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Indira Gandhi Prize 23 Nov 2012 - 06:59 am

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (right) receives the Indira Gandhi Prize from President Pranab Mukherjee during a ceremony at the...

Uproar marks first day of House session 23 Nov 2012 - 06:58 am

NEW DELHI: India’s parliament adjourned in uproar yesterday on the first day of what promises to be a stormy new session for the...

Court acquits two death row convicts 23 Nov 2012 - 06:58 am

New Delhi: Slamming the lax probe, the Delhi High Court yesterday acquitted two convicts given death penalty in the 1996 Lajpat Nagar Market...

Commandos left high and dry, says Kejriwal 23 Nov 2012 - 06:57 am

New Delhi: Activist-politician Arvind Kejriwal yesterday took up cudgels on behalf of NSG commandos, saying some of those who fought Pakistani terrorists in...

Fired minorities official in glare over farmhouse shootout 23 Nov 2012 - 06:57 am

New Delhi: Sacked Uttarakhand Minorities Commission chief Sukhdev Singh Namdhari’s role is under the scanner over the gun battle at a farmhouse here...

Mamata lacks political savvy: Dissident MP 23 Nov 2012 - 06:57 am

Kolkata: Dissident Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman, who stayed away from the Lok Sabha when the party tried to table a no-confidence motion...

Pakistan attacks kill 36 as D8 summit convenes 23 Nov 2012 - 06:55 am

Leaders of D-8 countries—Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan,...

Pakistani Taliban vows to avenge Kasab’s execution 23 Nov 2012 - 06:55 am

NEW DELHI: The Pakistani Taliban vowed yesterday to avenge the execution of Mohammed Kasab, the sole surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks,...

Islamadab moves against ‘vulgar’ late-night calls 23 Nov 2012 - 06:55 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has ordered mobile phone companies to ban cheap, late-night calling rates. Officials said that cheap late night call allegedly promote vulgarity...

ISI blamed for spending billions on ghost project 23 Nov 2012 - 06:54 am

ISLAMABAD: Already in the eye of the storm for its political role, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan came under criticism at a...

Pakistani customs officials foil attempt to smuggle wild animals 23 Nov 2012 - 06:54 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s customs officials thwarted an illegal attempt to ship animals, including falcons, houbara bustards and Sindh ibexes, in a chartered plane from...

Diplomatic meet 23 Nov 2012 - 06:53 am

Singapore’s Foreign Minister K Shanmugam (left) is greeted by his East Timorese counterpart Jose Luis Guterres during a meeting in Dili, East Timor,...

New China passports show disputed islands 23 Nov 2012 - 06:52 am

BEIJING: China’s new passports show a map including its claim to almost all the South China Sea -- provoking protests by the Philippines...

Thailand steps up security for Bangkok political rally 23 Nov 2012 - 06:51 am

BANGKOK: Thailand yesterday invoked a special security law to cope with a political rally this weekend in Bangkok, the scene of several outbreaks...

Vietnam officials to face yearly confidence vote 23 Nov 2012 - 06:51 am

HANOI: Communist Vietnam has passed a new law requiring top elected officials including the prime minister to win the support of parliament in...

Indonesian workers demand wage hikes, free health care 23 Nov 2012 - 06:51 am

JAKARTA: Thousands of Indonesian workers protested in the capital Jakarta yesterday demanding better wages nationwide and free health care as the economy in...

South Korean minister warns against Japan’s shift to right 23 Nov 2012 - 06:50 am

SEOUL: South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan warned yesterday of signs of a rightward shift in Japanese politics, including an increasingly aggressive stance...

Students mark massacre 23 Nov 2012 - 06:49 am

Students from the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) release paper planes during a rally marking the eve of the mass killings...