Visakhapatnam, Dec 20 (IANS) Four people were killed in a landslide in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam city early on Sunday, a police official said. Rocks rolled down a hillside in Thatichetlapalem, burying several houses. While three…
Nairobi, Dec 20 (IANS) The UN humanitarian agency has warned that conditions are set to worsen for millions of hungry people across Eastern Africa as the El Nino weather phenomenon continues. The UN Office for…
Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) In a freak accident, an Air India ground staffer was sucked in by an aircraft engine at the Mumbai airport on Wednesday evening, official sources said. The incident took place at…
Vancouver, Dec 16 (IANS) The aunt of a three-year-old Syrian boy Alan Kurdi, whose body was photographed on a Mediterranean beach, said she was busy preparing for the arrival of her relatives as refugees from…
Chennai: An aerial view of flood affected Chennai on Dec 7, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, Dec 15 (IANS) Residents of four districts of Tamil Nadu – jolted by unprecedented rains and subsequent floods – are…
Buenos Aires, Dec 15 (IANS) At least 43 policemen were killed after the bus they were travelling in rammed through a bridge into a dried-up riverbed in Argentina on Monday, authorities said. The bus belonged…
Congress Activists sustain burn injuries while they put Prime Minister Narendra Modi,s effigy to flames at Shimla to Protest against vendetta politics against Congress president Sonia Gandhi and AICC vice president Rahul Gandhi. Express photo…
Chennai: An aerial view of flood affected Chennai on Dec 7, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chennai, Dec 10 (IANS) The floods that hit four districts in Tamil Nadu, claiming 347 lives and causing widespread damage, have…
Dhaka, Dec 10 (IANS) British singer and animal welfare campaigner Leona Lewis has in a video put spotlight on the cruel treatment meted out to cows transported from India to the Bangladesh leather industry. As…
Kabul, Dec 10 (IANS) At least 37 people including children were killed in a Taliban attack on a heavily fortified civilian and military airfield in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. BBC quoted Afghan defence…
Palwal (Haryana), Dec 8 (IANS) Nearly 100 people were injured when two trains collided in Haryana’s Palwal district on Tuesday morning due to foggy conditions, police officials said. Unconfirmed reports said that two people, including…
Vijayawada, Dec 7 (IANS) Five people died and 15 others were taken ill after consuming adulterated liquor here in Andhra Pradesh on Monday, police said. The tragedy occurred in Krishnalanka area when 20 labourers had…
Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Dec 6 (IANS) A young man’s desire to click a selfie with a moving train proved fatal for him in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district. Jayesh, 18, lost his life late Saturday after…
Chennai, Dec 6 (IANS) Intermittent rains in the Tamil Nadu capital since early Sunday have added to the misery of hundreds of thousands already hit hard by the unprecedented floods, residents said. The situation appeared…
Tamil Nadu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, during his visit to flood affected areas in Tamil Nadu on Dec 3, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB) New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) Prime…
Chennai, Dec 5 (IANS) An intermittent light drizzle since Saturday morning added to worries of Chennai residents, battling the worst floods in a century, and now facing a shortage of drinking water and power while…
Chennai, Dec 5 (IANS) With Tamil Nadu reeling under the worst floods to hit the state in a century and with rescue operations getting underway, actors Siddharth and RJ Balaji, popular among Tamil audiences, turned…
Chennai, Dec 5 (IANS) Fish carts and two-wheelers were the modes of transport for patients to reach hospitals during past three days, said an official. The hospital also received patients from several other hospitals affected…
Chennai, Dec 5 (IANS) An intermittent light drizzle since the morning on Saturday has added to the worries of Chennai residents who are battling the worst floods in a century amid the shortage of drinking…
Washington, Dec 5 (IANS) The FBI is investigating the California massacre as “an act of terrorism,” after a revelation that the Pakistani-American female shooter posted a pledge of allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi…