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Philippine govt, Muslim rebels set to sign peace pact 25 Mar 2014 - 10:20 am

MANILA: The Philippine government and Muslim rebels will sign a pact Thursday to end one of Asia's longest and deadliest insurgencies, but both...

Tokyo stocks close down 0.36pc 25 Mar 2014 - 09:34 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks slipped 0.36 percent on Tuesday following losses on Wall Street and on lingering concerns about tensions between the West and...

Marks & Spencer to lose two experienced executives 25 Mar 2014 - 09:20 am

LONDON: Marks and Spencer said on Tuesday that two of its most experienced directors would leave the business this summer. Both Darrell Stein...

Slow Asian crude oil output growth opens way for more imports 25 Mar 2014 - 09:00 am

SINGAPORE: Oil producers from Africa to the Americas have a growing opportunity to supply crude to the Asia-Pacific, as the region’s output stagnates...

Sibal hits out at ‘Modi ki sarkar’ slogan 25 Mar 2014 - 08:55 am

Folk artists show a placard saying ‘come and vote’ to grab attention of the people for the upcoming Lok Sabha election in Bangalore,...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 25 Mar 2014 - 08:55 am

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

RSS trying to break AAP: Yogendra 25 Mar 2014 - 08:54 am

Gurgaon: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is using dirty tricks to infiltrate the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), senior party leader Yogendra Yadav said...

Precarious act 25 Mar 2014 - 08:53 am

Workers try to dismantle a car which was used for a television show advertisement in Mumbai yesterday.

Jaswant takes on Modi after filing nomination 25 Mar 2014 - 08:49 am

Barmer, Rajasthan: Rebel BJP leader Jaswant Singh yesterday publicly took on its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi after entering the Lok Sabha polls...

Ex-MP quits BJP, to contest as independent 25 Mar 2014 - 08:37 am

Patna: Senior BJP leader and four-time Bihar MP Lal Muni Choubey yesterday announced that he has quit the party and will contest as...

Polluted air linked to 7 million deaths in 2012 25 Mar 2014 - 08:24 am

LONDON: Air pollution killed about 7 million people in 2012, making it the world's single biggest environmental health risk, the World Health Organisation...

IMF releases $556m loan tranche for Pakistan 25 Mar 2014 - 08:20 am

WASHINGTON: Pakistan received a $556 million loan installment from the International Monetary Fund, which on Monday signed off on its second review of...

Siemens doubles investment plan for UK wind turbine factory 25 Mar 2014 - 08:05 am

LONDON: German engineering group Siemens said it had doubled the money it plans to invest in building an offshore wind turbine factory and...

Japan to offer $1.5bn aid to Ukraine 25 Mar 2014 - 07:41 am

TOKYO: Japan is to give up to $1.5 billion in financial aid to Ukraine, the government in Tokyo confirmed Tuesday, as the club...

At least 30 dead in Thai bus crash 25 Mar 2014 - 07:40 am

BANGKOK: At least 30 people died and more than 20 were injured when a bus careered off a hillside road and into a...

Philippines' San Miguel says to propose $10bn Manila airport 25 Mar 2014 - 07:39 am

MANILA: San Miguel Corp, the Philippines' most diversified conglomerate, is planning to present a proposal to the government soon to build a $10...

Andhra couple arrested for killing techie daughter 25 Mar 2014 - 07:17 am

Hyderabad: A couple was arrested for allegedly murdering their young software engineer daughter for marrying outside their caste in Andhra Pradesh. P Hari...

After nearly six years, Kosi flood probe report submitted 25 Mar 2014 - 07:16 am

Patna: A commission probing an embankment breach in the Kosi river that caused Bihar’s worst floods in 50 years submitted its report yesterday...