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Pop star Bieber brings cheer in typhoon-hit Philippines 10 Dec 2013 - 11:16 am

MANILA: Pop megastar Justin Bieber sang to young survivors of the Philippines' deadliest typhoon Tuesday after he flew into the disaster zone to...

Spanish journalist, photographer kidnapped in Syria 10 Dec 2013 - 11:05 am

MADRID: Fighters linked to al Qaeda abducted a Spanish journalist and a photographer in a rebel-held eastern Syrian city in September, El Mundo...

Bank Penalties 10 Dec 2013 - 10:46 am

Unique feat 10 Dec 2013 - 10:32 am

Rani Raikwar, 31, pulls an ambulance by her hair as part of a special show organised for players at the sports complex in...

AAP gets Rs60m donation from NRIs 10 Dec 2013 - 10:25 am

AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal arrives to attend a meeting with newly-elected members of his party for the Delhi legislative assembly, in New Delhi...

Suspense over new govt in Delhi persists 10 Dec 2013 - 10:23 am

New Delhi: Suspense over government formation in Delhi after assembly polls delivered a hung house continued yesterday, with the AAP insisting on playing...

Lokpal Bill: Hazare threatens fast 10 Dec 2013 - 10:23 am

Ralegan Siddhi, Maha-rashtra: Veteran social activist Anna Hazare here yesterday accused the central government of cheating him and the public by not passing...

Kejriwal is legislature party leader 10 Dec 2013 - 10:22 am

New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal was yesterday elected the leader of the legislature party of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The legislature party meeting...

Lokpal Bill: Hazare threatens fast 10 Dec 2013 - 10:22 am

Ralegan Siddhi, Maha-rashtra: Veteran social activist Anna Hazare here yesterday accused the central government of cheating him and the public by not passing...

SC issues contempt notice to Subrata Roy 10 Dec 2013 - 10:22 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday issued notice to Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy as to why criminal contempt proceedings should not be...

Kerala Left begins 140-day protest near CM’s home 10 Dec 2013 - 10:21 am

Thiruvananthapuram: The Left opposition in Kerala has begun a 140-day protest near the official residence of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, in an attempt...

Fire at Myanmar department store kills 7 10 Dec 2013 - 10:21 am

YANGON: Seven people were killed after a fire broke out at a department store on the outskirts of Yangon due to a suspected...

Congress romps home in Mizoram 10 Dec 2013 - 10:21 am

Aizawl: The Congress yesterday won a thumping victory in Mizoram, a state that it gets to rule now for the second consecutive term....

House adjourned over UP deaths, Telangana issue 10 Dec 2013 - 10:20 am

New Delhi: Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were repeatedly disrupted yesterday over children’s deaths in Uttar Pradesh relief camps and...

Jayalalithaa reshuffles cabinet 10 Dec 2013 - 10:20 am

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa dropped K V Ramalingam, minister for sports and youth welfare, from her council of ministers, said...

Hagel warns Pakistan over border protests 10 Dec 2013 - 10:19 am

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel (left) with Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif during their meeting in Islamabad yesterday. ISLAMABAD: US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel...

Poverty 10 Dec 2013 - 10:10 am

Labourers sort out used plastic bottles to be recycled, in Lahore yesterday. Government statistics estimate 22 percent of the population live in poverty,...

Poll petition review by tribunals slow 10 Dec 2013 - 10:08 am

ISLAMABAD: Election tribunals established by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) across the country decided till the end of October only one-fourth of...