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Militant activity in J&K higher: Army 23 Feb 2014 - 07:06 am

Government employees scuffle with policemen during a demonstration in Srinagar yesterday. Police detained dozens of employees. Srinagar: Militant activity in Jammu and Kashmir...

Congress weighs ways to tackle post-Telangana situation 23 Feb 2014 - 07:05 am

New Delhi/Hyderabad: Hectic consultations are on in the Congress party to tackle post-bifurcation political situation in Andhra Pradesh. With Chief Minister N Kumar...

Saudi crown prince to visit India from Feb 26 to 28 23 Feb 2014 - 07:04 am

New Delhi: Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will pay an official visit to India from February 26 to 28,...

NDA front-runner in Lok Sabha polls: Survey 23 Feb 2014 - 07:04 am

New Delhi: The BJP-led NDA is likely to bag 236 seats with the main party getting 217 seats in the Lok Sabha elections....

Congress-BJP nexus denying power bill relief to Delhi: AAP 23 Feb 2014 - 07:03 am

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party yesterday alleged the Congress and the BJP were hand-in-glove in denying Delhi residents the 50-percent subsidy in...

Taliban say govt must embrace Islamic law 23 Feb 2014 - 07:03 am

Pakistan: The Pakistani Taliban told the government there was no chance of peace in the country unless Pakistan changed its political and legal...

Street food stalls 23 Feb 2014 - 07:02 am

Pedestrians walk past street food stalls in Kabul yesterday. Afghanistan’s economy is recovering from decades of conflict but despite the significant improvement in...

Lahore’s new Quick Response Force in action against terrorism 23 Feb 2014 - 07:01 am

LAHORE: The newly-raised Quick Response Force (QRF), a batch of which passed out a few days ago at Qilla Gujjar Singh Police Lines...

Inmate found hanging in Kashmir jail 23 Feb 2014 - 07:00 am

SRINAGAR: A Pakistani prisoner who was arrested by authorities in India for trespassing more than two years ago has been found hanging inside...

Three killed in bomb blast in NW Pakistan 23 Feb 2014 - 07:00 am

PESHAWAR: A roadside bomb targeting a local leader of a nationalist party in northwest Pakistan killed three people and wounded two others yesterday,...

Punjab sends notice to Khan’s party over poll fraud 23 Feb 2014 - 07:00 am

ISLAMABAD: Former caretaker chief minister of Punjab Najam Sethi has decided to take Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan to court over the...

Nawaz delegates identical tasks to two ministries 23 Feb 2014 - 06:59 am

ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan has delegated identical tasks to two different ministries and announced MP-1 scale salaries for the professionals being hired...

China, Japan must talk to avoid errors 23 Feb 2014 - 06:58 am

US Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno (left) presents a West Point cadet miniature to Peking University BEIJING: US Army Chief of...

Vessel runs aground 23 Feb 2014 - 06:57 am

A cargo ship lies on its side after running aground on rocks off Cheung Chau island in Hong Kong on Friday. All seventeen...

Australia gives aid to Philippine govt 23 Feb 2014 - 06:56 am

Australian FM Julie Bishop (centre) interacts with students during her visit to a school in Mandaluyong City on Friday. MANILA: Australia is providing...

Pyromusical competition 23 Feb 2014 - 06:55 am

Spectators watch as fireworks from a Spanish pyrotechnic company light up the sky during the 5th Philippine International ‘Pyromusical’ competition in Manila yesterday.

Beijing security head detained 23 Feb 2014 - 06:53 am

SHANGHAI: China has detained the head of Beijing’s state security bureau as part of a wider investigation into powerful ex-domestic security chief Zhou...

Bhutan now a techno vanguard, says PM 23 Feb 2014 - 06:53 am

THIMPHU: It was the world’s last hold-out against television and is regarded by travellers as a Himalayan Shangri-La. But Bhutan’s decision to make...