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Brother of Afghan national security advisor shot dead 17 Jul 2013 - 09:17 am

HERAT, Afghanistan: Gunmen on Wednesday assassinated a brother of Afghanistan's national security advisor Rangin Dadfar Spanta outside a public bath house in the...

Google eyes television over the Internet 17 Jul 2013 - 08:41 am

NEW YORK CITY, New York: US Internet giant Google is scrambling to deliver pay television online and has met with some content providers...

Asiana flight from LA delayed 17 hours by oil leak 17 Jul 2013 - 08:19 am

SEOUL: An Asiana Boeing 777 was delayed in Los Angeles for 17 hours due to an engine oil leak, days after the same...

Japan's NEC to pull out of smartphones 17 Jul 2013 - 08:18 am

TOKYO, Tokyo province: Japanese electronics giant NEC will likely abandon smartphone production after failing to bring China's Lenovo Group on board to bolster...

Asia Naphtha-UAE ADNOC, ADGAS offer rare spot cargoes 17 Jul 2013 - 08:16 am

SINGAPORE: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has offered a 75,000-tonne naphtha paraffinic naphtha cargo for second-half August loading in a rare move...

MEED Summit to discuss new regulatory framework 17 Jul 2013 - 07:50 am

DOHA: The Governor of Qatar Central Bank (QCB) H E Sheikh Abdulla bin Saoud Al Thani will discuss the new regulatory framework, for...

Star power for ads 17 Jul 2013 - 06:54 am

Actor Amitabh Bachchan smiles as he enters his car while shooting a television commercial for a leading jewellery house in Mumbai yesterday. RIGHT:...

Want financial autonomy, CBI tells apex court 17 Jul 2013 - 06:53 am

New Delhi: The CBI told the Supreme Court yesterday that it broadly endorsed the government’s proposal to make it independent and free from...

Party donation case: Home Ministry gets final chance to reply 17 Jul 2013 - 06:53 am

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court yesterday gave the “final opportunity” to the Home Ministry to file its response on a plea seeking...

Congress mocks ‘entry fee’ at Modi’s rally 17 Jul 2013 - 06:53 am

New Delhi: The Congress yesterday took a jibe at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over the proposed Rs5 entry fee for his rally...

Better ties with India a priority: Pakistan envoy 17 Jul 2013 - 06:52 am

New Delhi: Pakistan accords high priority to improving relations with India and both countries are working to resume the dialogue process, Pakistani High...

Talks with Bangladesh to take up Anup Chetia’s repatriation 17 Jul 2013 - 06:50 am

New Delhi/Guwahati: India and Bangladesh will discuss the modalities of handing over to India top United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) militant Anup...

SC strikes down dance bar ban 17 Jul 2013 - 06:49 am

Mumbai: The city’s famous symbol of night life, the dance bars which were shut down in 2005, may come alive again with the...

Eight held over gang-rape of schoolgirls 17 Jul 2013 - 06:49 am

PATNA: Police arrested eight suspects yesterday over the gang-rape of four schoolgirls abducted from their convent boarding house in the country’s east, officials...

Don’t let children under 13 to join, Facebook told 17 Jul 2013 - 06:49 am

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court yesterday asked social networking site Facebook to upload a disclaimer on its home page that children below...

Sketches of Gaya blasts suspect released 17 Jul 2013 - 06:49 am

New Delhi/Patna: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) yesterday released two sketches of a suspect in the serial bomb blasts in Bodh Gaya, officials...

10 kids die after eating school meal 17 Jul 2013 - 06:48 am

PATNA: Ten children died and 80 were hospitalised yesterday after eating lunch served at their school in eastern India, officials said. “The eight...

The City of Islamic Culture 17 Jul 2013 - 06:44 am

Afghan labourers walk with their wheelbarrows past one of the two minarets built in the 12th century, in Ghazni city yesterday. Ghazni has...