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Eight killed, 18 missing in US landslide 24 Mar 2014 - 10:28 am

LOS ANGELES: At least eight people were killed and 18 were missing when a massive landslide slammed "like a freight train" into a...

Four suspected IM militants held in Rajasthan 24 Mar 2014 - 10:00 am

Police escort a suspected militant (face covered) after his arrest at a police station in Jodhpur in Rajasthan yesterday. New Delhi: Four suspected...

Modi an ignoramus, myopic: Pawar 24 Mar 2014 - 09:58 am

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra Modi (centre) arrives at the ‘Yoga Mahotsav’ event run by yoga guru Baba Ramdev in New Delhi yesterday....

BJP will suffer due to internal strife, warns Jaswant 24 Mar 2014 - 09:56 am

New Delhi: Veteran BJP leader Jaswant Singh warned yesterday that the party will pay a price due to internal convulsions that has deprived...

Dowry law can’t be harassment tool, says court 24 Mar 2014 - 09:55 am

New Delhi: A court here has observed that dowry prohibition law cannot be allowed to become a tool for harassment. Granting relief to...

Modi and Hooda property dealers, says Kejriwal 24 Mar 2014 - 09:55 am

Gurgaon: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal yesterday said BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda...

Kabul hints at Islamabad link to attack on hotel 24 Mar 2014 - 09:54 am

A colleague and friend of slain AFP reporter Sardar Ahmad holds a portrait of Ahmad in front of the Eid Gah Mosque during...

85 conferred with highest civil awards on Pakistan Day 24 Mar 2014 - 09:52 am

A soldier guards at the mausoleum of the Founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, during Pakistan Day ceremony in Karachi, yesterday. ISLAMABAD:...

Foreign poll observers pull staff out of Kabul 24 Mar 2014 - 09:51 am

KABUL: Two major foreign election observer and support missions have pulled staff out of Afghanistan after a Taliban attack on a Kabul hotel,...

Senator urges Obama to set Afghan troop plans 24 Mar 2014 - 09:50 am

KABUL: A US senator leading a bipartisan delegation to Afghanistan on Saturday called on President Barack Obama to announce a decision on his...

PPP, MQM near power-sharing deal in Sindh 24 Mar 2014 - 09:49 am

KARACHI: Long estranged political rivals Muttahida Qaumi Movement of Altaf Hussain and ruling Pakistan People’s Party of Bilawal Bhutto have inched closer to...

Kin of jet passengers struggle to cope 24 Mar 2014 - 09:49 am

Chinese relatives of missing MH370 passengers after a meeting with airline officials at the Metro Park Lido Hotel in Beijing yesterday. BEIJING: Like...

Bahrain's Khaleeji Commercial, Bank Al Khair drop merger plans 24 Mar 2014 - 09:28 am

MANAMA: Bahrain's Khaleeji Commercial Bank and unlisted Bank Al Khair have dropped their plan to merge after failing to agree on terms, Khaleeji...

Thailand prepares for new general election 24 Mar 2014 - 09:27 am

BANGKOK: The Thai Election Commission (EC) met today to discuss preparations for a new general election after the charter court ruled Friday to...

Tokyo shares close up 1.77pc 24 Mar 2014 - 09:27 am

TOKYO: Tokyo shares rose 1.77 percent Monday, rebounding from a six-week low as a weaker yen boosted exporter shares, following a long weekend....

Indian Toyota workers down tools despite end to lockout 24 Mar 2014 - 09:26 am

BANGALORE: Employees at Toyota's auto assembly plants in southern India failed to return to work Monday at the end of a week-long lockout...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 24 Mar 2014 - 09:07 am

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

Protest in Taipei 24 Mar 2014 - 08:52 am

Protesters and riot police are involved in a standoff after students stormed the Executive Yuan building in Taipei yesterday. Taiwan’s president Ma Ying-jeou...