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Gunmen attack Tamil newspaper in northern Sri Lanka 13 Apr 2013 - 08:19 am

COLOMBO: Gunmen opened fire and torched the office of the main Tamil newspaper in northern Sri Lanka on Saturday, the owner said, the...

Fire kills two 13 Apr 2013 - 04:05 am

A child holds a baby after a major fire swept through a slum on the outskirts of New Delhi, yesterday. Two children were...

Top court rejects plea against death penalty 13 Apr 2013 - 04:05 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed a plea by 1993 Delhi bomb blast convict Devender Pal Singh Bhullar challenging the rejection of...

Crime surge fells UP police chief 13 Apr 2013 - 04:05 am

Lucknow: With the rising crime graph and communal flare-ups affecting its image, the Samajwadi Party government of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav yesterday shunted...

Ruling may affect other cases 13 Apr 2013 - 04:04 am

New Delhi: Amnesty International India yesterday said the dismissal of the plea of 1993 Delhi bomb blast convict Devender Pal Singh Bhullar could...

Police reward for tip-off on murder accused 13 Apr 2013 - 04:04 am

New Delhi: Delhi Police yesterday announced a reward of Rs100,000 for information on Swami Pratibhanand, one of the main accused in the murder...

Indian film to be based on Italy cruise shipwreck 13 Apr 2013 - 04:04 am

ROME: An Indian film loosely based on last year’s Costa Concordia shipwreck is to start shooting this year in the same region of...

Report details lack of hygiene in trains 13 Apr 2013 - 04:04 am

NEW DELHI: Food served on Indian trains is prepared in filthy conditions with little regard for hygiene or health, a news channel said...

Senior leader wanted help to topple govt: Gadkari 13 Apr 2013 - 04:03 am

Nagpur: Former Bharatiya Janata Party chief Nitin Gadkari yesterday claimed that a “senior leader” of the United Progressive Alliance wanted his support to...

Court extends Musharraf’s bail again 13 Apr 2013 - 04:02 am

Pakistan’s former president Pervez Musharraf (top centre) leaves after his appearance before the Islamabad High Court in Islamabad, yesterday. ISLAMABAD: Massive security accompanied...

Poll scrutiny a witch hunt, says rights panel 13 Apr 2013 - 04:02 am

ISLAMABAD: The independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has warned that the election scrutiny process had turned into a “witch hunt aimed at...

13 Afghan troops killed in army post ambush 13 Apr 2013 - 04:02 am

Kunar: Scores of heavily armed Taliban militants killed 13 Afghan soldiers in fierce clashes yesterday after storming an army post in the east...

Taliban deny anti-polio attacks 13 Apr 2013 - 04:01 am

MIRANSHAH: The Pakistani Taliban yesterday denied any involvement in attacks on polio workers, which have killed 21 people since December, but confirmed it...

PML-N keeps off pro-rebel groups 13 Apr 2013 - 04:01 am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has decided to disassociate itself from pro-Taliban religious parties and terror...

Kerry backs S Korea bid to ease crisis 13 Apr 2013 - 04:00 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) and South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se during their news conference at the foreign ministry in...

Myanmar court jails Muslim shop owners after violence 13 Apr 2013 - 04:00 am

YANGON: A Muslim businessman, his wife and an employee have been sentenced to prison after an altercation at their gold shop led to...

Man kills family, sleeps with bodies 13 Apr 2013 - 03:59 am

JAKARTA: An Indonesian man slit the throats of his wife and three children then slept alongside their bodies before turning himself in, police...

Malaysia frees 32 Filipinos 13 Apr 2013 - 03:59 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police said they had released 32 armed Filipinos arrested earlier this week on suspicion of trying to join an incursion...