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Blast hits police vehicle in Bahrain 29 Apr 2013 - 03:32 am

DUBAI: A homemade bomb exploded yesterday near Manama after police rounded up 22 people suspected of attacking security forces and blocking roads during...

BANKS CLIENT CEO ORIENTED LIMO 29 Apr 2013 - 03:30 am

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Educate A Child initiative helps 600,000 in six months 29 Apr 2013 - 02:52 am

H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser during a visit to the Horseed School at Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, as part of a...

Lankan curbs on workers violating law 29 Apr 2013 - 02:51 am

By Fazeena Saleem DOHA: Sri Lanka has said it will ban its nationals who are runaway workers and have taken up employment elsewhere...

Iraq suspends Al Jazeera operations 29 Apr 2013 - 02:48 am

BAGHDAD: The Iraqi authorities announced yesterday that they had revoked the operating licences of the Qatar-based Al Jazeera and nine other satellite TV...

Parallel road to ease traffic on February 22 Street 29 Apr 2013 - 02:45 am

DOHA: Plans are afoot to develop a parallel road to February 22 Street that links the Midmac underpass on the D-Ring road with...

Undersea tunnel to link West Bay with airport 29 Apr 2013 - 02:44 am

DOHA: A project is underway to link the West Bay area with the Hamad International Airport (HIA) through an undersea tunnel. This will...

Sarabjit family leaves for Lahore today 28 Apr 2013 - 04:12 am

Dalbir Kaur (right), sister of Sarabjit Singh, is checked by a doctor as family members look on in Amritsar yesterday. Amritsar/New Delhi: Indian...

Border dispute with China can be solved: PM 28 Apr 2013 - 04:12 am

NEW DELHI: India’s prime minister said yesterday a dispute over an alleged incursion by Chinese troops deep inside Indian-claimed territory can be settled...

Second FIR against Trinamool MP 28 Apr 2013 - 04:12 am

Kolkata: The human toll in West Bengal’s multi billion rupee chit fund muddle rose to four, with another agent of the tainted Saradha...

Law minister will not quit, asserts Manmohan 28 Apr 2013 - 04:11 am

New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday ruled out his or Law Minister Ashwani Kumar’s resignation on the coal blocks allocation issue and...

The NR Eye: NEET not so neat for NRIs 28 Apr 2013 - 04:10 am

by Moiz Mannan Medical aspirants in India are facing a tough time because of court cases and procedural delays in admissions to the...

KCR urges people to give TRS 100 assembly seats 28 Apr 2013 - 04:10 am

Hyderabad: Elected unopposed for the seventh consecutive term as President of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), K Chandrasekhara Rao yesterday urged people of Telangana...

Saturn to be closest to Earth today for decade 28 Apr 2013 - 04:10 am

Mumbai: Planet Saturn will come close to Earth today — its closest position till 2023 — and will be visible directly opposite the...

TDP ‘padyatra’ ends in Vizag with show of strength 28 Apr 2013 - 04:09 am

Visakhapatnam: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu concluded his nearly seven-month long ‘padyatra’ (walkathon) with a mammoth public meeting in this...

Pre-poll attacks kill three in Pakistan 28 Apr 2013 - 04:08 am

People gather to survey the damage in a mosque following a bomb explosion in Karachi yesterday. KARACHI: Three bomb explosions killed three people...

Afghan Taliban declare ‘spring offensive’ 28 Apr 2013 - 04:04 am

KABUL: Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan yesterday announced the start of their annual “spring offensive” against the US-backed government, vowing a nationwide series of...

Militants plan to abduct Musharraf 28 Apr 2013 - 04:04 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani intelligence agencies, following a tip-off, fear that a joint group of terrorist outfits can kidnap former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf...