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Heavy rains in Mumbai 20 Jun 2014 - 01:19 am

Commuters drive in heavy rain in Mumbai yesterday. The India Meteorological Department has declared the start of the monsoon season, predicting below-average rainfall....

Fishing 20 Jun 2014 - 01:18 am

A fisherman casts his net into the waters of a lake at Panangad, on the outskirts of Kochi, yesterday.

Cobbler, labourers’ kids crack IIT exam with Super 30’s help 20 Jun 2014 - 01:18 am

Patna: The sons and daughters of a cobbler, daily wage labourers and a landless farmer, among others, have cracked the highly-competitive IIT-JEE exam...

Abducted Indians in Iraq safe: Minister 20 Jun 2014 - 01:17 am

New Delhi: India yesterday said that the 40 Indian workers abducted in strife-torn Iraq are safe and told their distraught families that the...

Munde’s daughter inducted into BJP’s Maharashtra panel 20 Jun 2014 - 01:17 am

Mumbai: Pankaja Munde-Palve, daughter of the late union minister and BJP leader Gopinath Munde, was inducted as a member of the party’s Maharashtra...

SC to hear plea against Suhag being named next army chief 20 Jun 2014 - 01:17 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday that said it will hear in the second week of July a plea seeking to restrain the...

JD-U wins both Rajya Sabha seats from Bihar 20 Jun 2014 - 01:16 am

Patna: Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal-United yesterday won both the seats in the Rajya Sabha from the state in a by-election, thanks to cross-voting...

Qatar Exchange Index drops 525.10 points this week 19 Jun 2014 - 06:53 pm

DOHA: Qatar Exchange index lost 525.10 points (4.05 percent) this week when it closed trading at 12,453.76 points Thursday afternoon. Trading value QR...

17 killed in Philippines clash with Muslim extremists 19 Jun 2014 - 06:49 pm

ZAMBOANGA, Philippines: Ten Muslim extremists and seven soldiers were killed on Thursday in one of the bloodiest clashes in the southern Philippines in...

BlackBerry reverses plunge 19 Jun 2014 - 06:46 pm

MONTREAL: Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry, under new leadership, announced a small profit in a surprising turnaround on Thursday, despite a huge drop in...

Philippines tells nationals in war-torn Iraqi regions to evacuate 19 Jun 2014 - 06:39 pm

MANILA: The Philippine government on Thursday ordered its nationals in war-torn regions of Iraq to flee the country but said those in Kurdistan...

Egypt's Mubarak breaks leg in hospital fall: medics 19 Jun 2014 - 06:37 pm

CAIRO: Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak broke a leg on Thursday in the Cairo military hospital where he has been detained for much...

Abdullah threatens to reject Afghan election result 19 Jun 2014 - 06:32 pm

KABUL: Afghanistan's election crisis deepened Thursday when presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah said he would reject the result because his claims of massive fraud...

30 new arrests as Israel presses West Bank hunt for teens 19 Jun 2014 - 05:59 pm

JERUSALEM: Israeli troops arrested some 30 Palestinians in the West Bank overnight as they ramped up a search for three teenagers believed kidnapped...

Turkey court orders release of 230 military 'plotters' 19 Jun 2014 - 05:57 pm

ANKARA: Magistrates in Istanbul on Thursday ordered the release of 230 military officers sentenced for plotting to overthrow the government a day after...

Qatar Stock Exchange down 1.09pc 19 Jun 2014 - 02:03 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange ended in the red area when trading closed Thursday at 12,453.76 points (1.09 percent) down 137.56 points from the...

Philippines, U.S. to hold naval drills near disputed shoal in S.China Sea 19 Jun 2014 - 12:53 pm

MANILA: Philippine and American troops are set to hold naval exercises this month near a disputed shoal, which will almost certainly anger China...

Man Group buys US-based Numeric for $500m 19 Jun 2014 - 12:16 pm

LONDON: British hedge fund manager Man Group said on Thursday that it has agreed to buy Boston-based Numeric Holdings for almost $500 million...