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Chaiti Chhath festival 06 Apr 2014 - 01:32 am

Devotees offer prayers during the Chaiti Chhath festival in Siliguri yesterday. Devotees pay obeisance to the rising and setting sun in the festival...

US cop’s arrest has nothing to do with Khobragade case: Official 06 Apr 2014 - 01:31 am

New Delhi/New York: A New York police officer arrested at Delhi airport last month for carrying three live bullets in his luggage is...

Modi aide’s remark sparks row 06 Apr 2014 - 01:30 am

New Delhi: The Congress and the AAP yesterday rapped on the Election Commission’s door against BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s close aide...

Every vote for CPI-M will help BJP: Rahul 06 Apr 2014 - 01:30 am

Thiruvananthapuram: Every vote for the CPI-M in Kerala would end up helping the BJP when it comes to the big electoral picture. This...

BJP to get 234 to 246 seats: Poll 06 Apr 2014 - 01:30 am

NEW DELHI: A new opinion poll by CNN-IBN said the BJP and its allies could get 234 to 246 seats in Lok Sabha....

CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS CRASH TEST DUMMY CAR INDUSTRY CORPORATE MORAL GENERAL MOTORS 06 Apr 2014 - 01:00 am

Group: BusinessViews Credit: GABLE Source: The Globe and Mail - Toronto, Canada Keywords: COLOR GM CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS CRASH TEST DUMMY CAR INDUSTRY CORPORATE...

7m voters turn out for Afghan election 06 Apr 2014 - 12:53 am

Election officials hold a ballot paper during the vote counting process at a polling station in Herat Province yesterday. KABUL: Afghanistan’s presidential election...

Bus accident 06 Apr 2014 - 12:52 am

Local residents check the wreckage of a passenger bus after it fell into a ravine in Taxila Haripur Road in Hattar Industrial Estate...

Pakistani couple gets death over blasphemous message 06 Apr 2014 - 12:51 am

LAHORE: A court in eastern Pakistan has sentenced a Christian couple to death for sending a blasphemous text message insulting to the Prophet...

TTP had not demanded the release of detainees 06 Apr 2014 - 12:47 am

ISLAMABAD: The 19 noncombatant Taliban, freed by the government, do not figure in the list furnished by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to the...

Two suicide bombers killed in Afghanistan 06 Apr 2014 - 12:47 am

Kabul: A suicide bomber was killed by police and a second bomber blew himself up in two separate incidents in eastern Afghanistan, officials...

Olympic Park opens to public 06 Apr 2014 - 12:38 am

Children play in a playground, in front of the Olympic Arena,in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London. The park, now re-named,...

Venezuela charges oppn leader 06 Apr 2014 - 12:37 am

CARACAS: Protests erupted in Caracas late on Friday after Venezuela’s attorney general charged jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez with responsibility for anti-government demonstrations...

Drone killings case thrown out in the US 06 Apr 2014 - 12:37 am

WASHINGTON: A US federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the government by the families of three American citizens killed by drones...

Ukraine arrests 15 ‘coup plotters’ 06 Apr 2014 - 12:24 am

Pro-Russian protesters attend a rally in the eastern Ukrainian city of Lugansk yesterday. Demonstrators marched to the Ukrainian Regional Security Service demanding the...

Avert new genocide, urges Ban 06 Apr 2014 - 12:23 am

Central African Interim President Catherine Samba-Panza (centre) welcomes UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon upon his arrival at Bangui’s airport yesterday. BANGUI: UN Secretary General...

West Africa mobilises against Ebola 06 Apr 2014 - 12:21 am

BAMAKO: West African countries mobilised against an epidemic of haemorrhagic fevers including Ebola, which has claimed more than 80 lives in Guinea with...

Nato to boost presence in Poland 06 Apr 2014 - 12:21 am

WARSAW: Nato will strengthen its presence in Poland within weeks, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said yesterday, a move that could help allay fears...