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If MH370 crashed in southern Indian Ocean it wouldn’t be seen or heard 17 Mar 2014 - 04:58 am

KUALA LUMPUR: The southern Indian Ocean, where investigators suspect missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 may have come down, is one place where a...

Holi in Metro Manila 17 Mar 2014 - 04:57 am

A crowd cheer and dance as they throw coloured powder in the air during Holi festival celebrations at a mall in Pasay City,...

India puts on hold search for now 17 Mar 2014 - 04:56 am

New Delhi/Kolkata: India yesterday put on hold its search operation for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight at the request of Kuala Lumpur which...

New Thai Red Shirts leader warns of battle ahead 17 Mar 2014 - 04:55 am

BANGKOK: A firebrand hardliner who was a core leader of Thailand’s Red Shirts in the country’s massive 2010 protests has been chosen to...

India puts on hold search for now 17 Mar 2014 - 04:55 am

New Delhi/Kolkata: India yesterday put on hold its search operation for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight at the request of Kuala Lumpur which...

North Korea fires 25 short-range rockets into sea 17 Mar 2014 - 04:55 am

SEOUL: North Korea test-fired 25 rockets into the sea yesterday, South Korea’s defence ministry said, the latest in a series of launches that...

China police to increase armed patrols in crime crackdown 17 Mar 2014 - 04:55 am

SHANGHAI: Chinese police will increase armed patrols, especially in densely populated areas like urban centres and transport hubs, in a drive to crack...

Shrine set on fire in Sindh 17 Mar 2014 - 04:54 am

A security official and members of the Hindu community stand inside a temple that was attacked on Saturday night, in Larkana, southern Pakistan’s...

Treason trial may involve Musharraf’s co-conspirators 17 Mar 2014 - 04:53 am

Supporters of Pervez Musharraf gather at a protest in Karachi yesterday. A special tribunal hearing a landmark treason case against Musharraf ordered him...

UK hands over bases to Afghan forces 17 Mar 2014 - 04:52 am

LONDON: Britain has handed over all but two of its remaining bases in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province to local forces as part of its...

Ex-Afghan defence minister drops out of presidential race 17 Mar 2014 - 04:52 am

KABUL: Afghanistan’s former defence minister became the second candidate yesterday to drop out of a presidential election race, with his departure possibly helping...

Kejriwal says ready to fight Modi 17 Mar 2014 - 04:52 am

Young boys hold Congress flags in support of Nandan Nilekani, Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and co-founder of Infosys,...

PM greets nation 17 Mar 2014 - 04:51 am

A boy sits under a water tap to wash himself after taking part in Holi celebrations in Chennai yesterday. New Delhi: Prime Minister...

The NR Eye: Medical, engineering admissions a headache for NRIs 17 Mar 2014 - 04:50 am

by Moiz Mannan Regardless of all the talk about the growing potential of non-conventional and non-traditonal higher and professional education courses, the rush...

Supreme Court moved for NRIs’ right to vote from abroad 17 Mar 2014 - 04:49 am

New Delhi: A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the central government and the Election Commission that Non-Resident...

Congress plea to Kerala partymen 17 Mar 2014 - 04:49 am

Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress in Kerala yesterday asked partymen to exercise caution while making comments during the poll season. The directive came after a...

Top Lashkar guerrilla held in Kashmir 17 Mar 2014 - 04:48 am

Srinagar: A top guerrilla of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) responsible for the killing of a police officer and other terror attacks has been arrested in...

Egypt leftist tells army to stay out of politics 17 Mar 2014 - 04:46 am

Former presidential candidate Khaled Ali speaks during a press conference in Cairo yesterday. CAIRO: A leftist leader who ran in the 2012 presidential...