BANGALORE: Sending out a clear message to his detractors, both within and outside the BJP, former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa said, My silence till now should not be construed as weakness. Those who are trying to pull me down cannot succeed. My blood has started to boil and in the coming days, I will show what this Yeddyurappa is capable of.Yeddyurappa grew emotional prior to his speech at a...
08:39 AM, Apr 18, 2012
Sydney: A strong earthquake has struck the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries and no tsunami alert has been issued. The US Geological Survey says the magnitude- 7.0 quake struck on Tuesday at a depth of 200 kilometers (124 miles), about 140 kilometers (88 miles) north of the city of Lae. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue...
01:53 PM, Apr 17, 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
Banda Aceh: The US Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre on Wednesday cancelled the tsunami watch for the Indian Ocean areas, hours after two major earthquakes, measuring 8.6 and 8.2 on Richter Scale, hit Indonesia. The tsunami warning was at first issued following the 8.6-magnitude earthquake, which was later scaled down. However, the warning was issued again for two hours after the second earthquake hit the Aceh province of the country. The...
07:12 PM, Apr 11, 2012
6:40 PM Small waves about half-a-metre high and within normal tide limits had already washed into the Campbell Bay area on the Great Nicobar island, the official said. 6:39 PM Six teams of National Disaster Response Force were also kept in readiness at Chennai and an equal number moved to Hindon airport in the national capital. 6:12 PM Indonesia Disaster Agency says major quakes produced only small tsunami waves because...
03:32 PM, Apr 11, 2012
Islamabad: The US has asked Pakistan to abandon the Iran gas pipeline project and counselled Islamabad to explore alternative energy sources. Deputy US Ambassador to Pakistan Richard Hoagland said Pakistan should start looking for alternative energy sources like wind, sun, biogas and cowdung, instead of Iranian gas. Pledging America's readiness to lend a helping hand, he said the US fully realizes the energy crisis in Pakistan and was trying to...
12:23 PM, Mar 10, 2012
The MEA has downplayed the travel warnings issued by the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, reassuring everyone that India's safe. ...
06:08 PM, Oct 25, 2011
New Delhi: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam is the inspiration behind 'I am Kalam' while actor Pankaj Kapoor reprises a popular television role in Chala Mussaddi Office Office as a slew of small budget films hit the theatres this weekend. Pankaj Kapoor, television's self-effacing school master, is seeking a return to big screen with the quirky 'Chala Mussaddi Office Office' that has him confronting a curious problem as the 'common...
06:12 PM, Aug 05, 2011
Cast: Jannat Zubair Rahmani, Atul Kulkarni, Rituparna Sengupta, Anupam Kher, Satish Kaushik, Ila Arun, Zakir Hussain, Anang Desai, Karan Razdan, Govind Namdev and Suhas Khandke Director: Karan Razdan Despite the leading title of the film the audience had little or no warning of what was to come. The film is a complete let down in spite of having brilliant actors on board. It's a good thing that the movie is...
05:25 PM, Aug 05, 2011
Tokyo: A strong earthquake jolted northeastern Japan on Sunday, and workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant were evacuated after an alert for a half-meter tsunami was issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The tsunami warning was later lifted. The quake monitoring agency said the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1 and occurred at a depth of 10 kms off the northeastern coast of Japan. There were no immediate...
07:21 AM, Jul 10, 2011
New Delhi: The Intelligence Bureau has warned of a new terror plot -- to turn ships into deadly bombs, but no lessons appear to have been learnt from the Mumbai attacks. Vital off shore installations are under threat as Intelligence agencies had intercepted a specific threat just days after the audacious attack on Pakistans Mehra Naval base. But multiple coastal security agencies have only led to more confusion on jurisdiction....
09:54 PM, Jun 21, 2011
Richmond: In the most significant change to U.S. cigarette packs in 25 years, the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday released nine new warning labels that depict in graphic detail the negative health effects of tobacco use. Among the images to appear on cigarette packs are rotting and diseased teeth and gums and a man with a tracheotomy smoking. Also included among the labels are: the corpse of a smoker,...
05:57 PM, Jun 21, 2011
New Delhi: Three straight days of heavy rain has left two people dead in Gujarat. Roads and markets in Veraval and Somnath are waterlogged and standing crops have been damaged. A cyclone warning was issued for the Gujarat coast on Sunday because of a low pressure over the Saurashtra region. High speed winds which uprooted trees and electric poles in many places are expected to subside by Monday. Fishermen have...
08:42 AM, Jun 13, 2011
Tokyo: Japan's unemployment rate in April rose for the first time in six months, while the nation's factory output posted a weaker-than-expected rebound amid sluggish output following the March earthquake and tsunami. The April jobless rate climbed to 4.7 per cent from the March unemployment rate of 4.6 per cent, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said Tuesday. The number of jobless people in Japan stood at 3.09 million...
08:07 AM, May 31, 2011
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