Indian Ocean on tsunami watch after Sumatra quake: US centre
Indonesia has issued a tsunami warning after a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.9 hit waters off westernmost Aceh province.
The US Geological Survey said on Wednesday the quake was centre
No likelihood of tsunami tidal waves in Indian Ocean region
India on Wednesday said there was no likelihood of a tsunami being formed anywhere in the Indian Ocean region after an earthquake of 8.9 magnitude hit waters off western coast of northern Sumatra in I
No likelihood of tsunami tidal waves in Indian Ocean region
A powerful 8.6 magnitude earthquake and strong aftershocks struck off Indonesia on Wednesday, sending people as far away as southern India scurrying from buildings and raising fears of a disastrous ts
Zakia Jafri to get copy of SIT report on Gujarat riots probe
An Ahmedabad court on Tuesday ordered the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to give a copy of its closure report on the 2002 Gulbarg society massacre to Zakia Jafri.
The court directed that Zakia, wi
Three defence chiefs face Parliamentary Standing Committee on defence readiness
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence has asks the three services chiefs to appear before it on April 20 to answer questions on defence preparedness.
The meet with the three 'bosses' comes
Woman's jet engine stunt ends in pain
A woman was blown away after she deliberately stood in the wash from a jet plane taking from the Princess Juliana International Airport on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin.
The video on YouTube s
Govt holds peace talks with ULFA, says 'tangible progress'
The government said there was tangible progress in its meeting with top leadership of ULFA today as peace talks resumed here after a break of six months, discussing the outfit's 'charter of demands' t
Coup fears baseless: Antony
Defence Minister A.K. Antony today termed as 'absolutely baseless' fears of any coup attempt by the armed forces and expressed confidence that they will not do anything to undermine democracy.
"Abso
Yahoo to cut 2,000 jobs
Internet giant Yahoo is planning to axe up to 2,000 jobs as early as Thursday, it has been reported.
The layoffs will happen across the company and the report indicates that the company's product div
Rs70 crore fraud in World Bank funded highway projects: Report
World Bank issued a report stating the ‘fraudulent and corrupt’ practices employed by private contractors working on Indian highway projects, funded by the bank.
The Bank estimates malpractices sums