More than two dozen people were today killed in different parts of Uttar Pradesh as dust storm accompanied by high velocity wind hit a number of districts in the state, officials said here.

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Japan's economy shrank much more than expected in the first quarter and slipped into recession after the triple blow of the March earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis hit business and consumer spend

The Japanese authorities have started evacuation of people who live outside the 20 km radius from the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, NHK TV channel reported on Sunday.

Families with

A magnitude 5.1 quake killed at least eight people in southern Spain on Wednesday, sending historic buildings crashing down as panicked residents fled.

Eight people including one child perished in th

A self-proclaimed Taiwanese 'prophet' on Tuesday started the countdown for what he said would be a huge earthquake as workers moved tonnes of bottled water and other supplies to makeshift shelters.

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A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday, government seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued.

The qua

A fire broke out in a hotel in west Delhi killing a 45-year-old man and injuring three other employees, the police said on Saturday.

The fire broke out on the ground floor of Star Hotel in Mayapuri a

President Barack Obama promised federal aid on Friday to the tornado-ravaged U.S. South, where deadly twisters have killed at least 339 people and caused billions of dollars in damage.

Obama toured s

A wave of tornado-spawning storms strafed the South on Wednesday, splintering buildings across hard-hit Alabama and killing 72 people in four states.

At least 58 people died in Alabama alone, includi

Residents in several states endured a second straight night of violent weather on Tuesday, a day after a series of powerful storms in Arkansas killed 10 people in flooding and a tornado that twisted a