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Yahoo ramps up video effort with new online comedy video series 29 Apr 2014 - 08:22 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo Inc., bolstered its line-up of online video programming on Monday with two original comedy series and a new Web channel...

Samsung Q1 net profit hits $7.3bn, smartphone income dips 29 Apr 2014 - 08:22 am

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics reported Tuesday its net profit had risen 5.9 percent year-on-year in the first quarter to 7.57 trillion won or $7.3...

Blast kills three in Karachi 29 Apr 2014 - 04:07 am

Pakistani forensic experts collect evidence at a religious seminary in Karachi after a grenade blast yesterday.

Mujahideen Day 29 Apr 2014 - 04:07 am

Afghan soldiers stand in front of field guns during the 22nd anniversary of the victory of Afghan Mujahideen, in Herat yesterday. On April...

Modi remark on Mamata stokes fury 29 Apr 2014 - 04:06 am

Policemen search a car at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Amritsar in Punjab yesterday. Security has been strengthened in the northwestern state...

Shanties gutted in New Delhi fire 29 Apr 2014 - 04:05 am

Victims of a slum fire in a relief camp in Vasant Kunj in New Delhi yesterday. New Delhi: At least 50 shanties were...

Jaitley blasts Priyanka over comment 29 Apr 2014 - 04:03 am

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Prime Ministeral candidate Narendra Modi is offered a garland of flowers by supporters during an election rally near Ahmedabad...

Campaigning ends for vote in seven states tomorrow 29 Apr 2014 - 04:03 am

A supporter of Kashmir’s ruling National Conference (NC) party, wearing a vest with images of ploughs, shouts slogans during an election campaign rally...

FIR against Ramdev in Rajasthan 29 Apr 2014 - 04:01 am

Jaipur/Patna: Troubles seem to be mounting for Baba Ramdev (pictured) for his remarks on Dalits and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with the yoga...

Army honours two soldiers who died in J&K gunfight 29 Apr 2014 - 04:00 am

New Delhi: The Indian Army on Sunday honoured two soldiers who died fighting guerrillas in Jammu and Kashmir on April 25. A statement...

No electricity yet in Paswan’s village 29 Apr 2014 - 04:00 am

Khagaria (Bihar): Believe it or not, there is no electricity in Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan’s native village. Although Paswan (pictured)...

Farooq Abdullah responsible for exodus of Kashmiri Pandits: Modi 29 Apr 2014 - 04:00 am

New Delhi/Srinagar: Taking on National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah (pictured) who said those voting for Narendra Modi should “jump into the sea”, the...

Four hospitals exempted from free care for poor 29 Apr 2014 - 03:59 am

New Delhi: In a setback to poor patients, the Delhi High Court yesterday exempted city’s four big private hospitals from the “mandatory obligation”...

SC stays execution of Red Fort attack convict 29 Apr 2014 - 03:59 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday stayed the execution of December 2000 Red Fort terror shootout convict Mohamed Arif’s death sentence on a...

Three generations of Pakistani family killed in UK fire 29 Apr 2014 - 03:58 am

LONDON: Five people spanning three generations of an ethnic Pakistani family, including a nine-week-old baby girl and two other children, were killed yesterday...

US ran a ‘Cuban Twitter’ in Pakistan 29 Apr 2014 - 03:58 am

WASHINGTON: The United States ran a ‘Cuban Twitter’-like programme in Pakistan too, but it closed down when the project failed to generate enough...

Balochistan tenure of civil servants may be extended 29 Apr 2014 - 03:57 am

ISLAMABAD: The Establishment Division, which oversees matters related to the higher bureaucracy in Pakistan, has sought extension of the mandatory tenure of senior...

Pakistan police funding themselves illegally 29 Apr 2014 - 03:57 am

ISLAMABAD: Submitting to the Pakistani interior ministry’s demand, the police in the federal capital recently returned 30 percent of the Rs5.1bn annual budget,...