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Pakistan arrests two Taliban commanders 26 Dec 2013 - 10:34 am

Islamabad: Pakistani Police arrested two commanders of Darra Adamkhel Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in North-west of Pakistan, (Geo) News reported yesterday. Police said that...

Nawaz govt continues weighty bank borrowings 26 Dec 2013 - 10:34 am

KARACHI: Banks continued to invest heavily in government papers as the cut-off yield on the three-month treasury bills was again increased by four...

Local govt poll expenses ceiling fixed in Sindh province 26 Dec 2013 - 10:34 am

ISLAMABAD: The ceiling for election expenses of candidates for union councils, union committees, town committees and municipal committees in the coming local government...

Civil society seeks gender-based data for vote 26 Dec 2013 - 10:34 am

ISLAMABAD: To add to the hype surrounding local bodies elections, non-government organisation and human rights groups have urged the election commission to prepare...

LB polls: Peshawar divided into 206 village councils 26 Dec 2013 - 10:33 am

PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s northwestern Peshawar district has been divided into 206 village and 128 neighbourhood councils as preparations are underway for the local government...

Christmas service 26 Dec 2013 - 10:32 am

A Christmas Day service at an Amritsar church yesterday. Despite Christians forming a little over two percent of the billion plus population in...

Kejriwal to be sworn in on Saturday 26 Dec 2013 - 10:31 am

New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal (pictured), who tapped into public anger to take the AAP to the corridors of power, will take oath on...

Did a mistake lead to Khobragade’s plight? 26 Dec 2013 - 10:30 am

New York: Did the office of Manhattan’s India-born prosecutor Preet Bharara goof up in the paperwork for the arrest of Indian diplomat Devyani...

On the ropes 26 Dec 2013 - 10:30 am

Soldiers train at the Corps Battle School in Rajouri, some 140km from Jammu. The troopers are to be posted along the Line of...

Congress cheated Bihar, says Nitish 26 Dec 2013 - 10:28 am

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday targeted the Congress for betraying the state on its demand for special category status. “The Congress...

Himachal chief minister vows graft-free rule 26 Dec 2013 - 10:28 am

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who has just completed an year in office, has promised a corruption-free state as well as...

Six of army indicted in staged shootout 26 Dec 2013 - 10:27 am

Srinagar: A court of inquiry ordered by the army yesterday indicted six army personnel, including a colonel, two majors and three other officers,...

Walk in tunnel at Connaught Place 26 Dec 2013 - 10:27 am

New Delhi: People in Delhi can walk through, for a limited period from today, a 1.2-km long service tunnel under Connaught Place, the...

Europe sends envoy to seek peace in S Sudan 26 Dec 2013 - 10:13 am

BRUSSELS/juba: EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is sending an envoy to help seek a political solution to ethnic bloodletting in South Sudan...

Death toll in Aleppo air strikes passes 400 26 Dec 2013 - 10:12 am

DAMASCUS: The death toll from a 10-day Syrian regime air offensive on Aleppo rebels passed 400 yesterday, as Pope Francis called on Christmas...

Searching for the missing 26 Dec 2013 - 10:10 am

Rescue workers search for the body of a girl who fell in a well in the desert near Tabuk, 1,500km from Saudi Arabia’s...

Iran MPs want higher enrichment in case of new sanctions 26 Dec 2013 - 10:07 am

TEHRAN: Iranian lawmakers presented a bill to the parliament’s presiding board which could oblige the government to enrich uranium to 60 percent if...

Market bombing, spate of attacks kill 44 in Iraq 26 Dec 2013 - 10:07 am

BAGHDAD: Attacks, including bombs that exploded in a market near a church in Baghdad, killed at least 44 people across Iraq yesterday, officials...