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Tokyo stocks close 1.2pc higher 28 May 2013 - 09:20 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks finished 1.20 percent higher on Tuesday in another volatile session with the market casting off early losses as a weakening...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 28 May 2013 - 08:31 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Tuesday Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying...

Five security personnel killed in Thai south 28 May 2013 - 08:07 am

BANGKOK: Five Thai security personnel have been killed in a fresh spate of gun and bomb attacks which the government on Tuesday blamed...

Electric cars slow to gain traction in Germany 28 May 2013 - 08:06 am

BERLIN: Germany plans to have one million electric vehicles on its roads by 2020, but so far that goal seems remote as the...

NIA probes Chhattisgarh attack 28 May 2013 - 04:45 am

People hold placards during a vigil in Mumbai yesterday in memory of those killed in the Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh. Raipur/New Delhi: Sleuths...

Chandy and Achuthanandan bat for Yusuf Ali in land controversy 28 May 2013 - 04:43 am

Thiruvananthapuram: UAE-based Kerala businessman M A Yusuf Ali (pictured) yesterday got a huge boost as both Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and former...

Delhi boy tops 28 May 2013 - 04:43 am

New Delhi: Delhi boy Paras Sharma has topped the CBSE Class 12 exams this year, scoring 99 percent. A student of commerce from...

Girls outshine boys in CBSE Class 12 exams 28 May 2013 - 04:42 am

New Delhi: Girls once again outperformed boys in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 exams this year, with the pass...

Court again seeks medical report of Delhi gang-rape accused 28 May 2013 - 04:42 am

New Delhi: A fast track Delhi court yesterday directed the medical superintendent of a government hospital to file a comprehensive medical report of...

Manorama to go digital 28 May 2013 - 04:42 am

Thiruvananthapuram: Leading media house Malayala Manorama, which has diverse interests in print, visual and online media, will go digital, a company official said...

Afghan women protest 28 May 2013 - 04:38 am

Afghan university students and independent civil society activists take part in a demonstration for passing the Elimination of Violence against Women law in...

Cops rescue Facebook kidnapped teenager 28 May 2013 - 04:37 am

Pakistani volunteers shift the bodies of kidnappers to hospital in Karachi yesterday. KARACHI: Police in Pakistan’s biggest city Karachi yesterday rescued a teenage...

PML-N speeds up work on federal cabinet 28 May 2013 - 04:36 am

LAHORE: After securing a simple majority in the National Assembly, senior leadership of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has expedited work on the...

Karzai urges US to shift Gitmo inmates 28 May 2013 - 04:36 am

Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai once again urged United States of America to transfer Afghan detainees from Guantanamo prison to Afghanistan. Presidential palace...

Khan’s party wins second most votes in Islamabad 28 May 2013 - 04:35 am

ISLAMABAD: The party of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan won the second largest number of votes in Pakistan’s general election, data released yesterday showed, despite...

Nato service member killed 28 May 2013 - 04:35 am

Kabul: Nato said yesterday an insurgent attack had killed a coalition service member in eastern Afghanistan. The US-led military coalition said the service...

China flood 28 May 2013 - 04:25 am

Villagers push their van along a flooded street in Kaili, southwest China’s Guizhou province. China is stepping up monitoring of water levels in...

S Korea dismisses North’s talks offer 28 May 2013 - 04:22 am

SEOUL: South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se brushed off yesterday a reported North Korean offer to resume nuclear disarmament talks, saying he would...