Jakarta: Titin Karisma parades onto the stage wearing a rhinestone bustier and matching bottoms, with sequin fringe that jiggles wildly to the rhythm of the beating drums. Preteen boys watch the singer wide-eyed as she straddles a speaker, whipping her long hair wildly. She licks the microphone and drops to the ground, repeatedly thrusting her pelvis toward a camera. Lady Gaga's onstage antics are almost tame compared to this act,...
04:09 PM, May 30, 2012
As India fails to deliver on its promise of growth, a smaller Asian country Indonesia, finds itself in a position to lure investors away from the third largest economy in the region with higher stock market returns, better fiscal management and lower inflation. "Indonesia looks like it has hit the sweet spot, whereas India is nursing a headache from its latest boom," says Frederic Neumann, Co-Head of Asian Economic Research...
11:30 AM, May 16, 2012
Jakarta: Rescuers who on Thursday morning spotted on a mountain slope in Indonesia the wreckage of a Sukhoi super-jet 100 that went missing a day earlier with around 50 people on board said there was no sign of any survivor, an official said. Russia has opened a criminal case into the accident. Though some bodies were found, the exact number was not disclosed, Xinhua reported. The bodies would be taken...
05:40 PM, May 10, 2012
Cidahu (Indonesia): Rescuers discovered bodies on Thursday near the shattered wreckage of a new Russian-made passenger plane that smashed into the steep side of an Indonesian volcano during a flight to impress potential buyers. All 45 people on board were feared dead. Due to the remoteness of the crash site, the bodies will be placed in nets and lifted by ropes to a hovering chopper, national search and rescue agency...
03:24 PM, May 10, 2012
Cidahu: A helicopter spotted the shattered wreckage of a Russian-made passenger plane Thursday that crashed into a steep cliff on a long-dormant Indonesian volcano during a demonstration flight to potential buyers and journalists. There was no sign of survivors among the 47 people on board. Family members, many of whom spent a long, sleepless night at the airport, broke down in tears on hearing the news. Others stared blankly ahead...
08:36 AM, May 10, 2012
CHENNAI: Boosting the bilateral trade relations between India and Indonesia, besides wooing the potential tourists from South India, State carrier Garuda Indonesian Airlines is launching direct services from Chennai. This is part of the countrywide operations, likely to be launched in June this year. Announcing this at a press conference here on Sunday, the visiting Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Lt General (R) Andi M Ghalib said, the airlines would kickstart...
08:22 AM, Apr 23, 2012
Chennai: Seeing bigger potential in the fast growing business between India and Indonesia, the bilateral trade target for 2015 has been revised from $25 billion to $45 billion, Indonesian Ambassador Andi M Ghalib said on Sunday. Indonesia will also resume its plan of commencing air traffic to India this June, he said. "Earlier, the target was to reach $25 billion by 2015. But the bilateral trade has already crossed $20...
03:22 AM, Apr 23, 2012
Jakarta: As many as three Indians were in top-five as Gaganjeet Bhullar and Shiv Kapur finished tied third while Anirban Lahiri was tied fifth at the Indonesian Masters here on Sunday. Lee Westwood overcame fatigue to win his first title of the year. Kapur landed an eagle on the very last hole to card 67 and finish tied third at 12-under 276, while Bhullar shot 69 to finish likewise. Lahiri...
09:45 PM, Apr 22, 2012
Jakarta: Indian golfers had a good start in the third round but play was halted all too soon as adverse weather forced suspension of play at the CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters on Saturday. Shiv Kapur was two-under through four holes, while Anirban Lahiri and Jyoti Randhawa were three-under with half their round still to play, and Gaganjeet Bhullar too was two-under through seven. However, Lee Westwood continued to hold sway...
10:49 AM, Apr 22, 2012
New Delhi: An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter Scale struck eastern Indonesia off Irian Jaya early on Saturday morning, the US Geological Survey said. There was some damage, but no immediate reports of injuries. The USGS said the quake hit 83 km off Papua province. It was centered just 30 km beneath the ocean floor. Children in the town of Manokwan, closest to the epicentre, were seen running from...
07:38 AM, Apr 21, 2012
Jakarta: India's Jyoti Randhawa and Shiv Kapur carded an identical four-under 68 to be placed tied third after their first round of the Indonesian Masters golf tournament here on Thursday. The duo is three behind leader Lee Westwood, who returned with a card of 65. Westwood was two shots ahead of Arnond Vongvanij of Thailand, who returned a round of 67 at the $750,000 Asian Tour event staged at the...
09:41 PM, Apr 19, 2012
Mumbai: In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is used to describe how a small change at one place can result in large differences to a later state. The name of the effect is derived from the example of a hurricanes formation being contingent on whether or not a distant butterfly had flapped its wings several weeks before. The MMRDA seems to be firm believers in this theory. Soon after Thursday...
01:08 PM, Apr 14, 2012
Banda Aceh: Indonesian authorities say five people had heart attacks and died after two large earthquakes triggered back-to-back tsunami warnings. No other deaths were reported from Wednesday's temblors, but several people were injured as they tried to flee to high ground. The temblors awoke memories of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which claimed 230,000 lives in nearly a dozen countries, but the damage from the 8.6-magnitude quake and its 8.2-magnitude...
12:20 PM, Apr 12, 2012
Tsunami usually happen when undersea quakes push the earth's tectonic plates against each other. ...
09:10 AM, Apr 12, 2012
Banda Aceh (Indonesia): Cries of panic and fervent prayers rang out Wednesday as Indonesians rushed toward high ground after two strong earthquakes raised fears of a killer tsunami. Alerts were raised as far away as Africa and Australia but this time the big waves didn't come. In western Indonesia, distraught women ran into the streets clinging to crying children as back-to-back tsunami warnings revived memories of the 2004 disaster that...
10:46 PM, Apr 11, 2012
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