Uttarkashi: NGRI experts launch search operation to trace 66 missing in disaster-hit DharalExperts from the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) have deployed Ground Penetrating Radars (GPR) to search for 66 people, incl...
12 Aug, 2025, 12.46 PM IST
Gunman who killed at least 12 people in shooting rampage in Montenegro dies by suicideA gunman in Montenegro shot at least 12 people, including two children, before killing himself surrounded by police. The shooter was involv...
02 Jan, 2025, 02.19 PM IST
Life-threatening flooding to hit California as torrential rain continuesA dangerous storm system is sweeping across California, threatening millions with life-threatening flooding as torrential rain inundates th...
05 Feb, 2024, 10.59 PM IST
Want attention? Social Media has your back, babyBeing on social media is a study in psychology. First, there's a pecking order of social media sites. Gen X, Millennials and Baby Boomers u...
16 Dec, 2023, 11.21 PM IST
Lahaina, Maui's historic town, virtually reduced to ash by wildfires in Hawaii; thousands without power, property worth millions damagedThe tragic wildfire that consumed Lahaina serves as a stark reminder of the unpredictable nature of natural disasters and the urgent need f...
10 Aug, 2023, 11.14 AM IST
Children rescued as Turkey-Syria earthquake toll nears 24,000The United Nations warned that at least 870,000 people were now in urgent need of hot meals across Turkey and Syria. In Syria alone, up to ...
11 Feb, 2023, 07.52 AM IST
Is it time to consider lockdown like last year? HC to Maharashtra governmentMaharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday said the existing lockdown-like restrictions will be extended in the state by 15 days ...
29 Apr, 2021, 05.17 PM IST
Uttarakhand glacier burst: A tranquil morning turned into tragedy for villagersThree residents of the village including a 75-year-old woman identified as Amrita Devi who had gone out to work in her field close to the b...
07 Feb, 2021, 10.55 PM IST
What Raazi teaches us about patriotism and empathyPatriotism is a nebulous emotion and nationalism a fiercely contested one.
27 May, 2018, 10.59 AM IST
Maharashtra in 2017: Of stampede, fire tragedy & agrarian issuesMumbai was also hit by floods due to torrential rains that claimed 10 lives in the city and the neighbouring districts of Palghar and Thane...
05 Jan, 2018, 11.34 AM IST
Ban on alcohol bringing positive change: Bihar CM Nitish KumarThere has been a drop in various crimes, including domestic violence and road rage, since the imposition of the ban, he said at a function ...
26 Nov, 2017, 08.15 PM IST
'Phantom' review: Promising premise gone southKabir Khan's "Phantom" comes with the tagline 'A story you wish were true'. Perhaps a better one would have been 'A story you wish were mor...
31 Aug, 2015, 12.42 PM IST
Bhopal gas tragedy: Thirty years on, wounds from world's worst chemical & industrial disaster yet to healThirty years on, Bhopal is famous for that epochal event — the Bhopal Gas Tragedy — the world’s worst chemical and industrial disaster.
07 Dec, 2014, 12.34 PM IST
Book review: Losing Our Way by Bob HerbertThis is not a depressive everyday Indian scenario, as many hapless countrymen may think, but distressing scenes coming straight from the wo...
30 Nov, 2014, 07.04 AM IST
Sonia Gandhi addresses nation on rape victim's death; Sheila Dikshit's attempt to join protests fails"Today, all Indians grieve as though they have lost their own beloved daughter; our hearts go out for the bereaved family" Gandhi said.
29 Dec, 2012, 04.06 PM IST
- Pak plane crashes with 150 on board, 100 bodies found
A Pakistani airliner carrying 150 people crashed in a ball of flames Wednesday into densely wooded hills above Islamabad during heavy rain ...
28 Jul, 2010, 04.39 PM IST
- 108 killed in deadliest-ever Australian wildfires
Number of dead stood at 108, a grim toll that rose almost by the hour as officials reached farther into the fire zone.
09 Feb, 2009, 04.16 AM IST