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Power spat worsens as AP, Telangana spar 19 Jun 2014 - 01:43 am

Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh decision to cancel power purchase agreements (PPAs) has evoked a sharp reaction from Telangana, which yesterday threatened to hit...

Another student’s body found in Beas as 15 still missing 19 Jun 2014 - 01:43 am

Mandi (Himachal Pradesh): One more body of a Hyderabad engineering college student was traced yesterday in the Beas river, taking the total number...

Stranded Kerala nurses seek embassy help 19 Jun 2014 - 01:43 am

Kochi: The 46 Kerala nurses stranded in strife-torn Tikrit town in northern Iraq yesterday asked the Indian embassy officials to either take them...

Nitish, Lalu try to get closer 19 Jun 2014 - 01:41 am

Patna: Ending days of speculation, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad announced his party’s support to the ruling JD-U’s two candidates in the...

Police probe threats to Nusli Wadia after Ness-Zinta spat 19 Jun 2014 - 01:40 am

Mumbai: The Mumbai police Crime Branch is probing a complaint about alleged mafia threats to well-known industrialist Nusli Wadia related to a complaint...

Sparks likely to fly at UP assembly session 19 Jun 2014 - 01:40 am

Lucknow: The budget session of the Uttar Pradesh assembly begins today amid apprehension that opposition parties like the BJP would stall proceedings over...

POOR KIDS USA IMMIGRATION LATIN AMERICA MEXICO POVERTY STORK 19 Jun 2014 - 12:18 am

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West Africa Ebola death toll hits 337: WHO 18 Jun 2014 - 06:14 pm

GENEVA: The death toll in west Africa's three-nation Ebola outbreak has risen to 337, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, making it the...

Rolls-Royce agrees to work with China General Nuclear Power Co 18 Jun 2014 - 06:00 pm

LONDON: British engineering company Rolls-Royce has signed a memorandum of understanding with China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGNPC), one day after it struck...

Egypt court sentences 12 Mursi supporters to death 18 Jun 2014 - 05:57 pm

CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced 12 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi to death on Wednesday on charges connected to the fatal...

30,000 flee Pakistan offensive against Taliban 18 Jun 2014 - 05:53 pm

BANNU, Pakistan: Around 30,000 people fled a major military offensive against the Taliban in a Pakistani tribal area Wednesday, after authorities eased a...

ROTA's Ramadan Project to renovate Bangladesh school in Abu Hamour 18 Jun 2014 - 03:01 pm

DOHA: Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) will renovate Bangladesh MHM School in Abu Hamour as part of its Eighth Annual Ramadan Project called...

Twelve Vietnamese jailed in Philippines for illegal fishing 18 Jun 2014 - 02:57 pm

PUERTO PRINCESA: A Philippine court on Wednesday sentenced 12 Vietnamese men to six months in jail and fined them $100,000 for illegal fishing,...

Qatar Stock Exchange up 0.57pc 18 Jun 2014 - 02:54 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange in the green area on Wednesday adding 70.96 points (0.57 percent) advance to 12,591.32 points from 12,520.36 on Tuesday. ...

India says 40 construction workers abducted in Iraq 18 Jun 2014 - 02:38 pm

NEW DELHI: Forty Indian construction workers have been abducted in violence-hit northern Iraq, the Indian foreign ministry said Wednesday. The workers were taken...

SocGen ends $310m Malaysia sukuk roadshow, to decide on first sale in days 18 Jun 2014 - 01:46 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Societe Generale (SocGen) has concluded the marketing roadshow for its 1 billion ringgit ($311 million) sale of Islamic bonds in Malaysia...

Arabtec confirms its CEO resigns; Fahim to be acting CEO 18 Jun 2014 - 01:44 pm

DUBAI: Hasan Ismaik, chief executive of major Dubai construction firm Arabtec, has resigned, an Arabtec spokesman confirmed to Reuters on Wednesday. The spokesman...

Albanian president meets Qatari ambassador 18 Jun 2014 - 01:09 pm

TIRANA: The President of the Republic of Albania Bujar Nishani has met with HE Qatar's Ambassador to the Republic of Albania Yousef bin...