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Petrol, diesel prices likely to rise 14 Feb 2013 - 12:06 am

New Delhi: Petrol price could be hiked by Re1 a litre and diesel rates by 50 paise a litre by this weekend, according...

Village in Maharashtra hits Rs125 crore jackpot 14 Feb 2013 - 12:06 am

Chandrapur: This sleepy, little village tucked away in the lesser known district of Chandrapur in Maharashtra is humming with life as its residents...

Gang rape case: Police want media coverage ban to stay 14 Feb 2013 - 12:05 am

New Delhi: Police yesterday told the Delhi High Court to continue the ban on media access to the trial in the December 16,...

Dubai okays $1.6bn island plan with giant ferris wheel 13 Feb 2013 - 11:56 pm

DUBAI: Dubai gave the go ahead yesterday to plans for a new $1.6bn island project featuring the world’s largest ferris wheel at its...

UAE father to be executed for torturing daughter to death 13 Feb 2013 - 11:56 pm

DUBAI: A UAE court yesterday sentenced to death an Emirati father for torturing his two daughters, one of them to death, and jailed...

Kabul welcomes Obama’s withdrawal plan 13 Feb 2013 - 11:42 pm

Afghans watch a TV broadcast of US President Barack Obama delivering his State of the Union speech, in Kabul, yesterday. KABUL: The Afghan...

Nato ‘air strike kills 10 Afghan civilians’ 13 Feb 2013 - 11:42 pm

KABUL: A Nato air strike killed 10 civilians, mostly women or children, Afghan officials said yesterday. Nato forces said they were investigating the...

Pakistan calls for Taliban ceasefire before crunch talks 13 Feb 2013 - 11:41 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday urged the Taliban to announce a 30-day ceasefire as a precursor to peace talks which the militants offered earlier this...

Media cautioned over Valentine’s Day 13 Feb 2013 - 11:41 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s media regulator yesterday asked TV and radio stations to avoid offending religious sentiments and corrupting the nation’s youth in their Valentine’s...

Afghanistan can’t handle direct aid: US watchdog 13 Feb 2013 - 11:41 pm

WASHINGTON: Afghanistan’s government does not appear able to manage the large amounts of direct aid the US and other countries have pledged, the...

103 parties yet to qualify for elections 13 Feb 2013 - 11:40 pm

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehrik (PAT) are among 103 parties which...

Top court rejects plea to dissolve election panel 13 Feb 2013 - 11:40 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top court yesterday threw out a petition from a populist cleric seeking to dissolve the election commission, taking the country a...

Indian Oscar winner pulls out of Karachi literary festival 13 Feb 2013 - 11:39 pm

KARACHI: A leading Indian poet who won an Oscar for writing song lyrics for the smash hit movie Slumdog Millionaire has pulled out...

Has Qatar been promoted well? 13 Feb 2013 - 11:32 pm

A beautiful image still lingers in my mind. It is one of a man standing beside a lighthouse in the old area, directing...

Driving forward looking at the rear view mirror 13 Feb 2013 - 11:30 pm

Imagine someone trying to drive a car forward while looking at the rear view mirror. Doing this will only take one backwards, our...

Together against a vice spreading globally 13 Feb 2013 - 11:20 pm

May God the Almighty protect us from homosexuals, who blatantly voice their demands in the West. Recognition of same-sex marriages and adoption of...

Handcuffed Hong Kongers play out escapist fantasies 13 Feb 2013 - 11:19 pm

HONG KONG: Being blindfolded, handcuffed and locked in a dark room under the gaze of a surveillance camera is not everybody’s idea of...

Hyper-parents a bane for college students 13 Feb 2013 - 11:17 pm

LONDON: Turbo-charged parents still running their university-aged children’s schedules, laundry and vacations could be doing more harm than good with a study yesterday...