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India's HCL profit soars 64pc, beats forecasts 17 Oct 2013 - 11:33 am

NEW DELHI: HCL Technologies, India's fourth largest IT services provider, on Thursday said net profit soared 64 percent in July-September as an economic...

Maoists kill 3 commandos in central India 17 Oct 2013 - 11:33 am

NAGPUR: A landmine blast triggered by Maoists (Naxals) in a forest area near the border of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh states in the central...

2 dead, 25 injured in Chinese building explosion 17 Oct 2013 - 11:32 am

BEIJING: At least two people were killed and another 25 were injured after an explosion early Thursday morning in a residential building in...

Debt-laden Hibu's CEO, chairman to step down after restructuring 17 Oct 2013 - 10:56 am

LONDON: Lender-owned Hibu Plc said its chief executive, chairman and non-executive directors would step down after the publisher of Yellow Pages completes its...

Sky News Arabia says TV crew missing in Syria 17 Oct 2013 - 10:40 am

ABU DHABI: Television channel Sky News Arabia said Thursday it had lost contact with its crew on assignment in the north Syria province...

70pc rise in settler construction starts 17 Oct 2013 - 10:39 am

JERUSALEM: New settlement construction starts rose by 70 percent in the first half of 2013 compared with a year earlier, an Israeli NGO...

Suicide truck bomber kills 15 in northern Iraq 17 Oct 2013 - 10:39 am

MOSUL: A suicide bomber driving a truck packed with explosives blew himself up in a village in northern Iraq, killing at least 15...

Oman's Galfar Engineering rights issue 96pc subscribed 17 Oct 2013 - 10:30 am

DUBAI: Galfar Engineering, a major construction company in Oman, said a rights issue to buy new shares was 96 percent subscribed, raising 13.29...

GCC states long-term cultural plans propels new museums 17 Oct 2013 - 10:04 am

ABU DHABI: Long-term vision and planning backed by financing is creating a new range of cultural institutions in the GCC that will occupy...

Philippines struggles to help victims of killer quake 17 Oct 2013 - 10:04 am

Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel load relief goods onto a PCG vessel at a port in Manila yesterday. LOON: Rescue workers were forced...

Tokyo stocks close up 0.83pc on US budget deal 17 Oct 2013 - 09:14 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks rose 0.83 percent Thursday as investors cheered a last-minute deal to reopen the US government and avoid a catastrophic debt...

Three bomb blasts in eastern Myanmar, one dead 17 Oct 2013 - 09:10 am

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

Mayor of China's Nanjing city under investigation 17 Oct 2013 - 08:39 am

BEIJING: The mayor of the Chinese city of Nanjing is being investigated for serious breaches of the law, China's Supervision Ministry said on...

GM to launch dual-fuel car in 2014 17 Oct 2013 - 08:10 am

NEW YORK CITY: General Motors said Wednesday it will launch a car next year with the ability to operate on both gasoline and...

Caroline Kennedy confirmed as Japan ambassador 17 Oct 2013 - 08:09 am

WASHINGTON: The US Senate late Wednesday approved Caroline Kennedy, the sole surviving child of slain president John F. Kennedy and an early supporter...

Brazil sports minister quits 17 Oct 2013 - 08:09 am

BRASïLIA: Just six months before his country hosts the World Cup, Brazil Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo said Wednesday, he is stepping down to...

Eid prayers 17 Oct 2013 - 05:14 am

Muslims offer prayers at Moti Masjid on the occasion of Eid Al Adha in Bhopal yesterday.

Singh under pressure over ‘Coalgate’ 17 Oct 2013 - 05:13 am

NEW DELHI: India’s opposition insisted yesterday that Premier Manmohan Singh could not “escape responsibility” over alleged corruption in the allocation of coal blocks...