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TENERIFE, Spain: A Bulgarian man went on trial yesterday accused of decapitating a British grandmother in a store on the Spanish holiday island...

JOHANNESBURG: The family of Oscar Pistorius’ slain girlfriend wants answers, her mother told a Johannesburg newspaper, as South Africans braced to hear why...

JOHANNESBURG: South African police said 13 people were wounded in gunfire and machete attacks at an Anglo American Platinum mine yesterday, after security...

VATICAN CITY: A UN committee has accused US legal authorities of failing to fully pursue cases of child abuse in religious groups, an...

Activists from various trade unions in a torch-light rally in support of the upcoming two-day All India General Strike, in Kolkata, yesterday. For...

A farmer loses control over his pair of oxen as they race through a paddy field during the Kakkoor Kalavayal festival at Kakkoor...

  NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said yesterday the government had nothing to hide in a $750m deal for AgustaWestland helicopters that has...

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court yesterday delayed the execution of four death-row convicts until it hears an appeal later in the week as...

Bangalore: Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily yesterday ruled out a roll-back in the recent hike of `1.50 for a litre of petrol and...

  New Delhi: Many bilateral processes were in operation between India and Pakistan but it was “difficult” to say whether the issue of beheading...

Mumbai: With an expertise of nearly 150 years in operating its Tube, Transport For London will now help build a 150km long Mumbai...

Mumbai: In a measure to attract more Indian businessmen and students, British Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday announced a same-day visa service for...

New Delhi: Women activists and students will hold a protest in the national capital on Thursday against the government’s ordinance amending anti-rape laws,...

 Kohima: Cash amounting to more than `10m and weapons were seized from the vehicle of Nagaland Home Minister Imkong Imchen yesterday. The minister...

Pakistani Shias protest against the bomb attack in Quetta, yesterday. QUETTA: Thousands of Pakistani Shia women refused for a second day yesterday to...

PESHAWAR: Suicide bombers stormed the offices of a top Pakistani official in the northwest yesterday, killing five people in the latest high-profile attack...

ISLAMABAD: China yesterday took control of a strategic Pakistani port on the Arabian Sea, as part of a drive to secure energy and...

ISLAMABAD: At least 40 cops, including several elite commandoes, and two vehicles of Punjab Police are delegated for round-the-clock security of Pakistan Awami...