When legs gave way, tears kept streaming down her face: A sister pays tearful homage after Air India crashIn the aftermath of a devastating plane crash in Ahmedabad, two young Manipuri women performed the Thawaimi Kousinba ritual to liberate the...
15 Jun, 2025, 12.16 AM IST
Israeli strike in the heart of Beirut kills at least 20An Israeli airstrike on a residential building in central Beirut killed at least 20 people and injured 66 others early Saturday, marking an...
24 Nov, 2024, 08.06 AM IST
Israeli airstrikes in Beirut kill at least 22 and level a building, Lebanese officials sayIsraeli airstrikes on two buildings in Beirut killed 22 and injured 117, marking the deadliest assault in over a year of conflict with Hezb...
11 Oct, 2024, 03.33 PM IST
Old Bailey courthouse evacuated after fire broke out near the courtWitnesses reported hearing a series of explosions preceding the emergence of smoke. Judge Mark Lucraft, the recorder of London, recounted h...
07 Feb, 2024, 09.44 PM IST
The quiet after DiwaliThis post-Diwali quietude provides a much-needed respite. The air, once thick with the acrid scent of smoke, now becomes breathable - and i...
12 Nov, 2023, 09.48 PM IST
View: Why Diwali should become a festival of lights not soundsThe death of a Kolkata Mounted Police horse, named Voice of Reason, after being startled by post-cricket match firecrackers highlights the ...
11 Nov, 2023, 01.21 AM IST
Toxic smoke dissipates over northeastern USIn New York and Washington air quality was classified as "moderate" by the US Environmental Protection Agency. In the American capital, the...
09 Jun, 2023, 10.54 PM IST
Toxic smoke dissipates over northeastern USAir quality improved after winds blowing over the Canadian province of Quebec, where the fires are raging, changed direction, Ryan Stauffer...
09 Jun, 2023, 10.23 PM IST
Smog from Canada wildfires blankets New YorkThe thick haze enveloped the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline, which would normally be sparkling under bright, blue early summer...
07 Jun, 2023, 10.18 PM IST
Pension reform protesters briefly invade Paris BlackRock buildingTrade unionists protesting against French President Emmanuel Macron's pension plans briefly invaded the Paris building where US investment ...
06 Apr, 2023, 09.42 PM IST
Consider using water sprinklers, anti-smog guns 24x7: CAQM to Delhi govt after air quality turns severeSatellite images showed a layer of smoke blanketing huge swathes of the Indo-Gangetic plains -- from east Pakistan to east Uttar Pradesh. T...
01 Nov, 2022, 10.43 PM IST
Seeping under doors, bad air from West Coast wildfires won't ease upPeople in Oregon, Washington state and California have been struggling for a week or longer under some of the most unhealthy air on the pla...
16 Sep, 2020, 11.17 AM IST
What's next? Devastating wildfires are latest challenge in West, leaving cities barrenIt's an ominous harbinger of fall for the region that was the first to be hit hard by the coronavirus and where the cries for social justic...
13 Sep, 2020, 01.41 PM IST
Noida clean-up for PM Narendra Modi's event flouts NGT ban on open waste burningPM Modi will visit the ground in Sector 62, abutting NH-24, on December 31 for the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the highway's wideni...
27 Dec, 2015, 11.32 AM IST
- AMRI Hospital fire: Bengal minister loses close acquaintance
Octogenarian Raj Kumar Biswas was the first person to inform West Bengal minister Firhad Hakim about the massive fire from his bed in AMRI ...
09 Dec, 2011, 10.08 PM IST
- Why India's tourist season begins in October every year
This is the time of the year when it's not too cold in India with winter still weeks away. It's not too hot either.
19 Oct, 2011, 04.44 AM IST
- Survivors want to return, thank city’s brave firemen
Two Americans, one 64 and the other 76, trapped at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel on that fateful night, made a daring escape with the help of ...
30 Nov, 2008, 12.48 AM IST