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Pakistan and Iran to launch gas pipeline on March 11 05 Mar 2013 - 09:09 am

ISLAMABAD: The gas pipeline project between Pakistan and Iran is due to launch officially on March 11. According to Pakistani media, the pipeline...

Chavez breathing woes worsen 05 Mar 2013 - 09:07 am

CARACAS: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is suffering from a severe infection and his breathing has worsened during chemotherapy, putting him in a "very...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 05 Mar 2013 - 08:37 am

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

Three Filipinos convicted in US over weapons plot 05 Mar 2013 - 08:29 am

LOS ANGELES: Three Filipinos face lengthy prison sentences after being convicted of illegally importing military grade weapons into the United States, justice officials...

Pakistan premier to make first visit to India 05 Mar 2013 - 08:28 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...

Malaysia launches attack to clear out militants 05 Mar 2013 - 08:27 am

CEBDERAWASIH, Malaysia: Malaysian air and ground forces launched an assault on defiant Filipino intruders on Tuesday as the government moved to end a...

Philippines tried to stop Sabah clash: president spokesman 05 Mar 2013 - 08:25 am

MANILA: President Benigno Aquino's spokesman said Tuesday the Philippines had done all it could to avoid a violent end to a stand-off in...

Japan arrests China boat captain amid island row 05 Mar 2013 - 08:24 am

TOKYO: Japan's coastguard arrested the captain of a Chinese boat on suspicion of illegal fishing in its exclusive economic zone on Tuesday, officials...

PetroChina says willing to develop Iraq's W.Qurna oilfield with Exxon 05 Mar 2013 - 08:23 am

BEIJING: PetroChina, China's largest oil and gas producer is willing to jointly develop the West Qurna oilfield in Iraq with U.S. oil major...

Allahabad flower show 05 Mar 2013 - 08:10 am

A visitor carries a child over his shoulders during a flower exhibition at Company Garden in Allahabad, yesterday.

India to develop Awacs by 2020 05 Mar 2013 - 04:44 am

New Delhi: The government has approved a proposal for the indigenous development of Airborne Warning and Control System (Awacs) aircraft by the Defence...

Parliament disrupted over petrol price hike 05 Mar 2013 - 04:44 am

New Delhi: Parliament was repeatedly disrupted yesterday as a vociferous opposition took up the issue of the hike in petrol prices and demanded...

Activist rejects suicide charge 05 Mar 2013 - 04:43 am

NEW DELHI: A human rights activist who has been on hunger-strike for 12 years appeared in a New Delhi court yesterday charged with...

11 children die in school bus crash 05 Mar 2013 - 04:43 am

NEW DELHI: A school bus collided with a truck laden with bricks in rural northwestern India last morning, killing at least eleven children,...

Andhra withdraws remission of terror suspect’s life sentence 05 Mar 2013 - 04:43 am

Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government yesterday withdrew orders remitting the life sentence of Syed Maqbool, the suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative, whose role...

Pranab Mukherjee conferred top Bangladesh honour 05 Mar 2013 - 04:41 am

President Pranab Mukherjee receiving an honorary doctorate from his Bangladeshi counterpart Zillur Rahman, in Dhaka, yesterday. Dhaka: Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, a “true...

UP minister booked for murder, quits 05 Mar 2013 - 04:41 am

Lucknow/New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya, quit yesterday, a day after he was booked for the murder of...

Curfew in UP town after violence 05 Mar 2013 - 04:41 am

Lucknow: Indefinite curfew was clamped in Tanda town of Uttar Pradesh’s Ambedkarnagar district yesterday following incidents of arson and violence after a local ...