Default / Miscellaneous

Religious leader meets Sonia 20 Sep 2013 - 03:32 am

Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims The Aga Khan Prince Shah Karim Al Husseini with Congress President Sonia Gandhi at her residence...

Uproar after Indian police enter Nepal 20 Sep 2013 - 03:32 am

Kathmandu: The Indian Embassy in Kathmandu yesrterday said it is concerned over the recent intrusion by an Indian police team into Nepali territory...

Bureaucracy has rusted, says top court 20 Sep 2013 - 03:31 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday said India’s governance would not have faced a chaotic situation had the bureaucracy not allowed itself —...

Spending on social causes must for firms 20 Sep 2013 - 03:31 am

NEW DELHI: The government still struggles to provide reliable basic services to a majority of its citizens, trapping hundreds of millions of them...

Rich nations should cut emissions: New Delhi 20 Sep 2013 - 03:31 am

New Delhi: India yesterday expressed disappointment over emission reduction obligations by developed countries and said rich nations should take the lead in this...

Nine drown in Yamuna during immersions 20 Sep 2013 - 03:31 am

NEW DELHI: Nine people have drowned in the capital during religious festivals that involve immersing statues of Hindu deities in a river, an...

Onion prices won’t spare RBI chief 20 Sep 2013 - 03:30 am

MUMBAI: The aroma of frying onions from the Britannia and Co. restaurant might not penetrate the office of India’s central bank governor Raghuram...

One killed in Bangladesh clashes 20 Sep 2013 - 03:29 am

Social activists shout slogans during a nationwide strike in Dhaka yesterday. DHAKA: Bangladesh police opened fire on opposition activists yesterday, killing one protester,...

Aquino hopeful violence will end soon 20 Sep 2013 - 03:28 am

ZAMBOANGA CITY: Fighting between Philippine forces and Muslim rebels in a southern city has been confined to just two areas and should be...

Governor confident massacre victims will get justice by 2016 20 Sep 2013 - 03:28 am

MANILA: Governor Esmael Mangungudadatu yesterday expressed confidence that victims of the 2009 Maguindanao massacre will get justice before the end of President Aquino’s...

Philippines, US eye new pact on army presence 20 Sep 2013 - 03:27 am

MANILA: The Philippines and the United States aim to forge a new pact allowing the deployment of more American troops and military hardware...

Vice president Binay reaffirms friendship with President Aquino 20 Sep 2013 - 03:27 am

MANILA: Vice President Jejomar Binay said yesterday that no amount of intrigue will destroy his friendship with President Aquino. “In good or bad...

Travel ban on 35 involved in $240m scam 20 Sep 2013 - 03:27 am

MANILA: An immigration lookout bulletin order (ILBO) was issued yesterday to monitor the departures of at least 35 respondents in the plunder charge...

CBCP slams arrest of representative 20 Sep 2013 - 03:27 am

MANILA: An official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) yesterday condemned the arrest of a partylist legislator and nine others...

Sri Lanka’s Tamils to vote for Provincial Council 20 Sep 2013 - 03:26 am

JAFFNA: Tamil voters in northern Sri Lanka are set to elect their first ever semi-autonomous council tomorrow, in a post-war power-sharing exercise already...

Over 15,000 flee volcano in Indonesia 20 Sep 2013 - 03:26 am

JAKARTA: More than 15,000 people have now fled their homes since Mount Sinabung in western Indonesia spectacularly erupted this week, an official said...

Abe demands end to Fukushima leaks 20 Sep 2013 - 03:26 am

TOKYO: Japan’s prime minister told Fukushima’s operator to fix radioactive water leaks as he toured the crippled nuclear plant yesterday, less than two...

Bo Xilai writes defiant prison letter ahead of court verdict 20 Sep 2013 - 03:26 am

BEIJING: Fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai has written a defiant letter from prison vowing to clear his name just days ahead of a...