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Sindhuratna fire started on mess deck: Ministry 05 Mar 2014 - 01:13 am

Mumbai: The fire and resultant smoke in the INS Sindhuratna started on the mess deck and not in the battery pits of the...

Lok Sabha election dates likely today 05 Mar 2014 - 01:13 am

New Delhi: The Election Commission is likely to announce the dates for the Lok Sabha election today. The term of the current Lok...

Indian hospital gives heaviest Briton a new lease of life 05 Mar 2014 - 01:13 am

Pune: A 31-year old Briton, who was the country’s heaviest person three years ago, has shed a whopping 170kg from 310kg after undergoing...

Treat fishermen humanely: PM to Rajapaksa 05 Mar 2014 - 01:12 am

Nayyitaw: Even as the Sri Lankan Navy arrested 32 more Indian fishermen, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh raised the issue with the neighbouring country’s...

Jaitley praises president over anti-corruption ordinances 05 Mar 2014 - 01:11 am

New Delhi: BJP leader Arun Jaitley yesterday praised President Pranab Mukherjee for “scuttling” the government move to pass anti-graft ordinances, saying he has...

Telangana Cong leaders against any alliance with TRS 05 Mar 2014 - 01:10 am

Hyderabad: With TRS ruling out merger with the Congress party, the latter has asked its cadres in Telangana to be ready to go...

French snail could follow the dodo: Scientists 05 Mar 2014 - 12:59 am

PARIS: Snails, one of France’s signature dishes, could be off the menu if the country fails to stem an invasion by a slimy...

Top judge orders court attack probe 04 Mar 2014 - 10:59 pm

A police officer inspects the district court a day after a suicide attack by militants in Islamabad yesterday. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court yesterday...

Khyber blast 04 Mar 2014 - 10:56 pm

Pakistani paramilitary soldiers inspect the site of a bomb explosion in Sadokhel area of Khyber tribal region on Monday. A bomb killed at...

Sharif’s foreign visits costs exchequer $1.6m 04 Mar 2014 - 10:55 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s (pictured) seven official foreign visits in less than three months last year cost the national exchequer Rs168.1m...

Gunmen attack Nato trucks, two killed 04 Mar 2014 - 10:54 pm

PESHAWAR: Gunmen attacked four vehicles carrying Nato supplies for Afghanistan in Pakistan’s troubled northwest yesterday, killing two people, officials said. The vehicles came...

New Delhi, Islamabad ramp up aid, jostle for influence in Kabul 04 Mar 2014 - 10:54 pm

KABUL: India’s most important message for Afghanistan is that it is not leaving, and it is backing that message with the biggest aid...

Use of mobile in prisons alarms authorities 04 Mar 2014 - 10:54 pm

ISLAMABAD: The increasing number of cellphones being recovered from prisoners has alarmed the police authorities and the government of Punjab. In its letter...

DEFENCE BUDGET BOOT UNCLE SAM CONGRESS 04 Mar 2014 - 10:52 pm

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Egypt's Sisi gives clearest sign he will run for president 04 Mar 2014 - 02:58 pm

CAIRO: Egyptian armed forces chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has given the clearest signal yet that he will run for president, saying...

Qatar lauds IAEA's pivotal role in nuclear safety 04 Mar 2014 - 02:55 pm

VIENNA: The State of Qatar reaffirmed the pivotal role the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been playing in the field of nuclear...

BMW aims to sell more than 2 million cars this year 04 Mar 2014 - 02:44 pm

GENEVA: German top-of-the-range car maker BMW hopes this year to reach its target of global unit sales of more than two million cars,...

Gunmen storm government complex in Iraq's Samarra 04 Mar 2014 - 02:21 pm

TIKRIT: Gunmen in military uniform broke into the city council and court house complex in Samarra in northern Iraq on Tuesday, police and...