New Delhi: To shore up its ties with India, Myanmar government has ordered Manipur-based militant outfits to shut their camps and training facilities and leave its soil by June 10. Quoting intelligence inputs, official sources said the Myanmar Army's order was issued on May 24 -- three days before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh embarked on his visit to the neighbouring country -- and the move is considered as a goodwill...
04:47 PM, May 30, 2012
San Felice sul Panaro: Workers at the small machinery company had just returned for their first shift following Italy's powerful and deadly quake earlier this month when another one struck on Tuesday, collapsing the roof. At least three employees at the factory - two immigrants and an Italian engineer checking the building's stability - were among those killed in the second deadly quake in nine days to strike a region...
02:26 AM, May 30, 2012
Milan: A magnitude 5.8 earthquake shook northern Italy on Tuesday, killing at least three people according to Italian news reports. The United States Geological Survey said the quake, which struck at 9:00 am local time (0700 GMT), was centered 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Bologna. It hit the same region where a stronger temblor measuring 6.0 earlier this month killed seven people, most when factories working overnight collapsed. The...
01:30 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: A severe heat wave has claimed 10 more lives in Odisha taking the toll to 20 in five days. The maximum temperature touched 46 degrees in many parts of the state. Bolangir, Sonepur, Boudh and Anugul were among the worst affected districts. The state is battling frequent power cuts and water shortage as well. Meanwhile, North India also continued to bear the heat. Bikaner, Agra and Lucknow recorded...
08:18 AM, May 28, 2012
Sudeep Chakravarti is the author of 'Red Sun: Travels in Naxalite Country' and the novels 'Tin Fish', 'The Avenue of Kings' and 'Once Upon a Time in Aparanta'. His latest book gives a detail account of the socio-political complexities and ethnic divisions prevalent in the North East region as one travels from Numaligarh in Assam to Moreh in Moreh along NH 2 (erstwhile NH 39) . The book is divided...
12:06 PM, May 24, 2012
BANGALORE:Much has been said and written about Richard Loitam, the 19 year-old Manipuri student who died in mysterious circumstances last month. However, the incident would have gone unnoticed if it was not for a concerted campaign demanding justice in view of his death that went viral and made waves throughout the country.The Justice for Loitam Richard campaign started off as a small group on Facebook, when Monika Khangembam, a student...
08:39 AM, May 24, 2012
Washington: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says that Marxists and Maoists are plotting to kill her in league with the Pakistani intelligence, North Korea, Venezuela and Hungary. Banerjee made the sensational charge in an interview to the Washington Post. The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) rubbished the allegation. Banerjee told the Post how her "Marxist political opponents were plotting with Maoist rebels to discredit and kill her". They were...
06:44 PM, May 23, 2012
Marvel comic book crime fighters 'The X-Men' are getting ready for the first same-sex marriage in the superhero world. ...
04:30 PM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: An Indian Army officer was killed and another injured on Wednesday when the helicopter they were piloting crashed on the Siachen glacier, the world's highest battlefield, during a routine supply sortie, the Army headquarters in Delhi said. The two officer-pilots were trying to land the chopper at the Bhim post helipad in northern glacier area at 11.45 am when they lost control of the flying machine and it...
03:29 PM, May 23, 2012
Philadelphia: Wedding bells will ring this summer for Marvel Comics' first openly gay hero, super speedster Northstar, and his longtime boyfriend. The New York-based publisher said on Tuesday that Canadian character Jean-Paul Beaubier will marry his beau, Kyle Jinadu, in the pages of "Astonishing X-Men" No. 51. That's due out June 20. Northstar revealed he was gay in the pages of "Alpha Flight" No. 106 in 1992, one of Marvel...
11:00 AM, May 23, 2012
Washington: Satellite imagery shows North Korea is upgrading its old launch site in the secretive country's northeast to handle larger rockets, like space launch vehicles and intercontinental missiles, a US institute claimed on Tuesday. The US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies said the upgrade of the Musudan-ri site began last summer and reflects North Korean determination to expand its rocket program. The US and other nations...
03:58 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: Astro-enthusiasts in the North-East states of the country are in for a celestial treat tomorrow as they will witness the first solar eclipse of this year. An annular solar eclipse will take place tomorrow which can be seen from the region covering China, most of Russia, South East Asia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Hawaii, Arctic regions and North America except the easternmost part, President of Planetary Society of India...
04:10 PM, May 20, 2012
Bologna: A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Bologna, Italy, on Sunday, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake, which initially registered at magnitude 6.3, was centered 22 miles (35 km) north-northwest of Bologna in northern Italy at a relatively shallow depth of 6.3 miles (10 km), the USGS said. The last major earthquake to hit Italy was a 6.3 magnitude quake in the central Italian city of L'Aquila in 2009,...
08:33 AM, May 20, 2012
London: According to a poll conducted for BBC World Service, Iran, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel are the most negatively rated countries in the world. About 24,090 people worldwide participated in the survey. Citizens from 22 countries were interviewed face-to-face or by telephone between December 6, 2011 and February 17, 2012. Polling was conducted by the international polling firm GlobeScan and its research partners in each country, together with the...
11:13 AM, May 19, 2012
Seoul: North Korea has resumed construction work on an experimental light water reactor (ELWR) in a move that could extend its capacity to produce more material for nuclear weapons, website 38North reported on Thursday. Based on April 30 satellite images, work halted in December at the reactor had now re-started, said the website, run by the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University and former US State Department official Joel Wit....
05:29 PM, May 17, 2012
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