disaster

Syndicate content

NZ quake: 300 missing, 75 bodies recovered

Wellington: Three hundred people are missing and 75 bodies have been recovered from the quake ravaged New Zealand city of Christchurch, local authorities said on Wednesday.

Christchurch Mayor Bob Pa

Massive iceberg shears off glacier after quake

Christchurch: A 30 million tonne block of ice sheared off a New Zealand glacier just minutes after a violent earthquake devastated the city of Christchurch, officials said on Wednesday.

The huge iceb

NZ quake: Nearly 400 dead, missing

Christchurch: New Zealand rescuers worked frantically through the night to reach trapped survivors after a catastrophic earthquake left nearly 400 people dead or missing in Christchurch.

Prime Mi

Web becomes virtual crisis centre in NZ quake

Wellington, New Zealand: Victims and survivors of the New Zealand earthquake are using the web as a virtual crisis centre, searching for missing people and even offering survivors a place to stay.

In

Nearly 400 dead in 'Bullseye' NZ quake, many still missing

New Zealand's Christchurch weathered a 7.0 earthquake, but a smaller 6.3 aftershock toppled buildings and killed scores largely because it was a 'bullseye' direct hit, scientists said.

Strong quake hits NZ, topples buildings

Wellington, New Zealand: A powerful earthquake struck New Zealand's already-bruised city of Christchurch on Tuesday, collapsing buildings, burying vehicles under debris and sending rescuers scramblin

Chaos in Christchurch after deadly quake

Wellington: Thousands of shocked people wandered rubble-strewn Christchurch on Tuesday, many searching for loved ones and trying to reach trapped people, after a major earthquake threw the city into c

New Zealand quake: Several feared dead, emergency declared

Melbourne: Several people were feared dead as a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand's southern city of Christchurch early today, damaging buildings and sending thousands of panicked people

NZ quake: At least 65 killed

Christchurch, New Zealand: New Zealand's leader says at least 65 people have been killed in the earthquake that hit the city of Christchurch.

Prime Minister John Key told reporters in the stricken c

Major quake hits New Zealand, 65 dead

A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday killed 65 people and trapped dozens more under flattened buildings in New Zealand's most devastating tremor in 80 years.

No Articles Found

No Articles Found

No Articles Found

I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.