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Thai govt admits lack of power to renew troubled rice scheme 12 Feb 2014 - 06:55 am

BANGKOK: Thailand’s caretaker government said yesterday it did not have the power to renew a rice subsidy scheme when it expires at the...

Manila won’t tone down China remarks 12 Feb 2014 - 06:55 am

MANILA: Malacañang yesterday brushed aside the call made by a US general for Asian leaders to modulate their comments regarding China’s territorial aggression. ...

Blast kills 12 at cinema in Peshawar 12 Feb 2014 - 06:54 am

Volunteers searching the cinema hall after the grenade attack in Peshawar yesterday. PESHAWAR: A triple grenade attack on a cinema showing pornography in...

Afghan refugee 12 Feb 2014 - 06:53 am

An Afghan girl eats bread as she stands at Sakhi camp in Mazar-e-Sharif on Monday. Many families were forced to flee their homes...

3.7 million children enrolled in Punjab’s public schools 12 Feb 2014 - 06:52 am

LAHORE: Punjab School Education Department has claimed that 3.7 million children of 5-16 age group have been enrolled in public schools, including 700,000...

Vaccination begins as polio returns to Kabul 12 Feb 2014 - 06:51 am

KABUL: Afghanistan has launched an emergency polio vaccination campaign in Kabul after a girl contracted the disease, the city’s first case since the...

Bill to tackle domestic violence 12 Feb 2014 - 06:51 am

ISLAMABAD: The Balochistan Assembly recently passed the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Bill, 2014. The legislation appears to generally follow the pattern of...

Old relics found in Pakistan 12 Feb 2014 - 06:50 am

LAHORE: The Palaeontology team of Zoology Department of Punjab University (PU) has claimed to discover nine million years old Hominoid fossils from Nagri...

US ambassador to meet Modi 12 Feb 2014 - 06:50 am

A supporter of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate for BJP, waves a party flag while shouting slogans during a...

Railway Budget today 12 Feb 2014 - 06:49 am

Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge (centre) poses after giving the final touches to the annual budget for the railways in New Delhi yesterday. The...

Gas pricing: Kejriwal takes on Ambani 12 Feb 2014 - 06:48 am

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s new chief minister took his anti-graft campaign to new heights yesterday, ordering an investigation into India’s richest man, Reliance Industries ...

President, PM hail victory over polio 12 Feb 2014 - 06:48 am

New Delhi: Hailing India’s victory over polio, President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday commended the nearly 2.3 million vaccinators and...

Parliament disrupted for fifth day, Congress sacks six MPs 12 Feb 2014 - 06:47 am

New Delhi: Parliament was disrupted for the fifth straight day yesterday, mainly over Telangana, forcing the adjournment of both houses for the day....

Book on Hindus withdrawn after court case 12 Feb 2014 - 06:47 am

NEW DELHI: Penguin Books India has agreed to withdraw from sale all copies of a book that takes an unorthodox view of Hinduism,...

Kerala minister’s staff arrested over woman’s murder 12 Feb 2014 - 06:47 am

Malappuram: A staff member of a Congress minister in Kerala and his friend were arrested yesterday over the murder of a woman sweeper...

Iran 12 Feb 2014 - 06:35 am

Shia rebels, southern group slam Yemen federation plan 12 Feb 2014 - 06:28 am

Anti-government protesters hold their national flag as they take part in a demonstration marking the start of the 3rd anniversary of the uprising...

Turkey vows to go ahead with new airport despite court order 12 Feb 2014 - 06:26 am

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Spanish counterpart Mariano Rajoy during a press conference after their meeting in Ankara yesterday. ISTANBUL:...