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Two years apart, two young women stand before police vans
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Sri Lanka uses navy drones to tackle dengue
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‘He has received punishment’: Mother rejects body of rape suspect shot dead by West Bengal police
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Gunmen kill 9 police officers near dam project in southwest Pakistan: officials
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At least 40 dead after bus falls into ditch in Pakistan
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Pakistan strikes on eastern Afghanistan kill dozens
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Three Pakistani troops killed in terror attack in Karachi
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Two roadside blasts in northwest Pakistan kill 7
21 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Pak checkpoint: Militants kill 6, abduct 8 paramilitary troops
10 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Love affairs behind farmer suicides!
Dowry, love affairs and impotency were among the reasons for the deaths of over 1,400 farmers in India this year, Union agriculture
24 July 2015, 18:00 PM
BJP threatens defamation case against Rahul
BJP yesterday threatened to file criminal defamation case against Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for terming external affairs
24 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Maldives takes U-turns on Nasheed
The Maldives yesterday said it would appeal against the controversial conviction of former president Mohamed Nasheed for terrorism
24 July 2015, 18:00 PM
80 people die in Delhi everyday from air pollution, Parliament is told
Air pollution in Delhi is killing around 80 people every day, according to an international study
24 July 2015, 06:58 AM
'Modi-Sharif talks eyewash'
The Congress on Tuesday dubbed as an “eyewash”, the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistan counterpart
14 July 2015, 18:00 PM
India stampede kills 27
A stampede on the banks of a holy river yesterday killed at least 27 pilgrims in southern India in a tragic beginning to a religious festival
14 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Excerpts from the Lodha panel's verdict
The findings by the Honourable Supreme Court of the acts of betting have affected the image of the BCCI, IPL and the game of cricket and brought each one of them to disrepute.
14 July 2015, 14:42 PM
India to become most populous nation by 2050
India on Saturday recorded a population of 127,42,39,769, which is growing at a rate of 1.6 per cent a year, and could make the country the most populous in the world by 2050.
12 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Cocaine smugglers turn to South Asia for new routes, markets
Police who seized Asia's largest known shipment of liquid cocaine at a Bangladeshi port late last month say it was headed for India, the latest sign that drug cartels are increasingly plying their trade in South Asia.
12 July 2015, 12:01 PM
India, Turkmenistan back stronger energy ties
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a visit to Turkmenistan yesterday backed stronger energy ties with the gas-rich ex-Soviet state.
11 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Suu Kyi's party to run in polls
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday said her party would contest a national election in November, ending months of
11 July 2015, 18:00 PM
India, Pakistan to join security group led by Russia, China
President Vladimir Putin announced yesterday that India and Pakistan will join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a group dominated by Russia and China and also including former Soviet republics in Central Asia.
10 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Islamic heritage of India has rejected terror
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday underlined the common Islamic heritage of India and Central Asia, which had always rejected forces of extremism.
8 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Myanmar to hold general election on November 8
Myanmar yesterday announced November 8 as the date for a historic general election set to be the first contested by Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition in a quarter of a century.
8 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Hema Malini blames father of child killed in car accident
In tweets today, actor-turned-politician Hema Malini blames the child's father for not following traffic rules.
8 July 2015, 07:11 AM
India woman 'set on fire by police' in Uttar Pradesh
A woman in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh dies after alleging that she was set on fire by two policemen inside a police station after she refused to pay a bribe.
7 July 2015, 08:22 AM
After 'selfie', India braces 'velfie'
Move over selfie, India is embracing the "velfie" with Bollywood stars, sporting heroes and even politicians taking and posting videos of themselves online using a range of new mobile apps.
6 July 2015, 18:00 PM
When a selfie is not enough: India abuzz over 'velfie' craze
Move over selfie, India is embracing the "velfie" with Bollywood stars, sporting heroes and even politicians taking and posting videos of themselves online using a range of new mobile apps.
6 July 2015, 06:59 AM
4 Pak soldiers, 12 militants die in clash
At least four soldiers and 12 militants were killed in a clash yesterday in Pakistan's troubled tribal belt where the army is fighting a major offensive against
5 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Congress demands apology from Modi
The Congress yesterday raked up the post-Godhra riots issue against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, latching onto the claims by
3 July 2015, 18:00 PM