Category: Disaster

Italian agency orders Facebook to provide data to its user

London, May 2 (IANS) The Italian data protection authority has ordered social networking site Facebook to hand over personal data…

10 years ago

6.1 magnitude quake hits western Indonesia

Jakarta, May 2 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale hit the western Lampung province on Sumatra Island…

10 years ago

Diesel taxi drivers protest in Delhi, Noida; block traffic

New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Protest against a Supreme Court decision to ban diesel taxis in the national capital, cab…

10 years ago

Blasphemy case for ‘desecrating’ Sikh man’s turban in Pakistan

Islamabad, May 2 (IANS) Five employees of a transport company and the owner of a bus terminal were booked under…

10 years ago

Diesel taxi drivers protest, block traffic

New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) In a bid to protest against a Supreme Court decision to ban diesel taxis in…

10 years ago

Tracks clearing begin after train derailment near Ghaziabad

Lucknow, May 2 (IANS) Clearing of the tracks and removing eight derailed coaches of the Delhi-Faizabad 14206 Padmavat Express began…

10 years ago

Fire breaks out in Dhaka’s largest wholesale market

Dhaka, May 2 (IANS) A massive blaze broke out in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka's Karwan Bazar, one of the largest wholesale…

10 years ago

Chemical leaks sealed from train derailed in US

Washington, May 2 (IANS) Leaks of hazardous material have been sealed from a freight train derailing early on Sunday morning…

10 years ago

Seven of marriage party electrocuted in Telangana

Hyderabad, May 1 (IANS) At least seven members of a marriage party were electrocuted when a high-tension wire fell on…

10 years ago

54 crore Indians in grip of drought: Swaraj Abhiyan

New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Over 54 crore people living in 13 states in India are in the grip of…

10 years ago

Centre sends team to probe Uttarakhand forest fires

New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The union home ministry on Sunday sent a four-member expert team to Uttarakhand to look…

10 years ago

Seven-year-old girl beaten up in Bengal, family blames Trinamool

Kolkata, May 1 (IANS) A seven-year-old girl was beaten up allegedly by miscreants allied to West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress…

10 years ago

Diamond store looted at gunpoint in Chandigarh

Chandigarh, May 1 (IANS) A diamond jewellery store was allegedly looted at gunpoint in the shopping hub of Sector 17…

10 years ago

Pregnant woman, daughter killed in Agra accident

Agra, May 1 (IANS) A pregnant woman and her nine-month-old daughter were crushed to death and the woman's husband was…

10 years ago

Two workers die cleaning manhole in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, May 1 (IANS) In a tragedy on May Day, two workers died while cleaning a manhole here, police said.…

10 years ago

Train derails in US, possible hazardous leak

Washington, May 1 (IANS) A freight train derailed on Sunday near a metro station in Washington, leaving several cars overturned…

10 years ago

Auto-rickshaw driver falls from flyover, dies

New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) A 32-year-old auto-rickshaw driver died after falling from a flyover when his vehicle was hit…

10 years ago

Learn from mistakes, police officer tells colleagues

Ghaziabad, May 1 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Police should learn from its mistakes to become a better force, a senior…

10 years ago

UP police launch criminal tracking app

Ghaziabad, May 1 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Police here on Sunday introduced a criminal tracking app which is hoped to offer…

10 years ago

IAF choppers, NDRF fight Uttarakhand forest fires

Dehradun, May 1 (IANS) Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters sprayed water in a bid to control forest fires raging in…

10 years ago



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