Category: Disaster

Alok Kumar Verma takes charge as Delhi Police chief

New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Alok Kumar Verma, a 1979-batch Indian Police Service officer, on Monday took charge as the…

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Tripura ministers attacked with chair

Agartala, Feb 29 (IANS) Tripura ministers Badal Chaudhury and Manik Dey sustained minor injuries when a man attacked them in…

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No official memorial for MH370 this year: Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur, Feb 29 (IANS) Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai on Monday announced that the country will not hold…

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Kejriwal’s car attacked in Punjab

Ludhiana, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had a narrow escape on Monday when some men armed with…

10 years ago

Kejriwal’s car attacked in Punjab

Chandigarh, Feb 29 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said his car was attacked in Ludhiana in Punjab.…

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Australian man jailed for ‘attempted murder’ of corpse

Canberra, Feb 29 (IANS) An Australian man was sentenced to jail for eight years for attempting to murder a dead…

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Former executives charged over Fukushima accident

Tokyo, Feb 29 (IANS) Japanese prosecutors on Monday charged three former directors of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) -- that…

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Police deployed to demolish Jakarta’s red light district

Jakarta, Feb 29 (IANS) The Indonesian government on Monday deployed 5,000 police personnel to demolish hundreds of buildings in north…

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Two Indo-Canadians to be tried for murder

Toronto, Feb 29 (IANS) The trial of two Indo-Canadians, who were charged with first-degree murder and manslaughter, would start on…

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Stop using term ‘Asian’ to describe Rotherham gang: Sikh group

London, Feb 29 (IANS) A Sikh group in Britain has urged the media and politicians to stop describing the Rotherham…

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Indo-Canadian policeman charged with drunken driving

Toronto, Feb 29 (IANS) An Indo-Canadian Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer from the Canadian city of Burnaby has been…

10 years ago

Four killed in US plane crash

Washington, Feb 29 (IANS) Four people, including two children, were killed in a plane crash on Sunday in Navasota, a…

10 years ago

Punjab teacher shot dead for opposing molesters, two arrested

Chandigarh, Feb 28 (IANS) Two youth who allegedly shot dead a school teacher who resisted their lewd remarks and attempt…

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Five killed as truck ploughs into shops in Bengal

Kolkata, Feb 28 (IANS) Five people were killed when a speeding truck ploughed into several shops in West Bengal's South…

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TV cameraman dies while covering Thane family murder

Thane (Maharashtra), Feb 28 (IANS) In yet another tragedy, a cameraman of a television news channel suffered a heart attack…

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26 miners feared dead in Russia coal mine blast

Moscow, Feb 28 (IANS) At least 26 miners were feared dead in a coal mine blast in Russia's Komi republic…

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New algorithm can warn sailors about rogue waves

New York, Feb 28 (IANS) Engineers at a US university have developed a new algorithm that may give sailors a…

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Eruption warning issued for volcano in Japan

Tokyo, Feb 28 (IANS) Japan's weather agency on Sunday issued an alert for the possible eruption of a volcano in…

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Chile completes reconstruction 6 years after quake

Santiago, Feb 28 (IANS) Six years after a devastating earthquake shook Chile on February 27, 2010 and claimed over 500…

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Army team rescues Russian skier in Gulmarg

Srinagar, Feb 28 (IANS) The Indian army on Sunday rescued a Russian skier from the Gulmarg ski resort in Jammu…

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