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Hazar Khan Khoso is caretaker premier 25 Mar 2013 - 01:22 am

ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G Ibrahim announced yesterday the name of Justice (Rtd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso as caretaker prime minister for...

Palm Sunday 25 Mar 2013 - 01:19 am

Christian devotees hold palm leaves during a Palm Sunday procession in Secunderabad, yesterday. Palm Sunday marks the last Sunday of the Christian Holy...

UK woman screamed for help for an hour inside Agra hotel 25 Mar 2013 - 01:16 am

The hotel in Agra from which the British woman fled to escape sexual assault. LONDON: A British woman who jumped from a hotel...

Spring festival 25 Mar 2013 - 01:15 am

Artists smear one another with colours while rehearsing for the upcoming Vasantotsav, (Spring festival) in Siliguri, yesterday. Vasantotsav is celebrated in the rest...

Delay in education bills frustrating: Tharoor 25 Mar 2013 - 01:14 am

New Delhi: Minister of State for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor says it is “frustrating” when crucial bills that shape the country’s education...

Don’t let off rapists lightly, says high court 25 Mar 2013 - 01:14 am

New Delhi: Advocating harsh punishment for rapists, the Delhi High Court has said those who have ruined the lives of women should not...

Charity to care for rape victim, kid 25 Mar 2013 - 01:13 am

Shimla: Moved by the plight of an orphaned girl who was sexually exploited and raped by her relative and gave birth to a...

Navneet Kaur Dhillon crowned Miss India 25 Mar 2013 - 01:10 am

New Delhi: Navneet Kaur Dhillon was yesterday night crowned Femina Miss India 2013 in a star studded grand finale of the 50th edition...

Akhilesh gets Harvard invite over Kumbh 25 Mar 2013 - 01:09 am

Lucknow: The successful hosting of Maha Kumbh 2013 has earned Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav an invite from Harvard University to speak...

The NR Eye: NRIs can pay online for RTI queries 25 Mar 2013 - 01:09 am

by Moiz Mannan Non-resident Indians have finally been integrated into their home country’s transparency initiative. Much like the right to vote, the right...

Mamata remarks encouraging lawbreakers, says CPI-M 25 Mar 2013 - 01:08 am

Kolkata: Alleging that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s recent comments on rape were “encouraging” lawbreakers, the CPI-M yesterday said her “weird theories”...

Protest in US after Wharton cancels invite to Modi 25 Mar 2013 - 01:08 am

Washington: About 200 Indian-Americans marched in protest against the controversial withdrawal of an invitation to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to speak at...

Call to charge Google with violating map rules 25 Mar 2013 - 01:07 am

New Delhi: The government should book Google for “violating” India’s defence regulations on maps and force the company to surrender its “illegally stored”...

Resort hit by storm 25 Mar 2013 - 01:05 am

A woman stands on a pier under an umbrella during a storm in a Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi, yesterday.

Super carriers a relic of wars past? 25 Mar 2013 - 01:05 am

WASHINGTON: Budget pressures at the Pentagon have renewed a debate about the value of the US Navy’s giant aircraft carriers, with critics arguing...

Genetic code of oesophageal cancer found 25 Mar 2013 - 01:05 am

PARIS: Scientists said yesterday they had found mutations in 26 genes that may cause oesophageal cancer, a breakthrough they hope will lead to...

Forensic expert bathes bodies to solve crimes 25 Mar 2013 - 01:04 am

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico: Mexican forensic expert Alejandro Hernandez dips dry, yellowish cadavers in a see-through bath, hoping his technique to rehydrate mummified bodies...

Indian property firm to show off products at Doha expo 25 Mar 2013 - 12:48 am

DOHA: CREDAI Maharashtra (Confederation of Real Estate Developer’s Associations of India), the apex body of the organised real estate developers/builders across the Indian...