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Travel resumes across Line of Control 29 Jan 2013 - 01:22 am

Passengers board a bus belonging to the Jammu and Kashmir state government for Pakistan-administered Kashmir, at the Chakan-da-Bagh outpost near Poonch, some 250km...

Yeddyurappa changes tack on Shettar govt 29 Jan 2013 - 01:22 am

Bangalore/New Delhi: Former Karnataka BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa yesterday changed his tune on toppling the Jagadish Shettar ministry, amid speculation that some...

Manual scavenging despicable: Speaker 29 Jan 2013 - 01:22 am

New Delhi: Terming manual scavenging as “despicable”, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar yesterday called on society to cleanse its mindset to get rid...

Young woman found murdered in Delhi 29 Jan 2013 - 01:22 am

New Delhi: A 21-year-old married woman was found murdered with her throat slit in her parent’s house here, police said yesterday. Sarita was...

Party workers want Modi to be prime minister, says Sinha 29 Jan 2013 - 01:21 am

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha yesterday endorsed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the prime ministerial candidate from the...

Telangana agitation hots up yet again 29 Jan 2013 - 01:20 am

Activists of the Telangana Joint Action Committee (T-JAC) clash with police during a protest for a separate state of Telangana, in Hyderabad, yesterday....

Teenager to be tried as minor in rape case 29 Jan 2013 - 01:20 am

NEW DELHI: An Indian teenager accused of taking part in the December 16 gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student in New...

Launched under water 29 Jan 2013 - 01:19 am

A K-15 B05 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) surfaces from the Bay of Bengal moments after its launch from a submerged pontoon off the...

Discourse, revelry mark literary fest 29 Jan 2013 - 01:19 am

Jaipur: The spirit of democracy won hands down at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2013 that logged nearly 200,000 footfalls up from 120,000 in...

BSF trooper arrested for groping 29 Jan 2013 - 01:18 am

Kolkata: A Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was arrested last night for allegedly molesting a woman journalist near the busy Shyambazar crossing here,...

Schools can’t be given free hand for admissions 29 Jan 2013 - 01:18 am

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court yesterday said the city government cannot “dilute” the right to education law by allowing unaided private schools...

Scandal hearing 29 Jan 2013 - 01:17 am

The Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau, Fasih Bokhari, leaves the Supreme Court in Islamabad after a hearing on the death of an...

Corn sorting 29 Jan 2013 - 01:16 am

Men sort corn at a market in Rawalpindi, yesterday. As many people buy corn in bulk, it is cooked overnight in heated salt...

Kabul team arrives in Islamabad 29 Jan 2013 - 01:16 am

ISLAMABAD: A high-level delegation of Afghanistan, led by Defence Minister General Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, arrived here yesterday on a five-day visit. The team...

Coal mine accident kills eight in Loralai 29 Jan 2013 - 01:16 am

QUETTA: A gas explosion killed eight Pakistani coal mine workers in the country’s remote southwest yesterday, an official said. The accident happened in...

Balochistan’s parties to join general elections 29 Jan 2013 - 01:15 am

ISLAMABAD: Prominent political parties in Pakistan’s southwestern restive province of Balochistan have decided to contest the upcoming general elections, unlike the 2008 boycott,...

Haqqani skips court, cites security concern 29 Jan 2013 - 01:15 am

ISLAMABAD: Expressing lack of confidence in the country’s security apparatus despite having the government of his own party, former Pakistani ambassador to the...

Journalists demand more protection from authorities 29 Jan 2013 - 01:15 am

KARACHI: Terming Pakistan the most dangerous place in the world for journalists, speakers at a media workshop in the southern port city of...