Over 206,000 people in the coastal areas of east China have been evacuated as the region braces for one of the strongest typhoons in years - Typhoon Muifa - that is expected to hit during the weekend.

New Delhi: About 15,400 Indians, out of the initial presence of 18,000 in strife-torn Libya, are back in the country as 'Operation Safe Homecoming' rapidly draws towards a close on Thursday night, the

New Delhi: A record number of over 2,300 Indians were evacuated from Libya since yesterday and two-third of the estimated 18,000 Indian nationals would have been pulled out of the strife-torn count

New Delhi: Indian Air Force is expected to fly an IL-76 aircraft, which can ferry 300 people, to Libya Wednesday to evacuate Indian citizens stranded there.

"An IL-76 is at the Palam airport and i

Mumbai/New Delhi: With India intensifying Operation Safe Homecoming, around 3,000 Indians are expected to be evacuated by two chartered ships in the next few days as a third batch of 68 landed in Mumb

New Delhi: Government on Tuesday instructed all private airlines to operate one flight each to Libya everyday from Wednesday to bring back stranded Indians from the strife-torn country.

Jet Airway

Mumbai: National carrier Air India will operate two more flights to Tripoli for evacuating Indian nationals stranded in strife-torn Libya.

"We are operating two flights, one each from Mumbai and

United Nations, Dec. 21: Sewage from an unusually high tide caused a stink that forced the emergency evacuation of the UN Security Council on Tuesday, a UN spokesman said.

The Security Council chambe

Hundreds of people were evacuated from low-lying areas in Delhi on Monday as the Yamuna river flowed above the danger mark for the third consecutive day and the fear of floods loomed large over the ci