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Exchange Rates in Qatar 25 Nov 2013 - 10:08 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Monday Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying...

Preparing for winter 25 Nov 2013 - 09:42 am

Kashmiris burn Chinar tree leaves in Srinagar yesterday. As autumn sets in, the leaves of giant Chinar trees turn pale and then fiery...

Paying respects 25 Nov 2013 - 09:41 am

Sikh devotees pay their respects to Sri Guru Teg Bahadur, on the martyrdom anniversary of the ninth Guru of Sikhism, at the Golden...

Beach cricket 25 Nov 2013 - 09:28 am

Fishermen play a game of cricket on the sands of Marina Beach in Chennai yesterday.

Women voters to play key role in Mizoram polls 25 Nov 2013 - 09:23 am

Aizawl: Women voters will play a key role in the November 25 assembly elections in Mizoram, the only state where women voters outnumber...

Delhi bookies bet on BJP, say AAP too ‘risky’ 25 Nov 2013 - 09:21 am

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) may have been touted as a dark horse in Delhi by several opinion polls, but the...

Sonia targets the opposition 25 Nov 2013 - 09:21 am

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi yesterday indirectly attacked the opposition, including the BJP and the AAP, saying while one was “spreading venom...

Trinamool MP sent to police custody 25 Nov 2013 - 09:20 am

Kolkata: Arrested in connection with the Saradha Group chit-fund scam, suspended Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh was yesterday remanded in police custody for...

The NR Eye: Will Uttar Pradesh’s NRIs trust Akhilesh with investments? 25 Nov 2013 - 09:20 am

by Moiz Mannan With one estimate putting the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh as the new fastest growing recipient of remittances from...

Largest public cord blood bank to be set up 25 Nov 2013 - 09:19 am

New Delhi: Nalini Ambady, the first Indian American woman to teach psychology at Harvard and Stanford universities, died of leukaemia last month after...

Judgement in Aarushi murder case today 25 Nov 2013 - 09:18 am

Ghaziabad: After over five-and-a-half years, a CBI court here will pronounce its judgement today in the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder, one of the most...

ISRO plans to launch foreign satellites 25 Nov 2013 - 09:18 am

Chennai: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), that got global recognition for its successful launch of a mission to Mars, will now launch...

Emir, PM congratulates Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia 25 Nov 2013 - 09:16 am

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani send a cable of congratulations to HE the Chairman of the Presidency of...

Transform police system: President 25 Nov 2013 - 09:16 am

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee has called upon leaders of police and security forces to “transform the police system” to bring it in...

26 missing after ships sink off east China 25 Nov 2013 - 09:07 am

BEIJING: At least 26 people are missing after two ships sank in separate incidents off the coast of east China's Shandong Province on...

Switzerland's Trafigura sells stake in Africa unit for $500m 25 Nov 2013 - 08:39 am

SWEDEN: Global trading firm Trafigura said it sold a $500 million stake in its African unit Puma to Angolan companies rather than to...

Afghan assembly backs US troops pact 25 Nov 2013 - 08:27 am

Afghan President Hamid Karzai addresses the concluding day of the grand assembly in Kabul yesterday. KABUL: An Afghan grand assembly yesterday endorsed a...

Coalition confused over PTI’s anti-Nato drive 25 Nov 2013 - 08:24 am

Activists of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan march in a protest rally in Karachi yesterday against US drone strikes. Protest rallies took place as club-wielding activists...