Category: Disaster

Alok Kumar Verma takes charge as Delhi Police chief

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Alok Kumar Verma, a 1979-batch Indian Police Service officer, on Monday took charge as the…

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Tripura ministers attacked with chair

Agartala, Feb 29 (IANS) Tripura ministers Badal Chaudhury and Manik Dey sustained minor injuries when a man attacked them in…

9 years ago

No official memorial for MH370 this year: Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur, Feb 29 (IANS) Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai on Monday announced that the country will not hold…

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Kejriwal’s car attacked in Punjab

Ludhiana, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had a narrow escape on Monday when some men armed with…

9 years ago

Kejriwal’s car attacked in Punjab

Chandigarh, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said his car was attacked in Ludhiana in Punjab.…

9 years ago

Australian man jailed for ‘attempted murder’ of corpse

Canberra, Feb 29 (IANS) An Australian man was sentenced to jail for eight years for attempting to murder a dead…

9 years ago

Former executives charged over Fukushima accident

Tokyo, Feb 29 (IANS) Japanese prosecutors on Monday charged three former directors of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) -- that…

9 years ago

Police deployed to demolish Jakarta’s red light district

Jakarta, Feb 29 (IANS) The Indonesian government on Monday deployed 5,000 police personnel to demolish hundreds of buildings in north…

9 years ago

Two Indo-Canadians to be tried for murder

Toronto, Feb 29 (IANS) The trial of two Indo-Canadians, who were charged with first-degree murder and manslaughter, would start on…

9 years ago

Stop using term ‘Asian’ to describe Rotherham gang: Sikh group

London, Feb 29 (IANS) A Sikh group in Britain has urged the media and politicians to stop describing the Rotherham…

9 years ago

Indo-Canadian policeman charged with drunken driving

Toronto, Feb 29 (IANS) An Indo-Canadian Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer from the Canadian city of Burnaby has been…

9 years ago

Four killed in US plane crash

Washington, Feb 29 (IANS) Four people, including two children, were killed in a plane crash on Sunday in Navasota, a…

9 years ago

Punjab teacher shot dead for opposing molesters, two arrested

Chandigarh, Feb 28 (IANS) Two youth who allegedly shot dead a school teacher who resisted their lewd remarks and attempt…

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Five killed as truck ploughs into shops in Bengal

Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) Five people were killed when a speeding truck ploughed into several shops in West Bengal's South…

9 years ago

TV cameraman dies while covering Thane family murder

Thane (Maharashtra), Feb 28 (IANS) In yet another tragedy, a cameraman of a television news channel suffered a heart attack…

9 years ago

26 miners feared dead in Russia coal mine blast

Moscow, Feb 28 (IANS) At least 26 miners were feared dead in a coal mine blast in Russia's Komi republic…

9 years ago

New algorithm can warn sailors about rogue waves

New York, Feb 28 (IANS) Engineers at a US university have developed a new algorithm that may give sailors a…

9 years ago

Eruption warning issued for volcano in Japan

Tokyo, Feb 28 (IANS) Japan's weather agency on Sunday issued an alert for the possible eruption of a volcano in…

9 years ago

Chile completes reconstruction 6 years after quake

Santiago, Feb 28 (IANS) Six years after a devastating earthquake shook Chile on February 27, 2010 and claimed over 500…

9 years ago

Army team rescues Russian skier in Gulmarg

Srinagar, Feb 28 (IANS) The Indian army on Sunday rescued a Russian skier from the Gulmarg ski resort in Jammu…

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