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Rashtrapati Bhavan gets school 26 Jul 2013 - 02:13 am

President Pranab Mukherjee poses with a bat during the inauguration of new cricket grounds at the Presidential Estate to mark his one year...

Bihar principal sent to judicial custody 26 Jul 2013 - 02:13 am

Patna: A court yesterday sent Meena Devi, the principal of a government-run primary school in Saran district of Bihar, where 23 children died...

Terrorist convicted in Batla House shoot-out 26 Jul 2013 - 02:12 am

New Delhi: An Indian Mujahideen operative was yesterday held guilty by a Delhi court in the 2008 Batla House shoot-out here, and the...

Verdict in Delhi gang rape case delayed again 26 Jul 2013 - 02:11 am

NEW DELHI: A court trying a teenager over the fatal gang rape of a student last December on a bus in the capital...

WHO had asked for ban on poison 26 Jul 2013 - 02:11 am

NEW DELHI/LONDON: The pesticide that killed 23 Indian schoolchildren last week is a nerve poison banned by many countries because of what the...

Two die in W Bengal elections 26 Jul 2013 - 02:11 am

Kolkata: Two people died as about 70 percent voters exercised their democratic rights amid reports of sporadic violence during the fifth and final...

Panel sets deadline for projects 26 Jul 2013 - 02:11 am

New Delhi: A steering group appointed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has set deadlines for completion of key infrastructure projects, including Mumbai Rail...

130 million teens to get iron supplement 26 Jul 2013 - 02:10 am

Jaipur: The weekly iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation programme of the government will cover 130 million adolescent boys and girls across the...

Eight lawmakers quit over Telangana 26 Jul 2013 - 02:10 am

Hyderabad: In an attempt to stall a possible announcement by the Congress of formation of a Telangana state, eight members of Andhra Pradesh...

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Waiting for go-ahead 25 Jul 2013 - 08:55 pm

Trucks carrying supplies for Nato forces in Afghanistan wait for clearance at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border after Nato drivers blocked Quetta Chaman road due...

Sukkur ISI branch attack toll rises to nine 25 Jul 2013 - 08:54 pm

Security officials examine a crater caused by overnight suicide bombing in Sukkur, yesterday. PESHAWAR: The death toll has risen to nine from a...

Taliban poison 12 Afghan cops 25 Jul 2013 - 08:53 pm

KANDAHAR: The Taliban poisoned and captured at least 12 policemen as they broke their fast during the Holy month of Ramadan in an...

Blank cheque for Kabul justice slammed 25 Jul 2013 - 08:53 pm

WASHINGTON: US officials yesterday faced stiff criticism for failing to ensure proper monitoring of a $47.7m programme to help train Afghan judges and...

Undeterred by rebels, climbers scale killer mountain 25 Jul 2013 - 08:53 pm

ISLAMABAD: When Taliban gunmen mowed down a group of foreign climbers last month, Romanian mountaineer Zsolt Torok was perched on an icy flank...

Bullet train, metro bus projects put on hold 25 Jul 2013 - 08:52 pm

ISLAMABAD: To meet the IMF’s conditions, Pakistani government led by Nawaz Sharif has put on hold its mega initiatives of Metro Bus projects...

Gunmen target top cop, kill his guard, driver 25 Jul 2013 - 08:52 pm

PESHAWAR: Gunmen ambushed a senior police commander as he headed to work in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar yesterday, seriously wounding him and...

Earthquake relief 25 Jul 2013 - 08:51 pm

Rescuers distributing food to earthquake-hit people in Digu village in Dingxi, northwest China’s Gansu province, on Wednesday.