Emergency
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Mulayam meets CM as army stages flag march in Muzaffarnagar
India | Sep 08, 2013, 07:25 PM ISTLucknow: Facing flak from the opposition over Muzaffarnagar communal clashes, Samajwadi Party supreme Mulayam Singh Yadav today held a meeting with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, ministers and senior officials while the Army staged a flag
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Myanmar lifts emergency in riot-hit district
World | Jul 20, 2013, 11:38 AM ISTYangon, July 20: The Myanmar government Saturday announced lifting of the state of emergency in four riot-hit towns in Meikhtila district 120 days after the imposition, saying that peace and stability have been restored in
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Advani: Supreme Court had let us down during Emergency
National | Jun 28, 2013, 04:17 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 28: Senior BJP leader LK Advani on Thursday said the Supreme Court "had really let down everybody by failing to stand up" against the government during Emergency. The BJP patriarch said it
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Dubai-bound Emirates plane makes emergency landing in Sydney
World | Nov 12, 2012, 09:05 AM ISTSydney, Nov 12: An Emirates flight bound for Dubai has made an emergency landing in Sydney after experiencing engine trouble.The airline said in a statement that the A380 turned back to Sydney shortly after takeoff
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Obama declares emergency to meet Hurricane sandy onslaught
World | Oct 29, 2012, 04:53 PM ISTNew York, Oct 29: Millions of Americans over a 700-mile stretch across eight states up and down the East Coast prepared to meet the onslaught of approaching Hurricane Sandy and its potentially devastating impact.President Barack
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Current times worse than emergency: Advani
National | Sep 12, 2012, 01:49 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 12: Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani has come out in support of Aseem Trivedi, saying the act of jailing the cartoonist for an allegedly seditious work had made him wonder if
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Another incident of ward boys turning doctors in UP
India | Jul 12, 2012, 05:10 PM ISTMeerut, Jul 12: In yet another incident reflecting the dismal state of healthcare in Uttar Pradesh, under trained staff of a government hospital here were caught on camera carrying out postmortem.According to local media reports,
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Dara Singh passes away
Bollywood | Jul 12, 2012, 02:43 PM ISTMumbai, Jul 12 : Wrestler-turned-actor Dara Singh, who was battling for life since the last five days, passed away early this morning.84-year-old Singh was taken home from hospital by family members last night so that
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Egypt finally bids adieu to emergency law
World | May 31, 2012, 09:05 PM ISTCairo, May 31: Days after holding its first free and fair presidential election, Egypt today did away with a three decade old state of emergency, with the ruling military council stating that it would not
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Emergency was better than Modi's rule, says Keshubhai Patel
National | May 31, 2012, 02:03 PM ISTAhmedabad, May 31: Former Gujarat chief Ministers Keshubhai Patel and Suresh Mehta on Wednesday joined hands along with former ministers Gordhan Zadafia and Kashiram Rana to chalk out a strategy against Narendra Modi in view
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Nigeria Declares Emergency In Volatile States
World | Jan 01, 2012, 07:47 AM ISTAbuja, Jan 1: Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan today declared state of emergency in regions bedeviled by regular attacks by radical Muslim group Boko Haram, which was described as “cancerous” group bent on destroying the country.He
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Emergency At Pak Nuclear Reactor
World | Oct 20, 2011, 09:52 PM ISTKarachi, Oct 20: A seven-hour emergency was declared at a key nuclear power plant in Pakistani city of Karachi after heavy water leaked from a feeder pipe of the reactor but no one was affected
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Centre Afraid, Hazare Detention Reminder Of Emergency, Says Nitish
National | Aug 16, 2011, 07:04 PM ISTPatna, Aug 16: The detention of Anna Hazare was a ‘rehearsal for emergency' and a ‘murder of democracy' since the Centre was afraid of the mass support generated by Gandhian's movement against corruption, Bihar Chief
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Govt stifling Opposition, says Joshi
National | Jun 26, 2011, 07:08 PM ISTBangalore, June 26 : BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi today accused UPA of crushing voices of dissent and claimed that the present situation in the country was akin to 1975 when Emergency was imposed.Recalling the
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Shouts, Counter-Shouts At West Bengal Left Front Meeting
National | Jun 21, 2011, 09:04 PM ISTKolkata, Jun 21 : A CPI(M) proposal to hold a rally against the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government on June 25, coinciding with the imposition of Emergency in 1975, has been struck down by other
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Bahrain Under Emergency, Indian Community Safe
World | Mar 15, 2011, 10:13 PM ISTDubai, March 15: Bahrain's monarch today declared a three-month state of emergency, amid growing pro-democracy protests in the country, forcing it to invite troops from Saudi Arabia and UAE to quell the unrest. Bahrain's King
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Several Feared Dead In New Zealand Quake, Emergency Declared
World | Feb 22, 2011, 10:44 AM ISTMelbourne, Feb 22 : Several people were feared dead as a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand's southern city of Christchurch early today, damaging buildings and sending thousands of panicked people rushing into the streets. New
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Abida Parveen Undergoes Emergency Heart Surgery
World | Nov 28, 2010, 09:44 PM ISTLahore: Renowned Sufi singer Abida Parveen underwent emergency heart surgery today after being hospitalised in Lahore, a doctor said.Parveen, who was born at Larkana in southern Sindh province in 1954, was admitted to the Doctors
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Indira Gandhi Regretted Operation Blue Star, Emergency, Says R K Dhawan
World | Oct 30, 2009, 04:09 PM ISTShe had given the nod for Operation Blue Star but late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi later regretted the decision which eventually led to her assassination 25 years ago.The country's only woman prime minister, who died