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Mayawati in full election mode 24 Jul 2013 - 03:36 am

Lucknow: Ousted from power in Uttar Pradesh after losing the 2012 assembly elections and fairly marginalised in national politics, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)...

Poverty dips sharply, says plan panel 24 Jul 2013 - 03:35 am

NEW DELHI: The percentage of Indians living below the poverty line has fallen to 22 percent from 37 percent in just seven years,...

Sanjay Dutt loses last appeal 24 Jul 2013 - 03:35 am

NEW DELHI: Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt, who is in jail for arms possession, lost his final appeal yesterday against a decision by the...

Two road accidents kill 28 in Karnataka 24 Jul 2013 - 03:35 am

BANGALORE: Two road accidents have killed at least 28 people in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, police said yesterday. A crowded bus...

146 pupils ill after taking iron tablets 24 Jul 2013 - 03:35 am

Gurgaon: The number of Gurgaon government school students taken ill after eating iron supplement tablets the day before rose to 146 yesterday, officials...

Girl jumps out of moving train 24 Jul 2013 - 03:34 am

Kolkata: The braveheart techie, who jumped out of a moving train to save herself from a molester and is admitted at a city...

Six killed as wall collapses in Hyderabad 24 Jul 2013 - 03:34 am

Hyderabad: Six people, including three children, were killed when a wall collapsed on two huts in a suburb here early yesterday, police said....

Another round of talks with China begins 24 Jul 2013 - 03:33 am

New Delhi: Amid reports of fresh incursions by Chinese troops in Ladakh’s Chumar sector, India and China yesterday began two-day talks here as...

Top court gives CBI a week over Lalu’s plea in fodder scam case 24 Jul 2013 - 03:33 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday gave the CBI a week’s time to spell out its stand on Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu...

Nepal Communist leader to start visit today 24 Jul 2013 - 03:33 am

Kathmandu: Nepal’s former prime minister and CPN-UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal is arriving in India today on a five-day visit during which he...

Meghalaya governor drops ‘His Excellency’ 24 Jul 2013 - 03:33 am

Shillong: Meghalaya Governor Krishan Kant Paul has dropped the “His Excellency” honorific preceding his name for official purposes, a Raj Bhavan official said...

Protest against shrine attack 24 Jul 2013 - 03:32 am

A child gestures in front of a banner as women shout slogans during a protest against the shelling of the shrine of Sayida...

Bomber kills four Nato convoy members 24 Jul 2013 - 03:32 am

GHAZNI: A suicide bomber rode a donkey yesterday into an Afghan and Nato military convoy, killing three Western soldiers and their Afghan interpreter,...

Party accuses PML-N of rigging by-elections 24 Jul 2013 - 03:31 am

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Punjab has resented ‘gross violation’ of Election Commission’s code of conduct by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government...

Scores of Pakistani civilians killed in US drone strikes: Documents 24 Jul 2013 - 03:31 am

ISLAMABAD: A classified Pakistani government document has revealed that scores of civilians died in dozens of CIA-led drone strikes between 2006 and late...

World Bank to develop Wagah border facilities 24 Jul 2013 - 03:31 am

LAHORE: A World Bank (WB) mission visited the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Tuesday to discuss the issues in Indo-Pakistan...

Islamabad takes ‘immoral’ contraceptive ad off air 24 Jul 2013 - 03:31 am

Isalamabad: Pakistan’s media regulator pulled the plug on a contraceptive commercial starring one of the country’s biggest female stars yesterday, calling it “immoral”,...

Dutch court blocks Qaeda suspect’s extradition 24 Jul 2013 - 03:30 am

THE HAGUE: A Dutch court yesterday blocked the extradition of a Dutch-Pakistani Al Qaeda suspect to the US, saying there were unanswered questions...