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Lokpal report tabled in Rajya Sabha amid ruckus 24 Nov 2012 - 04:33 am

New Delhi: Amid din over various issues, a select committee of Rajya Sabha yesterday tabled its much awaited report on Lokpal Bill, giving...

Missile interceptor test-fired successfully 24 Nov 2012 - 04:32 am

Bhubaneswar: India yesterday successfully test fired a ballistic missile interceptor from a defence base in Odisha as part of its efforts to create...

Angry over portfolio change, Trinamool MLA threatens to quit 24 Nov 2012 - 04:32 am

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress’s MLA from Singur yesterday threatened to resign from the state ministry and retire from politics, expressing unhappiness over the...

BJP asks PM to withhold CBI chief appointment 24 Nov 2012 - 04:32 am

New Delhi: BJP yesterday called upon Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to keep the appointment of Ranjit Sinha as the new CBI director in...

Afghan attack kills three, wounds 90 24 Nov 2012 - 04:30 am

Pakistani security officials check people crossing into Pakistan through Chaman at the border with Afghanistan, yesterday. Ghazni: A suicide car bomber killed three...

Pakistan suspends mobile services over security fears 24 Nov 2012 - 04:29 am

KARACHI: Pakistan suspended mobile phone services in major cities yesterday to prevent terror attacks from marring commemorations for the holy month of Muharram,...

Maternal health gains under threat in Kabul 24 Nov 2012 - 04:29 am

Baharak: Ten years ago there was not a single midwife in the Afghan town of Baharak. Today there are four and the number...

Bombers forced French retreat: Taliban 24 Nov 2012 - 04:29 am

KABUL: A network of informers, exploitation of popular dissent and the ability to strike at vulnerable moments helped hasten the end of France’s...

Malala’s father to get job in London Consulate 24 Nov 2012 - 04:28 am

ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan has decided to give a job to Malala Yousufzai’s father, Ziauddin Yousufzai, at the Pakistan Consulate in Birmingham,...

Sri Lanka begins impeachment of chief justice 24 Nov 2012 - 04:27 am

Sri Lanka’s Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake smiles as she leaves the parliamentary complex in Colombo yesterday, ahead of impeachment proceedings. COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s...

S Korea marks shelling anniversary 24 Nov 2012 - 04:26 am

YEONPYEONG: South Korea marked yesterday the anniversary of North Korea’s 2010 shelling of a border island with a military drill and memorials, clouded...

Myanmar blames Rohingya militants for border attack 24 Nov 2012 - 04:26 am

YANGON: Myanmar authorities yesterday accused a Rohingya militant group of carrying out an attack that left one dead and three people missing --...

Security tightened in Bangkok for anti-govt rally 24 Nov 2012 - 04:26 am

BANGKOK: Thailand’s police chief said yesterday he would deploy almost 17,000 officers to prevent violence at an anti-government rally on the weekend, after...

N Korea preparing missile test: Media 24 Nov 2012 - 04:26 am

TOKYO: North Korea, under heavy UN sanctions for its nuclear weapons programme, could be preparing a long-range ballistic missile test, a Japanese newspaper...

Japan police rescue bank hostages 24 Nov 2012 - 04:25 am

TOKYO: Japanese police rescued four hostages from a bank yesterday and arrested the knife-wielding man who had held them captive for more than...

Taiwan protests new Chinese passports over territory claim 24 Nov 2012 - 04:25 am

Taipei: Taiwan yesterday protested after China started issuing new passports with maps that feature two of the island’s most famous scenic spots as...

Massacre clan jostling for power again 24 Nov 2012 - 04:23 am

A general view shows Filipino journalists, students and militant groups holding mock coffins to protest the killings of journalists in Manila, Philippines, yesterday....

Bicameral committee on sin tax set next week 24 Nov 2012 - 04:23 am

MANILA: The Senate and the House of Representatives will begin their bicameral conference committee meeting on the sin tax reform bill next week,...