New Delhi: Twenty-three years after being operated on the wrong side for a hernia in a Chennai hospital, a 29-year-old man has been...
New Delhi: Twenty-three years after being operated on the wrong side for a hernia in a Chennai hospital, a 29-year-old man has been...
BANGALORE: China’s role in operating a strategically important port in Pakistan is a matter of concern for India, the Defence Minister said yesterday,...
Thane (Maharashtra): The government is paying maximum attention to the health and welfare of women and children, especially those in the backward areas...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday directed the union home secretary to convene a meeting of chief secretaries of all states and administrators...
New Delhi: The Indian Army is set to get the first lot of 145 ultra-light howitzers it is purchasing from the US for...
Alappuzha (Kerala): A ‘funeral pillow’, made in Kerala from coir and placed under the head of the departed prior to the burial, has...
TUNIS: Tunisia’s ruling Islamists dissolved the government yesterday and promised rapid elections in a bid to calm the biggest street protests since the...
SANAA: Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi yesterday set March 18 as the date for a national dialogue to push forward the process of...
DUBAI: A once-feared prosecutor at the centre of a row between two of Iran’s most powerful figures was charged and freed from two...
WASHINGTON: The high-profile US drone strike that killed American-born radical preacher Anwar Al Awlaki in Yemen was partly conducted from a secret air...
ANKARA: The United States has asked Turkey to extradite Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law Sulaiman Abu Ghaith after his detention in Ankara last week,...
DAMASCUS: Syria’s army yesterday launched a fierce assault around Damascus, blasting rebel strongholds and sealing the main entrances to the capital, witnesses said,...
CAIRO: Egyptian liberal politician Mohamed ElBaradei condemned Egypt’s Islamist-led authorities yesterday for not arresting a Muslim cleric who said he should be sentenced...
DUBAI: Bahrain’s opposition said yesterday that an agreement on the mechanism of a planned national dialogue should be agreed before the start of...
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s parliament yesterday voted to form a special panel to probe allegations of irregularities in two contracts worth $5bn awarded to...
JERUSALEM: Israeli political and military leaders should be able to face charges in the event of alleged war crimes committed by soldiers, a...
Doha: Qatar denounced yesterday the assassination of Tunisian general secretary of the Democratic Patriotic Party Chokri Belaid, after he was gunned down in...
DOHA: Diane 35, a popular acne drug, also widely used as a contraceptive, is still being sold in Qatar despite growing international concerns...