Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 peoplePeople in Indonesia's Aceh province marked 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami by praying and visiting mass graves. Many survivors stil...
26 Dec, 2024, 06.08 PM IST
Iran's supreme leader to preside over funeral for president and others killed in helicopter crashAyatollah Ali Khamenei will begin the service at Tehran University, the caskets of the dead draped in Iranian flags with their pictures on ...
22 May, 2024, 04.47 PM IST
Final bodies found after China's most serious earthquake in a decadeThe earthquake, whose epicentre straddled Qinghai and Gansu, was the most serious in China since a magnitude 6.5 temblor struck the southwe...
31 Dec, 2023, 12.37 PM IST
China earthquake death toll rises to 149, two still missing after a weekLocal authorities attributed the severity of the damage to the shallowness of the quake. The thrust-type rupture of the earthquake and the ...
25 Dec, 2023, 07.36 AM IST
Iran's Khamenei says Tehran was not behind Hamas attack on IsraelIran's top authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stated that Tehran was not involved in Hamas' recent attack on Israel but praised the attack ...
10 Oct, 2023, 03.26 PM IST
Turkiye's Erdogan wins 5th term as president, extending rule into 3rd decade"I thank each member of our nation for entrusting me with the responsibility to govern this country once again for the upcoming five years,...
29 May, 2023, 06.54 AM IST
Iran, Saudi Arabia to restore ties in China-brokered dealThe move caps a broader realignment and efforts to ease tensions in the Middle East. Riyadh cut ties with Tehran after Iranian protesters a...
10 Mar, 2023, 07.06 PM IST
Taliban leader: Afghan soil won't be used to launch attacks"We assure our neighbours, the region and the world that we will not allow anyone to use our territory to threaten the security of other co...
06 Jul, 2022, 06.21 PM IST
Myanmar military reverts to strategy of massacres, burningsThe Myanmar military had stormed Done Taw at 11 a.m. on Dec. 7, he told the AP, with about 50 soldiers hunting people on foot, killing 10 p...
30 Dec, 2021, 10.50 AM IST
Moderate earthquake rocks Indonesia's Bali, killing at least 3Indonesia, a vast archipelago of 270 million people, is frequently struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis because of its lo...
16 Oct, 2021, 09.39 AM IST
View: Ahead of 2022 assembly polls, will UP regain its dominance in national politics?It’s still some time before India’s largest state — with 403 seats in its legislative assembly and sending 80 members to Parliament — will ...
14 Jun, 2021, 11.37 PM IST
Tsunami victims remembered on 15th anniversary in Tamil NaduIn an event organised at Nagapattinam Collectorate complex, floral tributes were paid at the tsunami memorial park.
26 Dec, 2019, 01.11 PM IST
RSS backing to Narendra Modi may queer the pitch for alliesSupport for Modi has swelled as PM Manmohan Singh’s Congress-led alliance was caught in a series of graft allegations and the departure of ...
21 Mar, 2014, 12.23 PM IST
- India to seek US help to track origins of offensive web pages
India will seek US' help in tracking down the origins of offensive web pages hosted on American servers which have been used to inflame Mus...
21 Aug, 2012, 01.50 AM IST
- Assam violence: India says Pakistan websites caused migrant panic
Home Secretary has accused websites in Pakistan of spreading false rumors that caused thousands of people to panic.
19 Aug, 2012, 06.09 PM IST
- Ahead of his fast, Narendra Modi condemns 'communal frenzy & casteism'
In his second letter, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi expressed "gratitude" to those who pointed out his mistakes in the last 10 years.
16 Sep, 2011, 11.16 PM IST
- At least 170 dead as quake hits southwest Pakistan
Some 15,000 homeless people in the region spent night in the open.
30 Oct, 2008, 06.52 AM IST