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Rs10m paid to kill tycoon, say police 03 Apr 2013 - 01:16 am

New Delhi: A week after the murder of BSP leader and business tycoon Deepak Bhardwaj, Delhi Police said yesterday that the killers were...

Govt rushing two ministers to Saudi Arabia 03 Apr 2013 - 01:16 am

New Delhi: The Indian government proposes to send two senior ministers to Saudi Arabia to asses the impact of the new ‘nitaqat’ employment...

Actors protest Sri Lanka ‘war crimes’ 03 Apr 2013 - 01:11 am

Actor Rajinikanth (left) speaks with fellow thespian R Sarathkumar during a one-day fast by the Tamil film industry in Chennai, yesterday. Chennai: Tamil...

No extension of right to education deadline 03 Apr 2013 - 01:09 am

New Delhi: Human Resource Development Minister M M Pallam Raju yesterday said there will be no extension in Right to Education Act (RTE)...

Actor Manoj Kumar sues Shah Rukh over 2007 film parody 03 Apr 2013 - 01:09 am

Mumbai: Retired actor-filmmaker Manoj Kumar lodged a criminal case in a local court here yesterday against superstar Shah Rukh Khan and choreographer-director Farah...

Hungry black hole wakes up for planet-sized snack 03 Apr 2013 - 01:04 am

GENEVA: Astrophysicists have witnessed the rare event of a black hole awakening from its slumber to snack on a planet-sized object in a...

Martin Scorsese appeals for ‘visual literacy’ 03 Apr 2013 - 01:03 am

WASHINGTON: Film director Martin Scorsese urged Americans on Monday to pay greater heed to “visual literacy” and to embrace their rich cinema heritage...

Bieber has four weeks to pick up pet monkey 03 Apr 2013 - 01:01 am

The monkey Mally belonging to Canadian singer Justin Bieber sits in the quarantine station at the Munich-Riem animal shelter in Munich, Germany, yesterday....

Author calls time on Horrible Histories books 03 Apr 2013 - 12:58 am

LONDON: British author Terry Deary is bringing an end to his much-loved Horrible Histories series for children after 20 years of the gruesome...

Qatar Stock Exchange up 0.57pc 02 Apr 2013 - 07:00 pm

DOHA: The Qatar Exchange in the green area Tuesday adding 48.16 points (or 0.57 percent) to advance to 8,549.12 points from 8,500.96 Monday. ...

Syria offers kidnappers amnesty deal: SANA 02 Apr 2013 - 06:57 pm

DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad offered an amnesty deal to kidnappers in the war-torn country Tuesday, giving them 15 days to hand over...

Six European countries move against Google over privacy 02 Apr 2013 - 06:09 pm

PARIS: Authorities in six European countries have taken steps to force US Internet giant Google to comply with EU privacy rules, France's Cnil...

Miner Lonmin appoints Zimbabwean as chief executive 02 Apr 2013 - 06:08 pm

LONDON: British platinum miner Lonmin on Tuesday said it had chosen Zimbabwe national Ben Magara to be its new chief executive after Ian...

Medical marijuana goes on sale in Czech pharmacies 02 Apr 2013 - 02:44 pm

PRAGUE: Medical marijuana legally went on sale Tuesday in pharmacies across the Czech Republic for patients suffering from cancer, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis...

Statoil sells Mozambique stake to Japan's Inpex 02 Apr 2013 - 02:12 pm

OSLO: Norwegian oil group Statoil said Tuesday it had sold a 25 percent stake in an exploration licence off the coast of Mozambique...

WHO plays down China bird flu fears 02 Apr 2013 - 02:08 pm

GENEVA: The World Health Organisation on Tuesday played down fears over a strain of bird flu which has killed two people in China,...

Saudi deports Yemenis as it cuts foreign labour 02 Apr 2013 - 02:06 pm

SANAA: Thousands of Yemeni workers have been expelled from Saudi Arabia after it imposed new labour constraints affecting millions of expatriates in the...

Qatar's CBQ picks banks for capital boosting bond sale 02 Apr 2013 - 02:00 pm

DUBAI: Commercial Bank Of Qatar (CBQ), which is buying a majority stake in Turkish lender Alternatifbank, has picked two banks for the potential...