Jakarta: A Russian-made plane carrying 46 people lost contact with air controllers while flying over mountains during a demonstration flight on Wednesday in western Indonesia, officials said. Search and rescue teams were heading to the area, said Bambang Ervan, a spokesman for the Ministry of Transportation. Bad weather, however, forced at least two helicopters to turn back. The Sukhoi Superjet-100, a civilian plane, took off from Jakarta's Halim Perdanakusuma Airport...
06:16 PM, May 09, 2012
Jakarta: A busy bridge collapsed on Saturday in central Indonesia, killing at least three people and injuring 17 others as a bus, cars and motorcycles crashed into the river below, police and witnesses said. Captain Syafii Nafsikin said search and rescue teams rushed to the scene. Survivors, swimming to shore, were screaming in panic. The sprawling, 700-metre bridge built to resemble the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco linked the...
08:33 PM, Nov 26, 2011
Jakarta: A strong earthquake has shaken parts of Indonesia, but a tsunami was not expected and no damage was initially reported. Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency said the quake was centered about 110 miles (178 kilometers) southeast of Tahuna island and six miles (10 kilometers) beneath the Maluku Sea. The agency said it was magnitude 6.9, while the US Geological Survey put the magnitude at 6.2. It strongly shook the...
10:39 PM, Jun 13, 2011
Jakarta: A suicide bomber blew himself up as police were praying on Friday, wounding 28 people in the first attack on a mosque since extremists started targeting the predominantly Muslim country a decade ago. The victims, including a local police chief were rushed to hospitals with nails, nuts and bolts embedded in their bodies, said Yeni Rahmawati, a hospital spokeswoman. Though houses of worship are commonly targeted by militants in...
08:12 PM, Apr 15, 2011
Jakarta: Jakartans love new things, and the rapidly growing middle classes of Indonesia's capital always fight to be first -- whether watching the latest Hollywood blockbuster, owning the newest gadget, or being seen in a trendy bar. But even the most avid trendspotters have been surprised by the craze for Magnum ice cream that has swept the city since the February opening in central Jakarta of the Magnum Cafe, months...
02:34 PM, Apr 15, 2011
Jakarta: A magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit Indonesia's Sunda Strait on Tuesday, shaking buildings in the capital Jakarta, the country's quake agency said. The agency said the quake was at a depth of 23 kilometers and about 83 kilometers southeast of Ujungkulon on Java island. ...
12:06 PM, Apr 05, 2011
Jakarta: At least 113 people were dead and over 150 missing a day after a powerful earthquake struck off Indonesia's Mentawai islands, triggering a tsunami with waves up to three metres high, officials said on Tuesday. The Disaster Management Agency in West Sumatra province said 10 villages on the island chain were hit by a tsunami caused by Monday's 7.2 magnitude quake. Mujiarto, head of the health ministry's crisis centre,...
11:35 PM, Oct 26, 2010
Jakarta: A strong quake struck off the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island late on Monday but there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake, measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale, prompted a tsunami warning, but the alert was lifted an hour later. The quake hit the Mentawai islands, off the western coast of West Sumatra province, at about 9.42 pm, the Meteorology, Geophysics and Climatology Agency said. Priyadi...
11:02 PM, Oct 25, 2010
Jakarta: Women-only train carriages were launched this week in Jakarta in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, in an attempt to avert groping and sexual harassment on packed commuter trains. Women can choose to board the female-only, orange and pink-seated carriages at the front and rear of trains in Jakarta, the latest in a growing number of cities to offer women-only services. The state-owned railway operator, PT Kereta Api...
12:21 PM, Aug 20, 2010
The quake measured a magnitude of 6.1, the survey reported. ...
06:34 PM, Oct 16, 2009
Dozens more are missing and feared dead after the 7.3 magnitude quake. ...
10:10 AM, Sep 03, 2009
The quake was 7.3-magnitude on the Richter scale. ...
06:53 PM, Sep 02, 2009
The blasts at the Ritz Carlton and JW Marriott killed nine people. ...
04:19 PM, Jul 21, 2009
The terror group has been responsible for most of the attacks on the island. ...
11:34 AM, Jul 17, 2009
A bomb-laden car exploded at a freeway gate of Muara Angke of north Jakarta. ...
10:58 AM, Jul 17, 2009
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