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Tokyo stocks close up 1.77pc 10 Feb 2014 - 09:38 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks rose 1.77 percent Monday, tracking gains on Wall Street as investors took a positive view of last week's below-forecast US...

Nine shot dead near Pakistan city 10 Feb 2014 - 09:26 am

ISLAMABAD: Gunmen on motorbikes have shot dead nine people, including an eight-year-old girl and her father, at a faith healer's house in the...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 10 Feb 2014 - 09:25 am

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

Institutional changes needed to curb price rise: President 10 Feb 2014 - 08:54 am

Nagpur: President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday called for institutional changes in agricultural marketing to bridge the gap between wholesale and retail markets to arrest...

E-cigarette ‘smoke’ raises ire of health ministry 10 Feb 2014 - 08:54 am

New Delhi: The union health ministry has told the civil aviation ministry and Air India that the display of electronic cigarettes in some...

Third front’s form to be clear soon: Karat 10 Feb 2014 - 08:53 am

Kolkata: Non-BJP and Non-Congress secular parties will meet in New Delhi later this month after the ongoing parliament session to announce the contours...

After infant’s death, Punjab agrees on jobs to EGS teachers 10 Feb 2014 - 08:52 am

Chandigarh: Days after the death of the child of a protesting teacher, the Punjab government yesterday agreed to revive an old scheme under...

Minister terms Telangana decision undemocratic 10 Feb 2014 - 08:52 am

Hyderabad: Union Textiles Minister K Sambasiva Rao yesterday termed “undemocratic” the central government’s decision to go ahead with the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh...

Milan 2014 ends off Andaman coast 10 Feb 2014 - 08:52 am

Port Blair: The five-day biennial international naval exercise ‘Milan 2014’ concluded off Port Blair yesterday with the passing-off exercise. The event ended with...

Afghanistan moves to prevent poll fraud 10 Feb 2014 - 08:46 am

Workers paste election campaign posters of Afghan presidential candidate Zalmai Rassoul onto the rusted remains of a Soviet-era armoured personnel KABUL: Afghanistan has...

Peace talks: Pakistan panel waiting for TTP response 10 Feb 2014 - 08:45 am

ISLAMABAD: The government negotiators holding talks with the Taliban are anxiously waiting for a reply from the leadership of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan...

Arabtec says unit wins $239m deal as part of JV 10 Feb 2014 - 08:36 am

DUBAI: A joint venture including a subsidiary of Dubai's Arabtec Holding has won a 878 million dirham or $239 million contract for mechanical,...

Pro-Musharraf rally 10 Feb 2014 - 08:30 am

Supporters of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf shout slogans during a rally in Karachi yesterday. Musharraf has been in a military hospital since...

US to unveil $300m in Afghan aid 10 Feb 2014 - 08:23 am

KABUL: The United States will unveil $300 million Monday in new aid initiatives for Afghanistan for the impoverished nation as the war economy...

Pakistani separatist militants blow up three gas pipelines 10 Feb 2014 - 08:22 am

ISLAMABAD: Separatist rebels from Pakistan's resource-rich Baluchistan province have blown up three gas pipelines, cutting supplies to the country's most economically important province,...

Asia-Pacific needs nearly 13,000 new planes by 2032: Boeing 10 Feb 2014 - 08:22 am

SINGAPORE: The Asia-Pacific will require almost 13,000 new airplanes worth $1.9 trillion over the next 20 years, Boeing said Monday, as booming wealth...

Gunmen kill 8 in Karachi 10 Feb 2014 - 08:15 am

KARACHI: Gunmen on motorcycles yesterday shot dead eight people including an eight-year-old girl at a faith healer’s house here, police and doctors said....

German FM urges Karzai to sign US troops deal 10 Feb 2014 - 08:15 am

KABUL: Germany’s foreign minister arrived yesterday in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit and urged its president to sign a long-delayed security pact with...