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Egypt c.bank offers $75 million at 9th currency auction 13 Jan 2013 - 06:01 pm

CAIRO: Egypt's central bank said on Sunday it was offering to sell $75 million to banks at its ninth foreign currency auction, with...

Shaken survivors remember cruise disaster 13 Jan 2013 - 07:42 am

The capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia is pictured outside Giglio Harbour yesterday. GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy: Shaken survivors and grieving relatives of the 32...

Modi avoids talk of higher office 13 Jan 2013 - 07:39 am

Gujarat state Chief Minister Narendra Modi addressing the audience during the valedictory function of the Vibrant Gujarat 2013 6th Global Summit at Mahatma...

LoC killings: IAF chief talks tough 13 Jan 2013 - 07:39 am

New Delhi: In a veiled warning, the IAF chief said yesterday that India may have to “look at some other options” if Pakistan...

JMM seeks time to form new govt 13 Jan 2013 - 07:38 am

Ranchi: The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) yesterday sought more time for forming an alternative government in the state. JMM chief Shibu Soren, his...

Pune’s German Bakery opens doors 13 Jan 2013 - 07:38 am

Pune: Pune’s landmark German Bakery, which was targeted in a terrorist attack in 2010, has virtually risen like a phoenix 35 months after...

The NR Eye: Kerala aims to make its ‘own’ PBD more useful 13 Jan 2013 - 07:37 am

by Moiz Mannan It took more than a decade for Kerala to realize that India’s annual diaspora jamboree is no place to get...

Mother of rape accused in shock 13 Jan 2013 - 07:33 am

BADAUN /NEW DELHI: In a village in India’s Uttar Pradesh state, a woman sits hunched on the ground in a green shawl, visibly...

Crimes against women on the rise in UP 13 Jan 2013 - 07:32 am

Lucknow: With crimes against women in the national spotlight, the country’s most populous state reported as many as 23 rapes in the first...

Pending anti-sexual harassment bill is useless: Activists 13 Jan 2013 - 07:31 am

New Delhi: While the government has assured a stronger anti-rape law, activists say a bill against sexual harassment at the workplace that has...

Three arrested for rape and molestation in New Delhi 13 Jan 2013 - 07:31 am

New Delhi: Three people, including a B.Tech student, were arrested in with three separate cases of attempt to rape and molestation here, police...

Bangalore faces water scarcity with depleting reservoirs 13 Jan 2013 - 07:31 am

Bangalore: Last year was bad for Karnataka. This year could be worse if nature does not turn benevolent. After a failed monsoon, winter...

Visa denied to British scribe 13 Jan 2013 - 07:17 am

Hyderabad: India has denied award-winning British journalist Yvonne Ridley a visa. She was scheduled to address the Spring of Islam conference being held...

Angry Pakistani Shias refuse to bury dead 13 Jan 2013 - 07:16 am

QUETTA: Shia families refusing to bury their dead after twin bombings in Pakistan’s troubled southwestern city of Quetta vowed to continue their sit-in...

US to speed up Afghan troop transition 13 Jan 2013 - 07:15 am

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama said yesterday that the US goal in Afghanistan was “within reach” as he vowed to move ahead with...

Washington condemns ‘inhuman’ attacks in Pakistan 13 Jan 2013 - 07:15 am

QUETTA: The United States has condemned the “senseless and inhumane” extremist attacks in Pakistan after a day of bomb blasts that killed 126...

Insecurity fuels demand for bulletproof vehicles 13 Jan 2013 - 07:15 am

KARACHI: A number of local companies in Pakistan have started armouring passenger vehicles following demand driven by the deteriorating law and order situation...

Pakistan’s foreign ministry gets rap over spending 13 Jan 2013 - 07:07 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign ministry and its overseas missions spent Rs90.483m during 2004-06 on furnishing offices with new furniture and carpets and buying luxury...