Category: Disaster

‘Madhya Pradesh has not tapped MNREGA to help drought-hit Bundelkhand’

Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh), May 28 (IANS) The MNREGA can benefit the parched Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, but the state…

10 years ago

ELN rebels release two kidnapped Colombian journalists

Bogota, May 28 (IANS) At least two Colombian journalists, kidnapped by ELN rebels and held for four days have been…

10 years ago

Sex determination test racket busted, eight held

Gurgaon, May 28 (IANS) Eight members of a gang involved in illegally conducting sex determination tests have been arrested at…

10 years ago

Police register four cases of assault on Africans in Delhi

New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) The police has registered four separate cases of alleged assault on African nationals in the…

10 years ago

Agitation in Manipur over ILP, salt adulteration

Imphal May 28 (IANS) : The agitation over the Inner Line Permit (ILP) continued here on Saturday as hundreds of…

10 years ago

7.2 magnitude quake hits South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands

Beijing, May 28 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale hit South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands…

10 years ago

Worker dies dismantling dais on Red Road, compensation ordered

Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) One of the workers who were dismantling the temporary giant structure of the dais made for…

10 years ago

Bangladeshi intruders held in Tripura yet to give credible explanation: Police

Agartala, May 28 (IANS) Three Bangladeshi intruders with diplomatic passports, who were arrested in Tripura last Sunday, have yet to…

10 years ago

Attacks on Africans a serious issue: Yechury

New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Criticising the central government over attacks on African nationals in India, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury…

10 years ago

Crisis talks over Brazil ‘mass rape’

Brasilia, May 28 (IANS) Brazil's interim President Michel Temer has called an emergency meeting of state security ministers over the…

10 years ago

Filipino journalist shot dead

Manila, May 28 (IANS) A Filipino journalist was shot dead by an unknown assailant in Manila, officials said on Saturday.…

10 years ago

BJP slams UP government over firing on ex-justice’s car

Lucknow, May 28 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday slammed the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government over the firing…

10 years ago

Second World War planes crashes in New York

New York, May 28 (IANS) A vintage Second World War plane flying in the New York City area crashed in…

10 years ago

Attorneys for Mexican druglord seek to block US extradition

Mexico City, May 28 (IANS) Attorneys for Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman said they filed a motion challenging…

10 years ago

Colombian rebels free Spanish journalist

Bogota, May 28 (IANS) A Colombian rebel group freed a Spanish journalist in the Catatumbo region after she went missing…

10 years ago

Korean Air jet catches fire at Tokyo airport

Tokyo, May 28 (IANS) A Korean Air passenger plane terminated take off from Tokyo's Haneda airport on Friday after its…

10 years ago

Bus falls off bridge in Bangladesh, Killing 9

Dhaka, May 28 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and 31 others were injured after a speeding bus fell…

10 years ago

1,900 migrants rescued off Libyan coast: Italian coast guard

Rome, May 28 (IANS) Some 1,900 migrants and refugees were saved in rescue operations in the southern Mediterranean Sea on…

10 years ago

Odisha to implement ‘no helmet-no fuel’ initiative to ensure road safety

Bhubaneswar, May 27 (IANS) The Odisha government on Friday asked police to take up the "no helmet-no fuel" initiative as…

10 years ago

Two women killed in Tripura; couple held

Agartala, May 27 (IANS) Two women were killed in southern Tripura following which a woman who practised black magic and…

10 years ago



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