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25 killed as trains collide in UP 27 May 2014 - 08:44 am

Lucknow: At least 25 people were killed and 100 injured yesterday when an express train rammed into a stationary goods train in Uttar...

Obama vows to work with Modi ‘for years to come’ 27 May 2014 - 08:43 am

Washington: The US yesterday came full circle as after shunning Narendra Modi for over a decade, President Barack Obama yesterday vowed to work...

Tea vendors look upon PM with pride, hope 27 May 2014 - 08:42 am

New Delhi: As Narendra Modi, who began from humble roots as tea vendor in a railway station in Gujarat, takes oath as India’s...

Modi ally Vaiko, 100 others detained over Rajapaksa visit 27 May 2014 - 08:41 am

New Delhi: Vaiko, leader of the MDMK that is an ally of the incoming government of Narendra Modi, and about 100 of his...

Sri Lanka, India united against terrorism, says Rajapaksa 27 May 2014 - 08:41 am

New Delhi: Praising new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “inspirational qualities of leadership”, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said yesterday that Colombo was...

2G: Raja, Kanimozhi move bail application 27 May 2014 - 08:41 am

New Delhi: Former central telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and seven others, who are accused of money laundering in the 2G...

Delhi High Court agrees to hear plea against Kejriwal 27 May 2014 - 08:40 am

New Delhi: A petition was filed yesterday in the Delhi High Court here seeking action against former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for writing...

Army-policemen ‘misunderstanding’ resolved in Kashmir 27 May 2014 - 08:40 am

Srinagar: The army yesterday said it has amicably resolved a “misunderstanding” between some soldiers and policemen in Sonamarg hill station in Jammu and...

Thai coup leader warns protestors 27 May 2014 - 06:55 am

Thai army chief and junta head General Prayuth Chan-ocha (centre) speaks to journalists during a news conference at the Royal Thai Army headquarters...

Bangladesh-Japan diplomacy 27 May 2014 - 06:54 am

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (left) toasts with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a banquet at Abe’s residence in Tokyo yesterday. Hasina...

China to scrap millions of cars 27 May 2014 - 06:52 am

BEIJING: China plans to take more than five million ageing vehicles off the roads this year in a bid to improve air quality,...

Hanoi’s claims to disputed islets ‘ridiculous’: Beijing 27 May 2014 - 06:51 am

BEIJING: China described Vietnam’s claim to disputed South China Sea islands as “ridiculous” yesterday, as tension rises over competing claims of sovereignty in...

Indonesia’s religious minister resigns over pilgrimage graft case 27 May 2014 - 06:51 am

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s religious minister, a prominent supporter of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, has resigned after being named a suspect in a corruption case...

Storms in China leave 26 dead 27 May 2014 - 06:49 am

BEIJING: Storms in southern and central China have left at least 26 people dead and 10 missing, state media said yesterday, as emergency...

Ukraine battles rebels at Donetsk airport 27 May 2014 - 06:48 am

A Ukrainian helicopter Mi-24 gunship fires cannons against rebels at the main terminal building of Donetsk international airport yesterday. KIEV/DONETSK: Ukraine launched air...

Memorial Day 27 May 2014 - 06:47 am

US President Barack Obama participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in honour of Memorial Day at Arlington...

Colombian candidates seek alliances for runoff 27 May 2014 - 06:46 am

BOGOTA: President Juan Manuel Santos and opposition challenger Oscar Ivan Zuluaga scrambled yesterday to win the support of candidates eliminated from Colombia’s presidential...

Eurosceptic election surge gives EU a headache 27 May 2014 - 06:45 am

BRUSSELS: Stunning victories in European Parliament elections by nationalist, Eurosceptic parties from France and Britain left the European Union licking its wounds yesterday...