SAN FRANCISCO: A popular US visa programme for skilled workers is likely to hit its quota within days after its application period opens,...
SAN FRANCISCO: A popular US visa programme for skilled workers is likely to hit its quota within days after its application period opens,...
LONDON: New BBC Director-General Tony Hall took up his post yesterday, starting the task of restoring the reputation of the world’s biggest broadcaster...
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron ventured into a new swamp when he waded waist-deep into mud to rescue a drowning sheep. Cameron...
The Chairman of Barwa Real Estate Group Hitmi bin Ali Al Hitmi (centre) addressing the ordinary general meeting of the Group. Abdul Basit ...
The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem...
A Pakistani court yesterday sentenced Khalifa Abdul Qayyum (second right) to three years in prison and fined 5,000 rupees ($50) for false declarations...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto returned to the country to start PPP election campaign tomorrow. PPP sources said that despite security...
KABUL: As the one-year countdown to Afghan elections begins, the man who lost out last time in a corrupt and chaotic poll is...
PESHAWAR: Dozens of gunmen attacked an electricity plant in northwest Pakistan, killing seven people and disrupting power to 100,000 people overnight, officials said...
ISLAMABAD: The US- funded Entrepreneurs Project in Pakistan will train 26,000 women embellishers across the country to improve their skills to increase their...
PESHAWAR: The provincial election commissioner (PEC)yesterday turned down around 100 nomination papers filed for seats reserved for women in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly...
Policemen and security officials gather outside the Reserve Bank of India’s head office in Mumbai, yesterday. A man carrying an airgun tried to...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday withdrew its March 14 and March 18 restraining order that directed the government to ensure that Italian...
New Delhi: A 67-year-old US-based non-resident Indian raped a Nepali woman here on the pretext of marrying her, police said yesterday. The accused...
Lucknow: Even as the ongoing slugfest between her arch rival Samajwadi Party and the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government at the centre hogs...
Kolkata: West Bengal’s State Election Commission (SEC) yesterday told the Calcutta High Court that the state government has “totally disregarded” its suggestion on...
United Nations: As the UN General Assembly yesterday overwhelmingly approved the first UN treaty regulating the multi-billion dollar international arms trade, India abstained...
Men search for coins and gold in the polluted waters of the Ganga river at Sangam after the Kumbh Mela festival, in Allahabad,...
