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Fresh shelling, Delhi rejects UN probe 11 Jan 2013 - 05:44 am

Jammu/New Delhi: Indian and Pakistani troops were locked in shelling again yesterday as New Delhi rejected Islamabad’s call for a UN probe into...

Fear in villages over shootout 11 Jan 2013 - 05:43 am

TITRINOT, Pakistan: Pakistani villagers in Kashmir living on the de facto border with India say they are trapped indoors, terrified by heavy exchanges...

Police beat gang rape suspects: Lawyer 11 Jan 2013 - 05:42 am

Lawyer M L Sharma, who represents two defendants on trial, speaking with media outside the Saket District Court in New Delhi, yesterday. NEW...

Death sentence for rapist in Rajasthan 11 Jan 2013 - 05:42 am

Jaipur: A court in Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar town sentenced to death a man for raping and then brutally killing a 15-year-old girl, a lawyer...

Maoists implant bomb inside dead CRPF trooper’s stomach 11 Jan 2013 - 05:42 am

Ranchi: Maoists cut open the stomach of a dead trooper to implant a bomb inside which was defused after doctors conducting an autopsy...

Apex court seeks centre’s response on election law 11 Jan 2013 - 05:41 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday asked the central government to file its response to two PILs contending that a provision of India’s...

Total US ‘pullout would trigger disaster’ 11 Jan 2013 - 05:40 am

Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai walks through the US Capitol to a meeting with senators. KABUL: Afghan lawmakers have warned that disaster and civil...

Afghan police graduation 11 Jan 2013 - 05:38 am

Afghan National Police personnel attend a graduation ceremony at a police training centre in Herat, yesterday.

101 killed, 200 injured in Quetta, Swat blasts 11 Jan 2013 - 05:38 am

QUETTA/PESHAWAR: At least 101 people were killed and more than 200 wounded in bombings in Pakistan yesterday, officials said, with most casualties caused...

US drone attacks in tribal belt claim six 11 Jan 2013 - 05:38 am

MIRANSHAH: US drones fired missiles into a compound and a motorbike in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt, killing at least six militants yesterday, local...

Ruling PPP among poor parties: ECP 11 Jan 2013 - 05:37 am

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has released details of assets of political parties for the financial year 2010-11, showing the ruling...

Big difference in voter numbers raises doubts over rolls 11 Jan 2013 - 05:37 am

ISLAMABAD: A yawning gap between the number of voters in most constituencies for Pakistan’s National Assembly on lists for the 2008 polls and...

Sri Lanka lawyers strike over impeachment of top judge 11 Jan 2013 - 05:36 am

Sri Lankan lawyers protest against government moves to impeach the chief justice in the capital, yesterday. COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s lawyers staged a strike...

80 dead as cold snap hits Bangladesh 11 Jan 2013 - 05:34 am

A man warms himself by a fire on a foggy winter day in Dhaka, yesterday. DHAKA: A cold snap which saw temperatures drop...

Chinese leaders urged to loosen grip on media 11 Jan 2013 - 05:34 am

GUANGZHOU, China: A weekly Chinese newspaper at the centre of anti-censorship protests appeared on newsstands yesterday as a newsroom strike ended amid fresh...

Tokyo sends jets against Beijing’s military planes 11 Jan 2013 - 05:34 am

TOKYO: Japan scrambled fighter jets yesterday to head off a number of Chinese military planes near islands at the centre of a territorial...

Myanmar denies using chemical weapons on rebels 11 Jan 2013 - 05:33 am

YANGON: Myanmar yesterday denied accusations it had used chemical weapons against ethnic minority rebels in the northern state of Kachin, where an escalating...

Hong Kong reporters slam new clamp on access to information 11 Jan 2013 - 05:33 am

Hong Kong: Journalists in Hong Kong yesterday slammed a government bid to restrict access to information about company directors, after a series of...