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Pakistan grass-cutting row claims 11 lives 09 May 2014 - 10:37 am

QUETTA, Pakistan: At least 11 people were killed and five others injured in a tribal dispute over grass-cutting rights in a rural area...

Apple seen eyeing Beats Electronics for $3.2bn 09 May 2014 - 09:46 am

WASHINGTON: Apple is eyeing a $3.2 billion buyout of Beats Electronics, a California firm founded by rapper Dr. Dre that makes headphones and...

Tokyo stocks close up 0.25pc 09 May 2014 - 09:27 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks rose 0.25 percent Friday as bargain-hunting offset early selling triggered by a strong yen. The Nikkei 225 index gained 35.81...

US, Philippine marines launch South China Sea drills 09 May 2014 - 08:33 am

SAN ANTONIO, Philippines: Scores of US and Filipino marines launched mock assaults on a South China Sea beach in the Philippines on Friday...

China blames Vietnam for ship collisions 09 May 2014 - 05:00 am

A Chinese coastguard vessel (left ) uses water cannon on a Vietnamese Sea Guard ship in the South China Sea near the Paracel...

Cambodian sculpture returned 09 May 2014 - 04:59 am

Histosrian and Archeologist Eric Bourdonneau speaks during a ceremony to commemorate the return of the Duryodhana (in photograph), a 10th century sandstone sculpture,...

Strong quake shakes Mexico City 09 May 2014 - 04:59 am

People try to use their mobiles after being evacuated in Mexico City yesterday. A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rattled Mexico City, causing buildings to sway,...

Venezuela unrest 09 May 2014 - 04:58 am

People run away from tear gas during a protest against President Nicolas Maduro’s government in Caracas yesterday. Venezuelan authorities demolished four protest camps...

Attorneys strike to mourn blasphemy defence lawyer 09 May 2014 - 04:57 am

Activists of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan hold candles and placards during a protest over the killing of lawyer Rashid Rehman in Islamabad,...

Two die in Quetta blast 09 May 2014 - 04:57 am

Caption Security officials inspect the scene of a bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan, yesterday. According to reports, two people were killed and seven...

BJP attacks EC over Varanasi curbs 09 May 2014 - 04:56 am

A BJP supporter holds cut-outs of prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi during a protest in New Delhi. Varanasi: Thousands of BJP activists yesterday...

WHO report saying New Delhi has worst air pollution rejected 09 May 2014 - 04:54 am

A file picture shows ragpickers riding on a cart past smoke coming from burning waste at a garbage dump site in New Delhi....

Nation develops its own card payment network 09 May 2014 - 04:53 am

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday dedicated to the nation indigenous card payment network called RuPay taking on the global players like Visa...

Chandy launches Mission 676 to make Kerala a better place 09 May 2014 - 04:53 am

Thiruvananthapuram: On the eve of the United Democratic Front government in Kerala marking its third anniversary, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy yesterday announced “Mission...

PM to address nation on eve of demitting office 09 May 2014 - 04:52 am

New Delhi: On the eve of his demitting office after 10 years at the head of a UPA coalition government, Prime Minister Manmohan...

Bengal’s final phase: 26 facing criminal cases 09 May 2014 - 04:52 am

Kolkata: As many as 26 candidates with criminal cases and 41 crorepatis (multimillionaires) including independent nominee Shamali Das who has assets worth over...

Taliban declare last ‘spring offensive’ 09 May 2014 - 04:51 am

KABUL: Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan announced the start of their annual “spring offensive” yesterday, vowing a final summer of bloody attacks on foreign...

Bomb kills 9 soldiers in North Waziristan 09 May 2014 - 04:51 am

MIRANSHAH: A roadside bomb killed at least nine soldiers and wounded two others in a restive Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan yesterday, the...