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Stop terrorism to make peace, PM tells Pakistan 29 Sep 2013 - 01:37 am

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressing the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York yesterday. United Nations: Reass-erting that Pakistan...

Building collapse death toll at 53 29 Sep 2013 - 01:36 am

Rescue crew search for survivors at the site of a collapsed residential building in Mumbai yesterday. Mumbai: The death toll in a four-storey...

Miss Universe visits Sula bh 29 Sep 2013 - 01:35 am

Miss Universe Olivia Frances Culpo from United States (centre) is welcomed by a former manual scavenger with rose petals during her visit to...

The NR Eye: Dollar deposit bonanza for NRIs 29 Sep 2013 - 01:34 am

by Moiz Mannan Fret not if you don’t have enough cash to make the most of a weak rupee. Moves by India to...

Rahul’s outburst stirs doubts over PM’s future 29 Sep 2013 - 01:34 am

NEW DELHI: Ruling Congress party scion Rahul Gandhi’s blistering rejection of a government decree to protect convicted lawmakers has made it uncertain whether...

Trinamool suspends MP Kunal Ghosh 29 Sep 2013 - 01:33 am

Kolkata: Eight days after he raised the standard of revolt, the Trinamool Congress yesterday announced it has suspended Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh...

North Delhi agog for Modi rally today 29 Sep 2013 - 01:33 am

New Delhi: The excitement is palpable in north Delhi’s Rohini area where Narendra Modi will address his first public rallly after being named...

Sonia due in Kerala today; UDF allies to vent woes 29 Sep 2013 - 01:32 am

Thiruvananthapuram: Allies of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) are reportedly all set to express their unhappiness to Congress President Sonia Gandhi when...

Kudankulam to generate power by November 29 Sep 2013 - 01:32 am

Chennai: With fine-tuning of systems still on, power generation at the first 1,000 MW unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) is...

Aftershock kills 15 in quake-hit Pakistan province 28 Sep 2013 - 07:27 pm

QUETTA, Pakistan: At least 15 people were killed on Saturday when an aftershock hit a Pakistani province where hundreds were killed in an...

Qaeda tells Syria schoolgirls to wear Islamic clothes: NGO 28 Sep 2013 - 07:24 pm

BEIRUT: An Al-Qaeda front group in Syria says girls in a village it controls will not be allowed to attend school unless they...

42 dead, 100 missing in Nigeria river boat accident 28 Sep 2013 - 07:20 pm

LAGOS: A boat overloaded with passengers and goods travelling on the Niger River in central Nigeria has capsized, killing 42 people with 100...

Miss Philippines crowned Miss World amid Muslim anger 28 Sep 2013 - 07:14 pm

New Miss World, Megan Young (C), from the Philippines is crowned by outgoing Miss World Yu Wenxia after winning the crown first runner...

Three killed in gunfight in Lebanon's Baalbek 28 Sep 2013 - 02:28 pm

BEIRUT: Three people were killed in clashes in the Lebanese town of Baalbek on Saturday after gunmen opened fire on a checkpoint manned...

Iraq violence kills 11 28 Sep 2013 - 01:39 pm

BAGHDAD: Violence that included attacks on security forces and their families killed 11 people in Iraq on Saturday, officials said. In Tarmiyah, north...

Emir leaves Istanbul 28 Sep 2013 - 01:31 pm

ISTANBUL: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani left Istanbul before noon today. HH the Emir and the accompanying delegation were...

GCC Secretary-General calls on Security Council to support Yemen 28 Sep 2013 - 01:08 pm

NEW YORK: Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani called on the UN Security Council to support the...

Indonesia to host Miss World final despite Muslim anger 28 Sep 2013 - 12:21 pm

NUSA DUA, Indonesia: A glittering final to the Miss World beauty pageant takes place on the Indonesian island of Bali Saturday under heavy...