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CPI-M seeks immediate lifting of ceiling on cash withdrawals 31 Dec 2016 - 01:18 am

Mumbai: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) yesterday asked the government to immediately remove restrictions on cash withdrawals as the 50-day deadline given...

'Dangal' inches close to Rs 200 crore 31 Dec 2016 - 01:17 am

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan's sports drama "Dangal" has minted Rs 197.53 crore at the box office in its opening week, inching close to...

Cubans surf web at home in pilot project 31 Dec 2016 - 01:17 am

Havana: Downtown Havana resident Margarita Marquez says she received a special Christmas gift this year: web access at home, a rarity in a...

Taliban acknowledge ties with Russia & Iran 31 Dec 2016 - 01:15 am

Kabul: The Afghan Taliban group has acknowledged its ties with Moscow and Tehran, projecting them as proof of their legitimacy and their supposed...

SP splits as Mulayam acts tough against son 31 Dec 2016 - 01:15 am

Lucknow: The ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh split yesterday between party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son and Chief Minister...

Shimla's second hottest December in 100 years 31 Dec 2016 - 01:15 am

Shimla has recorded the warmest December in the past eight years and the second 'hottest' since 1918, a Met official said here yesterday....

2,900 wardens to control traffic on New Year eve 31 Dec 2016 - 01:13 am

Lahore: As many as 2,900 wardens would be deputed in different areas of the city to keep traffic flow smooth in Pakistani city...

China to build power line across Pakistan 31 Dec 2016 - 01:13 am

Islamabad: State Grid of China will help build a 4,000 MW power transmission line in Pakistan in a project valued at $1.5bn, Pakistan...

Toxic liquor death toll rises 31 Dec 2016 - 01:11 am

Islamabad: Thirty-nine people have now died after drinking home-made liquor mixed with aftershave on Christmas Eve in central Pakistan, officials said yesterday, including...

PPP will not hold anti-govt long march 31 Dec 2016 - 01:11 am

Islamabad: Unlike the early nineties when the late former prime minister and PPP chairperson, Benazir Bhutto, marched twice on Islamabad at the head...

Banned student activists protest US terror tag 31 Dec 2016 - 01:11 am

Islamabad: Dozens of activists from a student wing of the banned anti-India Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group have rallied in Islamabad to condemn a recent...

Nobel laureates urge UN to intervene in Myanmar crisis 31 Dec 2016 - 01:08 am

United Nations: More than a dozen Nobel laureates urged the United Nations to "end the human crisis" of Myanmar's Rohingya minority group, whose...

Philippines may relocate naval drills with US 31 Dec 2016 - 01:08 am

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has asked his defence minister to move joint naval exercises with the United States away from the disputed...

6.2 quake hits eastern Indonesia 31 Dec 2016 - 01:07 am

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck yesterday off the island of Sumbawa in eastern Indonesia, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said....

Three dead in Congo jail mutiny 31 Dec 2016 - 01:07 am

Three people died and four suffered bullet injuries during a short-lived mutiny at a jail in Brazzaville, the prosecutor said. The unrest broke...

Myanmar to take back 2,415 Rohingyas 31 Dec 2016 - 01:07 am

Yangon: Myanmar said yesterday it will take back 2,415 citizens from Bangladesh, only a tiny fraction of the 300,000 people who Bangladesh says...

Burundi president hints at fourth term 31 Dec 2016 - 01:05 am

Nairobi: Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza, whose controversial election to a third term in 2015 triggered a political crisis, hinted yesterday he might seek...

Talks on Kabila exit faltering: Opposition 31 Dec 2016 - 01:02 am

Kinshasa: Talks to ease Congo President Joseph Kabila out of power next year and quell protests over him overstaying his mandate are hanging...