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Tokyo stocks close 1.23pc higher 05 Feb 2014 - 09:23 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed 1.23 percent higher Wednesday, rebounding slightly from its biggest one-day drop since June, thanks to a positive lead from...

2G case: AAP alleges cover-up 05 Feb 2014 - 09:20 am

New Delhi: Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) yesterday claimed fresh evidence has emerged in the second generation (2G) spectrum allocation case and...

BJP banking on Modi magic in West Bengal 05 Feb 2014 - 09:19 am

Kolkata: Traditionally considered weak in West Bengal, the BJP is heavily banking on its prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi — scheduled to address...

Call for judicial probe into student’s death 05 Feb 2014 - 09:18 am

New Delhi: As protests continued yesterday over the death of an Arunachal Pradesh student, President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh condemned...

Donkey race 05 Feb 2014 - 09:06 am

Pakistani donkey carters participate in a race during the Sindh Festival in Karachi yesterday.

Anti-India protest 05 Feb 2014 - 09:05 am

Pakistani youth hold placards as they shout anti-India slogans during a rally in Faisalabad yesterday to express solidarity with Kashmiris living in Indian-held...

Karzai in secret talks with Taliban: NYT 05 Feb 2014 - 09:04 am

KABUL: Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has been holding secret talks with Taliban officials in the hope of persuading them to make peace with...

Indian fisherman found dead in jail 05 Feb 2014 - 09:04 am

KARACHI: An Indian fisherman arrested more than a year ago for straying into Pakistani waters died in prison in Karachi yesterday after an...

Provinces blame lack of legislation for failure to provide free education 05 Feb 2014 - 09:03 am

ISLAMABAD: After failing to provide free and compulsory education for all the children aged between five and sixteen, the four provinces of Pakistan...

‘Stop making excuses for Taliban’ 05 Feb 2014 - 09:03 am

ISLAMABAD: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, chairman of the Peoples Party, has launched a scathing attack on his political opponents who he said must stop...

Shia rights leader shot dead in Peshawar 05 Feb 2014 - 09:03 am

PESHAWAR: A prominent Shia leader was shot dead in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar yesterday, officials said, sparking a protest outside a hospital...

Permanent squad planned to stop encroachments 05 Feb 2014 - 09:02 am

LAHORE: As complaints of re-encroachment on several parts of the city started pouring in within days of an anti-encroachment operation, the city district...

Peace talks revive hopes of Taseers, Gilanis 05 Feb 2014 - 09:02 am

LAHORE: The PML-N government’s initiative to hold peace talks with the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan has rekindled the hope of the families of Ali...

Thai opposition to challenge poll in court 05 Feb 2014 - 08:59 am

An anti-government protester sits between tents at a protest site in downtown Bangkok yesterday. BANGKOK: Thailand’s opposition Democrat Party said it will challenge...

SIA grounds A380 after scratches found on fuselage 05 Feb 2014 - 08:59 am

SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines said Wednesday it had grounded an Airbus A380 superjumbo for further inspection after scratches were found on its fuselage. The...

Young monks 05 Feb 2014 - 08:47 am

Buddhist monks walk inside a pagoda in Bagan, Myanmar, yesterday. The city is one of the Myanmar’s most treasured religious sites that attracts...

Sri Lanka bars entry of US women’s rights official 05 Feb 2014 - 08:43 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has refused a top US women’s rights official entry to the country, just days after another senior envoy alleged Colombo’s...

Pyongyang calls Abe ‘The Asian Hitler’ 05 Feb 2014 - 08:43 am

SEOUL: North Korea yesterday denounced Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as an “Asian Hitler” intent on amassing military power under the guise of...