Quetta: At least 13 people were killed and hundreds of houses destroyed in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday when the region was struck by tremors from an earthquake that was centred in neighbouring Iran, Pakistani officials said. Tremors from the 7.8 magnitude quake were also felt in India and Gulf states. The epicenter was in southeast Iran in an area of mountains and desert, about 200 km (125 miles) southeast of...
08:18 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Dubai: The number of deaths in a powerful earthquake that hit Iran on Tuesday was "not high", an Iranian lawmaker from the region told the Mehr news agency. "From what we have heard from people in the stricken areas, we have learned that the number of deaths is not high," Hamid Reza Pashang said. "I have talked to the people of Zabul, Saravan, Khash and other areas hit by the...
06:55 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Islamabad: At least five persons were killed and several others injured when buildings collapsed in Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan on Tuesday during a massive earthquake that was felt across the region. The five deaths were recorded in the remote Kharan district of Balochistan, state-run Radio Pakistan reported. TV news channels quoted security officials as saying that three children and two women were killed when several buildings collapsed in Mashkel...
06:18 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Ahmedabad: Tremors shook Ahmedabad city and many other parts of Kutch and south Gujarat Tuesday afternoon, Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority (GSDMA) official said. "A powerful earthquake, with the magnitude of 7.8 on Richter scale, occurred at the Iran-Pakistan border area, the effect of it in form of tremors was felt in western, central and southern areas of our state as well," Deputy Director, GSDMA Gandhinagar, Birju Patel said. There...
06:12 PM, Apr 16, 2013
At least 40 people were killed in Iran after a massive earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter Scale hit the Iran-Pakistan border. The tremors were also felt in India, Pakistan and the Gulf. ...
05:34 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Ankara: An Iranian government official said on Tuesday he expected hundreds of deaths from a major earthquake that struck Iran near the border with Pakistan. "It was the biggest earthquake in Iran in 40 years and we are expecting hundreds of dead," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. A major 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck at 10:44 GMT at a depth of 15.2 km (9.4 miles). The epicenter...
05:29 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Dubai: A major 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Iran near the border with Pakistan on Tuesday and tremors were felt in India and Gulf states. The US Geological Survey said the quake hit at 10:44 GMT at a depth of 15.2 km (9.4 miles). The epicenter was in southeast Iran in an area of mountains and desert. It was located 201 km (125 miles) southeast of the Iranian city of Zahedan...
05:19 PM, Apr 16, 2013
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the Iran-Pakistan border on Tuesday, sending shockwaves as far as North India and West Asia. ...
05:16 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Dubai: Iran test-fired a new land-to-sea ballistic missile in the Gulf, a senior official said on Tuesday, days before an annual ceremony meant to showcase its military muscle at a time of rising tension with the West over its nuclear activity. Israel has publicly warned of possible air strikes on Iran's nuclear sites if Tehran does not resolve Western suspicions it is developing nuclear weapons know-how under cover of a...
04:55 PM, Apr 16, 2013
A massive earthquake of magnitude 7.8 on the Richter Scale hit the Iran-Pakistan border with tremors being felt across North India, Pakistan and West Asia. The epicentre of the earthquake lay 86 km east-south east of Khash, Iran, near the country's border with Pakistan, the USGS website said. There was an aftershock of 6.3 magnitude. ...
04:54 PM, Apr 16, 2013
New Delhi: A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the Iran-Pakistan border on Tuesday afternoon, killing at least 40 people in Iran and five in Balochistan province of Pakistan, reports said. The epicentre of the quake lay 86 km east-south east of Khash, Iran, near the country's border with Pakistan, the US Geological Survey (USGS) website said. Experts say that this is the worst earthquake to have hit Iran in the past...
04:45 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Mumbai: Actor Sanjay Dutt, who was working in double shifts to wrap up his projects before surrendering himself, needs about a week's time to finish the shooting of 'PK'. A source close to the team revealed that director Rajkumar Hirani had requested Aamir Khan to take time out from his schedule for 'Dhoom 3' and be part of the shoot with Sanjay Dutt for 'PK'. A few portions are yet...
03:40 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Lucknow: In a first, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow on Friday reduced the fees for its post-graduate programme in management for the academic term 2013-2015. The IIM's director Devi Singh said the fees were being slashed by 10 per cent from the current Rs 12 lakh to Rs 10.8 lakh. The fee for the same course at IIM Bangalore is Rs 17 lakh and Rs 16.6 lakh at...
07:16 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Kaziranga (Assam): The decomposed body of a rhino with its horns removed was found on Friday in Kaziranga National Park. The adult male rhino was suspected to have been killed by poachers earlier this week. Forest guards found the carcass between Pohumara and Rangamati camps in Agratoli range after foul smell in the area, Park officials said on Friday. This is the 21st rhino killed by poachers this year. According...
03:49 PM, Apr 12, 2013
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the mercy petition of 1993 Delhi blast accused Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, who had sought commutation of his death penalty to life sentence on the ground that there was inordinate delay by the President over his plea for clemency. But advocating his life sentence is human rights activist, Navkiran Singh. Navkiran said, "Solitary confinement made Bhullar a mental wreck. The President wasn't told that ...
12:39 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Berlin: Notwithstanding severe economic sanctions slapped by the US and UN against Iran, India will continue to buy oil from "vital supplier" Iran, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai said on Thursday. "We will continue to buy oil from Iran," Mathai said adding that the recent decline in oil import from Iran was due to logistics and banking problems and not because of any other reason. Mathai, who is part of the...
10:17 PM, Apr 11, 2013
Tehran: A 6.1 magnitude earthquake killed at least 37 and injured hundreds more in a sparsely populated area in southern Iran on Wednesday, Iranian officials said, adding that it did not damage a nuclear plant in the region. The report said the earthquake struck the town of Kaki some 96 kilometres southeast of Bushehr, a town on the Persian Gulf that is home of Iran's first nuclear power plant, built...
10:10 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Bangalore: The filing of nomination papers for the Karnataka Assembly elections begins on Wednesday. With barely a month to go for the polls, political parties are all set to add 'star power' to their election campaign. The Bharatiya Janata Party has roped in Kannada actress Tara a for now, but the party is pulling out the big guns closer to the elections by bringing in Hema Malini and Smriti Irani...
08:35 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Dubai: Iran said on Tuesday operations had begun at two uranium mines and a milling plant and that Western opposition would not slow its nuclear work, days after talks with world powers made no breakthrough. Marking its annual National Nuclear Technology Day, Iran also said it would continue to need higher-grade enriched uranium - the part of its atomic activity that most worries the West - to fuel additional research...
07:35 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Tehran: At least 32 people were killed and 850 injured when an earthquake, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, hit Iran's Bushehr province on Tuesday. According to Iran's Seismological Centre, the city was later hit by 13 aftershocks. The temblor, having its epicentre at a depth of 12 km, struck Kaki city of the province in the afternoon, Xinhua reported. Bushehr province's governor Fereidoon Hassanvand said some 700 buildings were...
02:40 AM, Apr 10, 2013
