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Two million stone the devil during Haj 16 Oct 2013 - 02:50 am

MINA: Around two million Muslims converged on Mina, Saudi Arabia yesterday to symbolically stone the devil, the final stage of the annual Haj...

Emir meets well-wishers on Eid 16 Oct 2013 - 02:49 am

The Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani talks to a child who turned up to greet him on Eid Al...

Paramedics deployed at Eid venues 16 Oct 2013 - 02:32 am

Fireworks on display at Katara (Shaival Dalal) DOHA: Hamad Medical Corporation’s emergency unit stationed individual paramedics at a number of locations across the...

Odisha steps up relief efforts 16 Oct 2013 - 01:08 am

Women carry an injured calf they rescued from a damaged house in Ganjam district, Odisha, yesterday. Bhubaneswar: Odisha yesterday intensified relief efforts in...

17 policemen suspended over stampede 16 Oct 2013 - 01:08 am

BHOPAL: India has suspended police and government officials over a stampede near a temple that killed at least 115 people, police said yesterday,...

Talwars destroyed evidence in Aarushi murder case: CBI 16 Oct 2013 - 01:08 am

Ghaziabad: Continuing its final arguments in the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder, the CBI yesterday told a special court here that Aarushi’s parents dressed up...

Sage dreams of gold, govt starts digging 16 Oct 2013 - 01:08 am

NEW DELHI: The Indian government is digging for treasure after a civic-minded Hindu village sage dreamt that 1,000 tonnes of gold was buried...

Don’t evoke fear to woo voters: Leader 16 Oct 2013 - 01:07 am

New Delhi: In a veiled reference to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind leader Mehmood Madani yesterday asked the secular parties not to...

Man finds worms in Air India mid-flight meal 16 Oct 2013 - 01:06 am

NEW DELHI: Air India said yesterday an investigation was underway after a passenger found worms in his sandwich mid-flight. The passenger made the...

Prince Charles to tour India 16 Oct 2013 - 01:06 am

LONDON: Britain’s Prince Charles will tour India for nine days next month ahead of the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka, his office said...

Microphone bomb kills governor 16 Oct 2013 - 01:03 am

Governor Arsala Jamal in his office in Logar province before the blast. PULI ALAM: A bomb hidden in a microphone killed an Afghan...

Militants a hurdle to polio eradication in Pakistan 16 Oct 2013 - 01:03 am

PESHAWAR: Back-to-back emergence of cases, especially in North Waziristan Agency due to Pakistani Taliban ban on vaccination, is hampering the government’s efforts to...

Private sector’s bank borrowing drops to zero 16 Oct 2013 - 01:02 am

KARACHI: Private sector participation in investment activities with bank money has been declining and it came down to almost zero in the fiscal...

Environmentalists urge plan for sustainability of Margalla Park 16 Oct 2013 - 01:02 am

ISLAMABAD: The environmentalists have urged the federal government to announce a comprehensive plan for future sustainability of the Margalla Hills National Park with...

Suicide bomber blows himself up in hospital 16 Oct 2013 - 01:01 am

Kabul: A suicide bomber was killed in eastern Paktiya province of Afghanistan on Monday after he blew himself up inside a hospital. Interior...

Missing Singapore model found dead 16 Oct 2013 - 01:01 am

ISLAMABAD: A model and beauty queen from Singapore who went missing in Pakistan has been found dead in a ditch on the edge...

Accountability commission bill still pending 16 Oct 2013 - 01:01 am

ISLAMABAD: More than four years down the line after the tabling of a bill in 2009 to establish an autonomous National Accountability Commission...

Five killed as typhoon slams into Vietnam 16 Oct 2013 - 12:59 am

Workers remove fallen trees following the passage of Typhoon Nari in the central coastal city of Danang yesterday. HANOI: Typhoon Nari slammed into...