Bangkok: Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra today lifted a nearly two-month-old emergency in Bangkok and surrounding areas and replaced it with a security law after political violence against her government eased. The Cabinet lifted the
New Delhi: With 64 years gone by since India became a republic, the nation has passed through several vicissitudes, successes and mass movements. These events have moulded the face of India for good or bad,
Bangkok: A civil court in Thailand will give its final decision Thursday over the injunction request by the anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) against the government's emergency decree.The court Monday held an urgent hearing
Rajkot: An Indian Air Force helicopter made an emergency landing in Maktanpar town near Wankaner taluka of Morbi district today due to a technical snag, officials from the force said.The chopper—Chetak SA 316 B—had taken
Cairo: Egypt's interim president on Thursday extended a nationwide state of emergency by two months, citing security conditions.The nearly month-old state of emergency, which gives security forces greater powers of arrest, had been due to
Lucknow: 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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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