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Premier invites Merkel to India 18 Jul 2014 - 02:48 am

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on the phone yesterday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during his transit halt at Frankfurt on...

Parents storm Bangalore school over assault on minor 18 Jul 2014 - 02:47 am

Bangalore: Hundreds of outraged parents yesterday stormed into a private school here, protesting against the alleged sexual assault on a six-year-old student by...

Sushma exhorts NRIs to assist in progress 18 Jul 2014 - 02:47 am

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj yesterday called upon NRIs to work for the reconstruction of the country, and said Indians living...

New high-speed rail corridor to cost Rs63,000cr 18 Jul 2014 - 02:47 am

New Delhi: The Indian Railways’ ambition to develop a high-speed rail corridor between Mumbai and Ahmedabad is estimated to cost Rs63,000 crore. According...

Sasikumar, ace director of record 141 films, dead 18 Jul 2014 - 02:46 am

Kochi: Ace director Sasikumar, referred to as the first “hitmaker” of the Malayalam film industry, passed away yesterday at a private hospital here,...

CHINA TANKS TIANANMEN PEOPLE ANNIVERSARY 18 Jul 2014 - 02:28 am

Group: ViewsAsia Credit: SAKAI Source: Kagoshima Pref., Japan Keywords: COLOR CHINA TANKS TIANANMEN PEOPLE ANNIVERSARY 070714 Provider: CartoonArts International / The New York...

Rapping nuns fire up prayer competition 18 Jul 2014 - 01:04 am

Nuns hold placards reading ‘you rock’ as they shout support for performers at a Buddhist prayer competition at the Jogyesa temple in Seoul....

Philippine typhoon death toll hits 38 17 Jul 2014 - 10:16 pm

Filipino Indigenous Badjao people transfer a stilt house through ‘Bayanihan’ (spirit of communal unity) after the damage caused by Typhoon Rammasun in a...

South Korea helicopter crash kills five 17 Jul 2014 - 10:14 pm

Officials at the crash site. Seoul: A fire-fighting helicopter crashed into a residential area of South Korea’s southern city of Gwangju yesterday, killing...

Japan police make arrest in data leak case 17 Jul 2014 - 10:12 pm

TOKYO: Tokyo police said yesterday they had arrested an engineer for allegedly stealing massive amounts of personal data from an educational services firm,...

Ex-premier Shinawatra given permission to leave country 17 Jul 2014 - 10:10 pm

BANGKOK: Thailand’s military rulers have given permission to former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to travel to Europe where she is expected to attend...

Military upgrade not aimed at neighbours, says Aquino 17 Jul 2014 - 10:09 pm

MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino told his country’s neighbours yesterday that efforts to modernise the military were not aimed at them but rather...

China urged to allow HK-wide poll reform 17 Jul 2014 - 10:08 pm

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s leader formally asked Beijing on Tuesday to allow electoral reform, paving the way for a city-wide leadership election in...

Taliban attack airport amid Afghan vote audit 17 Jul 2014 - 10:04 pm

KABUL: Militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades attacked Kabul International Airport in the Afghan capital yesterday in one of the most audacious assaults on...

Anti-Israel protest 17 Jul 2014 - 10:03 pm

Palestinian and Pakistani nationals shout anti-Israel slogans during a demonstration against Israeli military operations in Gaza, in Islamabad yesterday.

Rebel ‘hideout’ raided near Sharif’s home 17 Jul 2014 - 09:56 pm

LAHORE: Pakistani security forces laid siege yesterday to a suspected militant hideout just a few kilometres from the family home of Prime Minister...

Pakistani tribals to raise militia against militants 17 Jul 2014 - 09:55 pm

ISLAMABAD: A grand jirga of the Mamond tribe in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region of Bajaur Agency has decided to raise a tribal lashkar...

Majority against drone strikes 17 Jul 2014 - 09:54 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been the main front in the drone war, but about 66 percent people in the country disapprove the US air...