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Disaster management needs boost, says PM 29 Oct 2013 - 12:31 am

Villagers walk through floodwaters at Khurda district in Odisha on Sunday. Floodwaters have left around 10,000 people stranded in Odisha state, as flash...

Anti-violence day in Kerala on October 31 29 Oct 2013 - 12:31 am

Thiruvananthapuram: The stone pelted at Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has been transformed into an event worth commemorating — the Congress party has...

Media, entertainment industry of South to double by 2017 29 Oct 2013 - 12:30 am

New Delhi: The size of media and entertainment industry in South India is expected to almost double to `436,000m by 2017 from around...

‘New US immigration law will hurt India’ 29 Oct 2013 - 12:29 am

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma yesterday said elements in the new US legislation on immigration would undermine the competitiveness of...

Work on Agra’s IT Park to begin in Nov 29 Oct 2013 - 12:24 am

Agra: Work on Agras IT Park will begin November 25. This was stated by Abhishek Arun Gupta, joint chairman of the IT cell...

5 dead as car ploughs into China crowd 29 Oct 2013 - 12:23 am

Police cars block off roads leading to Tiananmen Square as smoke rises after a vehicle crashed in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing...

Watchdog push for Fukushima leak plug 29 Oct 2013 - 12:23 am

TOKYO: Japan’s nuclear watchdog yesterday urged “bold and drastic” action to fix problems with radioactive water at Fukushima, as it warned of the...

South Korea stages major live-fire drill 29 Oct 2013 - 12:23 am

SEOUL: South Korea yesterday deployed destroyers, jet fighters, attack helicopters and rocket launchers in a major live-fire drill against the threat of North...

Japan PM in Turkey to promote N-exports 29 Oct 2013 - 12:23 am

TOKYO: Japan’s prime minister headed to Turkey yesterday to cement nuclear contracts and push the export of more reactors as the industry tries...

Four killed in Bangladesh as rival parties clash 29 Oct 2013 - 12:22 am

DHAKA: Fresh violence erupted across Bangladesh yesterday, leaving at least four people dead as rival party activists clashed on the second day of...

Murder charge on ex-Thai PM 29 Oct 2013 - 12:22 am

BANGKOK: Prosecutors in Thailand have indicted former Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his ex-deputy on murder charges related to a deadly crackdown...

22 people killed in pre-poll violence 29 Oct 2013 - 12:20 am

Jail guards assist a detainee vote at a school used as a polling station in Taguig City, south of Manila, yesterday. MANILA: Police...

First lady commander leads Philippine mission to Haiti 29 Oct 2013 - 12:19 am

MANILA: For the first time in history, a female commander is heading a contingent of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to...

UN body backs quake relief plan 29 Oct 2013 - 12:19 am

MANILA: The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has committed to support the Philippines’ tourism-related rehabilitation programme for areas affected by the powerful...

Over 100 Russians arrive on vacation tour 29 Oct 2013 - 12:19 am

MANILA: More than 100 Russian tourists were flown into the country by a chartered flight of Philippine Airlines (PAL) yesterday. The visitors, who...

Religious groups disapprove Aquino’s disbursement plan 29 Oct 2013 - 12:18 am

MANILA: Several religious groups believe the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Programme (DAP) fund of President Aquino is illegal. Christian sects Yeshua Change Agents (YCA),...

Gunmen torch school building in Maguindanao 29 Oct 2013 - 12:18 am

MAGUINDANAO: Gunmen on Sunday burned down a public school building in Buldon town, which was supposed to be turned into a voting centre...

Doctors in China protest after murder by patient 28 Oct 2013 - 11:36 pm

BEIJING: Chinese hospital staff protested yesterday after a patient killed one doctor and wounded two more, local media said, in the latest violence...