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Police detain driver in Spain train disaster 27 Jul 2013 - 01:01 am

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA: Spanish police said yesterday they have detained the driver of a speeding train that crashed in the nation’s deadliest rail...

Zimbabwe PM warns of election fraud 27 Jul 2013 - 01:01 am

HARARE: Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday warned next week’s election is at risk of being rigged, as he condemned the African Union’s...

Campaigning wraps up in Mali’s watershed poll 27 Jul 2013 - 01:01 am

BAMAKO: The campaign for Mali’s presidential election wrapped up yesterday, two days ahead of a vote seen as vital for a return to...

Ramadan Thoughts: The Quran: A book of guidance 27 Jul 2013 - 12:45 am

By Ashraf Salah The Glorious Quran is the final Book of divine guidance, revealed by Allah through His Last Prophet, Muhammad (peace and...

Ramadan Thoughts: The preservation of Pharaoh’s body 27 Jul 2013 - 12:44 am

Pharaoh regarded himself as a deity and responded with slanders and threats to Prophet Musa’s (as) calls for him to believe in Allah....

House collapse 27 Jul 2013 - 12:43 am

Rescue workers carry a woman away from a residential building that collapsed in Ahmedabad yesterday. The building allegedly collapsed because of renovation work...

Suspense over formation of new state 27 Jul 2013 - 12:42 am

New Delhi/Hyderabad: Suspense continues over the future of Andhra Pradesh as the Congress core group meeting ended yesterday without a decision on statehood...

Rafale talks going well: France 27 Jul 2013 - 12:42 am

NEW DELHI: France’s defence minister said yesterday negotiations with India to sell 126 Rafale fighter jets from Dassault Aviation were proceeding well, but...

Arun Nehru cremated 27 Jul 2013 - 12:42 am

New Delhi: Arun Nehru, a former union minister and a cousin of late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, who died on Thursday, was cremated...

Tamil Nadu top cop faces BJP ire over statement 27 Jul 2013 - 12:41 am

Chennai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) yesterday criticised Tamil Nadu Director General of Police (DGP) K Ramanujam for refuting a statement made by...

Working with China to prevent incidents along LAC: Antony 27 Jul 2013 - 12:41 am

New Delhi: Amid concern over incursions by Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Defence Minister A K Antony yesterday said...

Satellite launched 27 Jul 2013 - 12:41 am

Bangalore/New Delhi: India’s advanced satellite Insat-3D, which was launched early yesterday on-board an Ariane-5 rocket from Kourou in French Guiana, will improve weather...

Indian-American judge nominated to key post 27 Jul 2013 - 12:41 am

Washington: President Barack Obama has nominated yet another Indian American legal luminary, Vince Girdhari Chhabria, to a key judicial post in California. Nominated...

Opposition party boycotts presidential vote 27 Jul 2013 - 12:36 am

Opposition Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Raza Rabbani (second right), a candidate for the presidential election, speaks, flanked by party leaders Ameen Fahim...

Al Qaeda just surviving in Kabul: US General 27 Jul 2013 - 12:36 am

KABUL: Pockets of Al Qaeda militants will endure in Afghanistan beyond next year’s departure of most Western combat forces, but they have lost...

Bodies of 20 suspected rebels found in Khyber 27 Jul 2013 - 12:36 am

Islamabad: At least twenty dead bodies of suspected militants were recovered from Khyber tribal region of northern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, said security officials....

China cooperation to boost economy: Sharif 27 Jul 2013 - 12:35 am

Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said the economic cooperation agreed upon between Pakistan and China during his recent visit...

Romania climber seeks more security for expeditions 27 Jul 2013 - 12:35 am

ISLAMABAD: A Romanian mountaineer, who scaled Pakistan’s second highest peak despite an Islamist attack on a base camp that killed 10 foreign trekkers,...