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Mass marriage ceremony 12 May 2014 - 04:36 am

Muslim brides (seated) take part in a mass marriage ceremony in Mumbai yesterday. Mass marriages are generally organised by social organisations to cut...

Despite majority claims, BJP scours for allies 12 May 2014 - 04:35 am

New Delhi: Even as its leaders claim that the BJP and its allies will get a majority in the Lok Sabha, the party...

Exit poll results only after 6.30pm today, says EC 12 May 2014 - 04:35 am

New Delhi: The Election Commission yesterday said that results of exit polls can be broadcast only after 6.30pm today. “In order to remove...

Maoist attack in Maharashtra kills 7 commandos 12 May 2014 - 04:35 am

Gadchiroli: Seven police commandos were killed yesterday when Maoists set off a landmine in the thick forests of Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra, officials...

Blame game begins over Mullaperiyar verdict 12 May 2014 - 04:35 am

Thiruvananthapuram: The blame game over the Supreme Court’s verdict striking down the 2006 Kerala act which restricted the water level in Mullaperiyar dam...

Airlines add capacity as tourists flock to Leh 12 May 2014 - 04:34 am

Leh (Ladakh): Airlines and charter flights hired by tour operators are making a beeline to Leh as the tourist season sets in the...

Mass voter turnout in east Ukraine 12 May 2014 - 04:33 am

Members of a Local Election Commission empty ballot boxes as they start counting votes after a referendum, at a polling station in Lugansk,...

Nigerian girl tells of kidnap ordeal 12 May 2014 - 04:31 am

People from all faiths gather to pray for the immediate release of the abducted Nigerian schoolgirls during an interfaith prayer meeting held at...

New York police recruiting Muslim informants: Report 12 May 2014 - 04:30 am

NEW YORK: New York City police have been recruiting immigrants, most of them Muslims, in the years following the attacks of September 11,...

Former DR Congo warlord Mutebusi dies in Rwanda 12 May 2014 - 04:30 am

KINSHASA: Jules Mutebusi, a former DR Congo rebel leader often described as a Rwandan proxy, has died in Kigali where he had been...

Venezuela frees most students 12 May 2014 - 04:29 am

CARACAS: Venezuela said yesterday that it had freed most of the 243 youth activists arrested in raids last week on street camps set...

Lottery winners bankroll ‘Yes Scotland’ campaign 12 May 2014 - 04:29 am

LONDON: A couple who won a record EuroMillions jackpot in 2011 are bankrolling the campaign for Scottish independence, contributing £2.5m ($4.2m) in the...

Cameron woos eurosceptics ahead of EU vote 12 May 2014 - 04:29 am

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron made a fresh attempt yesterday to woo eurosceptic voters, ahead of this month’s European elections set to...

NIGERIA GIRLS KIDNAPPING AFRICA OVERPOPULATION EDUCATION POVERTY 12 May 2014 - 04:27 am

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Presidential campaign launched despite war 12 May 2014 - 04:13 am

Syrian men hang campaign billboards bearing portraits of President Bashar Al Assad in a street of the capital Damascus yesterday. DAMASCUS: Campaigning began...

We won’t accept nuclear apartheid: Rowhani 12 May 2014 - 04:12 am

Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sitting next to the captured US RQ-170 sentinel high-altitude reconnaissance that crashed in Iran in December 2011 and...

Car bomb kills 10 Yemeni soldiers 12 May 2014 - 04:11 am

ADEN/SANA’A: A suicide car bomber killed 10 Yemeni soldiers and one civilian and wounded many others yesterday after targeting a military police building...

Juba, rebels trade blame as truce broken 12 May 2014 - 04:00 am

JUBA: South Sudan’s government and rebels accused each other yesterday of breaching a ceasefire just hours after it came into effect, dealing an...