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Discounted airfares bring in new flyers 10 Mar 2014 - 10:00 am

New Delhi: Discounted fares have helped airlines bring in new flyers this lean travel season and get assured seat fills. There is a...

Candidate of Congress in MP joins BJP 10 Mar 2014 - 09:59 am

Bhopal: In a huge embarrassment for the Congress, one of its Lok Sabha candidates from Madhya Pradesh joined the BJP yesterday. A day...

Submarine plan on track despite worker’s death 10 Mar 2014 - 09:59 am

Visakhapatnam: One person was killed in an accident here at a shipbuilding centre where three nuclear-powered submarines are being developed. But the DRDO...

Hyderabadi biryani to be Telangana cuisine 10 Mar 2014 - 09:59 am

Chennai: Telangana will come into being on June 2, but it will take a while before the bifurcation of its cuisine from that...

Dikshit to take over as governor of Kerala tomorrow 10 Mar 2014 - 09:58 am

New Delhi: Former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit will take over as the governor of Kerala tomorrow, a close aide said yesterday. Dikshit,...

The NR Eye: With CAD down, India should lift curbs on gold for NRIs 10 Mar 2014 - 09:58 am

by Moiz Mannan While the Indian authorities appear to be totally confused over measures to curb gold imports, the Indian gold trade as...

Tokyo shares end 1.01pc lower 10 Mar 2014 - 09:16 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed 1.01 percent lower Monday as the yen gained strength, and revised data showed Japan's economic growth in the last...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 10 Mar 2014 - 09:06 am

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

New CEO of Kuwait's NBK backs bank's regional strategy 10 Mar 2014 - 08:45 am

KUWAIT: The new chief executive of National Bank of Kuwait has endorsed its strategies of regional expansion and developing an Islamic finance business...

Malaysia expects 'jet oil slick' analysis Monday 10 Mar 2014 - 08:29 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities expect to complete by Monday afternoon a lab analysis that could indicate whether an oil slick at sea came...

China bird flu deaths reach 72 this year 10 Mar 2014 - 08:28 am

SHANGHAI: A total of 72 people died from the H7N9 bird flu strain in China in the first two months of this year,...

No guarantee on Iran nuclear deal: Ashton 10 Mar 2014 - 05:09 am

EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, who coordinates nuclear talks between Iran and world powers, with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani at the Presidential...

Cairo protest 10 Mar 2014 - 05:08 am

A car belonging to the media burns during a protest by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi, inside...

Turkish women protest 10 Mar 2014 - 05:08 am

Women protest against the government and violence, a day after International Women’s Day, in Istanbul yesterday.

Netanyahu opposed to settlement freeze 10 Mar 2014 - 05:07 am

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday he is opposed to freezing construction in settlements as a means to extend US-sponsored peace...

Turkish govt hit with new recording of alleged graft 10 Mar 2014 - 05:07 am

ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s regime, mired in a corruption scandal, suffered a new blow yesterday with the online release of...

Oman jails businessman to 15 years over bribes 10 Mar 2014 - 05:06 am

MUSCAT: A court in Oman yesterday sentenced a former executive of an engineering firm to a total of 15 years in jail for...

Bahrainis could be executed over blast 10 Mar 2014 - 05:06 am

DUBAI: Four Shias who “confessed” to taking part in an attack that killed three policemen in Bahrain this month could face the death...