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Homosexuality a crime: Supreme Court 12 Dec 2013 - 07:30 am

A gay-rights activist takes part in a protest against the Supreme Court’s ruling in Kolkata yesterday. New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday held...

‘11.12.13’ babies 12 Dec 2013 - 07:28 am

Newly born children are seen lying on a bed at the Government Jai Prakash hospital in Bhopal yesterday. The century’s last sequential date...

Govt ‘not sincere’ on Lokpal bill 12 Dec 2013 - 07:27 am

Supporters of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare take part in a candle-lit march in Amritsar yesterday. Hazare’s indefinite hunger strike to press for the...

MiG-21 FL flies into IAF history 12 Dec 2013 - 07:23 am

Kalaikunda: The iconic MiG-21 FL — a variant in the MiG-21 series of fighter aircraft — that heralded the dawn of the supersonic...

Sreesanth to tie the knot today 12 Dec 2013 - 07:23 am

Kochi: Controversial former India pace bowler S Sreesanth will tie the knot with a girl from the Jaipur royal family, a jewellery designer...

Kejriwal in Foreign Policy list of 100 global thinkers 12 Dec 2013 - 07:23 am

Washington: Aam Aadmi Party’s impressive debut in the Delhi elections has earned party founder Arvind Kejriwal a place on Foreign Policy magazine’s list...

Stunned in 4 states, Congress fears ’14 12 Dec 2013 - 07:21 am

New Delhi: Congress leaders across the country are virtually in mourning after the humiliating defeat in four states, with many admitting the rout...

Uncertainty over new govt formation in Delhi continues 12 Dec 2013 - 07:21 am

New Delhi: Uncertainty continued yesterday over the formation of a new government in the capital, with neither the BJP nor the AAP making...

Tejpal sent to judicial custody for 12 days 12 Dec 2013 - 07:21 am

Panaji: Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal was yesterday remanded in 12 days in judicial custody by a court here. Tejpal was presented before the...

Mars craft tuned to stay course 12 Dec 2013 - 07:20 am

Bangalore: India’s Mars spacecraft was fine tuned early yesterday in the interplanetary space to stay on course in the 680-million-km sun orbit on...

Tears as Mandela lies in state 12 Dec 2013 - 07:18 am

Nelson Mandela’s widow Graca Machel (right), leaving after bidding farewell to South African former president lying in state at Union Buildings in Pretoria...

Pressure mounts on Yanukovych 12 Dec 2013 - 07:16 am

Anti-Yanukovych protesters clash with anti-riot police on Independence Square in Kiev, yesterday. KIEV: Ukrainian demonstrators yesterday forced riot police to retreat after a...

Flight chaos in Britain over fog 12 Dec 2013 - 07:14 am

LONDON: Thick fog in Britain yesterday forced the cancellation of nearly 200 flights at London’s Heathrow airport, one of the world’s busiest. Most...

Heavy rains paralyse Rio de Janeiro 12 Dec 2013 - 07:14 am

RIO DE JANEIRO: Heavy rains late Tuesday and early yesterday paralysed much of Rio de Janeiro, a tropical metropolis scrambling to improve infrastructure...

French veil ban on trial in new challenge 12 Dec 2013 - 07:01 am

VERSAILLES: Lawyers for a young woman whose arrest for wearing a full-face veil sparked riots argued yesterday in court that France’s contentious ban...

Czechs strike coalition deal after months of turmoil 12 Dec 2013 - 07:00 am

PRAGUE: Three Czech parties said yesterday they have struck a deal to form a new centre-left coalition government in a breakthrough set to...

Putin amnesty far too narrow: Activists 12 Dec 2013 - 07:00 am

MOSCOW: Human rights advisers to Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday criticised his proposal to free some prisoners on the 20th anniversary of Russia’s...

Letta vows stability after House vote win 12 Dec 2013 - 06:59 am

ROME: Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta yesterday won a parliamentary confidence vote triggered by the fall of Silvio Berlusconi, promising to push through...