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Amit Shah dines with Dalit family INTERNATIONAL

Amit Shah dines with Dalit family

Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah eats lunch with a Dalit family in Jogiyapur, near Varanasi, as part of the party’s mass contact expansion programme ahead of next year’s assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Will Vijayan turn out to be Kerala’s Manmohan Singh? INTERNATIONAL

Will Vijayan turn out to be Kerala’s Manmohan Singh?

Politicians are verbose by nature. Give them a mic and a few people as audience, tell them you want an interview for a newspaper or a television channel, they talk non-stop till you are tired of listening.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Speculation abounds over new Taliban chief’s leaked photo INTERNATIONAL

Speculation abounds over new Taliban chief’s leaked photo

An ordinary, albeit strikingly clear, headshot of the secretive Afghan Taliban’s newly appointed chieftain has triggered a flurry of speculation over the motive behind its release.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Singapore bourse in exclusive talks to buy UK’s Baltic Exchange ECONOMY

Singapore bourse in exclusive talks to buy UK’s Baltic Exchange

The Singapore Exchange (SGX) is in exclusive talks to buy London’s Baltic Exchange, which has been at the heart of the global shipping industry for centuries, the two companies said yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Australia close to Gillespie swoop CULTURE

Australia close to Gillespie swoop

Australia is close to poaching Jason Gillespie from English cricket to be the national team’s new full-time fast bowling coach, a report said yesterday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Africans in India living 'in fear' after killing: envoys INTERNATIONAL

Africans in India living 'in fear' after killing: envoys

African nationals in the Indian capital live in a ‘pervading climate of fear and insecurity’, a group of African ambassadors has said, after the brutal murder of a Congolese teacher ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Striking gold with the spectacular SPORT

Striking gold with the spectacular

A rousing fashion week from Karachi this season it was, in one way or another — about ardour through originality.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
CME upgrade soothes critics who viewed prior system as unfair ECONOMY

CME upgrade soothes critics who viewed prior system as unfair

CME Group, the world’s largest exchange operator, just completed an upgrade traders said would eliminate a shortcoming that gave some participants an advantage.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Qatar on track with World Cup preparations, says FIFA official ARABIA

Qatar on track with World Cup preparations, says FIFA official

Qatar’s preparations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup are on track and the country’s groundbreaking legacy work

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Two bombings in Baghdad kill 44, wound more than 90 ASIA

Two bombings in Baghdad kill 44, wound more than 90

Two bombings hit Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 44 people and wounding more than 90, police and medical sources said, following the bloodiest week of attacks inside the capital so far this year.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bangladesh arrests Islamist militant over killing of professor INTERNATIONAL

Bangladesh arrests Islamist militant over killing of professor

Bangladesh police have arrested an Islamist militant charged with the murder of a professor amid a surge in deadly attacks against liberal activists and other minorities, a senior officer said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
ACL experience a ‘huge benefit’ for 2022, say Boudiaf & Tae-hee CULTURE

ACL experience a ‘huge benefit’ for 2022, say Boudiaf & Tae-hee

Lekhwiya SC teammates Karim Boudiaf and Nam Tae-hee believe that the continued positive performances of Qatar Stars League (QSL) clubs in the AFC Champions League will be important for the country’s national team to emerge among Asia’s elite in time for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

4:45 AM November 25 2016