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Pakistan premier to visit Ajmer shrine on Saturday 06 Mar 2013 - 09:36 am

NEW DELHI: Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf will visit India for the first time this week for a day-long pilgrimage to an...

80pc untreated sewage flowing into rivers: Study 06 Mar 2013 - 09:35 am

NEW DELHI: Eighty percent of sewage in India is untreated and flows directly into the nation’s rivers, polluting the main sources of drinking...

Fate of teachers 06 Mar 2013 - 09:13 am

Police wield their batons against teachers during a protest in Patna, yesterday. Dozens of temporary teachers were demanding that they be made permanent...

BJP alleges scam in farm loan waiver 06 Mar 2013 - 09:11 am

New Delhi: The BJP yesterday alleged that nearly 3.4m farmers had been denied their right under the loan waiver plan of the UPA...

Probe into UP officer’s killing gathers steam 06 Mar 2013 - 09:11 am

Lucknow: Police yesterday stepped up the probe in its senior officer’s killing in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh district with a team of experts visiting...

Indians living in fear: Spiritual guru 06 Mar 2013 - 09:11 am

Kolkata: Attributing intoxication as the reason behind 90 percent of crimes, spiritual guru Ravi Shankar yesterday said everyone in the country is living...

Assam CM seeks ban on tobacco products 06 Mar 2013 - 09:10 am

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi yesterday asked the state’s health ministry to table a bill in the assembly banning all tobacco products...

Cadbury accused of evading taxes in India 06 Mar 2013 - 09:10 am

MUMBAI: Indian tax authorities have accused the local unit of chocolate giant Cadbury of evading $46 million in taxes by pretending to produce...

Arrest warrant against Indian Mujahideen founder Bhatkal 06 Mar 2013 - 09:10 am

New Delhi: A Delhi court yesterday issued non-bailable warrants against banned terror outfit Indian Mujahideen founder Riyaz Bhatkal and nine other alleged operatives...

Emirates airline picks banks for potential Islamic bond sale 06 Mar 2013 - 09:10 am

DUBAI: Emirates Airline, Dubai's flagship carrier, has hired six banks to arrange a potential dollar-denominated benchmark sukuk sale, lead arrangers said on Wednesday....

Test fire 06 Mar 2013 - 09:09 am

Afghan National Army soldiers fire artillery during a military training in Laghman province, yesterday.

20 jailed for $935m Kabul Bank fraud 06 Mar 2013 - 09:09 am

KABUL: A court yesterday jailed 20 of 22 men accused of involvement in a multi-million dollar bank fraud, in a trial seen as...

US ‘war’ over Kabul policy revealed 06 Mar 2013 - 09:08 am

WASHINGTON: Former US top diplomat Hillary Clinton and her staff fought “tooth and nail” to push ideas for diplomacy in Afghanistan in a...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 06 Mar 2013 - 09:08 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Wednesday Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying...

Interior minister among top power bills defaulters 06 Mar 2013 - 09:08 am

ISLAMABAD: A federal minister of Pakistan who once volunteered to ensure recovery of the entire electricity dues from defaulters has turned out to...

Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N leads in election survey 06 Mar 2013 - 09:08 am

ISLAMABAD: As the general election approaches, surveys, polls and predictions are flying in thick and fast. The latest offering has come from the...

US imam convicted of financing Pakistani Taliban 06 Mar 2013 - 09:07 am

WASHINGTON: The imam of a Miami mosque was found guilty on Monday of funnelling thousands of dollars to the Pakistani Taliban, the US...

Army rejects NYT report on drone strikes in Pakistan 06 Mar 2013 - 09:07 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military yesterday rejected a report published in a US newspaper on recent drone strikes in northwestern Pakistan, calling it a ‘distortion...