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BJP practising politics of blood: Rahul 24 Feb 2014 - 06:55 am

Dehradun: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi yesterday accused the BJP of practising “politics of blood” by dividing people along religious and caste lines, and...

Protest against Tania killing 24 Feb 2014 - 06:52 am

Students hold candles and placards during a protest demanding justice for Nido Tania in Bhopal, yesterday. Tania, 20, a student from Arunachal Pradesh...

Kiran Reddy plans new party with expelled MPs 24 Feb 2014 - 06:51 am

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh caretaker Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy yesterday held talks with six MPs expelled from the Congress and state ministers...

Kejriwal targets BJP, Congress at election rally 24 Feb 2014 - 06:51 am

Rohtak, Haryana: The AAP launched its Lok Sabha campaign here yesterday, with former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal launching a bitter attack on...

TRS chief Rao meets Sonia 24 Feb 2014 - 06:50 am

New Delhi: TRS chief K Chandrasekhara Rao met Congress President Sonia Gandhi in here and thanked her for formation of separate Telangana state....

Seaplane services to be launched from Mumbai 24 Feb 2014 - 06:50 am

Mumbai: Commercial seaplane services will commence between Mumbai and Lonavala’s Aamby Valley hill station from today, with the 100-km-long flight taking 25-28 minutes,...

Uncle Sam Shooting 24 Feb 2014 - 06:43 am

Saudi seeking ‘Pakistan arms for Syria rebels’ 24 Feb 2014 - 06:40 am

The site of a suicide car bomb attack targeting army check post in the eastern Lebanese town of Hermel near war-torn Syria that...

Security forces abduct prominent Syrian dissident 24 Feb 2014 - 06:39 am

Damaged buildings in the besieged area of Homs. Damascus: Akram Al Bunni, a prominent leftist writer and former political prisoner, was abducted by...

Expert nuclear talks next week: Tehran 24 Feb 2014 - 06:38 am

Iranian President Hassan Rowhani receiving visiting Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders at the Presidential office in Tehran yesterday. TEHRAN: Iran and world powers...

Yemen protest 24 Feb 2014 - 06:37 am

Pprotesters shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the dismissal of Yemeni government, in Sana’a yesterday.

American-Israeli prisoner killed in jail battle with police 24 Feb 2014 - 06:36 am

JERUSALEM: Israeli police shot dead an American-Israeli prisoner yesterday after he wounded three guards with a pistol at a jail near Tel Aviv,...

Yemen stops leading southern newspaper’s printing 24 Feb 2014 - 06:35 am

ADEN: Yemeni authorities have prevented a local newspaper linked to southern separatists from being printed at a government-owned press in Aden, editors said...

MERS death toll reaches 61 in Saudi 24 Feb 2014 - 06:35 am

RIYADH: Saudi health authorities announced yesterday the death of an elderly woman from the MERS coronavirus, bringing the death toll from the respiratory...

17 killed in bombings and shootings across Iraq 24 Feb 2014 - 06:34 am

TIKRIT, Iraq: At least 17 people were killed and dozens wounded in bombings and shootings in northern Iraq and Baghdad yesterday, police and...

Truce, aid proposed in Sudan-rebel deal 24 Feb 2014 - 06:34 am

KHARTOUM: Sudan and rebels in South Kordofan would adopt an immediate ceasefire and allow aid to reach more than one million people, says...

Minister visits Labour City project 24 Feb 2014 - 05:14 am

The Barwa Al Baraha Project in the Industrial Area and (right) one of the rooms for workers. Salim Matramkot DOHA: The Minister of...

Singapore envoy highlights Qatar ties at QU 24 Feb 2014 - 05:13 am

Singapore Ambassador Wong Kwok Pun with DIA Assistant Professor of International Affairs Dr Farhan Chak at the event. Doha: Students from Qatar University’s...