Category: Disaster

Italy quake toll could exceed 2009 figure, warns official

Rome, Aug (IANS/AKI) The devastating earthquake that struck central Italy may claim more victims than the 2009 temblor that struck…

9 years ago

3-year boy crushed to death by e-rickshaw in Delhi

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) A three-year-old boy was crushed to death by an e-rickshaw in northeast Delhi's Mansarovar Park…

9 years ago

Young girl pulled alive from earthquake rubble in Italy

Amatrice (Italy), Aug 25 (IANS/AKI) A rescue team pulled a 10-year-old girl alive from the rubble of a house in…

9 years ago

JNU rape case: Accused sent to judicial custody

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) A court here on Thursday sent, to 14 days judicial custody, Jawaharlal Nehru University student…

9 years ago

December 16 gang-rape convict attempts suicide in Tihar Jail

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Vinay Sharma, one of the four convicts in the December 16, 2012, gang-rape tried to…

9 years ago

Flood situation remains grim in Bihar, eases in MP

Patna/Bhopal, Aug 25 (IANS) The flood situation in Bihar remained grim on Thursday, though the river Ganga and its tributaries…

9 years ago

Rahul says stands by words on RSS; BJP hits back

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) A day after telling the Supreme Court he had not blamed the RSS as an…

9 years ago

Vested interests trying to upset peace in Tripura: CM

Agartala, Aug 25 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Thursday said that people with "vested interests" were through rumors…

9 years ago

ATM machine with Rs 7 lakh cash stolen in Jharkhand

Ranchi, Aug 25 (IANS) An ATM machine with Rs 7 lakh cash in it was stolen in Dhanbad district of…

9 years ago

Punjab seeks CBI probe in shooting of RSS leader

Chandigarh, Aug 25 (IANS) With the Punjab Police having failed to nab the attackers of RSS leader Brigadier (retd) Jagdish…

9 years ago

Judges must not hesitate to give severest punishment to rapists: Court

By Amiya Kumar Kushwaha New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Observing that judges must not hesitate to "use the sword of…

9 years ago

Italy quake death toll rises to 247

Rome, Aug 25 (IANS) The death toll in the devastating 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck central Italy's mountainous region has…

9 years ago

Vested interests trying to spread rumours: Tripura CM

Agartala, Aug 25 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Thursday said some vested interests are trying to take advantage…

9 years ago

Australian stabbing accused infatuated with British victim

Canberra, Aug 25 (IANS) A 29-year-old man has been charged with murder as an alleged infatuation with a British woman…

9 years ago

Vested interests trying to spread rumours: Tripura CM

Agartala, Aug 25 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said on Thursday that some vested interests are trying to take…

9 years ago

PM Modi’s brother raises arrest of dhaba owner with Indore police chief

Indore, Aug 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi's younger brother Prahlad Modi has expressed displeasure over a police case filed…

9 years ago

Nirbhaya’s parents want all convicts dead

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Hours after the suicide attempt by one of the convicts in the December 16, 2012…

9 years ago

Chinese authorities stop illegal broadcasts

Beijing, Aug 25 (IANS) More than 500 sets of equipment for making unauthorised radio broadcasts were seized in China over…

9 years ago

Ablutions an embarrassing chore for women in flood-hit Bihar

By Imran Khan Maner/Danapur (Bihar), Aug 25 (IANS) Coping with hunger and homelessness in flood-hit Bihar is a task in…

9 years ago

Chinese cliff paintings severely damaged by floods

Beijing, Aug 25 (IANS) Continuous rains in China caused substantial damage to prehistoric cliff paintings at Helan mountain in Ningxia…

9 years ago



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