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UK unveils powers to spy on Web use, raising privacy fears 05 Nov 2015 - 12:02 pm

As Britain plans to tighten governmental surveillance of web, Internet users and telecoms firms fear a setback for privacy rights London: Britain unveiled...

Burundi crisis poses 'devastating' risk for region: AU 05 Nov 2015 - 11:02 am

Addis Ababa: The African Union has warned of its "deep concern" for troubled Burundi and the wider region if rivals do not resolve...

Fears of Afghan woman who secretly filmed Taliban on bus 05 Nov 2015 - 10:59 am

Afghan psychologist Fatima, 23, who recorded a Taliban militant making a speech in a bus. AFP Kabul: Halfway through the journey home to...

Rain, faulty EVMs play spoilsport in Kerala civic polls 05 Nov 2015 - 10:54 am

Thiruvananthapuram: Heavy rain and faulty electronic voting machines (EVMs) played the spoilsport during ballotting on Thursday in the second and the final phase...

Modi launches three gold-related schemes 05 Nov 2015 - 10:44 am

PM Modi launched gold-related schemes, including an engraved gold coin, to convert yellow-metal assets into interest-bearing deposits New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

IS claims behind Bangladesh policeman's murder 05 Nov 2015 - 10:31 am

Dhaka University students burn an effigy of the Bangladesh Minister of Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan at a march in Dhaka on November 3,...

Russia sent missile systems to Syria: air force chief 05 Nov 2015 - 10:15 am

Chief of the Air Space Forces of Russia Viktor Bondarev. Moscow: Russia sent anti-aircraft missile systems to Syria to back up its air...

Hundreds arrested in Kashmir ahead of Modi visit 05 Nov 2015 - 10:09 am

Members of Jammu Kashmir Mass Movement, a separatist group, shout slogans from an Indian Police vehicle after they were detained during a protest...

Greek refugee island running out of space to bury the dead 05 Nov 2015 - 10:04 am

Refugees and migrants wait at the port of Lesbos island due to a strike of Greece's seamen's federation (PNO) on November 4, 2015....

Workers trapped in collapsed Pakistan factory plead for help on mobile phones 05 Nov 2015 - 10:02 am

Pakistani rescuers move a man rescued from under the rubble of a collapsed factory on the outskirts of Lahore on November 5, 2015....

Cambodia opposition MP attackers are 'soldiers': police 05 Nov 2015 - 09:58 am

This picture taken on November 4, 2015 shows Cambodian suspect Chay Sarith (C) being escorted by police officials at Phnom Penh municipal court....

Top Birla award for Santoor maestro Shivkumar Sharma 05 Nov 2015 - 09:58 am

Mumbai: Santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma has been named for this year's 'Aditya Vikram Birla Kalashikhar Puraskar' for lifetime achievement in Hindustani music,...

A great day for Canada, says Indian origin ex-minister 05 Nov 2015 - 09:41 am

Canada's new Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains (L) is congratulated by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Rideau Hall in Ottawa...

Efforts on to trace two pilots of crashed Pawan Hans chopper 05 Nov 2015 - 09:25 am

File photo of a Pawan Hans helicopter Mumbai: A massive search operation is on to locate two missing pilots of a Pawan Hans...

29 IS militants killed in eastern Afghanistan 05 Nov 2015 - 09:23 am

Kabul: 29 militants from the IS-Khorasan group have been killed in military operations and an internal clash in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan....

Large voter turn out in final phase of Bihar polls 05 Nov 2015 - 09:22 am

Voters queue to cast their ballots at a voting centre in the final stage of state assembly elections in the Bihar village of...

6.3 earthquake magnitude Hits Russia's kamchatka 05 Nov 2015 - 09:20 am

Moscow: A Strong earthquake measuring 6.3 on Richter scale hit Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula on Thursday, a spokesman for the Kamchatka branch...

Another Myanmar student leader arrested, days before vote 05 Nov 2015 - 09:04 am

Yangon: A Myanmar student leader has been arrested just days ahead of landmark polls, a relative said Thursday, after another activist was detained...