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Westports shares rally in Malaysia market debut 18 Oct 2013 - 08:06 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Shares in leading Malaysian ports operator Westports Holdings surged eight percent on their debut Friday. After raising more than $700 million...

Dazzling shows enthuse thousands 18 Oct 2013 - 05:34 am

DOHA: The Eid Al Adha Festival at Pearl Qatar has been a huge draw with a unique lineup of cultural, artistic and entertainment...

Tattoo helps cop find family after 24 years 18 Oct 2013 - 05:22 am

Police commando, Ganesh Raghunath Dhangade (right), shows a tattoo to his family in Thane district on the outskirts of Mumbai yesterday. Dhangade who...

Govt backs coal allocations; BJP targets PM 18 Oct 2013 - 05:22 am

New Delhi: The government said it had nothing to hide on the controversial coal allocations and pointed out that the CBI booking corporates...

Modi boosts opposition hopes: Poll 18 Oct 2013 - 05:21 am

NEW DELHI: Opposition hardliner Narendra Modi has boosted his party’s chances of winning looming general elections since being named as its prime ministerial...

Seemandhra workers call off strike 18 Oct 2013 - 05:21 am

Hyderabad: In a major development that could help restore normalcy in Seemandhra, the Andhra Pradesh government employees from the region yesterday decided to...

Kochi gold smuggling: Third customs official arrested 18 Oct 2013 - 05:21 am

Kochi: With another senior Kochi customs official arrested yesterday by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly aiding gold smuggling, the total...

Nine dead in Bengal floods 18 Oct 2013 - 05:21 am

Kolkata: Flood fury raged in four West Bengal districts claiming nine lives over the past four days while the army was deployed in...

SC orders CBI probe of Radia tapes revelations 18 Oct 2013 - 05:20 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday ordered a CBI probe into the dimensions of criminality that have emerged from the tapes of former...

Market fire 18 Oct 2013 - 05:19 am

Firefighters try to put out a blaze in a fruit market in Karachi, Pakistan, on Wednesday. More than 200 shops were gutted and...

Troops must be under US purview: Kerry 18 Oct 2013 - 04:08 am

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry insisted yesterday that any American troops left in Afghanistan after international combat forces withdraw in 2014...

India accused of killing Pakistan soldier 18 Oct 2013 - 04:08 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan accused India of killing a paramilitary soldier in “unprovoked firing” across the border in eastern Punjab province yesterday in the latest...

US audit finds waste in spare parts for Afghan army 18 Oct 2013 - 04:07 am

WASHINGTON: A US-led effort to supply spare parts to the Afghan army is plagued by waste and potential fraud because of Kabul’s shoddy...

Overseas remittances shore up foreign exchange reserves 18 Oct 2013 - 04:07 am

KARACHI: Remittances sent by overseas Pakistanis rose to $3.9bn in the first quarter. The amount is equal to foreign exchange reserves held by...

Islamabad needs $76.19bn to pay off debts: IMF 18 Oct 2013 - 04:07 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan requires Rs8trn ($76.19bn), or 30 percent, of its per annum GDP in order to pay off its maturing debt, estimates the...

Thousands protest for wage hike 18 Oct 2013 - 04:05 am

Union workers from Serikat Pekerja Seluruh Indonesia walk during a protest in the business district in Jakarta yesterday. JAKARTA: Thousands of Indonesian workers...

Fresh blasts rattle Yangon, one killed 18 Oct 2013 - 04:05 am

YANGON: Three bombs exploded in eastern Myanmar leaving one person dead, police said yesterday, the latest in a series of explosions that the...

Court rules out retrial of death row man over 1961 killings 18 Oct 2013 - 04:05 am

TOKYO: A Japanese man who poisoned his wife, lover and three other women with pesticide-laced drink has lost his final bid for a...