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Diesel price hike, fuel curbs likely 07 Sep 2013 - 04:20 am

NEW DELHI: India may announce more measures to curb fuel consumption later this month and raise diesel prices by close to 10 percent...

Business favours Modi as PM: Poll 07 Sep 2013 - 04:20 am

NEW DELHI: India’s business community strongly supports Hindu hardliner Narendra Modi to be the next premier, a poll showed yesterday, with the ruling...

Bill negating court order on jailed lawmakers passed 07 Sep 2013 - 04:20 am

New Delhi: With the Lok Sabha’s nod, parliament yesterday passed the Representation of People (Amendment) Bill, 2013, which will negate a Supreme Court...

Six get life over gang rape of student 07 Sep 2013 - 04:19 am

BANGALORE: A court in southern India handed down life sentences yesterday to six men for the gang rape of a law student on...

Bus firm told to rehire driver with HIV 07 Sep 2013 - 04:19 am

MUMBAI: A court has ordered a public transport authority to rehire a sacked HIV-positive bus driver, the man’s lawyer said yesterday. The 43-year-old,...

Donkeys saved from dinner table 07 Sep 2013 - 04:19 am

MUMBAI: In the middle of the night, police cars were in hot pursuit of thieves on a dusty road in India, finally catching...

SYRIA WAR LIBERTY CARD 07 Sep 2013 - 03:22 am

Group: ViewsMideast Credit: STAVRO Source: Al Balad - Beirut, Lebanon Keywords: COLOR SYRIA WAR LIBERTY CARD 090213 Provider: CartoonArts International / The New...

Back to school 07 Sep 2013 - 03:20 am

by Shaival Dalal With Independent, private and community schools reopening after the summer break this week, schoolgoing children along with their parents are...

Pvt taxis seized near bus terminus 07 Sep 2013 - 03:19 am

A law-enforcement officer taking the ignition key out of an illegal cab. Salim Matramkot DOHA: Law-enforcement officials yesterday intercepted two illegal private taxis...

Al Ghanem bus terminus lacks air-conditioned waiting areas 07 Sep 2013 - 03:18 am

Passengers waiting for buses braving sweltering temperatures at Al Ghanem bus terminus yesterday afternoon. Salim Matramkot DOHA: Passengers in the waiting area of...

Campaign against Barwa rent hike 07 Sep 2013 - 03:18 am

DOHA: Concerned over a reported hike in rents from October this year, a number of tenants of Barwa “affordable” housing complex in Assailiya...

Clashes in Jerusalem 07 Sep 2013 - 03:16 am

Israeli riot policemen stand near the Dome of the Rock mosque during clashes with Palestinian stone-throwers following Friday prayers. Fifteen Palestinian protesters were...

Iran wants to allay concerns on nuclear issue, says FM 07 Sep 2013 - 03:16 am

TEHRAN: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said yesterday Iran wanted to allay concerns over its nuclear programme, suspected of hiding efforts to build...

Police fire tear gas at Ankara protesters 07 Sep 2013 - 03:16 am

ANKARA: Turkish riot police yesterday confronted hundreds of university students in Ankara throwing stones and erecting barricades in protest against a project to...

Saudi police deny young man killed in raid 07 Sep 2013 - 03:15 am

DUBAI: A young Saudi man was killed during a raid by security forces in the restive town of Awamiya in the eastern part...

Algeria puts ex-Gitmo prisoners on parole 07 Sep 2013 - 03:15 am

ALGIERS: An Algerian judge has put two detainees recently released from the US prison in Guantanamo Bay under “judicial control,” a type of...

Several suspects freed in Turkey coup trial 07 Sep 2013 - 03:15 am

ANKARA: An Ankara court has released from jail 10 suspects, including high-ranking officers, pending the outcome of their trial for their alleged role...

Al Qaeda suspects gun down Yemen intelligence officer 07 Sep 2013 - 03:15 am

ADEN: Suspected Al Qaeda gunmen shot dead a Yemeni intelligence officer yesterday in the southeastern city of Hadramawt, a security source said, in...