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NRI beauties 18 Feb 2013 - 05:33 am

Contestants for the ‘Indian Princess Internati onal 2013’ beauty pageant, organised by Sunil Rane, pose on the beach in Ganpatipule, Maharashtra. The beauty...

Holy huddle 18 Feb 2013 - 05:32 am

Hindu devotees perform prayers near the Sangam — confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati at the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad,...

Press Council chief, Jaitley in slugfest 18 Feb 2013 - 05:31 am

New Delhi: BJP leader Arun Jaitley yesterday asked Press Council chairman Markandey Katju to quit, saying a person holding the post must be...

Two including ex-policeman arrested for Mumbai murder 18 Feb 2013 - 05:31 am

Navi Mumbai: Two people, including a former police officer, were arrested yesterday for the murder of a top builder here, taking the total...

Rain, lightning claim 17 lives 18 Feb 2013 - 05:31 am

Hyderabad: The heavy unseasonal rains and hailstorm that lashed parts of Andhra Pradesh during last two days claimed 17 lives and damaged crops...

Minister in glare over woman’s suicide 18 Feb 2013 - 05:31 am

New Delhi: Two days after the suicide of the 52-year-old mother of Geetika Sharma, a former air-hostess who too committed suicide about six...

17 UAE workers return to Andhra; bid to bring back 300 more 18 Feb 2013 - 05:30 am

Hyderabad: Another group of migrants from Andhra Pradesh granted amnesty for overstaying in the United Arab Emirates returned home yesterday. Chief Minister N...

Baluchistan governor criticises security forces 18 Feb 2013 - 05:24 am

Shias demonstrate to protest the bomb attack in Quetta yesterday. QUETTA: A provincial official criticised Pakistani security forces yesterday after a bombing targeting...

Pakistan faces growing anger over bombings 18 Feb 2013 - 05:24 am

QUETTA, Pakistan: Pakistan’s unpopular government, which is gearing up for elections expected within months, faced growing anger yesterday for failing to deliver stability...

‘Nato will comply with air strike ban’ 18 Feb 2013 - 05:24 am

KABUL: The commander of US-led forces in Afghanistan said yesterday he would comply with President Hamid Karzai’s order banning Afghan security forces from...

Afghan president orders cameras to combat torture 18 Feb 2013 - 05:23 am

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered that all interrogation facilities should be equipped with video cameras in a bid to prevent torture,...

Fire in Seoul 18 Feb 2013 - 05:09 am

Smoke billows from a building in Seoul’s Insa-dong street, a tourist spot in the South Korean capital, yesterday. The fire broke out in...

Bangladesh moves to ban main Islamic party 18 Feb 2013 - 05:09 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s parliament yesterday amended a law to allow the prosecution of the country’s largest Islamic party Jamaat-e-Islami for war crimes, in a...

WWII shells disrupt Japan bullet trains 18 Feb 2013 - 05:08 am

TOKYO: Japanese troops removed two unexploded wartime bombs in central and western Japan yesterday, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate their homes and...

Gun battle leads to massacre suspect’s arrest in Philippines 18 Feb 2013 - 05:08 am

COTABATO, Philippines: A gun battle between soldiers and car passengers at a military checkpoint led to the arrest of a suspect in the...

Three dead in Thai bombings 18 Feb 2013 - 05:08 am

PATTANI: A series of blasts shook a town in the restive Thai south leaving three dead and 17 wounded, officials said yesterday, days...

Lankan Buddhist monks demand halal meat boycott 18 Feb 2013 - 05:07 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s nationalist Buddhist monks and their supporters launched a campaign yesterday to boycott Islamic halal-slaughtered meat amid mounting religious tensions in...

Kosovo marks independence anniversary 18 Feb 2013 - 05:06 am

Kosovo Albanians hold up Kosovan, Albanian and American flags to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia in...