Mumbai, Jan 26 (IANS) A 50-year-old man was charred to death in a major fire that broke out in a timber warehouse in the congested Chor Bazaar area of south Mumbai, compelling the evacuation of residents in an adjacent building, the BMC Disaster Control said here on Friday.
Mumbai, Jan 26 (IANS) One person was killed when a major fire broke out in a timber warehouse in the congested Chor Bazaar area of South Mumbai, the BMC Disaster Control said here on Friday.
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR on late Monday as a strong earthquake jolted China's Xinjiang.
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on Sunday said that the unfortunate plane crash that occurred in Afghanistan is neither an Indian Scheduled Aircraft nor a Non Scheduled (NSOP)/Charter aircraft.
Canberra, Jan 19 (IANS) An emergency situation has been declared and remote communities evacuated in Australia's Northern Territory (NT) amid flooding.
Los Angeles, Jan 18 (IANS) California has a more than 95 per cent chance or greater of enduring a damaging earthquake over the next 100 years, reveals a new US Geological Survey (USGS) map.
Davos, Jan 17 (IANS) Climate change threatens to cause an additional 14.5 million deaths and $12.5 trillion in economic losses worldwide by 2050, according to a World Economic Forum (WEF) report published here.
Jammu, Jan 16 (IANS) Forest fires along the Line of Control (LoC) on Tuesday resulted in explosion of several landmines in J&K’s Poonch district.
Mumbai, Jan 14 (IANS) India has more than 2.19 crore wells -- dug-wells as well as shallow, medium and deep tubewells -- that suck out massive quantities of precious groundwater from the bowels of the earth. And, worryingly, only a modest amount of this water gets re-charged.
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) War claims a great price which is paid by those who did not choose it. The amount of destruction in the face of a relentless war inevitably results in a humanitarian crisis, just as Gaza has been battling amid ceaseless assault by Israel.
