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  Myanmar lifts emergency in riot-hit district

  World | July 20, 2013 11:38 IST

  Yangon, 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 | June 28, 2013 16:17 IST

  New 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 | November 12, 2012 9:05 IST

  Sydney, 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 | October 29, 2012 16:53 IST

  New 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 | September 12, 2012 13:49 IST

  New 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 | July 12, 2012 17:10 IST

  Meerut, 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 | July 12, 2012 14:43 IST

  Mumbai, 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 21:05 IST

  Cairo, 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 14:03 IST

  Ahmedabad, 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 | January 01, 2012 7:47 IST

  Abuja, 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 | October 20, 2011 21:52 IST

  Karachi, 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 | August 16, 2011 19:04 IST

  Patna, 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 | June 26, 2011 19:08 IST

  Bangalore, 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 | June 21, 2011 21:04 IST

  Kolkata, 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 | March 15, 2011 22:13 IST

  Dubai, 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 | February 22, 2011 10:44 IST

  Melbourne, 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 | November 28, 2010 21:44 IST

  Lahore:  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 | October 30, 2009 16:09 IST

  She 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