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Transmission tower bombed 03 Sep 2013 - 12:45 am

MANILA: Suspected rebels of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, a breakaway faction of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, bombed a transmission tower of...

Court sends Asaram to judicial custody 02 Sep 2013 - 11:47 pm

Asaram Bapu (centre) is escorted by police to a court in Jodhpur yesterday. Jodhpur: Spiritual guru Asaram Bapu, arrested on charges of sexually...

Four Napoleon III-era coins discovered in Andhra temple 02 Sep 2013 - 11:47 pm

Hyderabad: Authorities in Andhra Pradesh have discovered four French gold coins dating back to Napoleon III, the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte and the...

Mamata’s allowance to Imams unconstitutional: Court 02 Sep 2013 - 11:47 pm

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court yesterday declared the monthly allowances given to Imams and Muezzins by the West Bengal government as unconstitutional. A...

SC notice on vaccine research details 02 Sep 2013 - 11:46 pm

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday issued notice to the central government on a PIL seeking access to the research and other information...

Sonia Gandhi flies to US for medical check-up 02 Sep 2013 - 11:46 pm

NEW DELHI: The head of the ruling Congress party Sonia Gandhi left yesterday for the United States for a medical check-up, according to...

Swirling Ganga wreaks havoc in Bihar 02 Sep 2013 - 11:45 pm

Patna: Swirling floodwaters of the Ganga have destroyed the banana crop in around 1,500 acres in two districts of Bihar, officials and worried...

BANKS GOVERNMENT BANKOCRACY BUREAUCRACY TORTURE 02 Sep 2013 - 11:42 pm

Group: BusinessViews Credit: VAN DAM Source: Landsmeer, Netherlands Keywords: COLOR BANKS GOVERNMENT BANKOCRACY BUREAUCRACY TORTURE 082013 Provider: CartoonArts International / The New York...

Showing their skills 02 Sep 2013 - 10:27 pm

Members of the Belarus Armed Forces band perform during the International Military Music Festival titled ‘Spasskaya Tower’, in Red Square, Moscow. Military bands...

Portugal, Spain in row over Savage Islands 02 Sep 2013 - 10:27 pm

LISBON: Portugal yesterday said it will press the United Nations to let it expand its control over the waters around the uninhabited Savage...

Putin ally set for first round Moscow mayor victory: Poll 02 Sep 2013 - 10:26 pm

MOSCOW: Kremlin-backed Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin is set to win crucial elections in the Russian capital with a majority in the first round...

92-year-old former SS officer silent as trial opens 02 Sep 2013 - 10:26 pm

HAGEN, Germany: A 92-year-old former SS officer went on trial yesterday in Germany for the murder of a Dutch resistance fighter nearly 70...

Eight South African teenage girls killed in bus crash 02 Sep 2013 - 10:23 pm

JOHANNESBURG: President Jacob Zuma yesterday expressed a nation’s sadness after eight South African teenage girls died in a bus crash while returning from...

IAF inducts C-17 heavy-lift transporter 02 Sep 2013 - 10:19 pm

The C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft at the Hindon Air Force station during an induction ceremony yesterday. Hindon, Uttar Pradesh: With Defence...

No plan to put curbs on petrol pumps: Govt 02 Sep 2013 - 10:19 pm

NEW DELHI: The government denied yesterday it was considering shutting filling stations at night to reduce oil imports, a widely ridiculed measure reportedly...

Country facing Emergency-like situation: Ram Gopal Yadav 02 Sep 2013 - 10:18 pm

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav yesterday termed the situation in the country akin to the Emergency and blamed the “wrong...

Lok Sabha adjourned over Telangana 02 Sep 2013 - 10:18 pm

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was yesterday repeatedly disrupted and finally adjourned till today after Speaker Meira Kumar suspended nine members from the...

Need to improve food bill: Left 02 Sep 2013 - 10:18 pm

New Delhi: The Left parties yesterday expressed reservations over the current Food Security Bill, saying it falls short of expectations and vision and...