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Chamling sworn in for 5th term 22 May 2014 - 01:23 am

Gangtok: Pawan Kumar Chamling was yesterday sworn in as Sikkim’s chief minister for a record fifth consecutive term. Governor Shriniwas Patil administered the...

Patnaik sworn in as Odisha CM 22 May 2014 - 01:22 am

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik was sworn in as Odisha Chief Minister for the fourth straight term here yesterday. Twenty-one ministers, including 11...

Obama praises Manmohan 22 May 2014 - 01:22 am

New Delhi: After a farewell phone call to Manmohan Singh shortly after he demitted office, US President Barak Obama also wrote to the...

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake rocks India 22 May 2014 - 01:21 am

New Delhi: An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 occurred in the Bay of Bengal yesterday evening. Tremors were felt across India, but there was...

70 children rescued from Delhi station 22 May 2014 - 01:21 am

New Delhi: A total of 70 children were rescued from the Old Delhi Railway Station yesterday while they were boarding a train for...

Veteran Communist Umanath dead 22 May 2014 - 01:21 am

Chennai: R Umanath, a veteran leader of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), died yesterday in Trichirapalli in Tamil Nadu. A member of...

Women-only cab service started in Kochi 22 May 2014 - 01:20 am

Kochi: With the support of the Kerala government, a women-only cab service called “She Taxi” has been launched here to ensure safety and...

Thailand army calls rivals to a dialogue 22 May 2014 - 01:00 am

Army chief General Prayut Chan-O-Cha (centre) speaks during a meeting at the Army Club in Bangkok yesterday. BANGKOK: Thailand’s army chief imposed martial...

Workers under trial 22 May 2014 - 12:59 am

Twenty-three garment workers and human rights activists, accused of acts of violence and damaging property during a January protest attends a trial in...

Hanoi, Manila denounce Beijing’s actions 22 May 2014 - 12:43 am

MANILA/SHANGHAI: Vietnam and the Philippines are determined to oppose Chinese infringement of their territorial waters, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said yesterday,...

Four die in fresh attacks on China firms in Vietnam 22 May 2014 - 12:43 am

HONG KONG: Metallurgical Corp of China Ltd (MCC) said yesterday four of its employees working on a construction project in Vietnam were killed...

Japanese court rules out restarting Ohi nuclear plant 22 May 2014 - 12:42 am

TOKYO: A Japanese court ruled against allowing the restart of a nuclear power plant west of Tokyo yesterday, its operator said, a rare...

South Korean sect submits to search for ferry operator 22 May 2014 - 12:42 am

ANSEONG/INCHEON: Hundreds of followers of a religious sect submitted yesterday to a search of their rural commune by South Korean authorities seeking the...

College student stabs to death three in Taiwan 22 May 2014 - 12:41 am

TAIPEI: A knife-wielding college student killed three people and injured 25, police said, in a rare incident on Taipei’s metro yesterday. Police said...

Karachi bomb blast 22 May 2014 - 12:41 am

Security officials inspect the site of a bomb blast near the Sachal Rangers Headquarters in Karachi yesterday. At least eight people were injured.

10 die in road crash 22 May 2014 - 12:40 am

People inspect the wreckage of a passenger van at the scene of an accident at Burewala Road near Adda Zaheer Nagar in Vehari,...

Risks multiply as Afghan poll run-off nears 22 May 2014 - 12:14 am

KABUL: Both candidates vying to be the next president of Afghanistan are convinced they will win and that only cheating can stop them...

Protest over closure of schools 22 May 2014 - 12:13 am

QUETTA: Thousands of women, children and activists marched in Pakistan’s volatile province of Baluchistan yesterday in a protest against a campaign by an...