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Sonia puts arm around Sushma Swaraj 08 May 2013 - 06:21 am

New Delhi: In a rare gesture, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi yesterday reached out to BJP leader Sushma Swaraj by placing her arm around...

Ministers must quit for House to work: BJP 08 May 2013 - 06:21 am

New Delhi: Turmoil continued in parliament yesterday with the BJP stalling both Houses demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and ministers...

Kin visit Pakistani prisoner in coma 08 May 2013 - 06:20 am

Amritsar: Relatives of a Pakistani prisoner savagely attacked in an Indian jail travelled to India yesterday to visit the inmate who remains critically...

Delhi blinks in China border row 08 May 2013 - 06:20 am

SRINAGAR: India has agreed to a Chinese demand to demolish bunkers near their de facto border in the Himalayas, Indian military officials said,...

NTR family unites for unveiling of statue 08 May 2013 - 06:20 am

New Delhi: Setting aside their differences, the members of the family of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founder N T Rama Rao united for...

Karnataka election results today; Congress sure of win 08 May 2013 - 06:19 am

Bangalore: India will know today if Karnataka scores a hat-trick of fractured mandates or gets a clear verdict as votes polled on Sunday...

2013 elections deadliest in history 08 May 2013 - 06:18 am

Cricket legend and chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (Movement for Justice) party Imran Khan (centre) is surrounded by supporters during an election rally in...

Bomber kills nine, injures candidate 08 May 2013 - 06:18 am

PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber killed at least nine people and wounded a candidate campaigning in northwest Pakistan yesterday, taking the death toll in...

General Wynne lauds Islamabad-UAE ties 08 May 2013 - 06:18 am

ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan Army General Khalid Shameem Wynne expressed satisfaction over close ties of Pakistan...

Pakistan summons Afghan diplomat over border firing 08 May 2013 - 06:17 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan summoned the most senior Afghan diplomat in the country yesterday to protest over border skirmishes that it said left five security...

Bunji power plant design completed 08 May 2013 - 06:17 am

LAHORE: Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has completed a detailed engineering design and tender documents of the 7,100MW Bunji hydropower project,...

Sharifs laundered billions: Ex-minister 08 May 2013 - 06:17 am

LAHORE: Pakistan’s former interior minister Rehman Malik has alleged that the Sharif brothers are involved in money laundering billions of rupees and appealed...

Deportation of fugitive in limbo 08 May 2013 - 06:16 am

ISLAMABAD: The ghost of PPP government is still haunting National Accountability Bureau (NAB) officials who are working to bring back high-profile fugitive Tauqeer...

5 die as Philippine volcano erupts 08 May 2013 - 06:15 am

MANILA: Five people were feared dead after one of the Philippines’ most active volcanoes spewed a giant ash cloud yesterday, with foreign tourists...

China sends fleet to disputed islands 08 May 2013 - 06:15 am

BEIJING: China has sent one of its largest recorded fishing fleets to disputed islands in the South China Sea, state-run media said yesterday,...

N Korea skips missiles launch 08 May 2013 - 06:15 am

WASHINGTON: North Korea has moved two missiles primed for imminent test-firing from a launch site, American officials said, as North Asia tensions eased...

Four more die of bird flu in China 08 May 2013 - 06:15 am

CHINA: The death toll from the H7N9 bird flu outbreak in China has risen to 31, according to official figures, with four more...

Governor surrenders Metallica guitar 08 May 2013 - 06:14 am

JAKARTA: The heavy metal-loving governor of Indonesian capital Jakarta has surrendered a guitar that was a gift from US band Metallica to anti-corruption...