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Kolkata: One person was killed and nine others were injured in West Bengal yesterday when a mob of agitating villagers clashed with police...

  Raigad, Maharashtra: The bodies of four brutally murdered men were discovered in a farmhouse in Maharashtra’s Raigad district yesterday afternoon, police said. At...

  Sangli: A farmer was injured when police opened fire to quell a violent group during the ongoing agitation of sugarcane growers which continued...

Guwahati: In a joint operation, the Assam and Nagaland police have arrested seven people, including two Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) cadres, a...

Thomas de Maiziere (right),German Minister of Defence, visits soldiers of the Afghan Army training Camp Shaheen in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. De Maiziere visited the...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has agreed to free some Afghan Taliban prisoners who could be useful in reconciliation efforts, officials from both countries said yesterday,...

KABUL: A majority of Afghans believe their country is moving in the right direction but insecurity, unemployment and corruption remain major problems, a...

ISLAMABAD: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to visit Pakistan next week to sign Inter-Governmental Cooperation Agreement (IGCA), an accord that will pave...

SWAT: Though once abundant in foliage and trees, Swat valley in Pakistan is fast losing its greenery to illegal logging and smuggling of...

BEIJING: China appointed a respected economist to head its anti-graft drive as it sought to stress its resolve in fighting the rampant corruption...

BEIJING: China’s ruling Communist Party closed a pivotal congress yesterday that put Vice President Xi Jinping a step closer to taking power for...

TOKYO: There are no plans for a Japan-China-South Korea summit on the sidelines of a regional gathering, a Japanese official said yesterday, amid...

  COLOMBO: Sri Lanka yesterday denied allegations in a leaked United Nations report that it had intimidated UN humanitarian workers during the final stages...

SEOUL: South Korean prosecutors said yesterday they would refer President Lee Myung-Bak’s only son to the tax authorities as they handed down indictments...

MANILA: Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III said sorry to the Kennedy clan for his use of a portion of a speech of...

Children study in a solar-powered floating school in a flood-prone area in Bangladesh. The ‘Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha’ initiative is one of the winners...

The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani with Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Prince Abdulaziz...

DOHA: Kevin Rudd (pictured), MP and 26th Prime Minister of Australia will share his insights on “What the Change in Communist Leadership says...