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Digging for gold begins at Unnao fort in UP 19 Oct 2013 - 04:55 am

Lucknow: The first day of excavations to unearth a purported 1,000 tonnes of gold at the Daundia Kheda village in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao...

Kudankulam reactors deal unlikely during PM’s visit 19 Oct 2013 - 04:55 am

New Delhi: India and Russia are working out a “techno-commercial” agreement for the third and fourth reactors of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant...

VHP rally in Ayodhya: BJP MP among 1,600 held 19 Oct 2013 - 04:55 am

LUCKNOW: As many as 1,600 people, including BJP MPYogi Adityanath and several VHP leaders, were arrested yesterday while the borders of Ayodhya and...

Pakistani troopers open fire at five places on border 19 Oct 2013 - 04:54 am

Jammu: Pakistan Rangers opened unprovoked firing at five places in Akhnoor and R S Pura sectors of the international border in Jammu district...

Malala all smiles as she meets Queen 19 Oct 2013 - 04:53 am

Malala Yousafzai (right) gives a copy of her book to Queen Elizabeth II during a Reception for Youth, Education and the Commonwealth at...

US may use Romania base for Afghan pullout 19 Oct 2013 - 04:52 am

WASHINGTON: The US is close to a deal with Romania that would see US troops return home from Afghanistan via an air base...

German embassy in Kabul shut over security threat 19 Oct 2013 - 04:52 am

Berlin: Germany’s embassy in Afghanistan was shut in response to a “serious” security threat, said the Foreign Ministry here on Thursday . “It...

Suicide bomb kills two near foreign compound 19 Oct 2013 - 04:52 am

KABUL: A Taliban suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden car in Kabul yesterday outside a compound where many foreign workers are based, killing at...

Polio outbreak puts global eradication at risk 19 Oct 2013 - 04:50 am

LONDON: A Taliban ban on vaccination is exacerbating a serious polio outbreak in Pakistan, threatening to derail dramatic progress made this year towards...

Panel registers 332 companies 19 Oct 2013 - 04:50 am

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 332 limited liability companies in September raising the total corporate portfolio to 62,571...

Search at plane crash site 19 Oct 2013 - 04:49 am

Rescue personnel search for victims at the crash site of a Lao Airlines ATR-72 turboprop plane in the Mekong river, near Pakse, yesterday....

Open air surgery to help quake victims 19 Oct 2013 - 04:47 am

LOON: Surgeons were planning to save lives on open-air operating tables in a hospital carpark on Thursday as rescuers struggled to help isolated...

Korea, Taiwan aid pours in for quake victims 19 Oct 2013 - 04:46 am

MANILA: The Philippines’ Asian neighbours South Korea and Taiwan sent cash donations totalling over P17.2m for the victims of the fatal October 15...

Sports chief frets over blasts in Myanmar ahead of Games 19 Oct 2013 - 04:46 am

MANILA: A top sports official in the Philippines expressed concern yesterday over recent bombings in Myanmar ahead of the Southeast Asian Games there...

Manila airport’s main terminal ‘world’s worst’ 19 Oct 2013 - 04:46 am

MANILA: The Philippines’ main Manila airport terminal has been named the ‘world’s worst’ for the second year in a row in a survey...

Napoles’ Senate appearance depends on court 19 Oct 2013 - 04:44 am

MANILA: Janet Lim-Napoles’ appearance before the Senate Blue Ribbon committee will depend on the court hearing her case of serious illegal detention. On...

300 displaced after firing 19 Oct 2013 - 04:44 am

MAGUINDANAO: Suspected members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Milf) hostile to a defeated mayoral candidate fired shots in Barangay Bagoenged in Pagalungan...

China protests Japanese war shrine visit 19 Oct 2013 - 04:43 am

TOKYO: A cabinet minister was among scores of Japanese MPs to pay tribute at a controversial war shrine yesterday, drawing a rebuke from...