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Kashmir unrest 27 Apr 2014 - 06:27 am

Villagers shout slogans during the funeral procession of Shabir Ahmad, a suspected militant in Keller, some 60km south of Srinagar, yesterday. Three militants...

War of words over Saradha scam 27 Apr 2014 - 06:26 am

New Delhi/Kolkata: The Congress and West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress yesterday engaged in a bitter spat over the Saradha scam, accusing each other’s...

President presents Padma awards 27 Apr 2014 - 06:26 am

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday presented the Padma awards to eminent personalities like author Ruskin Bond and actor Paresh Rawal at a...

Heat wave forces Odisha to close schools 27 Apr 2014 - 06:26 am

Bhubaneswar: With the mercury crossing 43 degrees Celsius in many parts of Odisha, the state government yesterday ordered the closure of all government...

Ramdev says sorry for ‘honeymoon’ remark 27 Apr 2014 - 06:25 am

New Delhi/Lucknow: A day after his comment on Rahul Gandhi visiting Dalit homes for his “honeymoon” sparked outrage, Baba Ramdev yesterday apologised and...

Court issues notice to YouTube, Facebook 27 Apr 2014 - 06:25 am

New Delhi: A court here yesterday issued notice to YouTube, Facebook and a TV channel on a plea by a lawyer seeking permanent...

Woman judge takes charge of Kerala shrine 27 Apr 2014 - 06:25 am

Thiruvananthapuram: K P Indira, the principal additional sessions judge here, yesterday took charge as the head of the administration of the Sri Padmanabhaswamy...

Singh ‘very sad’ over kin joining BJP 27 Apr 2014 - 06:24 am

New Delhi/Amritsar/Kolkata: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he felt “very sad” at his step-brother joining the BJP even as his family literally got...

Polling officials arrested over rigging in Assam 27 Apr 2014 - 06:24 am

Guwahati: Two days after the final phase of the Lok Sabha polls in Assam, police yesterday arrested six people, including the presiding officer,...

Each candidate had separate ballot box in first election! 27 Apr 2014 - 06:23 am

New Delhi: Did you know that in the first general election in India, held over a four-month period in 1951-52, voters were given...

Repolling in one Bengal booth today 27 Apr 2014 - 06:23 am

Kolkata: Repolling will be held in one booth today in West Bengal’s Malda district following an electronic voting machine (EVM) error during Thursday’s...

Afghanistan floods 27 Apr 2014 - 06:22 am

Afghan men walk through a flooded area in Khowaja Dokoh, northern Afghanistan, yesterday. The death toll from flash floods in northern Afghanistan rose...

16.5 tonnes of bomb materials seized 27 Apr 2014 - 06:22 am

Security officials display ammonium nitrate bags which were seized during an operation in Laghman, Afghanistan, yesterday. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) force...

Copter crash kills five soldiers in Kandahar 27 Apr 2014 - 06:21 am

LONDON: Five troops were killed yesterday in a British military helicopter crash in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London said, with the...

No majority in Afghan presidential election 27 Apr 2014 - 06:20 am

KABUL: Afghanistan’s presidential election is set for a second-round vote, preliminary results showed yesterday, as former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah and ex-World Bank...

Islamabad govt to set up Land Port Authority 27 Apr 2014 - 06:20 am

ISLAMABAD: With a delay of more than three months, Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has convened the first meeting of high-powered committee to...

Call to prevent forced religious conversions 27 Apr 2014 - 06:20 am

PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s federal Ministry for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony has directed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Auqaf and religious affairs department to take legal...

Punjab education bill in limbo 27 Apr 2014 - 06:20 am

LAHORE: The Punjab Free and Compulsory Education Bill 2013 in Pakistan’s most populous province that may bind the government to ensure education to...