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Dubai telco du gets $1.17bn in refinancing, fresh loans 04 Mar 2014 - 09:21 am

DUBAI: United Arab Emirates telecommunications firm du has borrowed $1.17 billion in three separate deals to refinance existing debt and fund equipment purchases,...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 04 Mar 2014 - 09:12 am

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

Aldar raises synergy estimate from Sorouh merger 04 Mar 2014 - 08:31 am

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi-listed developer Aldar Properties has raised its estimate of the value of synergies from its merger with another property firm,...

JPMorgan pays $400m to settle on mortgage securities 04 Mar 2014 - 08:11 am

NEW YORK: US banking giant JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay $400 million in cash to settle litigation filed by Syncora Guarantee Inc. over...

Urs festival 04 Mar 2014 - 08:01 am

A devotee inhales incensed smoke outside a shrine of Sayed Haji Abdul Rehman Shah Baba Qadri during the 99th Urs Festival in Mumbai...

History being unearthed 04 Mar 2014 - 08:00 am

People gather near an old well where mortal remains of soldiers who supposedly died in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, are dug out...

CBI to probe fighter jet engine deal 04 Mar 2014 - 07:56 am

NEW DELHI: India’s defence ministry has ordered an investigation into the purchase of jet fighter engines from Britain’s Rolls-Royce in a deal reportedly...

TRS rebuffs Congress, says no to merger 04 Mar 2014 - 07:55 am

Hyderabad: In a huge setback to the Congress, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) yesterday ruled out a merger with it. After six-hour long...

Oust Congress to make nation strong: AIADMK 04 Mar 2014 - 07:54 am

Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa yesterday launched the AIADMK’s Lok Sabha election campaign here by urging voters to oust...

Regional radio channels on FM soon: Prasar Bharati CEO 04 Mar 2014 - 07:53 am

New Delhi: You will soon be able to catch your favourite regional radio programmes on FM radio with maximising of the existing technology...

UAE to help set up strategic petroleum reserves in India 04 Mar 2014 - 07:50 am

Mumbai: India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) yesterday agreed to cooperate for setting up a strategic petroleum reserve in Asia’s third largest...

Regional radio channels on FM soon: Prasar Bharati CEO 04 Mar 2014 - 07:49 am

New Delhi: You will soon be able to catch your favourite regional radio programmes on FM radio with maximising of the existing technology...

The NR Eye: Interest rate bonanza over, NRIs need to move on 04 Mar 2014 - 07:49 am

by Moiz Mannan The inevitable has happened. Although pushed ahead thanks to two extensions, the RBI’s largesse to non-resident Indians, aimed at stabilising...

11 die in suicide bombing 04 Mar 2014 - 07:45 am

Policemen collect evidence at the site of a bomb attack at the district court in Islamabad yesterday. ISLAMABAD: Eleven people including a judge...

Election security 04 Mar 2014 - 07:44 am

A security official secures the election campaign office of presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah in Herat, Afghanistan, yesterday. Taliban insurgents on February 19 fired...

13,700 Afghan security staff killed in 10 years 04 Mar 2014 - 07:43 am

KABUL: At least 13,700 members of the Afghan security forces have died in fighting over the last 10 years -- nearly four every...

New strategy to end power scarcity 04 Mar 2014 - 07:43 am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government of Pakistan has decided to put in place an up-front transmission tariff regime to enable private entities and provincial...

Afghan conflict not fought in country’s interest: Karzai 04 Mar 2014 - 07:42 am

WASHINGTON: Expressing “extreme anger” toward the US government, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in an interview with the Washington Post that the war...