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The NR Eye: Kerala sets example in returnees’ rehab 08 Jul 2013 - 01:18 am

by Moiz Mannan The inevitable has just been delayed. Indian workers caught on the wrong side of Saudi Arabia’s workforce nationalisation policy have...

Telangana leaders work on road map 08 Jul 2013 - 01:18 am

Hyderabad: With the Congress leadership intensifying its efforts to find an early solution to the Telangana tangle, party leaders from the region yesterday...

BJP leader expelled over servant abuse 08 Jul 2013 - 01:18 am

Bhopal: The BJP yesterday expelled former Madhya Pradesh minister Raghavji from the party in the wake of sodomy allegations against him. Bharatiya Janata...

Poll panel observers going places 08 Jul 2013 - 01:17 am

New Delhi: Riding on its 60 years of experience in managing the largest and the most complex electoral exercise in the world with...

First navigation satellite in orbit, tests begin on cryogenic engine 08 Jul 2013 - 01:17 am

Chennai: The Indian space agency on Saturday evening successfully put its first navigation satellite — the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System-1A (IRNSS-1A) —...

Surfer in Australia has lucky escape after whale knocks him unconscious 08 Jul 2013 - 01:09 am

SYDNEY: A Sydney surfer had a lucky escape yesterday when he was hit by a whale frolicking off Bondi Beach and knocked unconscious....

Filmmakers capture Hong Kong’s struggle with identity 08 Jul 2013 - 01:09 am

HONG KONG: As Hong Kong grapples with its identity 16 years after returning to Chinese rule, frustration on the streets and a nostalgia...

BJP wants Headley probe details 08 Jul 2013 - 01:07 am

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party yesterday demanded that the government divulge what was found when the National Investigation Agency (NIA) examined Pakistani-American...

Hrithik operated upon for blood clot in brain 08 Jul 2013 - 01:07 am

Mumbai: Hrithik Roshan, one of the reigning stars of the Hindi film industry, underwent a brain surgery for removal of a clot at...

11-year-old boy rescued from kidnappers 08 Jul 2013 - 01:06 am

New Delhi: An 11-year-old son of a businessman kidnapped from here allegedly by two property dealers for Rs15m ransom was rescued from Haryana’s...

Colombia deports top cocaine dealer to Italy 07 Jul 2013 - 03:33 am

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (third right) participates in the commemoration of Venezuela’s 202nd Independence anniversary in Caracas, yesterday. ROME: A drug trafficker believed...

Gunmen kill 27 students in Nigeria 07 Jul 2013 - 03:33 am

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Suspected Islamist gunmen killed 27 students and a teacher in a boarding school in the northeast Nigerian town of Potiskum yesterday,...

Mali lifts state of emergency 07 Jul 2013 - 03:32 am

BAMAKO: Mali lifted a nearly six-month state of emergency yesterday, the eve of the start of a presidential campaign for a July 28...

Tanker blasts wreck Canada town 07 Jul 2013 - 03:32 am

Lac-Megantic: Several tanker cars of petroleum products exploded after a train derailed in the middle of a small town in the Canadian province...

Nelson Mandela remains critical in hospital 07 Jul 2013 - 03:32 am

JOHANNESBURG: Nelson Mandela remained hospitalised in a critical state for a fourth week yesterday after doctors ruled out turning off his life support...

Raze flimsy structures: Pope 07 Jul 2013 - 03:32 am

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis yesterday said Catholics should not be afraid of renewing “old and flimsy structures” in the Catholic Church and urged...

Koreas hold talks on industrial zone 07 Jul 2013 - 03:31 am

The Head of the South Korean working-level delegation, Suh Ho (right), greets his North Korean counterpart Park Chol-su on his arrival in Tongilgak...

Malaysia removes one-parent conversion law 07 Jul 2013 - 03:30 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has withdrawn an Islamic law which allows one parent to give consent for the religious conversion of a child, reports...