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Chandy’s cabinet re-jig on cards: Media 20 Jul 2014 - 12:28 am

Thiruvanantha-puram: The Congress-led UDF and the media are again abuzz over Kerala’s proposed cabinet re-jig since Speaker G Karthikeyan expressed his desire on...

Top Maoist gets 10-day remand 20 Jul 2014 - 12:28 am

Bhubaneswar: A court in Odisha yesterday granted the police a 10-day remand of top Maoist Sabyasachi Panda, a day after his arrest, a...

Bihar teacher caught unaware, fails to name president 20 Jul 2014 - 12:27 am

Patna: For a woman school teacher in Bihar, Pratibha Patil is still India’s president and Smriti Irani the governor of the state. These...

Modi gets notice from Allahabad High Court 20 Jul 2014 - 12:27 am

Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court has issued a notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi after a petition was filed accusing him of electoral...

Innovation important for progress: President 20 Jul 2014 - 12:26 am

Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu: Knowledge and innovation are the underpinnings of progress and prosperity in the 21st century, President Pranab Mukherjee said here yesterday....

SC asked to review DAP verdict 20 Jul 2014 - 12:15 am

MANILA: The Palace is asking the Supreme Court to reconsider its July 1 decision declaring certain acts under the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program...

Attack on Malaysia flight MH17 condemned 20 Jul 2014 - 12:14 am

MANILA: The government yesterday condemned Thursday’s shooting down of Malaysian airlines flight MH17, which left 298 people on board dead. The country’s Department...

Bid to contact social workers seized by rebels 20 Jul 2014 - 12:13 am

COTABATO CITY: Officials are now trying to establish contacts with the abductors of three surveyors snatched on Thursday in Talipao, Sulu while interviewing...

Senator Estrada suspended for 90 days over scam 20 Jul 2014 - 12:13 am

MANILA: The Sandiganbayan yesterday suspended Senator Jinggoy Estrada for 90 days pending litigation of his P172m plunder case in connection with the congressional...

USA KIDS IMMIGRATION SISYPHUS OBAMA REFORM CONGRESS REPUBLICANS 20 Jul 2014 - 12:08 am

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G20 trade ministers reaffirm growth commitments 19 Jul 2014 - 01:47 pm

SYDNEY: G20 trade ministers reaffirmed Saturday their commitment to free trade as a central driver of growth and to streamline the flow of...

Jihadists kill 270 in Syrian gas field 'massacre' 19 Jul 2014 - 01:41 pm

BEIRUT: Jihadists have killed 270 Syrian regime fighters, civilian security guards and employees since seizing a gas field in Homs province, a monitoring...

Philippines orders its nationals to leave Gaza 19 Jul 2014 - 01:26 pm

MANILA: The Philippines ordered its some 100 nationals in Gaza to leave the besieged Palestinian territory Saturday, as the death toll from 12...

Suicide bomber kills six in attack on anti-Shebab leader 19 Jul 2014 - 11:23 am

MOGADISHU: Six people were killed in a southern Somali port town on Saturday after a suicide bomber targeted the house of a prominent...

Malaysia PM's step-grandmother was on MH17 19 Jul 2014 - 11:22 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Najib Razak's step-grandmother was on board the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet that crashed in violence-wracked Ukraine, the country's defence...

At least nine dead, dozens hurt in bus crash in Germany 19 Jul 2014 - 11:12 am

BERLIN: At least nine people were killed and dozens hurt on Saturday, police said, as a coach carrying Polish holidaymakers collided with another...

Shebab militants claim attack on Kenya bus that killed 7 19 Jul 2014 - 11:06 am

NAIROBI: Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab claimed responsibility on Saturday for an attack on a bus and police vehicle on Kenya's restive southeastern coast that...

US drone strike kills 11 in Pakistan 19 Jul 2014 - 10:02 am

ISLAMABAD: At least 11 fighters have been killed in a US drone strike targeting a Pakistani Taliban compound in the country's restive northwestern...