New Delhi: Monday marks seven years to the Tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean claiming over 2 lakh lives and decimating several places in Indonesia and Andaman and Nicobar Islands in 2004. A number of remembrance ceremonies and related activities are planned around Phuket for the lives lost. The disastrous undersea quake smothered the coasts of 11 Asian and African countries damaging life and property. ...
10:22 AM, Dec 26, 2011
New Delhi: With songs like Minds without Fear, Kya Khayaal Hai, Masti ki Basti, Maaya, I Believe, Sacred Science, Changing World, Khule Da Rabb, Duur Kinara and No I.D. Required " The Dewarists have made their place on prime time TV. Part travelogue, part documentary " the show on Star World is a journey made by some of the well known names in music as they unite to compose something...
03:53 PM, Dec 13, 2011
Beijing: In a move that may cause unease in India, China on Monday announced that it will set up its first military base abroad in the Indian Ocean island of Seychelles to "seek supplies and recuperate" facilities for its Navy. The naval fleet may seek supplies or recuperate at appropriate harbours in Seychelles or other countries as needed during escort missions, Chinese Defence Ministry announced on Monday. China has already...
12:29 PM, Dec 12, 2011
Hyderabad: There will be a total lunar eclipse on Saturday which will last for 52 minutes. It will be the longest till 2018, according to the Planetary Society, India. India is the best place to watch the eclipse as it will be visible from various parts of the country in different phases from the beginning till the end. The moon entering the shadow of earth and leaving the shadow will...
11:35 AM, Dec 10, 2011
Male: Extremism and religious fundamentalism are among the common challenges India and Maldives are faced with, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Saturday as the two countries agreed to adopt a multi-pronged approach to deal with these problems. In a rare honour given to a visiting dignitary, Singh addressed the "People's Majlis" (Parliament) in which he said India's security, like that of the host country, was closely linked to what...
01:58 PM, Nov 12, 2011
Beijing: China on Saturday announced plans to expand its seabed mineral explorations in the Indian Ocean after an international authority approved its bid to mine for polymetallic sulphide ore, much to the surprise of India. Beijing has already got approval to explore in a 10,000 sq km seabed area in southwest Indian Ocean for the ore and now it plans to invest more to expand the "depth and scope of...
04:51 PM, Sep 17, 2011
New Delhi: The Indian Navy intercepted a pirate mother vessel 600 nautical miles west of the Indian coast in the Arabian Sea on Monday and rescued 13 hostages. Sixty-one pirates have also been caught in the operation carried out by Navy's INS Kalpeni. The pirate mother vessel has been identified as Vega-5. INS Kalpeni intercepted Vega 5 in the Arabian Sea on the night of March 11 after a Naval...
09:25 AM, Mar 14, 2011
New Delhi: What is a tsunami and what makes it so lethal? And is India prepared to handle one, of the type that hit Japan on Friday following the 8.9 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale. The earthquake was the fifth most powerful in over 100 years. It stuck 10 kilometers below the sea, 400 kilometers from Japan's capital Tokyo, yet it ruined the city. When that quake rocked the...
11:16 PM, Mar 11, 2011
New Delhi: India on Thursday said it has deployed a naval aircraft in the Seychelles to carry out surveillance of the Indian Ocean island nation's territorial waters as part of anti-piracy efforts. "Indian Navy has deployed a Dornier (aircraft) to the Seychelles under a government-to-government memorandum of understanding. The Dornier is stationed at Victoria, capital of the Seychelles, and will be operated for exclusive economic zone surveillance and anti-piracy patrols,"...
07:19 PM, Feb 24, 2011
Rome: Pirates using guns and rocket propelled grenades hijacked an Italian oil tanker in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, Italian Navy and European Union officials said. The attack on the Savina Caylyn took place some 500 miles off the coast of India and some 800 miles off the coast of Somalia, an Italian Navy spokesman said, adding that no-one was reported hurt. The European Union's anti-piracy task force EUNAVFOR said...
06:08 PM, Feb 08, 2011
New Delhi: The Central Government has taken up the matter of firing at Indian fishermen by Sri Lankan navy strongly with Sri Lankan government through the Indian High Commission in Colombo. Ministry of External Affairs also summoned Sri Lankan High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam to South Block and asked for an explanation on the shooting incident. However, Kariyawasam denied that Indian fishermen were fired upon by the Sri Lankan navy. "The...
03:49 PM, Jan 13, 2011
Chennai: The Sri Lankan navy has opened fire on Indian fishermen in the Indian Ocean killing one and critically injuring another. The firing reportedly occurred as the Lankans believed the Indians were trespassing. But it is not clear whether the fisherman were in Indian territorial waters or in Lanka's. The DMK has taken up the issue with the centre. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has sent a telegram to...
12:19 PM, Jan 13, 2011
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03:10 PM, Aug 09, 2010
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11:17 PM, Jul 13, 2010
The film interestingly tells each member's back story and how they gravitated towards each other. ...
10:25 PM, Apr 02, 2010
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