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Four more held over Bodh Gaya blasts 10 Jul 2013 - 09:14 am

Patna: Five people, including a woman, were detained yesterday from Patna and Gaya and interrogated by the NIA in connection with the serial...

Uttarakhand flood death toll may be 5,500 10 Jul 2013 - 09:13 am

DEHRADUN: Authorities have raised to 5,500 the estimated number of people who perished in devastating floods that swept the northern Indian state of...

Vikram Seth runs into trouble with A Suitable Girl 10 Jul 2013 - 09:13 am

MUMBAI: Acclaimed writer Vikram Seth has been asked to return a $1.7m advance he was paid by his publisher to write a sequel...

Soren stakes claim to form Jharkhand govt 10 Jul 2013 - 09:13 am

Ranchi: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Hemant Soren yesterday met Governor Syed Ahmed and staked his claim to forming a government in Jharkhand....

Apex court criticises govt for not making plan to curb acid attacks 10 Jul 2013 - 09:12 am

NEW DELHI: India’s top court criticised the government yesterday for failing to formulate a policy to reduce the number of acid attacks on...

India pushes Nepal for November polls 10 Jul 2013 - 09:12 am

Kathmandu: India yesterday asked Nepal to conduct elections to the Constituent Assembly in November at any cost by bringing all political parties on...

3-year-old, woman raped in Delhi 10 Jul 2013 - 09:12 am

New Delhi: A three-year-old girl was raped by her school cab driver while a 26-year-old woman was gang-raped by three men here, police...

Ramadan clean-up 10 Jul 2013 - 09:10 am

A boy cleans the floor of a mosque ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, in Peshawar, Pakistan, yesterday.

US may pull out all troops from Kabul 10 Jul 2013 - 09:10 am

WASHINGTON: The US is considering pulling out all its troops from Afghanistan next year, US officials said, amid tension between the President Barack...

Fugitive oil chief brought home over $850m scandal 10 Jul 2013 - 09:10 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani investigators brought home the country’s fugitive former oil and gas chief from the United Arab Emirates yesterday to face allegations in...

Report reveals Pakistan-US ‘understanding’ on drones 10 Jul 2013 - 09:09 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reached an understanding with the US on drone strikes targeting Islamist militants and the attacks can be useful, according leaked remarks...

Pakistan Taliban sack spokesman 10 Jul 2013 - 09:09 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan-based Taliban sacked their spokesman yesterday for making remarks that angered their Afghan allies, in a move highlighting efforts to patch up...

Czech soldier dies in Afghan ‘insider attack’ 10 Jul 2013 - 09:09 am

KABUL: An Afghan soldier shot dead a Czech troop and wounded five yesterday, officials said, in the latest “insider attack” to shake efforts...

Church begins birth control battle in Manila 10 Jul 2013 - 09:08 am

Filipinos in costumes protest during a rally for implementation of the Reproductive Health Law hours before the start of arguments on the law...

China to step up fight against Dalai Lama 10 Jul 2013 - 09:08 am

BEIJING: China’s top official in charge of religious groups and ethnic minorities vowed yesterday to step up the fight against exiled Tibetan spiritual...

Army to pursue rebels despite Ramadan 10 Jul 2013 - 09:07 am

ZAMBOANGA CITY: Marines and military forces will continue their pursuit of Abu Sayyaf militants in Sulu despite the observance of fasting period of...

Philippines may give allies access to defence bases 10 Jul 2013 - 09:07 am

MANILA: A government plan to grant the US and other allies access to the country’s air and naval facilities will not violate the...

Tokyo faces threats from China, N Korea 10 Jul 2013 - 09:07 am

TOKYO: Japan faces serious threats to its security from China and North Korea, the defence ministry said in its first annual report since...