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GDF Suez buys Balfour Beatty WorkPlace for 220m euros 09 Aug 2013 - 07:55 am

PARIS, France: French energy group GDF Suez has acquired British construction firm Balfour Beatty's WorkPlace division (BBW), which specialises in energy services, Les...

President, PM greet people on Eid Al Fitr 09 Aug 2013 - 04:13 am

A woman displays her hands styled with henna during ‘Chand Raat’ in Hyderabad yesterday. New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan...

In rape trial, even fast-track justice plods 09 Aug 2013 - 04:13 am

NEW DELHI: The government promised swift justice after the gang rape of a young university student on a moving bus in the capital...

Flying eye hospital to land in Kolkata 09 Aug 2013 - 04:13 am

Kolkata: The world’s only flying eye hospital — an international team of doctors aboard a modified aircraft — will land in the city...

Apex Court declines to review verdict quashing FIR against Mayawati 09 Aug 2013 - 04:12 am

New Delhi: In a breather for former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, the Supreme Court yesterday disposed of a petition seeking a review...

Pakistan army accused of killing soldiers 09 Aug 2013 - 04:10 am

Indian Border Security Force soldiers patrol over a footbridge built over a stream near the Line of Control, a ceasefire line dividing Kashmir...

Call to address all issues before dividing Andhra 09 Aug 2013 - 04:10 am

Hyderabad: Breaking his silence over Telangana issue, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy yesterday asked the central government to address all...

CBSE to train private agencies for accreditation 09 Aug 2013 - 04:10 am

New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) would train personnel of private agencies which will grant accreditation to schools, an official...

House okays new Companies Bill 09 Aug 2013 - 04:10 am

New Delhi: Parliament yesterday gave its nod to the new Companies Bill that seeks to enhance compliance and transparency, make corporate social responsibility...

Rains hit rescue of boy stuck in borewell 09 Aug 2013 - 04:10 am

Jaipur: Incessant rains have hampered the rescue operation of a nine-year-old boy who fell into a 200-feet borewell on Wednesday afternoon while flying...

Man who killed five daughters escapes gallows 09 Aug 2013 - 04:09 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday stayed the hanging of a Madhya Pradesh man who was convicted for killing his five minor daughters...

Suicide attack kills 38 at Pakistan funeral 09 Aug 2013 - 04:07 am

QUETTA: A suicide bomber yesterday killed 38 people and wounded more than 50, mostly policemen attending a funeral ahead of Eid Al Fitr....

Manila sorry for Taiwanese’ death 09 Aug 2013 - 04:06 am

MECO Chairman Amadeo R Perez (right) with Hung Chen A-lun (centre), widow of Taiwanese fisherman Hung Shih-cheng, during a news conference in Liuqiu,...

Philippines bans Dutchman deemed ‘undesirable alien’ 09 Aug 2013 - 04:06 am

MANILA: A Dutch activist blamed for making a Philippine policeman cry was deported and permanently banned from the country, the immigration bureau said...

Aquino links rebels to blasts 09 Aug 2013 - 04:06 am

DAVAO: President Benigno Aquino linked for the first time Islamic militants and breakaway Muslim rebels yesterday to deadly bombings in the Philippines and...

Govt to start talks on greater US military presence 09 Aug 2013 - 04:05 am

MANILA: The Philippines said yesterday it would soon start talks on expanding US access to its bases, a move that would result in...

OFW accuses labour chief’s driver of attempted rape 09 Aug 2013 - 04:04 am

MANILA: The Senate probe on the alleged sex-for-flight scam started yesterday with a distressed overseas Filipino worker (OFW) in Saudi Arabia accusing a...

Eight killed, 21 hurt in rains, floods 09 Aug 2013 - 04:04 am

MANILA: Eight people were confirmed killed and 21 injured to continuous rains in several parts of the country, the National Disaster Risk Reduction...