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Car driven by American shot at after crash in Saudi Arabia 25 Apr 2013 - 08:46 am

DUBAI: driver opened fire on a car driven by a U.S. citizen in northern Saudi Arabia after crashing into his vehicle, but there...

Children's circus focuses on fun in war-torn Afghanistan 25 Apr 2013 - 08:45 am

KABUL: In a dusty city of grey concrete blast walls where there's not always much to smile about, the organisers of a children's...

Twitter security in crosshairs after AP account hijack 25 Apr 2013 - 08:45 am

SAN FRANCISCO: A hijacked Associated Press Twitter account that rattled markets with false word of an attack on the White House put the...

ASEAN single market push in hardest phase 25 Apr 2013 - 08:44 am

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Southeast Asia's efforts to create a single market by 2015 are in their hardest phase owing to protectionist reflexes on...

Waiting for water 25 Apr 2013 - 04:12 am

Villagers wait with containers for government water tankers to arrive at Padan village in Gujarat yesterday. India may be heading for another bumper...

Sea-based nuke deterrent soon: Security chief 25 Apr 2013 - 04:11 am

New Delhi: India’s nuclear deterrent is based on a credible nuclear doctrine and is sustained by a “systematic drive to operationalise” its various...

Congress manifesto promises Greater Bangalore Region 25 Apr 2013 - 04:11 am

Bangalore: The opposition Congress yesterday promised to create a Greater Bangalore Region to decongest this choked tech hub of nine million denizens, if...

UP ministers threaten officials 25 Apr 2013 - 04:11 am

Lucknow: The opposition and activists in Uttar Pradesh yesterday slammed ministers in Akhilesh Yadav’s government for threatening police and other officials of dire...

Hindu seers helped India progress: Modi 25 Apr 2013 - 04:10 am

Thiruvananthapuram: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said that it was the teachings of Hindu seers had kept the country going forward. He...

Senior did not let me arrest Nupur Talwar: CBI officer 25 Apr 2013 - 04:10 am

Ghaziabad: A CBI officer investigating the murders of Aarushi Talwar and Hemraj admitted during his cross-examination yesterday that he was not allowed to...

MPs named in Saradha chief’s letter to CBI 25 Apr 2013 - 04:10 am

Kolkata: Arrested Saradha group Chairman and Managing Director Sudipta Sen has named two Trinamool Congress MPs and some Congress leaders, including the advocate...

More reforms coming in 2-4 months: Chidambaram 25 Apr 2013 - 04:10 am

New Delhi: Finance Minister P Chidambaram yesterday ruled out the possibility of early elections and said the government will take more reform initiatives...

More efforts needed to empower Panchayati Raj institutions: PM 25 Apr 2013 - 04:09 am

New Delhi: Pushing for power and responsibilities to Panchayati Raj institutions (PRIs), Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday called for change in the thinking...

Woman, two others get life term for killing husband 25 Apr 2013 - 04:09 am

Gurgaon: A woman and her two accomplices were sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday by a district court for killing her husband and cutting...

JPC to finalise report on 2G spectrum issue today 25 Apr 2013 - 04:09 am

New Delhi: A divided Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G spectrum issue will meet today to finalise its report, sources said yesterday....

33 killed in Afghan quake and floods 25 Apr 2013 - 04:08 am

Earthquake survivors work on the rubble of a mud house after it collapsed following the quake in Jalalabad province, yesterday. JALALABAD, Afghanistan: An...

Karzai backs clerics’ demand for media crackdown 25 Apr 2013 - 04:08 am

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has agreed with a call from the country’s conservative religious council for a crackdown on television stations, calling...

Musharraf denied bail in Bhutto killing case 25 Apr 2013 - 04:07 am

RAWALPINDI: A Pakistani court yesterday refused to extend bail for former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in connection with the murder of former prime...