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British woman murdered in Kashmir; Dutchman held 07 Apr 2013 - 05:56 am

SRINAGAR: A young British woman holidaying in Kashmir was found dead in a pool of blood on a houseboat yesterday, police said after...

Income tax laws to be amended 07 Apr 2013 - 05:56 am

New Delhi: The government will introduce changes to income tax laws once a tax dispute with telecoms firm Vodafone is resolved, Finance Minister...

Kejriwal breaks fast 07 Apr 2013 - 05:55 am

New Delhi: Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal yesterday ended his 15-day-old fast with a spirited attack on the Sheila Dikshit-led Delhi government for its “inability”...

Graft a threat to democracy, says president 07 Apr 2013 - 05:55 am

New Delhi: Corruption is a threat to the democratic fabric of the country and frustrates efforts to bring equity, President Pranab Mukherjee said...

Toll in Mumbai building collapse 72; builders held 07 Apr 2013 - 05:55 am

MUMBAI: Authorities yesterday abandoned a search for survivors from the collapse of a seven-storey building on Mumbai’s outskirts that killed 72 people, saying...

Gang rape accused refuses to return to ‘unsafe’ jail 07 Apr 2013 - 05:55 am

New Delhi: A Tihar Jail official yesterday denied in a Delhi court the allegation that Vinay Sharma, an accused in the December 16...

The NR Eye: Mutual funds bounce back, renewing options for NRIs 07 Apr 2013 - 05:54 am

by Moiz Mannan After a considerable period of lows, the Indian mutual fund industry appears to have bounced back, showing a jump of...

Foreign diplomats in N Korea staying put 07 Apr 2013 - 05:53 am

South Korean soldiers patrol as vehicles returning from North Korea's inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex arrive at a checkpoint on the Grand Unification Bridge,...

Manila to seek $1.4m from US for reef damage 07 Apr 2013 - 05:52 am

MANILA: The Philippines will ask the United States to pay 58 million pesos ($1.4m) in compensation for damage caused by a US warship...

Two new bird flu cases in China 07 Apr 2013 - 05:52 am

SHANGHAI: Two more people have contracted bird flu in Shanghai, China’s health ministry said yesterday, as authorities closed live poultry markets and culled...

Contaminated water leaks from Fukushima plant 07 Apr 2013 - 05:52 am

TOKYO: As much as 120 tons of radioactive water may have leaked from a storage tank at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, contaminating...

Malaysian PM pledges bigger cash handouts 07 Apr 2013 - 05:52 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak unveiled a manifesto yesterday pledging bigger cash handouts, millions of new jobs and lower taxes and...

Three cops killed in clash 07 Apr 2013 - 05:51 am

MANILA: Three police officers were killed and three others wounded in an ambush by suspected leftist New People’s Army rebels in Ifugao, local...

International Pillow Fight Day 07 Apr 2013 - 05:50 am

Revellers take part in a mass pillow fight in Trafalgar Square in central London, yesterday, on International Pillow Fight Day.

Historians grapple with myth as Florida celebrates 500 years 07 Apr 2013 - 05:50 am

ST AUGUSTINE, FlORIDA: This week Florida celebrated the 500th anniversary of the day when Ponce de Leon stepped onto the shores of what...

US court frees contraceptive pill access 07 Apr 2013 - 05:50 am

NEW YORK: A federal judge on Friday ordered the US Food and Drug Administration to make “morning-after” emergency contraception pills available without a...

Burglar nabbed after long hunt 07 Apr 2013 - 05:49 am

SALT LAKE CITY: Troy James Knapp was dodging authorities, again. The fugitive with a fondness for drinks and a dislike of living near...

UK filmmaker dies while filming life of homeless 07 Apr 2013 - 05:49 am

LONDON: British police are investigating the death of a young filmmaker who was sleeping rough while making a documentary about the homeless, they...