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Paid media promotes Modi, says Kejriwal 15 Mar 2014 - 06:16 am

Nagpur: Targeting the media again, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal alleged large sections of it were indulging in “paid publicity” favouring...

Three news channels accepted money: AAP 15 Mar 2014 - 06:16 am

New Delhi: A day after a video of AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal allegedly saying that media outlets were accepting money for favourable coverage...

Court denies bail to Tejpal 15 Mar 2014 - 06:15 am

Panaji: Former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal’s bail plea in a case of sexual assault was rejected by the Bombay High Court bench here...

BJP candidate faces allegations of handing out money 15 Mar 2014 - 06:15 am

Kolkata: BJP candidate and Bengali film actor Joy Banerjee found himself in the eye of a storm yesterday after a television channel broadcast...

Kashmir youth killed in security force firing 15 Mar 2014 - 06:15 am

Srinagar: A youth was killed in firing by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district yesterday after a clash with protesters, police...

Suicide bombs kill 19 in Peshawar, Quetta 15 Mar 2014 - 06:14 am

Volunteers moving a victim from the site of a bomb explosion in Quetta yesterday. PESHAWSAR: Attacks in the volatile Pakistani cities of Peshawar...

Rape victim sets herself ablaze in protest 15 Mar 2014 - 06:13 am

MULTAN: A 17-year-old Pakistani victim of a gang rape died yesterday after setting herself on fire in protest against a police report that...

Afghanistan irked over release of rebels in Pakistan 15 Mar 2014 - 06:12 am

KABUL: Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, set up to oversee peace talks with the Taliban, has had no formal meetings with any of the...

Court orders Musharraf to appear or face arrest 15 Mar 2014 - 06:12 am

ISLAMABAD: A special tribunal hearing a landmark treason case against Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf yesterday ordered him to appear in person...

Leaders praise Bilawal for welcoming Sharif 15 Mar 2014 - 06:11 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party patron-in-chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s decision to welcome Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif personally during his visit to Tharparkar was praised...

Sweden vows $1.2bn aid to Afghanistan 15 Mar 2014 - 06:11 am

Kabul: Sweden has reaffirmed its long-term financial assistance to Afghanistan by pledging $1.2bn in aid which would be spent over the next decade...

Stem cell controversy 15 Mar 2014 - 06:11 am

Riken Institute investigation committee chief Shunsuke Ishi explains an interim probe report in Tokyo yesterday. He urged scientists in Japan and the US...

Suspected Uighurs rescued from Thai trafficking camp 15 Mar 2014 - 06:09 am

HAT YAI: About 200 people rescued by police from a human trafficking camp in southern Thailand are suspected Uighur Muslims from China’s troubled...

Philippines offers US access to bases 15 Mar 2014 - 06:09 am

MANILA: The Philippines has agreed to allow the United States access to its military bases under a new security deal being negotiated by...

Governor named presidential candidate 15 Mar 2014 - 06:09 am

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s main opposition PDI-P party named Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo its presidential candidate yesterday, the man widely seen as a shoo-in to...

N Ireland richest man killed in copter crash 15 Mar 2014 - 06:08 am

The wreckage of a helicopter at the accident site in Gillingham, Norfolk, Britain, yesterday. LONDON: An entrepreneur and politician who was Northern Ireland’s...

Syrian army, Hezbollah near rebel bastion 15 Mar 2014 - 06:06 am

Smoke rises from a fire after gunmen from Jabal Mohsen fire a rocket-propelled grenade during clashes with rivals in the northern Lebanese city...

Egypt to have ‘elected’ leader by June: Interim president 15 Mar 2014 - 06:05 am

Egyptian presidential hopeful, Hamdeen Sabahi, arrives during his party conference in Cairo yesterday. CAIRO: Interim president Adly Mansour said Egypt will have an...