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TV channels splash old photo of Chandy and arrested woman 12 Aug 2013 - 02:23 am

Thiruvananthapuram: Some TV channels in Kerala yesterday night aired a picture of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy with Saritha S Nair, a woman...

Modi flags off BJP’s poll campaign 12 Aug 2013 - 02:22 am

Chief Minister of Gujarat state and national election campaign chief of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, Narendra Modi, addresses the 'Navabharata Yuvabheri'...

GJM to continue its stir, says ultimatum not Mamata’s 12 Aug 2013 - 02:22 am

Darjeeling: Noting the 72-hour ultimatum set by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was not a West Bengal government deadline but a court order, the...

Hundreds run in Bangalore to help victims of Uttarakhand 12 Aug 2013 - 02:21 am

Bangalore: Hundreds of people from all walks of life, including expats living in the city, yesterday participated in 5-10km marathon here to raise...

India to launch indigenous aircraft carrier today 12 Aug 2013 - 02:21 am

Kochi: Its flight deck is over twice the size of a football field, its power unit can light up the entire Kochi city...

Pleasant day in Delhi, rain expected today 12 Aug 2013 - 02:20 am

New Delhi: It was a pleasant day in the capital yesterday with a cloud cover and intermittent showers through the day in some...

Flash floods batter Afghanistan; 22 die 12 Aug 2013 - 02:19 am

Two of the homes damaged by flash floods outside Kabul. KABUL: At least 22 people in Afghanistan were killed and farmland was damaged...

Three US troops killed in ambush 12 Aug 2013 - 02:19 am

KABUL: Three US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan’s eastern borderlands yesterday, US and Nato officials said, the first Nato combat deaths this month....

Soldiers help Chinese after escape from kidnappers 12 Aug 2013 - 02:18 am

Kabul: The Chinese national found alive after Thursday’s attack in central Kabul had escaped and received help from US troops, the Chinese embassy...

Eight rebels linked to attacks in Baluchistan gunned down 12 Aug 2013 - 02:18 am

QUETTA: Pakistani security forces gunned down eight separatist rebels linked to attacks that killed 17 people earlier in the restive southwestern province of...

Pakistan accuses India of firing on border posts 12 Aug 2013 - 02:18 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday accused Indian forces of firing on its border posts in disputed Kashmir and neighbouring Punjab province, where it sparked an...

US-Afghanistan deal ‘a priority’ 12 Aug 2013 - 02:17 am

KABUL: General Joseph Dunford, Commander of the US-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, said the signing of a security agreement between the...

Curfew in Colombo after mosque attack 12 Aug 2013 - 02:17 am

People hold wooden poles as they stand next to police officers in Colombo yesterday. COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police clamped a fresh curfew on...

Fonterra pulls out milk powder from Sri Lanka; disputes tests 12 Aug 2013 - 02:16 am

WELLINGTON/COLOMBO: New Zealand-based dairy giant Fonterra Co-operative Ltd said on Sunday it had withdrawn milk powder under orders from the Sri Lankan authorities...

Evacuations from Jakarta island after volcano erupts 12 Aug 2013 - 02:16 am

JAKARTA: Indonesian rescuers battled yesterday to evacuate thousands from an island where a volcanic eruption killed six people the previous day, with the...

Taiwan’s Ma starts foreign tour 12 Aug 2013 - 02:16 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou departed yesterday for a tour of Paraguay and the Caribbean but has tried to keep a US stopover...

Thousands flee as soldiers, rebels clash 12 Aug 2013 - 02:15 am

Soldiers patrol the hills of Aleosan, North Cotabato on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. PIKIT: About 2,000 farmers have fled their homes...

Hostage recounts escape from militants 12 Aug 2013 - 02:15 am

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian plantation manager held hostage by Philippine Muslim extremists said he escaped before dawn under the cover of a tropical...