World / Asia

India gas cylinder blast toll reaches 104: police 12 Sep 2015 - 01:45 pm

People gather around the site of an explosion at a restaurant in Jhabua district in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on...

Kalka-Shimla toy train derails, two foreigners killed 12 Sep 2015 - 01:44 pm

PARWANOO, Himachal Pradesh: Two foreigners were killed and 14 people were injured on Saturday when two coaches of a Kalka-Shimla toy train derailed...

Modi's praise of Mulayam stokes rumour mills in UP 12 Sep 2015 - 01:35 pm

By Mohit Dubey LUCKNOW: In middle of last year's high-octane Lok Sabha campaign, Narendra Modi had thumped his "chappan inch ka seena" (56-inch...

Adventurers' Grand Slam: Awards elude twin Indian sisters 12 Sep 2015 - 01:26 pm

By Aroonim Bhuyan NEW DELHI: After having conquered the highest peaks in each of the seven continents in the world and having skiied...

No Hanuman Sena can stop me from writing: Author MM Basheer 12 Sep 2015 - 01:05 pm

By Preetha Nair NEW DELHI: Contradicting reports of being forced to stop writing after threats from right wing groups, Malayalam literary critic M.M....

Indo-Pak designers exhibit their craft at Shaan-e-Pakistan 12 Sep 2015 - 12:18 pm

NEW DELHI: A confluence of myriad colours, fabrics, hand-made embroidery and exquisite designs from across the border marked the second day of the...

Policeman, two militants killed in Pakistan gunfight 12 Sep 2015 - 12:12 pm

PESHAWAR: Three people were killed and at least five others were injured in a gunfight in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar late Friday,...

Japan resumes work on controversial US base in Okinawa 12 Sep 2015 - 12:08 pm

TOKYO: Tokyo on Saturday resumed work on a controversial new US military base in southern Okinawa following a month-long suspension, officials said, even...

Grand Mosque accident: Two Indians among 107 killed 12 Sep 2015 - 11:31 am

NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs on Saturday said that two Indians were among the 107 killed in the crane accident at...

Resounding election victory signals confidence in Singapore's future - PM 12 Sep 2015 - 11:23 am

By Rujun Shen and Saeed Azhar SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong basked in his party's thumping election victory on Saturday, declaring...

At least 44 killed in Indian gas explosion: Police 12 Sep 2015 - 11:15 am

NEW DELHI: At least 44 people were killled in a town in central India on Saturday when a cooking gas cylinder blew up...

PM hits out at parliament disruption 12 Sep 2015 - 02:37 am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a public rally in Chandigarh, yesterday. Chandigarh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said that he was taking...

India will not fire the first bullet, Rajnath tells Pakistan 12 Sep 2015 - 02:37 am

Home Minister Rajnath Singh (centre) meets the delegation led by the Director General, Pakistani Rangers, Maj Gen Umar Farooq Burki (right) during a...

12 convicted for Mumbai blasts 12 Sep 2015 - 02:35 am

Mumbai police escort one of the accused in the 2006 train bombings at Arthur Road Jail yesterday. Mumbai: Twelve people were convicted and...

Japan floods: Urgent search on for missing 12 Sep 2015 - 02:33 am

Japan Self-Defence Force members carry a senior citizen on a boat after rescuing a group of elderly patients from an isolated hospital flooded...

'FDI welcome, but challenges remain for white-label ATMs' 10 Sep 2015 - 03:32 pm

By Venkatachari Jagannathan CHENNAI: The government's decision to allow 100 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) under the automatic route for white-label ATM companies...

Agriculture as an occupation losing lure in Odisha 10 Sep 2015 - 03:25 pm

By Chinmaya Dehury BHUBANESWAR: Even as the Odisha government talks about its commitment to the agriculture sector, it is witnessing a surprising trend...

Russians' arrivals dipping, Goa to host charter tourists from Latvia 10 Sep 2015 - 03:18 pm

By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar PANAJI: With uncertainty looming large vis-a-vis Russian arrivals in the forthcoming tourism season due to an economic crisis in the...