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Marcos in action 20 Jan 2014 - 11:36 pm

Marine Commandos (Marcos) perform a mock search and rescue operation during a demonstration on river Ganges in Kolkata, yesterday. Marcos is an elite...

RD parade rehearsal 20 Jan 2014 - 11:35 pm

Band members of Indian security forces rehearse for the Republic Day parade amid fog on a cold winter morning in New Delhi yesterday.

Sunanda died due to drug overdose: Autopsy report 20 Jan 2014 - 11:35 pm

New Delhi: Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Minister Shashi Tharoor, died due to drug overdose, says the autopsy report, adding more than a dozen...

Row in Andhra House over Nizam remarks 20 Jan 2014 - 11:34 pm

Hyderabad: Remarks made by some legislators in Andhra Pradesh assembly on the Nizam during the debate on Telangana bill led to an uproar...

Sanjay Dutt’s parole extended by a month 20 Jan 2014 - 11:34 pm

Pune: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, currently out on parole, got an extension of the parole due to his wife’s illness, here yesterday. Dutt,...

Ex-navy chief for less adversarial civil-military ties 20 Jan 2014 - 11:34 pm

New Delhi: Terming the relationship between the Indian military and politico-bureaucratic establishment “brittle and laden with suspicion”, former navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash...

National health mission for urban poor unveiled 20 Jan 2014 - 11:33 pm

Bangalore: Indian Health Minister Gulam Nabi Azad yesterday launched the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) here to provide health security to the urban...

Maharashtra slashes power tariff by 20pc 20 Jan 2014 - 11:22 pm

Mumbai: In a major pre-election initiative, the Maharashtra government yesterday slashed power tariff by 20 percent across all sectors. The move will provide...

Haryana bus strike leaves passengers harried 20 Jan 2014 - 11:22 pm

Chandigarh: Tens of thousands of passengers were left harried as employees of the state-run roadways buses yesterday went on strike. The four-day strike,...

This year’s 44-day long Amarnath Yatra to begin on June 28 20 Jan 2014 - 11:22 pm

New Delhi: This year’s annual Amarnath Yatra will start on June 28 and end on August 10. The yatra period would be 44...

Barwa Real Estate selling Barwa Bank stake for $656m 20 Jan 2014 - 02:57 pm

DUBAI: Qatar's Barwa Real Estate (BRE) said on Monday it had agreed to sell its 37.34 percent stake in unlisted Barwa Bank for...

Dubai starts work on huge resort on man-made islands 20 Jan 2014 - 02:57 pm

DUBAI: A property developer has started building a huge resort complex on a man-made archipelago off Dubai's coast as the emirate revives tourism...

13 killed in Baghdad car bombs 20 Jan 2014 - 02:35 pm

BAGHDAD: Five car bombs struck across several neighbourhoods in Baghdad on Monday killing at least 13 people and wounding more than 40 others,...

New storm wrecks Philippines typhoon victims' shelters 20 Jan 2014 - 02:28 pm

MANILA: The United Nations warned Monday more needed to be done to help millions displaced by the Philippines' deadliest typhoon, after a new...

At least 30 people killed of floods and landslides in Indonesia 20 Jan 2014 - 02:21 pm

JAKARTA: At least 30 people including 11 in the capital Jakarta, were killed because of the flooding and landslides which hit the country...

Advisory Council holds weekly session 20 Jan 2014 - 02:20 pm

DOHA: The Advisory Council held today its weekly regular session under its Deputy Speaker Issa bin Rabiah Al Kuwari. At the outset of...

Three dead in clashes in Lebanon's Tripoli 20 Jan 2014 - 01:43 pm

TRIPOLI: Three people were killed overnight in fighting in the northern Lebanon city of Tripoli, where sectarian clashes linked to the Syrian conflict...

Journalist killed as Iraq forces battle gunmen 20 Jan 2014 - 01:43 pm

BAGHDAD: A bombing targeting a police patrol near a conflict-hit city partly held by gunmen west of Baghdad on Monday killed a journalist...