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March worth its salt! 13 Mar 2013 - 01:17 am

US national Jesse-Blue Forrest (centre) and Canadian Sandra-Moon Dancer (third right) begin their march called ‘Dandi Yatra’ from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, yesterday....

Three giants 13 Mar 2013 - 01:17 am

Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg (centre) with actor Amitabh Bachchan (left) and Reliance Entertainment Chairman Anil Ambani during his meeting with Bollywood filmmakers in...

BJP demands court-monitored probe into Vadra’s land deals 13 Mar 2013 - 01:17 am

New Delhi: The BJP yesterday demanded a court-monitored CBI inquiry into the alleged land deals of Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress chief Sonia...

Stringent charge against Delhi HC blast accused 13 Mar 2013 - 01:16 am

New Delhi: A court here today will frame the additional charge of waging war against the state on accused Wasim Akram Malik in...

Supreme Court slams coal block allocation 13 Mar 2013 - 01:16 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday said the allocation of coal blocks prima facie seemed to be arbitrary and the procedure adopted by...

Khalistani groups likely active in UK 13 Mar 2013 - 01:16 am

New Delhi: India has sought assistance from Britain following reports that organisations like Babbar Khalsa International and other Khalistani terror outfits are active...

Anti-rape law sent to Group of Ministers 13 Mar 2013 - 01:16 am

New Delhi: Amid difference of opinion in the cabinet over the proposed anti-rape law, the government yesterday referred the legislation to a Group...

Missile’s first flight aborted 13 Mar 2013 - 01:15 am

Bhubaneswar: The maiden flight of India’s first domestically developed long-range cruise missile was aborted midway yesterday after it veered off course, defence scientists...

‘Suicide won’t affect case’ 13 Mar 2013 - 01:15 am

New Delhi: A day after the alleged suicide by Ram Singh, prime accused in last December’s horrific gang-rape, police said yesterday that his...

Four killed in Delhi shoe factory fire 13 Mar 2013 - 01:14 am

New Delhi: Four people were killed and one injured yesterday in a fire at a shoe factory here, said a fire service official....

Abu Dhabi in nearly $7bn oil investment in Malaysia 12 Mar 2013 - 02:57 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Abu Dhabi on Tuesday signed an agreement worth an estimated 21 billion ringgit ($6.75 billion) for a petroleum storage facility in...

HE Chief of Staff heads to Morocco 12 Mar 2013 - 02:55 pm

DOHA: Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces HE Maj.Gen. Hamad Bin Ali Al Attiyah, left Doha for Morocco on Tuesday for a...

Mazaya assembly approves distribution of 6pc dividend 12 Mar 2013 - 02:50 pm

DOHA: Mazaya Real Estate Development Company's assembly has approved its board of directors recommendation to distribute 6 percent dividend per share to its...

Hackers attack website of Czech UniCredit Bank 12 Mar 2013 - 02:48 pm

PRAGUE: Hackers attacked the website of UniCredit Bank's Czech unit late on Monday, causing a five-minute outage, but no customer data was compromised,...

UAE energy minister replaced in cabinet reshuffle 12 Mar 2013 - 02:29 pm

ABU DHABI: The UAE has replaced its energy minister, created a ministry of development and international cooperation, and merged foreign trade and economy...

Filipino on Saudi death row wins short reprieve 12 Mar 2013 - 02:23 pm

MANILA: The Philippines said Tuesday that a Filipino who was due to be executed in Saudi Arabia this week had been given an...

India aborts testing of new cruise missile 12 Mar 2013 - 02:08 pm

BHUBANESWAR, India: The maiden flight of India's first domestically developed long-range cruise missile was aborted midway on Tuesday after it veered off course,...

Kuwait expresses dismay to U.N. over Iraqis' border protest 12 Mar 2013 - 02:01 pm

DUBAI: Kuwait has expressed dismay to the United Nations over a protest by stone-throwing Iraqis against the demarcation of the border, state media...