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Nearly six million die from smoking every year 11 Jul 2013 - 08:07 am

PANAMA CITY: Despite public health campaigns, smoking remains the leading avoidable cause of death worldwide, killing almost six million people a year, mostly...

Answers to blasts after probe: Shinde 11 Jul 2013 - 05:14 am

Sonia Gandhi and Sushil Kumar Shinde during their visit to the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya, yesterday. Bodh Gaya/New Delhi: Home Minister Shushilkumar Shinde...

Scientists use neem leaves protein to fight cancer 11 Jul 2013 - 05:13 am

Kolkata: The medicinal power of the humble neem tree, widely used in India as an insecticide and germicide, is now being channelised by...

1984 riots: High court takes up petition against Sajjan 11 Jul 2013 - 05:13 am

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court yesterday issued notice to Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a...

HC notice to DPS for not giving quality education to poor students 11 Jul 2013 - 05:13 am

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court yesterday issued notice to the central government and chairman of Delhi Public School (DPS) Society on a...

Explain method of coal blocks allocation: Court 11 Jul 2013 - 05:12 am

New Delhi: Pointing to “deficiencies”, the Supreme Court yesterday directed the central government to file an affidavit, along with supporting material, explaining the...

SC verdict to keep criminals out of power 11 Jul 2013 - 05:12 am

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that lawmakers should be thrown out of office if they are convicted of a serious crime,...

Delhi University course challenged in court 11 Jul 2013 - 05:11 am

New Delhi: Terming the Delhi University’s new four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) as “illegal”, a group of legal professionals moved the Delhi High Court...

Truth will emerge soon: Beleaguered Kerala CM 11 Jul 2013 - 05:10 am

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, who has been facing accusations from the opposition of involvement in corruption, yesterday denied that he was...

TERI tops global think-tank list 11 Jul 2013 - 05:10 am

New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) of India has been ranked the top climate think-tank globally by the International Centre for...

Tight security for West Bengal panchayat polls 11 Jul 2013 - 05:10 am

Kolkata: With helicopters hovering in the sky, the five-phase rural polls in West Bengal begin today in the backdrop of intriguing court battles...

Zardari aide killed in suicide attack 11 Jul 2013 - 05:08 am

A paramilitary soldier stands at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Karachi yesterday. KARACHI: A suicide bomber killed a senior aide...

Afghan peace talks won’t bear fruit until 2015: EU envoy 11 Jul 2013 - 05:07 am

GENEVA: Hoped-for peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents will not bear fruit until 2015 at best, a year after US-led...

Army bent on fighting Pakistani Taliban 11 Jul 2013 - 05:07 am

KALAM: In the past few years, Pakistan’s Swat valley has been occupied by Islamic insurgents, undergone a bruising counter-offensive by the army and...

Cricket great Hanif Mohammad undergoes surgery 11 Jul 2013 - 05:07 am

NOTTINGHAM: Pakistan great Hanif Mohammad has had an operation for liver cancer, a family friend said yesterday. The 78-year-old underwent an operation at...

Navy SEALs got ground support: Abbottabad panel 11 Jul 2013 - 05:06 am

ISLAMABAD: The Abbottabad Commission of Pakistan was convinced that US Special Forces enjoyed the support of a ground network as they undertook their...

Names of retired judges proposed for top post 11 Jul 2013 - 05:06 am

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Pakistan, Syed Khurshid Shah, has proposed the names of retired judges Rana Bhagwandas...

30 shops gutted in oil market 11 Jul 2013 - 05:05 am

Islamabad: An oil market in Faisalabad in eastern Pakistan caught fire last morning, engulfing more than 30 shops. Rescue sources said the incident...