Kolkata: In accordance with the Supreme Court’s directive, the State Election Commission yesterday notified the West Bengal panchayat polls scheduled to be held...
Kolkata: In accordance with the Supreme Court’s directive, the State Election Commission yesterday notified the West Bengal panchayat polls scheduled to be held...
SAN FRANCISCO: Douglas C Engelbart, a technologist who conceived of the computer mouse and laid out a vision of an Internet decades before...
DOHA: The Qatar Exchange down on Wednesday 1.06 points or 0.01 percent to 9,367.54 points from the previous closing of 9,368.60 points. The...
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti, the highest religious authority in the birthplace of Islam, urged Egyptians on Wednesday to cooperate in order to...
RIYADH: A Saudi man and a woman have died from the MERS virus, raising the death toll from the SARS-like infection in the...
NAIROBI: Kenyan Minister of Mining Najib Balala met here today with Qatar Ambassador to Kenya Ibrahim Mohamed Al Abdullah. Talks during the meeting...
LONDON: Britain announced plans on Wednesday to charge migrants hundreds of pounds a year to access its state-run National Health Service (NHS), in...
ISTANBUL: Turk Telekom, Dogan Holding and Dogus Group are among potential buyers for Turkish digital pay-TV operator Digiturk, in a deal seen worth...
BAGHDAD: A bombing on Baghdad's southern outskirts killed seven people Wednesday, the latest in a three-day wave of bloodshed targeting Shiite Muslims that...
DOHA: HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah Al-Mahmoud met here on Wednesday with the...
MANILA: The Philippines is set to buy two Maestrale-class frigates from Italy, a defence official said Wednesday, as the Asian nation races to...
HONG KONG: One of China's rarest stamps sold for HK$6.9 million or $890,000 at auction in Hong Kong, the auctioneers said Wednesday. With...
CAPE TOWN: South Africa's last white president, FW de Klerk, was discharged from hospital on Wednesday after a successful operation to install a...
DUBAI: The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) started trading an Indian stock index futures contract on Wednesday, aiming to tap demand from...
DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has received on the occasion of his assumption of power cables of congratulations...
PARIS: French President Francois Hollande will start a two-day visit to Tunisia on Thursday to deliver a message of "encouragement" to the pioneer...
MANILA: Five young men were shot dead before dawn on Wednesday in a street on the outskirts of the Philippines' main business district,...
HONG KONG: The decision by China's top economic planner to investigate five leading foreign infant milk companies for suspected antitrust violations may be...