A massive fire broke out in Delhi's Bawana slum which has caused widespread destruction. 25 fire ambulances were rushed to the spot. The reason behind the fire is yet to be determined but the residents of the slum vented their anger on the fire authorities as ...
Even as another outbreak of bird flu claims three more lives in China, experts suggest the media reportage of the disease itself is more disconcerting. Though the concerns of the virus turning epidemic are real, the magnitude of the threat, as reported by the ...
Saudi authorities have said that only people who stay in Saudi without proper documents need to worry about the Nitaqat rule and that Saudi isn't interested in harassing anyone. Media and people have been requested by Saudi authorities from spreading false rum...
The fire that broke out last night at the Film City Jungle spread quickly and reached the Borivali National Park, 15 kms away from the origin of the fire. The fire brigade took up to 16 hours to get the fire under control as it was dark and they were afraid of...
The use of narcotics among the teens and college-going youth has become a cause of alarm. The ease of availability, peer pressure, desire to experiment, call it what you will, but the general trend and profile of the new drug users is growing younger. In this ...
It seems though Kamal Haasan's film 'Vishwarooopam' has released across India except Tamil Nadu, the film has seen a backdoor ban in Andhra Pradesh and Bangalore, Karnataka. While film screenings in Hyderabad and parts of Andhra Pradesh were cancelled, the pol...
After a partial release in Andhra Pradesh, Kamal Haasan's dream project 'Vishwarooopam' is not being picked up by distributors in Bangalore, Karnataka. The film has been mired with one controversy after another before its release. The film was also banned in T...
American health officials warn that there is a silent epidemic stalking the baby boomers of the 60s. A new study has revealed that the 'free lovers' of the 60s, also called the Baby Boomers, have been increasingly diagnosed with various strains of Hepatitis. H...
SR Jindal Prize for the ‘Exemplary Service to Mankind' has been awarded to Bharat Sevashram Sangha. The award carries a cash prize of 20 lakh rupees. The services offered by Sangha include disaster relief, spreading education, vocational training, healthcare...
Achil Vandhavai | The UPA has finally agreed on a debate and vote on the FDI in retail issue. However, no official announcement has been made on when the vote would actually take place. Will the BJP finally let the Parliament function in peace? Also, discussed...
Even as the officials claim that they have managed to contain the fire at Himalaya House building on Kasturba Gandhi Marg in central Delhi, the fire is spreading to the sixth floor of the building. Nearly 25 fire tenders are pressed into service.
Dengue has spread quickly across Andhra Pradesh. Out of 10 patients admitted to hospital, at least five are said to be dengue patients. And not even VIPs are free from the bite of the mosquito that spread dengue. Dengue fever is of two types: dengue shock synd...
The mobile phone is yours, the telephone number is yours, but the person who will be doing the actual call would be someone totally different, and unknown to you. This is mobile phone spoofing. This technology has actually lead to instances of people being che...
This silent killer stalks everyone in Mumbai and Delhi. The menace of dengue spreading across cities in India, has affected at least 650 people in the national capital it self so far. At least two have died of the disease in Delhi alone. In South Delhi about 2...
A pregnant woman from East Godavari district died in Visakhapatnam's government hospital, while another person has been admitted to the swine fly ward there. But the state government says there is no cause for alarm.
Ahead of the assembly polls due in Karnataka early next year, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has sharpened her attacks on BJP, accusing the Opposition party of spreading lies against the party with the intention of defaming it. She has claimed that the Congress i...
The dengue epidemic that has been ravaging cities like Chennai, Vellore, Nagapatinam, Trichy, Pudukottai, Madurai and Erode in Tamil Nadu, has killed more than 40 people so far. This is the highest number of cases Tamil Nadu has seen so far, so a team of six I...
Thiruvananthapuram reportedly has the second most number of dengue fever cases in the country. The Health Department has submitted a report to the district collector, claiming that the dengue fever is spreading beyond control. The district collector has said t...
It is a mosquito that weighs about 2.5 mg, but has become a terror in the national capital region. People in Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida have been terrorised by the dengue mosquito. In Delhi, the number of dengue patients has crossed 100. The dengue mosquito has ...
