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60 shifted to safer locations after heavy snowfall 12 Mar 2014 - 01:24 am

People walk during heavy snowfall in Srinagar yesterday. Srinagar: Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir yesterday shifted around 60 people from disaster-prone Waltangoo Naad...

16 killed as Maoists attack police patrol 12 Mar 2014 - 01:23 am

RAIPUR: Maoist rebels killed 16 people in a massive attack on security forces in central India yesterday, less than a month before the...

76 parliamentarians face serious charges 12 Mar 2014 - 01:23 am

New Delhi: Of the 162 parliamentarians involved in 306 criminal cases, 76 are charged with serious crimes like murder, attempt to murder and...

Cong names chiefs of Seemandhra, Telangana units 12 Mar 2014 - 01:23 am

Hyderabad: The Congress yesterday named N Raghuveera Reddy and Ponnala Lakshmaiah as the presidents of its Seemandhra and Telangana units, respectively. Uttam Kumar...

Moily overruled every authority inconvenient to Reliance, SC told 12 Mar 2014 - 01:22 am

New Delhi: Alleging collusion between the government and Reliance Industries Ltd., veteran communist lawmaker Gurudas Dasgupta yesterday told the Supreme Court that Petroleum...

15-hour ordeal for Air India passengers in Oman 12 Mar 2014 - 01:22 am

Dubai: More than 100 passengers in Oman’s capital Muscat went through a 15-hour ordeal after an India-bound Air India flight got delayed at...

HC: Fair price shop can’t be allotted to BPL card holder 12 Mar 2014 - 01:22 am

New Delhi: Wondering how a Below Poverty Line (BPL) card holder was given a licence for a fair price shop, the Delhi High...

Malaysia military tracked jet to west coast 12 Mar 2014 - 01:21 am

A composite image shows what is believed to be the two passengers with stolen passports of a Malaysian Airlines flight that went missing,...

Japan marks 3rd anniversary of quake-tsunami disaster 12 Mar 2014 - 01:20 am

A resident offers a prayer for victims of tsunami in front of the memorial in Sendai, northern Japan, yesterday. NAMIE: Japan observed a...

No idea where to look: The hunt for MH370 12 Mar 2014 - 01:19 am

PHU QUOC, Vietnam: Helicopters and planes criss-cross the sky as scores of boats search below — but officials say the multi-national hunt for...

Relatives of Chinese passengers decline airline cash offer 12 Mar 2014 - 01:19 am

BEIJING: Relatives of Chinese passengers on board missing Malaysia Airlines flight declined to accept money from the airline yesterday as distrust and frustration...

Japan stem cell scientist calls for retraction of study 12 Mar 2014 - 01:18 am

TOKYO: A co-author of a Japanese study that promised a revolutionary way to create stem cells has called for the headline-grabbing research to...

Taiwan agent avoids jail 12 Mar 2014 - 01:18 am

TAIPEI: A Taiwanese military intelligence officer who fled to Britain and unsuccessfully sought asylum was given a ten-month suspended jail sentence for desertion...

Attack on polio team kills two policemen 12 Mar 2014 - 01:18 am

Pakistani policemen move the body of a colleague into an ambulance following an attack by gunmen on a polio security team in Dera...

Last rites 12 Mar 2014 - 01:11 am

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (centre) prays over the coffin of Vice-President Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim during the burial ceremony at the Presidential Palace...

Court adjourns Musharraf’s indictment 12 Mar 2014 - 01:10 am

Supporter of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf shout slogans as they hold banners with his images outside the special court trying him for...

Code to promote harmony 12 Mar 2014 - 01:09 am

Sardar Mohammad Yousaf ISLAMABAD: Despite opposition from religious parties, the government is devising a plan to introduce a common code of conduct to...

Journalist shot dead in Kabul 12 Mar 2014 - 01:09 am

KABUL: A gunman shot dead a Swedish journalist outside a restaurant in a brazen attack in one Kabul's most heavily guarded districts yesterday,...