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Barclays bank returns to profit in first quarter 24 Apr 2013 - 11:23 am

LONDON, United Kingdom: British bank Barclays, seeking to fix its battered reputation caused by last year's Libor rate-rigging scandal, said Wednesday that it...

Tokyo shares close 2.32pc higher 24 Apr 2013 - 10:27 am

TOKYO: Tokyo shares finished up 2.32 percent on Wednesday, closing in on their highest in five years after a solid performance on Wall...

Qatar National Cement Company reports QR118.6m in net profit 24 Apr 2013 - 10:27 am

DOHA: Qatar National Cement Company disclosed the interim financial statement for the three month period ended March 31, 2013. The financial statements revealed...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 24 Apr 2013 - 09:42 am

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

Singapore Airlines boosts stake in Virgin Australia 24 Apr 2013 - 09:03 am

This file photo taken on May 9, 2012 shows a Singapore Airlines plane taking off from Changi International airport. AFP photo/Roslan Rahman SYDNEY:...

Etisalat to make binding offer for Maroc Telecom stake today 24 Apr 2013 - 08:50 am

DUBAI: Etisalat said on Wednesday it would make a "binding offer" during the day to buy Vivendi's 53 percent stake in Morocco's Maroc...

Bomb wounds 13 near Pakistan Shiite mosque 24 Apr 2013 - 08:50 am

QUETTA, Pakistan: A bomb attached to a bicycle injured at least 13 passers-by near a Shiite Muslim mosque in Pakistan's southwestern city of...

82 killed as Bangladesh building collapses 24 Apr 2013 - 08:24 am

Bangladeshi civiliant volunteers assist in rescue operations after an eight-storey building collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on April 24, 2013....

H H the Emir of Qatar meets US President Obama 24 Apr 2013 - 04:07 am

Washington: HH the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani met here this afternoon with US President Barack Obama, at the White...

Second rape accused in police custody 24 Apr 2013 - 03:20 am

Police personnel push a supporter of Bharatiya Janata Party who was trying to cross over the barricade during a protest outside the residence...

Opposition MPs want PM to go over coal scam 24 Apr 2013 - 03:20 am

New Delhi: Irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks disrupted both houses of parliament yesterday with the government and the Congress rejecting the...

UPA’s rural job guarantee scheme draws CAG flak 24 Apr 2013 - 03:20 am

New Delhi: The UPA’s flagship rural job guarantee scheme has drawn flak from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India on various...

Russia ready to negotiate on MiG-35 fighters 24 Apr 2013 - 03:19 am

New Delhi: Russia is keen that India buys its MiG-35 fighter aircraft, a top Russian official said. The Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG (RAC...

JD-U, BJP tell workers to prepare for imminent split 24 Apr 2013 - 03:19 am

Patna: Tension between Bihar’s ruling parties is escalating by the day with both the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...

Tendulkar helps light up village 24 Apr 2013 - 03:19 am

Mumbai: Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has brought light into the lives of over a thousand residents of Velunje village, in Nashik. Last Diwali...

China asked to maintain border status quo 24 Apr 2013 - 03:19 am

New Delhi: Emphasising that New Delhi and Beijing had “differing perceptions” of the Line of Actual Control (LAC), India yesterday said it has...

West Bengal chit fund promoter arrested 24 Apr 2013 - 03:18 am

Srinagar/Kolkata: In a major breakthrough in West Bengal’s chit fund muddle, Saradha Group Chairman and Managing Director Sudipta Sen was arrested from Jammu...

Assam mob ransacks Saradha offices 24 Apr 2013 - 03:18 am

Guwahati: After West Bengal, duped investors of the Saradha Group in Assam came out on to the streets in protest yesterday, leading the...