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Congress, BJP rebuff SP’s third front vision 26 Mar 2013 - 06:19 am

New Delhi: In a sharp rebuff to the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Congress and the BJP yesterday said that there was no possibility...

Delhi gang-rape suspect taken to hospital 26 Mar 2013 - 06:18 am

NEW DELHI: A defendant in the New Delhi bus gang-rape trial was admitted to hospital yesterday with chest pains, a fortnight after his...

Abandoned widows break taboos 26 Mar 2013 - 06:18 am

NEW DELHI: Abandoned Hindu widows have broken taboos and are taking part for the first time in the exuberant annual religious festival of...

Sunny Kashmir 26 Mar 2013 - 06:15 am

A boatman rows a gondola across Dal Lake as the setting sun slowly dips below a cloud in Srinagar, the summer capital of...

Cardboard cops to enforce road rules in Bangalore 26 Mar 2013 - 06:14 am

Motorists stop next to a life-size cutout of a traffic policeman placed at a busy intersection in Bangalore. Local authorities have employed cutouts...

Muslims sceptical over special courts 26 Mar 2013 - 06:13 am

New Delhi: Muslims organisations have expressed scepticism over the home ministry’s proposal to set up special courts for speedy trial of Muslim youth...

NIA to probe arrest of surrendered terrorist 26 Mar 2013 - 06:13 am

New Delhi: The home ministry yesterday sought a probe into the “controversial” arrest of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Sayyed Liyaqat Shah following contradictions between...

India should boycott Colombo meet: Jayalalithaa 26 Mar 2013 - 06:13 am

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa yesterday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to not only ask for shifting of the Commonwealth Heads...

Ford India says sorry for indecent advertisements 26 Mar 2013 - 06:12 am

MUMBAI: Ford India has apologised for a series of advertisements featuring caricatures of bound and gagged women in the boot of a Figo...

Caretaker PM takes office before polls 26 Mar 2013 - 06:10 am

Vendors sell tea mugs printed with pictures of politicians in Peshawar, yesterday, as Pakistan gears up for general election. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s caretaker prime...

Kerry arrives in Kabul for talks, skips Islamabad 26 Mar 2013 - 06:10 am

KABUL: US Secretary of State John Kerry paid an unannounced visit to Afghanistan yesterday for talks with President Hamid Karzai, a US official...

Afghanistan takes back Bagram 26 Mar 2013 - 06:09 am

BAGRAM: Afghanistan yesterday took full control of Bagram prison from the US, healing a running sore in their relationship as US Secretary of...

Army seeks security for Musharraf 26 Mar 2013 - 06:09 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top security establishment has demanded security for the former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, who landed in the country yesterday....

Sharif holds election rally 26 Mar 2013 - 06:09 am

MANSEHRA: The frontrunner in Pakistan’s election race, opposition leader Nawaz Sharif, attracted thousands of people yesterday to a rally at which he promised...

Maid residency bid rejected 26 Mar 2013 - 06:05 am

ners during a protest outside the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong yesterday. Hong Kong: Hong Kong’s top court yesterday rejected a...

Myanmar plea to end hostility 26 Mar 2013 - 06:05 am

MEIKTILA: Myanmar’s reformist government yesterday called for an end to “terrorist acts and religious extremism” following a new eruption of communal violence in...

Thai court acquits ‘Red Shirt’ pair 26 Mar 2013 - 06:04 am

BANGKOK: Two supporters of Thailand’s “Red Shirt” protest movement were acquitted yesterday of setting fire to a huge shopping mall during mass anti-government...

Malaysia sets up Sabah safety zone 26 Mar 2013 - 06:03 am

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak yesterday announced the establishment of the Eastern Sabah Safety Zone covering 10 districts to provide...