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Jayalalithaa plea to PM 06 Mar 2014 - 12:27 am

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa again urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to personally intervene to get the 153 Indian fishermen released...

Sahara chief eats one roti in Tihar Jail 06 Mar 2014 - 12:26 am

New Delhi: Sahara chief Subrata Roy, sent to judicial custody till March 11 by the Supreme Court, ate a single roti with dal...

Poll schedule 06 Mar 2014 - 12:25 am

New Delhi: The following is the Lok Sabha election schedule in all states and union territories (seats in parenthesis): April 7: Assam (5),...

Karzai’s foreign visit 06 Mar 2014 - 12:16 am

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (left) waves next to Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Disanayaka Mudiyanselage Jayaratne during a ceremonial reception at the airport after...

Voter registration in Mazar-e Sharif 06 Mar 2014 - 12:16 am

An Afghan man gives his fingerprint to have him registered as a voter as the Afghan Independent Election Commission began registration for the...

Thai anti-govt protesters on the move 06 Mar 2014 - 12:15 am

Anti-government protesters set up barricades at the gate of the Excise Department in a rally in Bangkok yesterday. BANGKOK: A few hundred Thai...

Light clouds 06 Mar 2014 - 12:13 am

Wayne Garrett of Canada poses with his art installation “CLOUD”, made up of 5000 new and recycled light bulbs, along the Marina Bay...

UKRAINE RUSSIA CRIMEA NAZI INVASION RUSSIA DIFFERENCE 06 Mar 2014 - 12:10 am

Group: ViewsEurope Credit: VAN DAM Source: Landsmeer, Netherlands Keywords: COLOR UKRAINE RUSSIA CRIMEA NAZI INVASION RUSSIA DIFFERENCE 030414 Provider: CartoonArts International / The...

Pyongyang leader to run unopposed 06 Mar 2014 - 12:08 am

SEOUL: North Korea, accused of human rights violations, elects its largely symbolic parliament this weekend, with leader Kim Jong Un, the third in...

US seeks UN probe of Sri Lanka war crimes 06 Mar 2014 - 12:08 am

COLOMBO: A US-led resolution calling for an international probe into allegations that 40,000 civilians were killed at the end of Sri Lanka’s separatist...

Beijing ups military spending amid tension in the region 06 Mar 2014 - 12:06 am

BEIJING: China announced its biggest rise in military spending in three years yesterday, a strong signal from President Xi Jinping that Beijing is...

Prosecutors rest case vs Ampatuan, et al 06 Mar 2014 - 12:06 am

MANILA: After four years, the prosecution panel in the Maguindanao massacre trial ended the presentation of evidence against former Datu Unsay mayor Andal...

US hospital project in Kabul faces failure 06 Mar 2014 - 12:05 am

KABUL: An ambitious US-funded project to build hospitals in Afghanistan has run into the ground, with the largest hospital ever planned in the...

Obama admin seeks $1bn for Pakistan next year 06 Mar 2014 - 12:05 am

ISLAMABAD: The Obama administration is seeking one billion dollars for Pakistan in its budget proposals for fiscal 2015, which were sent to Congress...

No drone attack in Pakistan since December 06 Mar 2014 - 12:05 am

PESHAWAR: The London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism in its latest report said there has been no report of a drone strike in Pakistan...

Roadside bomb kills six soldiers 06 Mar 2014 - 12:03 am

ISLAMABAD: A roadside bomb killed at least six soldiers yesterday as militant violence spiralled across Pakistan amid the government’s increasingly futile efforts to...

Balochistan judges to get bullet-proof cars 06 Mar 2014 - 12:02 am

ISLAMABAD: The Balochistan government decided in principle yesterday to provide bullet-proof vehicles to all judges of the Balochistan High Court. Informed sources said...

3 security men killed in ambush 06 Mar 2014 - 12:02 am

Islamabad: At least three security personnel were killed and 11 others injured when a bomb hit their vehicle in mid Kurram Agency yesterday,...