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DUBAI: Iran launched large-scale air defence drills in the country's eastern half on Monday, Iranian media reported, amid heightened tensions between Tehran and...

SYDNEY: Google was ordered to pay Aus$200,000 (US$208,000) in damages to an Australian man Monday after a jury found the Internet giant defamed...

TOKYO: Tokyo's benchmark index fell 0.93 percent Monday on fears over a US budget standoff and worries about the slowing Japanese economy, while...

TAIPEI: Shares in Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC surged by its daily 7.0 percent limit Monday after it announced it had reached global...

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

Malaviya-21, a high-powered tugboat (background) pulls the oil tanker Pratibha Cauvery on the Marina beach in Chennai yesterday. Pratibha Cauvery ran aground as...

New Delhi: Social activist Anna Hazare yesterday accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of “betrayal” on the Jan Lokpal Bill and warned of another...

New Delhi: India has opened talks with Russia to upgrade its fleet of air superiority Sukhoi Su-30s with a new radar and avionics...

by Moiz Mannan The Minister of Overseas Indians Affairs, Vayalar Ravi, has said he wishes to “revive” the proposal to set up a...

Kochi: India’s first biennale art festival Kochi-Muziris Biennale-2012, to be held in Kerala next month, appears to be heading for trouble after a...

Kolkata: Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee yesterday accused the Mamata Banerjee-led government of driving away investors which was jeopardising the economy...

Hyderabad: The old city of Hyderabad remained tense yesterday following the arrest of eight legislators of the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) when they were...

Bangalore: Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa yesterday denied meeting BJP leader Arun Jaitley and remained firm on launching his own party...

New Delhi/Kochi: President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday dedicated to the nation an e-learning platform that would link thousands of teachers and students for virtual...

New Delhi: Over 250 inmates of South Asia’s largest prison — the Tihar Jail (TJ) here — have been busy for the past...

  New Delhi: Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in the Indian capital yesterday evening on the second leg of his state visit during which...

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad and Kabul will hold three days of talks on achieving peace in Afghanistan this week, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said yesterday. Relations...

Kabul: Crucial negotiations on the status of US forces remaining in Afghanistan after the Nato withdrawal in 2014 will begin in Kabul this...