement said here. Most of...

Kerala to set up academic city 27 Aug 2014 - 10:07 pm

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala cabinet yesterday approved the setting up of an academic city in the state similar to the Dubai Academic City, Chief...