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Iraqi officer who killed scribe jailed for life 18 Aug 2014 - 01:29 am

BAGHDAD: The officer who killed an Iraqi journalist at a Baghdad checkpoint in March was sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday, a spokesman for...

WATER SHORTAGE OVERPOPULATION 18 Aug 2014 - 01:27 am

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Praying for Mideast 18 Aug 2014 - 01:11 am

People participate in a special prayer for peace in the Middle East at St Xavier’s Church, Navrangpura, in Ahmedabad yesterday. Similar prayers have...

Big gun 18 Aug 2014 - 01:10 am

Bollywood actress Neha Dhupia poses during a promotional event for the Hindi film ‘Ekkees Topon Ki Salaami’ in Mumbai.

Brahmaputra enters national park 18 Aug 2014 - 01:08 am

Villagers paddle a boat through floodwaters near partially-submerged houses in Balimukh village in the Morigaon district of Assam yesterday. Guwahati: Flood waters from...

Celebrating Janmashtami 18 Aug 2014 - 01:08 am

Schoolchildren in costume take part in an event to mark the Janmashtami Festival in Bhopal, central India.

20 killed as parts of India reel from floods 18 Aug 2014 - 01:06 am

LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: Floods triggered by heavy rains in the Himalayas have inundated nearly 1,500 villages in northern India, killing at least 20 people...

33 evacuated in Jammu 18 Aug 2014 - 01:05 am

Jammu: The army evacuated 33 people from a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district after it was flooded by the rising waters...

Gagan to be offered to Asean countries 18 Aug 2014 - 01:04 am

New Delhi: The Indian government plans to offer its newly-developed Gagan (GPS-aided geo augmented navigation) system to Southeast Asian countries to generate financial...

Dot Bharat domain to be launched soon 18 Aug 2014 - 01:04 am

New Delhi: India, with its existing 243 million Internet users, is all set to get a ‘dot Bharat’ domain name from this month...

Manimahesh pilgrimage begins in Himachal 18 Aug 2014 - 01:04 am

Chamba: The 17-day pilgrimage to Manimahesh Lake in Himachal Pradesh, sacred to Lord Shiva devotees, began yesterday. “Over 20,000 pilgrims left on the...

Two killed during train robbery 18 Aug 2014 - 01:01 am

Patna: Armed robbers shot dead two passengers aboard a Hatia-bound train in Bihar, police said yesterday. The robbers opened fire at passengers Saturday...

Pakistan envoy’s invite to separatists flayed 18 Aug 2014 - 01:01 am

New Delhi: Pakistan envoy Abdul Basit’s invitation to Kashmiri separatist leaders for meetings before the foreign secretary-level talks sparked off controversy yesterday with...

Indian, Pakistani troops trade fire 18 Aug 2014 - 01:00 am

Jammu: Indian and Pakistani troops traded gunfire yesterday on the Line of Control after the Pakistanis violated the 2003 ceasefire in Jammu and...

Andhra, Telangana CMs agree on talks to resolve issues 18 Aug 2014 - 01:00 am

Hyderabad: The chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana yesterday agreed to resolve contentious issues between the two Telugu-speaking states through talks, mutual...

Rao clarifies ‘fascist’ remark 18 Aug 2014 - 01:00 am

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao yesterday denied calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a fascist. “I only said if the central government...

Goa CM shares meal with HIV-positive children 18 Aug 2014 - 01:00 am

Panaji: Around the time the nation debated a controversial demand for a special “bikini beach” in Goa, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar was fulfilling...

BSF to green India’s borders 18 Aug 2014 - 12:59 am

Agartala: The paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) aims to enter the “Limca Book of Records” by planting 180,000 trees along India’s frontiers tomorrow,...