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Balfour Beatty wins $131m U.S. rail contract 23 May 2014 - 09:49 am

LONDON: British infrastructure group Balfour Beatty has won a 78 million pound ($131.51 million) contract to build tracks and system components for North...

Tokyo stocks close up 0.87pc 23 May 2014 - 09:30 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks rose 0.87 percent Friday as a weaker yen lifted exporter shares, but investors were keeping a wary eye on tensions...

Anandiben Patel takes oath 23 May 2014 - 09:07 am

Anandiben Patel, the newly appointed Chief Minister of Gujarat, takes her oath during a swearing-in ceremony at Gandhinagar in Gujarat yesterday.

Protest against SRK 23 May 2014 - 09:05 am

Activists from Hindu Sena burn an effigy of Bollywood film actor Shah Rukh Khan in New Delhi yesterday. Khan allegedly said that if...

Invitation to Rajapaksa irks Jaya, Vaiko 23 May 2014 - 09:04 am

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa yesterday termed as “unfortunate” the invitation extended to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa to attend the...

Modi’s wife, mother to get SPG cover 23 May 2014 - 09:03 am

New Delhi: Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi’s wife and mother will also get the Special Protection Group (SPG) security soon after he takes oath...

Sonia congratulated Modi, says Congress 23 May 2014 - 09:03 am

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has written to Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi, congratulating him on the BJP’s victory in the Lok Sabha...

Sonia likely to head CPP again 23 May 2014 - 09:03 am

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi is likely to be again elected the chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) at its meeting...

Criticism mounts at Team Rahul 23 May 2014 - 09:02 am

New Delhi: Voices are growing in the Congress over the role of “Team Rahul” in the Lok Sabha elections with suggestions that the...

Odisha heat wave deaths rise to 21 23 May 2014 - 09:02 am

Bhubaneswar: Odisha authorities yesterday confirmed the death of one more person due to sunstroke, taking the deaths on account of the heat wave...

58pc new LS members are first-timers 23 May 2014 - 09:02 am

New Delhi: Fifty-eight percent of members elected to the Lok Sabha in this general election are first-timers, the highest in the last three...

Kejriwal spends sleepless night in jail 23 May 2014 - 09:01 am

New Delhi: Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal spent a sleepless Wednesday night in the Tihar Jail, struggling with mosquitoes’ buzz and bite...

Ghani seeks comeback in election 23 May 2014 - 09:01 am

Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani (centre) attends an election campaign for the second round against front-runner Abdullah Abdullah (not in photo) in Kabul...

Geo TV staff protest 23 May 2014 - 09:00 am

Employees of Pakistan’s biggest television station Geo TV protest against the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority after the station’s licence was suspended following...

Pakistan hits Taliban targets for second day 23 May 2014 - 08:56 am

MIRANSHAH: Pakistani troops, artillery and helicopter gunships hit targets in the country’s tribal areas yesterday, officials said, in a second day of military...

Taliban abduct 27 policemen in Afghanistan 23 May 2014 - 08:55 am

Kabul: Taliban militants abducted at least 27 policemen in north-eastern Badakhshan province of Afghanistan, local officials said yesterday The officials further added that...

Pakistan Air Force gets F-16 squadron 23 May 2014 - 08:55 am

ISLAMABAD: With the inclusion of a new squadron of F-16s in the fleet, the Pakistan Air Force continues its quest for sought-after fighter...

Nine injured in Ghazni blast 23 May 2014 - 08:54 am

Kabul: A heavy explosion rocked eastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan yesterday morning, leaving at least nine people injured, Khaama press reported. According to...