Islamabad, March 13 (IANS) At least 31 people were killed and 47 injured in rain-related incidents in Pakistan in the last three days, the authorities said on Sunday. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in…
Shillong, March 13 (IANS) A moderate earthquake, measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale, rocked the country’s northeastern states on Sunday, an official said. There were no immediate reports of any casualty or damage. The tremor…
Jakarta, March 13 (IANS) At least two people were killed, three went missing and around 3,000 forced to flee their homes as floods hit Indonesia’s Java province, official said on Sunday. The floods occurred on…
Rio de Janeiro, March 13 (IANS) Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff visited the state of Sao Paulo after the region was hit by flood that killed over 20 people. Observing the situation from a helicopter, on…
Beijing, March 13 (IANS) Chinese courts convicted 1,419 criminals of harming state security, including taking part in terrorist attacks and secessionist activities, in 2015, Chief Justice Zhou Qiang said on Sunday. Chinese courts concluded the…
Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) As many as 140,902 non-bailable warrants (NBW) have been executed since December in West Bengal, an Election Commission official said here on Saturday “As many as 140,902 NBWs have been executed…
Islamabad, March 12 (IANS) At least seven labourers were killed and 45 others trapped when a coal mine collapsed in Pakistan’s northwest tribal area of Orakzai Agency on Saturday night, ARY channel reported.
Ahmedabad, March 12 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and over 25 injured when a tractor-trolley carrying a body for cremation fell into an open well in a Gujarat village on Saturday. The incident…
Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday continued grilling the now defunct Kingfisher Airlines’ former CFO A. Raghunathan in the ongoing probe into a money-laundering case and defaulting loans of around Rs.900…
Shimla, March 12 (IANS) Two days after eight trackers went missing on their way to Chanderkhani peak in Himachal Pradesh, a helicopter was deployed on Saturday to locate them, an official said. The rescue team…
Shimla, March 12 (IANS) Two days after eight trackers went missing on their way to Chanderkhani peak in Himachal Pradesh, a helicopter was deployed on Saturday to locate them, an official said. The rescue team…
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Two ex-servicemen working as private security guards were killed during indiscriminate firing after a heated argument among some people at a liquor party at a councillor’s office here, police said…
Washington, March 12 (IANS) By looking at Twitter data, it is possible to determine the damage caused by a natural disaster in just a few hours, say researchers who analysed Twitter activity before, during and…
Jakarta, March 12 (IANS) A 45-year-old Indonesian man choked to death during a chicken eating competition in capital Jakarta, the media reported on Saturday. The competition, organised by fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) on…
Lucknow, March 12 (IANS) At least ten people were killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district when a speeding truck lost control and mowed down members of a marriage procession, police said. The accident occurred at…
Johannesburg, March 12 (IANS) A South African teen holidaymaker may have found a piece of debris that could be a part of the missing Malaysian airliner MH370, aviation authorities has said. The metre-long piece of…
Sao Paulo, March 12 (IANS/EFE) A rainstorm that struck the Sao Paulo metropolitan area has left at least 21 people dead, a dozen injured and several cities flooded, official sources reported on Friday. Four people…
Sao Paulo, March 12 (IANS/EFE) A rainstorm that lashed this Brazilian metropolis and its suburbs left at least 15 dead, a dozen injured and several cities flooded, authorities announced on Friday. Four people died in…
Panaji, March 11 (IANS) The Goa Police’s Crime Branch on Friday filed a charge sheet against a ruling BJP legislator Michael Lobo and three others for allegedly cheating and forging documents related to CRZ clearances…
Rome, March 11 (IANS/AKI) The Italian police on Friday arrested 19 officials, road contractors and a lawyer amid a widening probe into alleged corruption at the state-owned road construction agency ANAS. A finance police statement…