Category: Disaster

Two die as car swept by Yamuna

Lucknow, Aug 23 (IANS) Two persons drowned in the Yamuna in Allahabad on Tuesday after a car was swept away…

9 years ago

Jewellery worth Rs.3 crore robbed

New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Diamond jewellery worth Rs 3 crore was robbed from the house of an airline executive's…

9 years ago

New technique uses cotton swabs to identify distant relatives

Tokyo, Aug 23 (IANS) Researchers at Kyoto University have developed a new technique that uses a simple cotton swab sample…

9 years ago

Typhoon Mindulle lashes Japan, thousands evacuated

Tokyo, Aug 23 (IANS) Japanese authorities have warned of extensive flooding and issued evacuation orders for 9,000 persons in Hokkaido…

9 years ago

Fertilizer factory tank leaks, 35 ill in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Aug 23 (IANS) At least 35 people fell ill after inhaling gas leaking from a tank of a fertilizer…

9 years ago

Quake hits northeast India, neighbouring areas

Agartala/Aizawl, Aug 23 (IANS) A 5.5-magnitude earthquake in the Myanmar-India border region on Tuesday rocked Assam, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya and…

9 years ago

Uzbek, Bangladeshi, Nepali inmates flee from Goa protective home

Panaji, Aug 23 (IANS) The Goa government on Tuesday ordered a probe into the escape of nine women inmates, including…

9 years ago

Schools in Allahabad, Varanasi closed due to floods

Lucknow, Aug 23 (IANS) Flood situation in many parts of Uttar Pradesh has worsened and schools were closed for the…

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Quake hits Myanmar

Nay Pyi Taw, Aug 23 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale jolted Myanmar, neighbouring Bangladesh and parts…

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Nearly half of US blacks say were mistreated recently: Gallup

Washington, Aug 23 (IANS) Nearly half or 46 per cent of blacks in the US reported being treated unfairly in…

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British prisons extremists to be segregated to tackle radicalisation

London, Aug 23 (IANS) Extremists in British prisons will be held in "special units", and there will be a crackdown…

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One killed in TV channel office attack in Pakistan

Islamabad, Aug 23 (IANS) At least one person was killed and nine others were injured in Pakistan's Karachi city after…

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British police intercept drones flying drugs, cell phones into London prison

London, Aug 23 (IANS) British police have intercepted two drones carrying drugs and mobile phones into a prison in north…

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Octogenarian shoots dead wife with Alzheimer’s disease

Carpi (Italy), Aug 22 (IANS/AKI) An 83-year-old man on Monday allegedly shot his wife dead in northern Italy on Monday,…

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7-year-old girl raped in Delhi, 3 arrested

New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) A seven-year-old girl was picked up while asleep by three youths, two of who are…

9 years ago

Jigisha’s killers showed no possibility of being reformed: Court

New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) While awarding death penalty to two convicts in the 2009 Jigisha Ghosh murder case, a…

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26,000 evacuated from flood affected areas

New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) As many as 56 rescue teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have so far…

9 years ago

CBI arrests Ramel Industries directors in chit fund scam

New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested the directors of West Bengal-based Ramel…

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Drug trafficker presumed long dead held in Uttar Pradesh

New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) A drug supplier, presumed dead by law enforcement agencies in 2012, was arrested in Uttar…

9 years ago

Crackdown on traffic offenders brings relief to Gurgaon

Gurgaon, Aug 22 (IANS) Smooth traffic movement can be seen on Gurgaon roads as traffic police challaned and fined over…

9 years ago



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