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Pakistan rejects call to scrap Rs5,000 note 27 Dec 2016 - 10:32 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan’s government has dismissed a recommendation from the Upper House of Parliament to scrap the Rs5,000 ($48) bank note to cut the...

Islamabad police told to use Facebook 27 Dec 2016 - 10:32 pm

Islamabad: Islamabad Police Inspector General (IGP) Tariq Masood Yasin has directed all police stations to create own Facebook pages in order to enhance...

FM Sushma Swaraj wants Norway child united with parents 27 Dec 2016 - 10:30 pm

New Delhi: Foreign minister yesterday urged Norway to return a five-year-old boy to his Indian-origin parents after authorities took the child into their...

Rao asserts he is Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary & raps state govt 27 Dec 2016 - 10:30 pm

Chennai: Former Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary P Rama Mohana Rao, who was removed after he came under the Income Tax Department's scanner and...

Major accident averted at Delhi Airport 27 Dec 2016 - 10:25 pm

A major mishap was averted at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here yesterday morning after an Indigo and a SpiceJet aircraft came face...

Four held for assaulting US woman 27 Dec 2016 - 10:23 pm

New Delhi court yesterday sent four persons including a tourist guide, who were arrested on the charge of sexually assaulting a US tourist...

Efforts on to free priest in Yemen: Govt 27 Dec 2016 - 10:22 pm

New Delhi: Government said yesterday it will "spare no effort" to secure the release of a priest kidnapped in Yemen, after video footage...

War of words erupts in Kerala's Congress 27 Dec 2016 - 10:21 pm

Thiruvananthapuram: The faction-ridden Congress party in Kerala, which is passing through tough times since the severe drubbing it got during the May assembly...

PM calls for innovative approaches to budget 27 Dec 2016 - 10:20 pm

Dehradun: In his first such interaction with a set of noted economists and experts organised by Niti Aayog, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday...

Trump names Thomas Bossert, Bush-era veteran and policy newcomer, to counterterrorism post 27 Dec 2016 - 10:16 pm

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.: President-elect Donald Trump appointed an experienced hand from the George W. Bush era to his national security circle Tuesday...

Washington expands paid leave law 27 Dec 2016 - 10:16 pm

Washington: Washington D.C., has significantly expanded its paid leave law, giving non-government workers in the city up to eight weeks paid time off...

BJP targeting me because I am Dalit: Mayawati 27 Dec 2016 - 10:16 pm

Lucknow/New Delhi: A day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sniffed out more than Rs104 crore deposited in her party's account after demonetisation, BSP...

French experts blast Seoul over fake painting 27 Dec 2016 - 10:12 pm

Seoul: French art experts yesterday lambasted South Korean state prosecutors for declaring a "fake" painting to be genuine despite its own scientific findings...

Fights, disturbances shut down malls across US 27 Dec 2016 - 09:56 pm

Washington: Fights, disturbances and false reports of gunfire caused chaotic scenes and shut down several malls across the United States on Monday during...

Colombia probe finds human error, lack of fuel in air crash 27 Dec 2016 - 09:51 pm

A series of human errors caused an airliner to run out of fuel and crash in Colombia last month, killing 71 people including...

Large fire erupts after gas pipeline explosion in Azerbaijan 27 Dec 2016 - 07:37 pm

Baku: A large fire erupted after an explosion at a gas pipeline in the capital of Azerbaijan, Sputnik International reports citing the statement...

'Civil march for Aleppo' leaves Berlin 27 Dec 2016 - 06:37 pm

Berlin: About 400 peace activists were marching Tuesday from the outskirts of Berlin towards the devastated Syrian city of Aleppo, heading down the...

Algeria says 54,457 involved in 'terrorism' since 1990s 27 Dec 2016 - 06:33 pm

Algiers: Nearly 55,000 people accused of committing "terrorist offences" have faced legal proceedings in Algeria since the country's devastating civil war in the...