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Petrol price hiked by 60 paise and diesel by 50 paise 01 Mar 2014 - 05:49 am

New Delhi: Petrol price was raised yesterday by 60 paise a litre, minus taxes, while the diesel rate was hiked by 50 paise...

First train to chug into Meghalaya on April 1 01 Mar 2014 - 05:49 am

Shillong: The railways will be debuting in Meghalaya with the first train scheduled to chug into Mendipathar station in North Garo Hills on...

Anti-Taliban protest 01 Mar 2014 - 05:48 am

Pakistani activists of Sunni Tehreek shout anti-Taliban slogans during a protest in Lahore yesterday.

Rebels ‘shot at US chopper head-on’ 01 Mar 2014 - 05:47 am

WASHINGTON: Taliban fighters shot at a US helicopter head-on from nearly point-blank range, US lawmakers heard on Thursday, in what was the single...

Major reforms in Pakistani bureaucracy on the anvil 01 Mar 2014 - 05:47 am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government is contemplating major reforms in the civilian bureaucracy, which many agree has become inefficient and lethargic because of decades-long...

2,000km walk for ‘missing’ nears end 01 Mar 2014 - 05:47 am

ISLAMABAD: After 2,000 gruelling kilometres on the road, a band of families led by a 72-year-old marching in protest over missing relatives reached...

Over 80,000 living in slums 01 Mar 2014 - 05:46 am

ISLAMABAD: Suggestions from the police regarding slums have created new headaches instead of solutions for the civic agency of Pakistani federal capital Islamabad,...

15 die in Thailand school bus mishap 01 Mar 2014 - 05:46 am

Rescue workers stand by the bodies of victims on a road in Prachinburi province yesterday. BANGKOK: At least 15 people, including 13 children,...

Fowl play in Hanoi? 01 Mar 2014 - 05:45 am

A woman sells poultry at a market in Hanoi, Vietnam, yesterday. Vietnam has confirmed 77 cases of avian influenza in 21 provinces and...

Organ donors attempt to set world record 01 Mar 2014 - 05:45 am

Students of Polytechnic University of the Philippines participate in an organ donation registration campaign on their campus in Manila yesterday. MANILA: Thousands of...

One-year for Cambodian protester 01 Mar 2014 - 05:43 am

PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian court sentenced a man to a year in prison yesterday for attacking police and destroying public property during protests...

North Korea snubs South’s bid to free jailed missionary 01 Mar 2014 - 05:42 am

SEOUL: North Korea yesterday refused to entertain an official request from Seoul to release a South Korean missionary arrested four months ago on...

Aid agencies’ access to Rakhine urged 01 Mar 2014 - 05:42 am

YANGON: The United States yesterday urged Myanmar to allow humanitarian agencies “unfettered access” in Rakhine state, following reports the government had ordered medical...

China arrests 1,000 for baby trafficking 01 Mar 2014 - 05:42 am

BEIJING: China this month arrested more than 1,000 people suspected of involvement in baby-trafficking, in a police operation which also rescued 382 infants,...

New WWII national days in Chian puzzles Japan 01 Mar 2014 - 05:41 am

TOKYO: Tokyo yesterday said it was puzzled over why Beijing approved national remembrance days to commemorate the Nanjing Massacre and its defeat in...

Govt-Milf peace treaty to push through 01 Mar 2014 - 05:41 am

MANILA: International monitors observing Philippine government talks with Muslim rebels expressed confidence yesterday that efforts to end one of Asia’s bloodiest and longest...

Power restored in Mindanao 01 Mar 2014 - 05:41 am

MANILA: Power was restored in the southern Philippines yesterday after a massive blackout left millions without electricity for hours, but officials warned of...

Defiant Yanukovich vows to fight on as he emerges in Russia 01 Mar 2014 - 05:40 am

Newly elected Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk (left) watches TV in Kiev as ousted President Viktor Yanukovych addresses a press conference yesterday. ROSTOV-ON-DON,...