Search for missing tanker crew on, experts quiz abandonment decision
The Indian Coast Guard on Thursday launched search and rescue operations for the five missing crew members of an oil tanker that ran aground here on Wednesday, an official said even as shipping expert
Yerram Naidu: fighter and mass leader
Born in a farmer's family in a remote village, Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu went on to emerge as one of Andhra Pradesh's tallest politicians. The 55-year-old, who died in a road accident in his native Srika
World Bank steps up support for reforms in Myanmar
The World Bank has announced an 18-month work plan to bolster reforms in Myanmar, which will focus on budget, regulatory and private sector.
The strategy, endorsed by the bank's board of directors, w
Girl stabbed to death in Jharkhand for making noise
A man killed a six-year-old girl and slit the throat of another child for being 'noisy' in a school campus in Jharkhand, police said on Friday.
Furious at the school children for making constant nois
An elephant that can speak Korean
Believe it or not, but Koshik, an Asian elephant, can reproduce human speech, especially words in Korean. And researchers from an Austrian university have authenticated this.
The pachyderm accomplish
World's longest married couple is from Punjab
Karam Chand and his wife Katari, who have eight children and 28 grandchildren, have been married for 87 years, making them the world's longest married couple.
The pair say that the key to success is
TDP leader Yerram Naidu to be cremated Saturday
The last rites of Telugu Desam Party's senior leader and former central minister K. Yerran Naidu, who died in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district early Friday, will be performed Sa
Sandy-hit US faces petrol shortage, transport problems
Three days after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the US East Coast, hitting New Jersey and New York the hardest, millions of Americans are now confronted with gas shortages and an overwhelmed mass transi
TDP leader Yerran Naidu dies in road accident
Telugu Desam Party's senior leader and former central minister K. Yerran Naidu died in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district early Friday. He was 55.
The mishap took place when a ca
Swamy needs to prove charges against Gandhis: Congress
The Congress on Friday challenged Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy to prove his allegations of wrongdoing against party president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi.
"We don't take him (Swamy)