Category: Disaster

Death toll in Bangladesh factory fire rises to 39

Dhaka, Sep 26 (IANS) The death toll in a Bangladesh factory fire has risen to 39 as rescuers on Monday…

9 years ago

Body of Sri Lankan journalist to be exhumed

Colombo, Sep 26 (IANS) The body of a celebrated Sri Lankan journalist gunned down during the civil war in 2009…

9 years ago

Taiwan issues warnings for typhoon Megi

Taipei, Sep 26 (IANS) Taiwanese weather authorities on Monday issued land and sea warnings as typhoon Megi approached the island.…

9 years ago

Two elephants killed in Jharkhand

Ranchi, Sep 26 (IANS) Two elephants were killed after a train hit them on the outskirts of Ranchi on Monday,…

9 years ago

Floods, landslides leave 36 dead, 20 missing in Indonesia

Jakarta, Sep 26 (IANS) Rescuers had discovered 36 bodies and were still looking for 22 others who are missing after…

9 years ago

Traffic constable run over by truck, driver arrested

New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) A 27-year-old Delhi Traffic Police constable was Sunday crushed to death by a speeding truck,…

9 years ago

Four arrested for firing at cab driver

New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Four youth have been arrested for hooliganism and opening fire at a cab driver after…

9 years ago

BSF seizes 63 kg cannabis from Bengal village

Kolkata, Sep 25 (IANS) The BSF said its troopers seized 63 kg of cannabis from a village of West Bengal's…

9 years ago

NDRF deployed in rain-affected areas of Telengana, Andhra, Karnataka

New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) At least 17 flood rescue teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been pressed…

9 years ago

Bengal anti-corruption officer held on bribery charge

Kolkata, Sep 25 (IANS) An officer of West Bengal's anti-corruption bureau has been arrested along with a suspended senior forest…

9 years ago

Mob clashes with police in Bengal

Kolkata, Sep 25 (IANS) A mob in West Bengal's Birbhum on Sunday attacked a police team which went to investigate…

9 years ago

6.8 magnitude quake rocks Fiji

Suva, Sep 25 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale shook the Fiji archipelago on Sunday. The local…

9 years ago

Jordanian writer assassinated over controversial cartoon

Amman, Sep= Sep 25 (IANS) A Jordanian writer who stirred controversy for publishing a cartoon deemed offensive to Islam, was…

9 years ago

Delhi Police start probing ‘missing’ Ishrat Jahan case papers

New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Delhi Police has started investigating the case of missing documents pertaining to the Ishrat…

9 years ago

Delhi Police start probing missing Ishrat Jahan case documents

New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) The Delhi Police on Sunday started an investigation into the missing documents pertaining to Ishrat…

9 years ago

12 killed in China bus-truck accident

Beijing, Sep 25 (IANS) At least 12 persons were killed and 28 others injured when a truck trying to dodge…

9 years ago

Trains cancelled for three more days as AP rains damage tracks

Hyderabad, Sep 25 (IANS) The railways have cancelled several trains for three more days due to the damage to tracks…

9 years ago

Mizoram ministerial panel to probe mob attack at court

Aizawl, Sep 25 (IANS) A ministerial panel would probe Thursday's mob attack at a district court in Mizoram, state Home…

9 years ago

IAF rescues 24 labourers caught in Telangana floods

Hyderabad, Sep 25 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Sunday rescued 24 labourers who were caught in floods in…

9 years ago

Dismembered body found during Bangkok raid

Bangkok, Sep 25 (IANS) Thai police found the dismembered body of a foreign man in a freezer in capital Bangkok…

9 years ago



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