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Tricolour to flutter at dizzy heights 22 Jan 2014 - 04:36 am

Bangalore: Come tomorrow, tourists will have another reason to visit this tech hub. A gigantic Tricolour, measuring 78x48 feet, will flutter at a...

Somen rejoins Congress, lashes out at Mamata 22 Jan 2014 - 04:35 am

Kolkata: Veteran politician Somen Mitra, who formally joined the Congress yesterday after resigning as Trinamool Congress MP, lashed out at West Bengal Chief...

40 killed in bombing of Taliban hideouts 22 Jan 2014 - 04:34 am

A policeman stands guard as people displaced from North Waziristan, where the army has been engaged in an operation against militants, arrive in...

Media centre opens 22 Jan 2014 - 04:33 am

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (centre) cuts a ribbon to open Bayat Media Centre in Kabul yesterday. Established by Bayat Foundation, the centre houses...

60 deminers nabbed near Afghanistan-Iran border 22 Jan 2014 - 04:32 am

KABUL: Unknown gunmen yesterday seized more than 60 Afghan workers clearing Soviet-era anti-tank mines in western Herat province, the largest mass kidnapping undertaken...

Pakistani loses drone strike case in UK 22 Jan 2014 - 04:30 am

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani who argued that British agents involved in passing intelligence to Americans directing drone strikes in his country might be committing...

Pakistan Baitul Mal to set up ‘great’ homes for elderly 22 Jan 2014 - 04:30 am

ISLAMABAD: After sweet homes for the orphan, Pakistan Baitul Mal now plans to establish “great” homes for the care of 60-year-olds and above....

Govt allows import of power from India 22 Jan 2014 - 04:30 am

ISLAMABAD: In an attempt to keep up the momentum for friendly relations, the federal cabinet of Pakistan allowed yesterday the import of electricity...

Bus blast kills 22 in Baluchistan 22 Jan 2014 - 04:29 am

QUETTA: At least 22 Shia pilgrims returning from Iran were killed and 20 others wounded when a bomb hit a bus in the...

Tribal trio held with explosives 22 Jan 2014 - 04:29 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police have arrested three men and seized 100 kilograms of explosives in a raid in the capital Islamabad, officers said yesterday,...

Russia sounds warning on Ukraine 22 Jan 2014 - 04:28 am

KIEV: Russia yesterday warned the situation in Ukraine was spiralling out of control after a second night of violent clashes between pro-EU protesters...

Big Ben looms 22 Jan 2014 - 04:27 am

A sign is covered with stickers advertising club and Facebook pages in front of Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament in London...

Arctic cold front shuts offices, schools in US 22 Jan 2014 - 04:26 am

WASHINGTON: A fast-moving Arctic cold front forecast to dump up to a foot (30 cm) of snow on the East Coast of the...

Snowden fears for his life in Russia, says lawyer 22 Jan 2014 - 04:26 am

MOSCOW: The Russian lawyer of Edward Snowden said yesterday that the fugitive US intelligence leaker has feared for his life since reading of...

Obama to meet Pope at Vatican 22 Jan 2014 - 04:25 am

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican in March, the White House said yesterday, a visit that will...

Thailand declares state of emergency 22 Jan 2014 - 04:25 am

Premier Shinawatra speaks to reporters after the declaration of a state of emergency in Bangkok yesterday. BANGKOK: The Thai government yesterday declared a...

Lunar New Year preparations 22 Jan 2014 - 04:24 am

Children use sticks to push vegetables into bottles during a Hakka Lunar New Year tour in Taipei yesterday. More than 100 children from...

Cambodia police break rally, detain 11 protesters in fresh crackdown 22 Jan 2014 - 04:23 am

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian police detained 11 activists yesterday as they broke up a rally calling for international assistance to secure the release of...