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Qatar Stock Exchange down 0.78pc 30 Jan 2014 - 01:58 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange ended in the red area when trading closed Thursday at 11,155.73 points or 0.78 percent down 87.62 points from...

Pro-Taliban cleric shot dead in Pakistan 30 Jan 2014 - 12:32 pm

QUETTA: An influential cleric who supported the Afghan Taliban in their war against US-led forces has been shot dead in the southwestern Pakistani...

Bombings hit Baghdad as Iraq death toll tops 900 30 Jan 2014 - 12:29 pm

BAGHDAD: Bombings near a market and a restaurant in Baghdad killed six people on Thursday as the death toll for January topped 900,...

GCC support Malaysia's bid to occupy UN Security Council seat 30 Jan 2014 - 12:28 pm

NEW YORK: The State of Kuwait, on behalf of the GCC States, has declared support for Malaysia's nomination for occupying the permanent Asian...

Rescue mission 30 Jan 2014 - 10:56 am

Stranded civilians are rescued in a helicopter airlift following snow and cold weather conditions in remote villages in Kishtwar region of Jammu and...

Beating the Retreat 30 Jan 2014 - 10:55 am

The Rashtrapati Bhavan is illuminated on the occasion of Beating the Retreat in New Delhi yesterday. The ceremony that brought the curtain down...

Gandhi portrait 30 Jan 2014 - 10:55 am

A 50-metre-high portrait of Mahatma Gandhi painted on a wall of the police headquarters in New Delhi yesterday. German street art artist Hendrik...

PM faces protest at Waqf meet 30 Jan 2014 - 10:53 am

New Delhi: A conference attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi was disrupted here yesterday by...

Attackers fire at village in Assam, 10 killed 30 Jan 2014 - 10:53 am

Guwahati: At least 10 people were killed and eight others injured when assailants fired indiscriminately at a village in Assam yesterday evening. Three...

AAP, BJP demand SIT on ’84 riots, Badal says no need 30 Jan 2014 - 10:53 am

New Delhi/Muktsar: The AAP and BJP yesterday demanded a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, after Congress vice-president Rahul...

Telangana bill: Andhra CM challenges Centre 30 Jan 2014 - 10:53 am

Hyderabad: With the deadline for the Andhra Pradesh legislature to send its opinion on the Telangana bill to the president ending today, Chief...

HC raps Odisha, Delhi Police on failure to trace missing girl 30 Jan 2014 - 10:52 am

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court yesterday rapped a team of investigating officers from Odisha and Delhi Police after they failed to trace...

Man kills nephew for ransom 30 Jan 2014 - 10:52 am

Hyderabad: A man brutally murdered his six-year-old nephew for a ransom of Rs20,000, police said. The body of the boy, missing since Tuesday,...

Eviction threat forced Kejriwal to end protest 30 Jan 2014 - 10:52 am

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal decided to end his protest after he was categorically told that force would be used to...

SC declines Madani bail plea 30 Jan 2014 - 10:51 am

New Delhi: Declining his bail plea for now, the Supreme Court yesterday directed medical examination of 2008 Bangalore blasts accused Abdul Nazir Madani...

Centre to seek review of SC verdict on mercy petition 30 Jan 2014 - 10:51 am

New Delhi: The Centre yesterday told the Supreme Court it was considering to seek a review of the court’s verdict holding that inordinate...

Women inviting attacks by clothes and behaviour: Woman activist 30 Jan 2014 - 10:51 am

NEW DELHI: A female politician and activist has said rape victims may have invited attacks by their clothes and behaviour, fuelling a national...

SC reserves verdict on interpretation of ‘juvenile’ 30 Jan 2014 - 10:51 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday reserved its verdict on BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea that a section of the Juvenile Justice Act...