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BSF trooper, civilian killed in Tripura clash 08 Jun 2014 - 01:41 am

Agartala: A BSF trooper and a 70-year-old man were killed in a clash between the border guards and villagers along the India-Bangladesh border...

Karnataka plans to generate 2,000MW solar power 08 Jun 2014 - 01:41 am

Bangalore: Energy-starved Karnataka plans to generate 2,000 megawatt of solar power over the next seven-eight years through public-private partnership, as the state is...

Govt takes stock of current price situation 08 Jun 2014 - 01:41 am

New Delhi: The government yesterday reviewed its preparedness to deal with price rise in case of a probable deficient rainfall this year. A...

Vote for Japanese girl band leader 08 Jun 2014 - 01:35 am

TOKYO: Thousands of fans of Japanese girl group AKB48 gathered yesterday for the results of a ballot on which member will lead the...

Business Cartoon 08 Jun 2014 - 12:04 am

Philippine mayor, two others slain in ambush 07 Jun 2014 - 03:00 pm

MANILA: Gunmen shot dead a town mayor and two other people in a daylight roadside ambush in the Philippines on Saturday, police said....

Gunmen occupy Iraqi university campus, take students hostage 07 Jun 2014 - 02:35 pm

RAMADI, Iraq: Gunmen occupied a university in Iraq's western province of Anbar on Saturday, taking hundreds of students and their professors hostage inside...

QNB wins two prestigious awards at Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2014 07 Jun 2014 - 02:28 pm

DOHA: Qatar National Bank (QNB) has been awarded "The Best Bank in the Middle East" and "The Best Bank in Qatar" Awards by...

QDB named "Best Development Bank" in Middle East 07 Jun 2014 - 01:28 pm

DOHA: Qatar Development Bank (QDB) is named "Best Development Bank" in the Middle East at the 2014 Banker Middle East Industry Awards –...

Poroshenko sworn in as Ukraine's president 07 Jun 2014 - 12:43 pm

KIEV: Petro Poroshenko was sworn in as Ukraine's fifth post-Soviet president on Saturday, vowing to maintain the unity of his country amid a...

Bomb blasts kill two Pakistani soldiers 07 Jun 2014 - 11:49 am

ISLAMABAD: Two soldiers were killed Saturday in separate bomb blasts in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, the military said....

Philippines set to arrest three powerful senators 07 Jun 2014 - 11:45 am

MANILA: The Philippines on Saturday said it was preparing to arrest three powerful senators after an anti-graft court indicted them in a massive...

Nine infants die as Pakistan's Korangi hospital runs out of oxygen 07 Jun 2014 - 10:10 am

ISLAMABAD: At least nine infants died on over the period of past two days because a private hospital in Korangi area of Karachi...

China on alert after storms, floods kill 27 07 Jun 2014 - 09:15 am

BEIJING: Alerts were raised for southern and north-eastern China Saturday after the death toll reached 27 with two missing from this week's heavy...

Car bomb kills 1, wounds 5 in Baquba 07 Jun 2014 - 09:06 am

BAGHDAD: A security element was killed and five others were wounded in mortar attack on the headquarters of a security in central Baquba. ...

Sikh groups clash at Golden Temple 07 Jun 2014 - 06:48 am

Sikhs wield swords during clashes inside the complex of the Golden Temple in Amritsar yesterday. AMRITSAR: Clashes broke out between sword-wielding Sikhs yesterday...

Sumitra Mahajan elected speaker 07 Jun 2014 - 06:47 am

New Delhi: Eight-time parliamentarian Sumitra Mahajan (pictured), was unanimously elected speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced his...

Employees protest 07 Jun 2014 - 06:46 am

A Kashmiri woman government employee argues with a policeman during a protest in Srinagar yesterday. Dozens of employees protested to demand greater regularisation...