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Rescuers battle rains in search for landslide victims 31 Jul 2014 - 09:44 pm

Rescue workers recover the body of a landslide victim as heavy rain falls in Malin village in Pune yesterday. MALIN: Rescuers battled through...

Snooping by US unacceptable, Sushma Swaraj tells Kerry 31 Jul 2014 - 09:42 pm

US Secretary of State, John Kerry, greets External Affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj, in New Delhi yesterday. New Delhi: Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma...

Baby and mother dug out of debris alive 31 Jul 2014 - 09:41 pm

Pune: Amidst the grave tragedy in Malin, the village almost entirely wiped out by a landslide in Maharashtra, rescue teams yesterday dug out...

Petrol price cut by `1.09 a litre, diesel hiked 50 paise 31 Jul 2014 - 09:41 pm

New Delhi: Petrol price was yesterday lowered by `1.09 per litre, the second reduction in three-and-half-months, while diesel rates were hiked by 50...

Find amicable solution: Court to Gadkari, Kejriwal 31 Jul 2014 - 09:40 pm

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court yesterday asked union minister Nitin Gadkari and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal to find an amicable solution and...

Sonia, Manmohan refute allegations by Natwar Singh 31 Jul 2014 - 09:40 pm

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi yesterday refuted former union minister Natwar Singh’s allegation that she had access to government files, while also...

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Graduation ceremonies taking a toll 31 Jul 2014 - 04:03 pm

Graduation ceremonies are planned in elementary, primary and secondary schools soon after the exams at the end of the academic year. School administrations...

Airlines, travel firms exploiting travellers 31 Jul 2014 - 04:00 pm

With citizens and residents travelling out of the country for their summer vacations, banks and foreign exchange bureaus are doing brisk business exchanging...

Taiwan's HTC expects revenue to fall in Q3 31 Jul 2014 - 02:08 pm

TAIPEI: Taiwan's struggling smartphone maker HTC said Thursday it expected revenue in the July-September quarter to drop up to 35 percent from Q2...

Siemens says quarterly profit jumps 27pc 31 Jul 2014 - 01:34 pm

BERLIN: German industrial giant Siemens posted a jump in quarterly profits on Thursday, despite troubles in its energy sector and the impact of...

Philippines hikes key interest rates, first since 2011 31 Jul 2014 - 01:33 pm

MANILA: Philippine monetary authorities raised key interest rates on Thursday for the first time in more than three years in a "pre-emptive" move...

Hitachi more than doubles April-June net profit 31 Jul 2014 - 12:55 pm

TOKYO: Japan's Hitachi said Thursday its net profit for three months to June soared to $280 million on robust sales in various fields...

Syria Kurdish-jihadist battle kills 49 31 Jul 2014 - 12:54 pm

BEIRUT: A fierce battle between Syrian Kurds and Islamic State jihadists has killed nearly 50 fighters from both sides as the Kurds seized...

Panasonic, Tesla to build giant battery plant in US 31 Jul 2014 - 12:24 pm

TOKYO: Japanese electronics giant Panasonic and US electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors said Thursday they will jointly build and operate a huge lithium...

Alcatel-Lucent cuts losses but shares slump 31 Jul 2014 - 12:22 pm

PARIS: Telecommunication equipment group Alcatel-Lucent said Thursday it cut net losses by more than half in the second quarter as it battles to...

San Miguel eyes Philippine Airlines buyout 31 Jul 2014 - 11:48 am

MANILA: Philippine conglomerate San Miguel said Thursday it hopes to take full control of the country's flag carrier within two months by buying...

Toshiba Q1 net profit surges 68.7pc 31 Jul 2014 - 11:44 am

TOKYO: Toshiba said Thursday its first-quarter net profit climbed 68.7 percent due to brisk sales in infrastructure business and PCs in Japan. In...