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Court dismisses Zee News petition in extortion case 17 Jan 2013 - 03:36 am

New Delhi: A Delhi court yesterday dismissed the plea of Zee News Ltd. seeking a direction to the CBI to lodge an FIR...

Judge rejects Lalit Modi’s passport plea 17 Jan 2013 - 03:36 am

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court yesterday dismissed the appeal of suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi challenging the revocation of...

Delhi monorail project to start by March 17 Jan 2013 - 03:35 am

New Delhi: Work on the elevated Delhi monorail project will start in March and it will be commissioned in 2017, Transport Minister Ramakant...

Protest marks one month of horrific Delhi gang rape 17 Jan 2013 - 03:34 am

Demonstrators shout slogans during a rally in New Delhi, yesterday. NEW DELHI: Protesters carrying banners which read “Death To Rapists” gathered in central...

Anti-Telangana Congress leaders to meet today 17 Jan 2013 - 03:32 am

Hyderabad: Congress party leaders from Rayalaseema and Andhra regions said they would go ahead with today’s meeting to oppose the proposed division of...

After slowdown, economy to grow: World Bank 17 Jan 2013 - 03:32 am

Washington/new delhi: After a sharp slowdown pushing down its projected growth to 5.4 percent in the fiscal year ending March 2013, the World...

Chautala, son convicted in graft case 17 Jan 2013 - 03:32 am

New Delhi: Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and son Ajay were taken into police custody yesterday after a CBI court convicted...

Consider complaint of anti-Sikh riots victims: High Court 17 Jan 2013 - 03:31 am

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court yesterday asked the police commissioner to consider a complaint to be filed on behalf of 1984 anti-Sikh...

Qadri urges politicians to join mass protest 17 Jan 2013 - 03:30 am

Ruling Pakistan Peoples Party activists shout slogans at a rally in Lahore against the Supreme Court order to arrest the prime minister. ISLAMABAD:...

Villagers picket governor’s house with bodies 17 Jan 2013 - 03:29 am

Villagers from the northwest with the bodies of their relatives protest outside the governor’s house in the provincial capital of Peshawar, yesterday. PESHAWAR:...

Pakistan’s army ‘in no mood of adventure’ 17 Jan 2013 - 03:29 am

45 wind power projects on way ISLAMABAD: As many as 45 wind power projects of around 3,200 MW are under process and of...

Suicide attack targets Afghan spy HQ in Kabul 17 Jan 2013 - 03:28 am

KABUL: A squad of suicide bombers attacked the national intelligence agency headquarters in heavily-fortified central Kabul yesterday, killing at least two guards and...

Another Dreamliner lands in trouble 17 Jan 2013 - 03:28 am

TOKYO: Japan’s two leading airlines grounded their fleets of Boeing 787s yesterday after one of the Dreamliner passenger jets made an emergency landing,...

A month after typhoon 17 Jan 2013 - 03:27 am

Children attend a class inside a tent at an evacuation centre in Banganga town more than a month after Typhoon Bopha hit Davao...

Japanese prime minister starts regional tour with Vietnam visit 17 Jan 2013 - 03:25 am

HANOI: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Vietnam yesterday at the start of a regional tour aimed at strengthening economic and security...

Sri Lanka’s new chief justice attends office, lawyers keep up boycott 17 Jan 2013 - 03:25 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s controversial new chief justice spent his first full day at work in his chambers yesterday after his impeached predecessor insisted...

Bangladesh gets $1bn from Russia to buy weapons 17 Jan 2013 - 03:25 am

MOSCOW: Russia has granted Bangladesh a $1bn loan for weapons purchases and $500m to help one of Asia’s poorest countries build its first...

Carnegie Mellon hosts CS4Qatar for women 17 Jan 2013 - 03:17 am

DOHA: Attracting women into science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields traditionally has been a challenge, but Carnegie Mellon University Qatar (CMUQ) is taking...