Against the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board giving its final clearance for loading of fuel in the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, the aniti-nuclear activists have launched their second phase of protests. About 3,000 fishermen and anti-nuclea...
Against the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board giving its final clearance for loading of fuel in the first unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, the aniti-nuclear activists have launched their second phase of protests. About 3,000 fishermen and anti-nuclea...
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sharply criticised the anti-Islam video which has triggered violence and anti-American protests in a number of Muslim countries throughout the world. Calling the film 'disgusting and reprehensible', she said that the US go...
Over 50 lives have been lost in a major fire at a firecracker factory unit in Sivakasi. Hundreds more have been injured in the inferno that engulfed the factory and razed it to rubble. The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa, is still mum on the issue. ...
A massive fire at a fireworks factory in Tamil Nadu rages on as firefighters and rescue workers battle it out to save lives. At least 50 workers have been killed, while several others are still missing. Over 100 people were reportedly trapped inside the factor...
A massive fire at a fireworks factory in Tamil Nadu rages on as firefighters and rescue workers battle it out to save lives. At least 50 workers have been killed, while several others are still missing. Over 100 people were reportedly trapped inside the factor...
Over 50 people have reportedly been killed. Official sources indicate that over 20 charred bodies have been removed from the wreckage. Sparked off by an accidental fire, the entire Om Shakti Fireworks unit in Sivakasi was razed to rubble by the rampant fire. ...
A massive fire has been reported from a fireworks factory in Tamil Nadu. Reports suggest that at least 30 people have been killed in the accident and over a hundred others are still trapped. Scores of injured people have been rushed to the hospital. Ten fire t...
An accidental fire at a fireworks factory in Sivakasi has led to the death of 30 people, injuring over 20 others. The fire, which engulfed the Om Shakti Fireworks unit, spread rapidly and rather uncontrollably until everything was reduced to rubble. Ten fire t...
Everything in the Om Shakti Fireworks factory was reduced to rubble after a massive fire broke out in the fireworks unit, killing 30 people and injuring over 20 others. Ten fire tenders rushed to the spot in an attempt to quell the blaze. Firefighters and resc...
An accidental blaze at the Om Shakti Fireworks factory in Sivakasi kills 20 people. Ten fire tenders rush to the spot in an attempt to quell the massive fire. Firefighters and rescue workers move cautiously through the debris, fearing another explosion. More t...
Five workers at the Om Shakti Fireworks factory in Sivakasi have reportedly been killed due to a massive blaze that has engulfed the unit. The death toll is likely to rise. Several injured people have been rushed to nearby hospitals. The fire, meanwhile, conti...
After targeting the judiciary, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has now attacked the West Bengal media. Under fire for increasing number of rape cases in the state, Mamata Banerjee has accused a section of the media for inciting such incidents. She h...
The government is mulling the possibility of placing a temporary ban on Twitter, for not meeting its deadline to remove the hate pages from its site. Despite repeated requests, Twitter has not yet responded to the IT Ministry's notice. The government may even ...
Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has denied his country's involvement in spreading rumors and morphed images via social media networks with the intention of causing trouble and disturbing the communal harmony in India. This statement has come even as ...
A ban has been imposed on the sending of bulk SMSes and MMSes for 15 days in North-East states and a few other states. The ban has come into effect after the social networking sites and SMSes were blamed for spreading rumours and hate messages against people o...
Mayawati's statue in Lucknow has been decapitated, allegedly by a little-known group called the Navnirman Sena. The BSP workers are up in arms and have taken to the streets protesting the damage to the statue. However, BSP supremo Mayawati has called for calm,...
Hyderabad city and its environs have been hit by dengue fever. Doctors are warning people to notice the symptoms and immediately take medical treatment.
Bollywood film maker Zoya Akhtar manages to bring together the leading men of B-town for a public service campaign to spread awareness on breast cancer.
This 'Arundhati' look-alike in Adilabad district has many female devotees who come to her with their everyday problems, but her solutions border on black magic practices and this has led locals to fear her.