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Singtel says Q2 net profit up 0.3pc 14 Nov 2013 - 08:36 am

SINGAPORE: Singapore Telecom said Thursday its net profit in the July-September quarter edged up 0.3 percent as a strong local dollar weighed on...

Religious festival 14 Nov 2013 - 07:00 am

Devotees light oil lamps and perform evening prayers at Baluwa Ghat on the banks of the River Yamuna during the Hindu festival of...

Rahul a novice and no match for Modi: Badal 14 Nov 2013 - 06:59 am

Jalandhar: The oldest serving chief minister in the country, Parkash Singh Badal of Punjab feels that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is a...

Five eminent scientists awarded Infosys prize 14 Nov 2013 - 06:58 am

Bangalore: Five eminent scientists, a noted historian and a reputed linguist from premier Indian institutes and overseas were declared winners of the Infosys...

Sartaj Aziz meets Manmohan Singh, stresses good ties 14 Nov 2013 - 06:58 am

New Delhi/Islamabad: Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s foreign affairs adviser, yesterday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and reaffirmed Islamabad’s desire to...

Truce violations causing stress: Omar Abdullah 14 Nov 2013 - 06:58 am

Jammu: Tension on the Line of Control and the international border directly impacts the tranquillity and development process in Jammu and Kashmir and...

Model of world’s largest temple unveiled in Bihar 14 Nov 2013 - 06:57 am

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday unveiled a model of the world’s largest Hindu temple with a towering height of 405 feet...

CAT 2013 results likely on Jan 14 14 Nov 2013 - 06:57 am

New Delhi: Results of the Common Admission Test (CAT) examination, through which students gain entry in management institutes, are expected to be announced...

Afghan opium output hits record in 2013 14 Nov 2013 - 06:56 am

A farmer collects raw opium in a poppy field in Khogyani district of Nangarhar province in Afghanistan. KABUL: Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan...

Musharraf to announce his plan soon, says lawyer 14 Nov 2013 - 06:56 am

ISLAMABAD: Despite approval of his bail in the last of the four criminal cases a week back, former president General Pervez Musharraf is...

Polio cases in Pakistan surpass 2012 figures 14 Nov 2013 - 06:55 am

Islamabad: Polio is on the rise in Pakistan, health officials said yesterday, as the number of infections in 2013 passed the total for...

PM Office employees in surplus pool still enjoy perks 14 Nov 2013 - 06:55 am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-N government might have been quick in announcing austerity measures - but the premier’s office itself hasn’t done much...

Pakistan, UK to enhance anti-terror ties 14 Nov 2013 - 06:54 am

Islamabad: Pakistan and the UK on Tuesday agreed to enhance defence ties by taking their counterterrorism cooperation to the next level. The decision...

Mass burial cancelled in Philippines 14 Nov 2013 - 06:53 am

Survivors wait to board a C-130 military plane out of Tacloban City yesterday. TACLOBAN: Gunfire forced the cancellation of a mass burial in...

China pressures Uighurs to shun burqas, beards 14 Nov 2013 - 06:52 am

BEIJING: China’s far-flung western region of Xinjiang is demanding that lawyers guarantee family members don’t wear burqas or grow long beards, the latest...

Lanka cracks down on Tamils 14 Nov 2013 - 06:51 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s military stopped scores of ethnic Tamils protesters from entering the capital yesterday ahead of a Commonwealth summit as a British...

250 factories shut after protests in Bangladesh 14 Nov 2013 - 06:51 am

DHAKA: Violent protests shuttered some 250 Bangladesh garment factories near the capital Dhaka yesterday, as thousands of workers demanded higher wages at the...

Commonwealth expels Maldives from panel over vote delay 14 Nov 2013 - 06:50 am

MALE: The Commonwealth expelled the Maldives yesterday from its disciplinary panel which has begun investigating the political chaos in the country after repeated...