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Population set to reach 2m, rents to rise 15 Sep 2013 - 02:29 am

DOHA: Qatar is experiencing a new wave of population growth, similar to what it witnessed during the economic boom from 2004 to 2009,...

BJP seeks consensus on Modi as PM 15 Sep 2013 - 01:26 am

Gujarat state Chief Minister Narendra Modi (centre) gestures while garlanded by other Bharatiya Janata Party leaders on his arrival at the Sardar Vallabhbhai...

Troops kill 14 Maoist rebels 15 Sep 2013 - 01:25 am

Arms seized from Maoists are displayed at the district police headquarters in Malkangiri district yesterday. BHUBANESWAR: Security forces killed 14 Maoists in a...

Singh to visit violence-hit Muzaffarnagar 15 Sep 2013 - 01:24 am

Muzaffarnagar/New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit Uttar Pradesh’s violence-hit Muzaffarnagar district tomorrow where curfew was relaxed yesterday as peace returned. “The...

The NR Eye: Stock rules liberalised to draw more non-resident investors 15 Sep 2013 - 01:24 am

by Moiz Mannan In what is being viewed as a short term measure to attract foreign capital and a long term measure towards...

Make India safe for women, says report 15 Sep 2013 - 01:23 am

College students display a so-called self-defence finger ring named ‘Women Sting’ during its launch as part of the ‘Save my Sister’ campaign in...

Rights groups slam death sentence 15 Sep 2013 - 01:23 am

NEW DELHI: Indian rights groups voiced dismay yesterday over death sentences handed to four men for a fatal gang rape, saying it was...

Nine labourers killed in powerful bomb blast 15 Sep 2013 - 01:22 am

SHILLONG: A powerful bomb blast in India’s restive northeast — plagued for decades by separatist violence — has killed nine labourers and injured...

Bhatkal taken to Bihar, Asadullah to Hyderabad for investigation 15 Sep 2013 - 01:22 am

Patna/Hyderabad: Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal was Saturday brought to Bihar by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) which raided several places on the...

PM: Increasing urbanisation will put pressure on infrastructure 15 Sep 2013 - 01:22 am

Chandigarh: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday said that urbanisation was going to increase in the country and this would put more pressure on...

Kandahar bombing 15 Sep 2013 - 01:19 am

Mangled wreckage from a vehicle is seen as an Afghan policeman and youth walk at the scene of a blast in Kandahar yesterday....

Release of Taliban prisoners ‘pointless’ for Afghan peace 15 Sep 2013 - 01:19 am

KABUL: Afghan officials say Pakistan’s release of 33 Taliban prisoners from jail, a policy initially trumpeted by Kabul as an opportunity to ignite...

Nuclear hero of Pakistan dissolves party 15 Sep 2013 - 01:19 am

ISLAMABAD: The father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb, Abdul Qadeer Khan, has dissolved his political party after it failed to win a single seat...

Bomb kills govt allies near Afghan border 15 Sep 2013 - 01:17 am

KHAR: A bomb explosion yesterday killed two members of a Pakistani pro-government militia and wounded four during an archaeological dig in a tribal...

Victorious Afghan footballers rewarded with cash and flats 15 Sep 2013 - 01:17 am

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday rewarded the nation’s football team with cash and free flats after winning their first trophy — and...

Govt moves to assert civilian control 15 Sep 2013 - 01:16 am

ISLAMABAD: As a major step towards asserting civilian supremacy in Pakistan, a policy plank of the PML-N, the prime minister has formed a...

Karachi peace depends on new police top brass 15 Sep 2013 - 01:16 am

ISLAMABAD: The public denunciation by Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) apart, the Sindh government has posted, for the first time in five and a...

Nawaz Sharif to visit Turkey 15 Sep 2013 - 01:15 am

Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is scheduled to pay a three-day visit to Turkey starting tomorrow, at the invitation of his...