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Italy blasts handling of marines’ case 02 Feb 2014 - 05:13 am

Rome/New Delhi: Ahead of hearing of the case in India’s apex court, Italy has blasted India’s handling of the case of the two...

Goa provokes strain in India-Russia ties: Envoy 02 Feb 2014 - 05:13 am

Panaji: Upset with the Goa government’s “shocking” and abrupt refusal to allow an Indo-Russian music festival, Russia may shift the event to Thailand,...

Sonia assures north Karnataka of financial package 02 Feb 2014 - 05:12 am

Gulbarga, Karnataka: Congress President Sonia Gandhi yesterday assured people in north Karnataka of a special financial package from the central government for the...

The NR Eye: Migrants will soon avail of e-migrate initiative 02 Feb 2014 - 05:12 am

by Moiz Mannan From April this year, Indian migrants are likely to be saved the hassles of running from pillar to post and...

India’s first Monorail begins services in Mumbai 02 Feb 2014 - 05:11 am

Mumbai: The much-anticipated Mumbai Monorail — India’s first — was inaugurated here yesterday, with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar...

Buddhadeb summoned by panel probing police firing 02 Feb 2014 - 05:11 am

Buddhadeb summoned by panel probing police firing Kolkata: Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has been summoned to appear before a one-man...

Khirki residents’ anger forcing Africans out of the area 02 Feb 2014 - 05:10 am

New Delhi: For years, they had called this gritty working class neighbourhood their home, as it was close to universities and hospitals and...

Nitish Kumar rules out return to NDA 02 Feb 2014 - 05:10 am

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday ruled out his party Janata Dal-United’s (JD-U) return to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA. “There...

Afghan child labour 02 Feb 2014 - 05:06 am

An Afghan child working as a garbage collector looks for recyclable material in Ghazni. Economic development is considered a vital weapon to stop...

Rescue worker killed 02 Feb 2014 - 05:05 am

Rescue workers of Chhipa services cry beside the body of their colleague, who was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Karachi yesterday.

Afghan presidential candidate’s aides killed 02 Feb 2014 - 05:03 am

KABUL: Gunmen shot dead two aides of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah on the eve of the official election campaign yesterday. The attack...

Taliban panel for govt talks includes Imran Khan 02 Feb 2014 - 05:03 am

MIRANSHAH: The Pakistani Taliban yesterday said cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan would be one of five members of a committee set up to hold...

Nato chief doesn’t see Karzai signing pact 02 Feb 2014 - 05:03 am

MUNICH: President Hamid Karzai is unlikely to sign a pact for US and Nato forces to stay in Afghanistan after 2014 and will...

Kashmir border bus service to resume soon 02 Feb 2014 - 05:02 am

MUZAFFARABAD: The bus service across the de facto border in Kashmir will resume next week after being suspended for more than two weeks,...

UK media hails Bilawal’s anti-Taliban stance 02 Feb 2014 - 05:02 am

ISLAMABAD: The UK daily Independent has praised what it called the “surprising transformation of Bilawal Bhutto into a leader of Pakistan’s anti-Taliban movement.” ...

Cricketer Umar held over alleged assault 02 Feb 2014 - 05:02 am

KARACHI: Pakistan Test batsman Umar Akmal has been detained by police for questioning after being accused of assaulting a police warden in his...

Uniform cheque standards to be introduced 02 Feb 2014 - 05:01 am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan has decided to implement a uniform standard for cheque printing across the banking industry and prescribed guidelines...

Mursi trial over protester deaths adjourned 02 Feb 2014 - 04:58 am

Egyptian security forces keep watch outside the police academy where the trial of former president Mohamed Mursi and fourteen others takes place, in...