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Pakistan mulls longer detention for suspected terrorists 15 Dec 2013 - 10:31 am

ISLAMABAD: A new law to deal with the emotive issue of enforced disappearances is on the anvil in Pakistan and is likely to...

Nadra develops indigenous electronic voting machine 15 Dec 2013 - 10:30 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s award-winning National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra), responding to an ongoing controversy over election thumb print verification, has taken the initiative...

Islamabad to use satellite imaging for planning 15 Dec 2013 - 10:29 am

ISLAMABAD: Digitalisation and satellite imaging of Islamabad will help remove encroachments from the city and also facilitate future planning by using the latest...

Family members march for missing relatives in Baluchistan 15 Dec 2013 - 10:28 am

KARACHI: Relatives of people who have gone missing from Pakistan’s troubled southwest Baluchistan province set off on a gruelling 1,200km march from the...

US drone strike kills six 15 Dec 2013 - 10:28 am

Islamabad: At least six people were killed and two injured in a drone strike in Mach Magai area of Loi Shalman near Khyber...

Voice of the party 15 Dec 2013 - 10:26 am

Congress party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi (centre) addresses the media in the presence of Minister of Communications and Information Technology and Law and Justice...

Software czar backs Modi for premier 15 Dec 2013 - 10:25 am

Modi-fied: Software tycoon Narayana Murthy NEW DELHI: India’s controversial opposition candidate for premier, Narendra Modi, should not be barred from the job because...

Cops look back at ‘rape’ on anniversary 15 Dec 2013 - 10:23 am

Students and activists hold placards and candles during a memorial on the eve of first anniversary of gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old...

Yearning for warmth 15 Dec 2013 - 10:21 am

Kashmiris warm their hands near a bonfire in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, yesterday. The cold wave conditions in Kashmir...

Susanne says split won’t sever ties with Hrithik 15 Dec 2013 - 10:20 am

Mumbai: Sussanne, Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan’s wife of 13 years, yesterday said their separation is based on their “individual choices”. But, they will...

AAP seeks time for forming govt 15 Dec 2013 - 10:19 am

New Delhi: In a move that apparently took both the Congress and the BJP by surprise, the AAP yesterday sought 10 days’ time...

The NR Eye: Keralites’ property woes may end with new law 15 Dec 2013 - 10:18 am

by Moiz Mannan Non-resident Keralites wishing to buy a home or invest in property in their native place may heave a sigh of...

13 Rajasthan MLAs have crime cases against them 15 Dec 2013 - 10:17 am

New Delhi: A total of 13 re-elected Rajasthan MLAs have criminal cases against them as against just three in Chhattisgarh, according to an...

Journalists, MPs play cricket for child health 15 Dec 2013 - 10:17 am

New Delhi: Journalists and Members of Parliament (MPs) played a cricket match yesterday to spread the message of child health. The match, “Batting...

Indian mission says diplomat had immunity 15 Dec 2013 - 10:16 am

Washington: A raging India-US diplomatic row over the arrest of a senior Indian diplomat in New York for alleged visa fraud threatens to...

Doctor’s arrest over Maoist links termed fascist 15 Dec 2013 - 10:16 am

Kolkata: Activists yesterday termed the West Bengal government “fascist” for arresting a doctor for allegedly having links with slain Maoist leader Kishenji. Litterateur...

Maoists gun down three in Odisha 15 Dec 2013 - 10:15 am

Bhubaneswar: Maoists yesterday shot dead a contractor in Odisha’s Malkangiri district hours after killing two people in the region, police said. A group...

NGO condemns ban on community radio 15 Dec 2013 - 10:15 am

New Delhi: Representatives of a non-governmental organisation which filed a public interest litigation (PIL) this year seeking revocation of the ban on news...