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Voting in Mizoram deferred to Friday 09 Apr 2014 - 09:18 am

Aizawl: The election to the lone Lok Sabha seat from Mizoram has been deferred to April 11 due to a three-day shutdown and...

Three security personnel among 5 killed in J&K gunfight 09 Apr 2014 - 09:18 am

Srinagar: Five people — two guerrillas, two policemen and a soldier — were killed in a overnight gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara...

Pakistan train bombing kills 14 09 Apr 2014 - 09:14 am

An official extinguishes fire after a bomb blast on a train at the Sibi station, some 160km south of its destination Quetta yesterday....

Over 3,000 violations in Afghan election 09 Apr 2014 - 09:10 am

Independent Election Commission workers compile results in Kabul yesterday. About seven million of the 12m eligible voters cast ballots despite Taliban threats to...

Toyota to recall 6.39 million vehicles worldwide 09 Apr 2014 - 09:09 am

File picture dated 06 November 2013 shows the logo of Toyota Motor Corp. on its vehicle at a dealer in Tokyo, Japan. EPA...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 09 Apr 2014 - 09:08 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Wednesday Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying...

Army ‘will preserve its dignity’ 09 Apr 2014 - 09:05 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military will protect its dignity “at all costs”, the army chief said on Monday in an apparent show of irritation over...

Nine-month-old murder suspect taken into hiding 09 Apr 2014 - 09:04 am

LAHORE: Relatives of a nine-month-old boy charged with attempted murder in Pakistan have taken him into hiding, one said yesterday, in a case...

US panel approves Malala scholarship 09 Apr 2014 - 09:03 am

ISLAMABAD: A powerful congressional panel approved a proposal yesterday to increase the number of US scholarships available to women in Pakistan. The proposed...

Army ‘will preserve its dignity’ 09 Apr 2014 - 09:03 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military will protect its dignity “at all costs”, the army chief said on Monday in an apparent show of irritation over...

Reporter flown to Germany after shooting 09 Apr 2014 - 09:03 am

KABUL: The Canadian journalist who was badly injured when her Associated Press colleague was shot dead by a policeman in Afghanistan has been...

Philippine top court approves birth control law 09 Apr 2014 - 09:01 am

Filipinos supporting the Reproductive Health Bill (RH Bill) jubilate after the decision of the Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality Law in Baguio City,...

Blast kills 23 in Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, close to capital 09 Apr 2014 - 08:58 am

ISLAMABAD: A bomb exploded at a vegetable market in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi on Wednesday, killing 23 people and injuring at least...

Bomb kills 17, wounds 50 in Islamabad market 09 Apr 2014 - 08:57 am

ISLAMABAD: A bomb tore through a bustling Islamabad market on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people, police and hospital officials said, the latest...

Hagel gets earful as China visit exposes tensions 09 Apr 2014 - 08:56 am

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel (left) shakes hands with Chinese Minister of Defence Chang Wanquan at the end of a joint news conference...

Jet hunt: No further pings detected 09 Apr 2014 - 08:53 am

PERTH: No further pings from what may be the black box recorders of a missing Malaysia Airlines jet have been detected after a...

Nepalese inducted into ‘Internet Hall of Fame’ 09 Apr 2014 - 08:51 am

HONG KONG: A Nepalese educator who transformed the way of life in more than 150 remote Himalayan villages by connecting them to the...

Nearly half of Arab youth prefer modernity, finds survey 09 Apr 2014 - 07:00 am

Officials at the press conference yesterday. Doha: Young people in the Arab World are embracing modernity as digital technologies and media reshape behaviour....