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WFP to provide food to displaced Pakistanis 30 Jun 2014 - 01:37 am

ISLAMABAD: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is rapidly scaling up food distribution aiming to reach approximately half a million recently displaced...

Hamid Ansari on China visit 30 Jun 2014 - 01:13 am

Myanmar President U Thein Sein (centre, left) , Indian Vice-President Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari (centre, right) and China’s Vice President Li Yuanchao (centre)...

Rath Yatra in Puri 30 Jun 2014 - 01:12 am

Volunteers spray water on devotees during the annual Rath Yatra, or chariot procession, in Puri, yesterday.

Gail suspends two officials for pipeline blast 30 Jun 2014 - 01:10 am

Hyderabad: Gail (India) Limited yesterday suspended two senior officials pending enquiry into Friday’s blast and fire in its pipeline in East Godavari district,...

Shourie bats for immediate innovative reforms 30 Jun 2014 - 01:10 am

Kolkata: Pushing for immediate economic reforms to bail India out from its “precarious financial condition”, former union minister Arun Shourie yesterday urged the...

Modi to witness rocket launch today; countdown on track 30 Jun 2014 - 01:10 am

Chennai: The countdown for the launch of an Indian rocket today morning that will carry five foreign satellites is progressing smoothly, the Indian...

BJP scared of losing Delhi: Kejriwal 30 Jun 2014 - 01:09 am

New Delhi: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal yesterday said the BJP was avoiding elections in Delhi as it was scared of losing. “We will...

Trying to contact Indians in Iraq, says Sushma 30 Jun 2014 - 01:09 am

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Sunday said Indians in Iraq were safe and efforts were on to establish direct contact with...

Delhi building collapse: One arrested 30 Jun 2014 - 01:08 am

New Delhi: Police here yesterday arrested a man for causing the death of 10 people in a building collapse as he was illegally...

Emperor penguins face extinction: Study 30 Jun 2014 - 12:50 am

New York: The entire population of Antarctica’s famous emperor penguins could fall by a third by the end of the century because of...

Murray ready for real battles to begin 30 Jun 2014 - 12:49 am

LONDON: Defending champion Andy Murray’s tranquil progress through Wimbledon’s opening week has been eerily calm. No pesky upstarts trying to knock him off...

Farmers protest in Manila 30 Jun 2014 - 12:46 am

Farmers burn an effigy during a protest against a land distribution programme near the home of President Benigno Aquino in Quezon city, east...

Gun dance 30 Jun 2014 - 12:45 am

Local women holding toy guns dance to a revolutionary song as part of their daily exercise at a square outside a shopping mall...

Security forces put on alert in Mindanao 30 Jun 2014 - 12:43 am

MANILA: Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel Roxas II has placed the Philippine National Police (PNP) on full alert status in Southern Mindanao...

Thai court issues arrest warrant for anti-coup group spokesman 30 Jun 2014 - 12:42 am

BANGKOK: Thailand’s military court has issued an arrest warrant for the spokesman of an anti-coup group over alleged arms offences, an accusation firmly...

Hong Kong wraps up unofficial democracy poll 30 Jun 2014 - 12:42 am

HONG KONG: More than 780,000 votes were cast by yesterday, the final day of an unofficial referendum on democratic reforms in Hong Kong,...

Man sets himself on fire in Tokyo 30 Jun 2014 - 12:41 am

TOKYO: A man in Japan set himself on fire at a busy intersection in Tokyo yesterday in an apparent protest against Prime Minister...

North Korea launches missiles, defies UN ban 30 Jun 2014 - 12:41 am

SEOUL: North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into seas east off its coast on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, defying a UN...