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Exchange Rates in Qatar 19 Nov 2012 - 08:41 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Monday Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying...

No nation immune to climate change - World Bank 19 Nov 2012 - 08:17 am

WASHINGTON: All nations will suffer the effects of a warmer world, but it is the world's poorest countries that will be hit hardest...

Teeming crowds bid farewell to Bal Thackeray 19 Nov 2012 - 06:32 am

Uddhav Thackeray (left) performs the last rites of his father Bal Thackeray during the funeral in Mumbai yesterday. Mumbai: A sea of humanity...

Thackeray had strong bond with his Muslim physician 19 Nov 2012 - 06:31 am

Mumbai: He was considered a right-wing Hindu leader — but Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray, who died on Saturday, had full faith in...

CPM undecided over Trinamool’s no-confidence move 19 Nov 2012 - 06:31 am

New Delhi: The CPM has yet not decided on the Trinamool Congress’s move to bring a no-confidence motion against the UPA government in...

Delhi calls for direct talks between Israel, Palestine 19 Nov 2012 - 06:31 am

New Delhi: India yesterday conveyed its deep concern over escalation of violence between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza strip and called...

Kerala diaspora makes beeline to citizen’s call centre 19 Nov 2012 - 06:30 am

Kochi: More than 30 percent of the calls arriving at the Citizen’s Call Centre (CCC) facility introduced by the state government are from...

Aviation growth to benefit small cities 19 Nov 2012 - 06:30 am

New Delhi: Despite the current turbulence in India’s commercial aviation space, the government sees robust growth ahead if airlines reduce tariff, induct small...

Preparation for D-8 group meeting 19 Nov 2012 - 05:36 am

Pakistani commuters travel past a portrait of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ahead of a D-8 group of developing nations conference in Islamabad yesterday....

Govt decides to put on hold two bills 19 Nov 2012 - 05:35 am

ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Peoples’ Party government will not present two expected bills — the National Accountability Commission Act and Investigation for Fair...

Steep hike in CNG prices likely soon 19 Nov 2012 - 05:35 am

ISLAMABAD: The reprieve provided to Pakistani energy customers by the slash in CNG prices might be coming to an end. The Oil and...

Asghar case lands leaders in hot water 19 Nov 2012 - 05:35 am

LAHORE: While the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif alleges the government has ‘virtually dropped’ its plan to launch...

Roadside bombs kill five near Afghan border 19 Nov 2012 - 05:34 am

MIRANSHAH: Roadside bombs killed a total of five people and wounded 10 yesterday in two separate blasts in Pakistan’s lawless tribal zone near...

Islamabad, Quetta most expensive cities in Pakistan 19 Nov 2012 - 05:34 am

KARACHI: The cities of Islamabad and Quetta are turning out to be the most expensive in Pakistan as they witnessed highest rate of...

Myanmar trip not to endorse regime: Obama 19 Nov 2012 - 05:33 am

US President Barack Obama and Thailand’s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at a dinner at Government House in Bangkok yesterday. BANGKOK: US President Barack...

Southeast Asia leaders sign controversial rights pact 19 Nov 2012 - 05:33 am

PHNOM PENH: Southeast Asian leaders endorsed a controversial human rights pact yesterday at an annual summit in which they also sought to step...

Asean unites against China’s sweeping maritime claims 19 Nov 2012 - 05:32 am

PHNOM PENH: Southeast Asian nations displayed a rare show of unity yesterday against China’s sweeping maritime claims, calling for the first formal talks...

Sri Lanka army recruits Tamil women 19 Nov 2012 - 05:32 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s military has recruited 100 women soldiers in the biggest single intake of ethnic Tamils from the island’s former war zone,...