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Some taxi drivers force women to shell out more 22 Apr 2013 - 02:17 am

By Fazeena Saleem Doha: Some taxi drivers in the city try to intimidate women passengers in the evening by forcing them to pay...

Deputy Emir meets London mayor 22 Apr 2013 - 02:16 am

The Deputy Emir and Heir Apparent H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani with the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, in Doha...

Obama accused of nuclear U-turn 22 Apr 2013 - 02:15 am

Washington: Barack Obama has been accused of reneging on his disarmament pledges after it emerged the administration was planning to spend billions on...

Lawyers’ body defunct due to lack of funds 22 Apr 2013 - 02:14 am

DOHA: Set up eight years ago with much fanfare as a key forum of local professionals, the Qatari Lawyers’ Association has practically become...

QNB First set to launch International Saving Plan 21 Apr 2013 - 03:59 am

Doha: Qatar National Bank (QNB), the largest financial institution in Qatar and the Mena region, is set to launch its new bancassurance product. ...

Pakistan court extends Musharraf custody 21 Apr 2013 - 03:51 am

Lawyers shouting slogans against Pervez Musharraf scuffle with paramilitary soldiers outside the anti-terrorism court where the former Pakistani president and head of the...

Karzai seeks to curb CIA’s Afghan operations 21 Apr 2013 - 03:50 am

Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai is determined to curb CIA operations in Afghanistan after the death of a US agent and 10 Afghan...

Young Afghans want to rebuild country 21 Apr 2013 - 03:50 am

KABUL: While others make plans to flee, a new generation of educated young Afghans who have tasted new freedoms in post-Taliban times are...

Insurgent attacks rise sharply 21 Apr 2013 - 03:49 am

Kabul: Attacks by Afghanistan’s Taliban and other insurgents soared in the first quarter of 2013, raising the grim prospect of an unusually violent...

Taliban punish two Afghans with amputations 21 Apr 2013 - 03:49 am

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban Islamic insurgents have amputated a hand and a foot of two private security guards because they worked for foreign troops,...

Anger over minor’s rape, accused nabbed 21 Apr 2013 - 03:48 am

Demonstrators shout slogans as they try to cross a police barricade during a protest outside the police headquarters in New Delhi yesterday. New...

13-year-old gang rape victim attempts suicide 21 Apr 2013 - 03:47 am

New Delhi: A 13-year-old girl attempted suicide yesterday after being allegedly gang-raped by eight men, four of whom are known to her. She...

5 Delhi girls brutalised in April; 393 rapes since Jan 21 Apr 2013 - 03:47 am

New Delhi: The five-year Delhi girl, brutalised by a neighbour earlier this week, is the fifth minor to have fallen prey to rapists...

Indian raped, enslaved in Britain 21 Apr 2013 - 03:47 am

London: A 40-year-old woman, said to be an “illiterate” Indian, was beaten, raped and given out-of-date food and passed between three middle-class families...

Traditional dance 21 Apr 2013 - 03:45 am

Students dressed as Krishna and Radha perform a traditional dance at a school function in Amritsar yesterday.

Chinese troops camping in Ladakh: Police 21 Apr 2013 - 03:45 am

SRINAGAR: Several dozen Chinese soldiers have set up a remote camp some 10km inside territory claimed by India in the high altitude Himalayan...

Bengal depositors rage over chit fund 21 Apr 2013 - 03:44 am

Kolkata: Thousands of depositors vented their anger across West Bengal yesterday by attacking offices of chit fund funded Saradha Group, which is virtually...

Kerala minister flayed for meeting Modi 21 Apr 2013 - 03:44 am

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Labour Minister Shibu Baby John came under fire for meeting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to study the success of the...