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Hands of two labourers chopped off in money row 24 Dec 2013 - 07:57 am

NEW DELHI: Police have arrested eight people after the hands of two labourers were chopped off in a dispute over money, an officer...

With Kejriwal at helm, AAP to rule Delhi 24 Dec 2013 - 07:57 am

New Delhi: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal is set to be Delhi’s seventh chief minister after staking claim yesterday to take power with Congress...

Diplomat exempted from appearing in US court 24 Dec 2013 - 07:56 am

New Delhi: Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, who was arrested and underwent a humiliating strip and cavity search, has been exempted from personally appearing...

Law school trashes Supreme Court ruling on 377 24 Dec 2013 - 07:56 am

Bangalore: By its ruling on gay sex, the Supreme Court has refused to engage with Babasaheb Ambedkar’s notion of ‘constitutional morality’ that restrains...

‘Dead’ woman resurfaces; ‘killer’ husband in jail 24 Dec 2013 - 07:56 am

Ranchi: A “dead” woman was found to be living with her boyfriend, now her husband, in Varanasi while the first husband is languishing...

Self censorship 24 Dec 2013 - 06:56 am

Car bomb at police HQ in Egypt city kills 14 24 Dec 2013 - 06:55 am

CAIRO: A powerful car bomb tore through a police headquarters in the Egyptian city of Mansoura early Tuesday, killing at least 14 people,...

Japan approves a record $922bn budget 24 Dec 2013 - 06:55 am

TOKYO: Japan approved its biggest ever budget Tuesday, as an improving economy and a sales tax hike in made room for more defence...

S Sudan rebel leader sets terms for talks 24 Dec 2013 - 06:49 am

Families displaced by recent fighting in South Sudan, camp in a warehouse inside the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNAMIS) facility in Jabel,...

Kuwait court rejects petitions to dissolve parliament 24 Dec 2013 - 06:47 am

Kuwaiti Shia MP Abdulhameed Dashti flashes victory sign as he leaves the constitutional court in Kuwait City, yesterday. The court nullified the election...

Mother of slain journalist forgives killer 24 Dec 2013 - 06:44 am

An image from a video uploaded on YouTube shows the mother of murdered female Iraqi TV presenter Nawras Al Nuaimi meeting the alleged...

Assad forces kill hundreds ahead of talks 24 Dec 2013 - 06:38 am

People inspecting a site damaged by an air raid by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al Assad, in Aleppo’s Al Marja district,...

Carter calls for polls, peacekeepers 24 Dec 2013 - 06:35 am

WASHINGTON: Former US president Jimmy Carter (pictured), yesterday proposed three principles as a basis for Syria peace talks in Geneva: Free elections, respect...

Hundreds protest in Cairo against jailing of activists 24 Dec 2013 - 06:34 am

Protesters demand the release of political prisoners, outside the Cairo Opera House yesterday. CAIRO: Several hundreds of Egyptians protested in central Cairo yesterday...

Army readies to hit back at rebels, says President Kiir 24 Dec 2013 - 06:30 am

JUBA: South Sudan’s army was poised for a major offensive against rebel forces, the president said yesterday, as the country slid towards civil...

Saudi Shia jailed for 30 years 24 Dec 2013 - 06:29 am

RIYADH: A Shia citizen of mainly Sunni Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 30 years in jail for violence and protesting against Riyadh’s...

Gaza rocket hits Israel, no injuries 24 Dec 2013 - 06:29 am

JERUSALEM: A rocket fired from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in the early hours of yesterday hit a southern Israel community without causing damage...

Palestinians rule out extending peace talks 24 Dec 2013 - 06:28 am

RAMALLAH: Palestinian leaders have ruled out the possibility of extending peace talks with Israel beyond their nine-month timeframe, chief negotiator Saeb Erakat said...