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  Statue of Mahatma Gandhi inaugurated in Indonesia

  Lifestyle | March 11, 2015 9:44 IST

  Jakarta: In a unique gesture, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi made by Indonesian artist Bambang Winaryo was unveiled on Tuesday at the House of Culture in West Sumatra province, which is associated with the House

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  India had highest level of social hostilities in 2013: Pew Research

  India | February 27, 2015 16:32 IST

  New Delhi: India had the highest level of social hostilities involving a religion and China had the most government restrictions in 2013, according to a new study by an American think-tank.Among the world's 25 most

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  French co-pilot was flying AirAsia plane when it crashed: Investigator

  World | January 29, 2015 19:42 IST

  Jakarta: Indonesia's National Transport committee, on Tuesday has confirmed that the French first officer of AirAsia Jet that crashed into the sea last month was at the controls at the time of the accident.The investigator

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  AirAsia plane climbed too fast, then disappeared, says Indonesia

  World | January 21, 2015 16:52 IST

  Jakarta: An AirAsia plane that crashed last month with 162 people on board was climbing at an abnormally high rate, then plunged and suddenly disappeared from radar, Indonesia's transport minister said on Tuesday.Ignasius Jonan told

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  Divers find both black boxes in AirAsia crash

  World | January 12, 2015 12:19 IST

  Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia:  Divers retrieved one black box and located the other underwater Monday from the AirAsia plane that crashed more than two weeks ago, a key development that will help investigators unravel what caused

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  Divers retrieve AirAsia jet's black box recorders from sea

  World | January 12, 2015 9:29 IST

  Jakarta/Singapore:  Searchers today retrieved the black box recorders of ill-fated AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea two weeks ago with 162 people on board, Indonesian officials said.“I received information from the National Transport

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  Searchers close in on AirAsia jet's black box as 'pings' heard

  World | January 11, 2015 17:18 IST

  Jakarta/Singapore: Searchers closed in on the all-important black box of the crashed AirAsia jet after strong “pings” were heard in the Java Sea and a large object likely to be the plane's fuselage was located

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  AirAsia plane's tail lifted from seabed, no black box found

  World | January 10, 2015 21:50 IST

  Jakarta/Singapore: The tail of the doomed AirAsia jet was today lifted out of the choppy waters of the Java Sea using inflatable balloons but the black box, crucial for unravelling the mystery of the crash,

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  Divers looking for black boxes in crashed AirAsia plane

  World | January 08, 2015 7:31 IST

  Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia: The tail section of the AirAsia passenger jet that crashed late last month is upside down and partially buried in the sea floor, and experts are trying to figure out how to

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  AirAsia 'obliged' to pay compensation to kin: Indonesia

  World | January 06, 2015 10:19 IST

  Jakarta, Singapore: Indonesia has said AirAsia was “obliged” to pay compensation to the next of kin of the 162 victims on board the crashed plane belonging to the budget airline.“An airline must pay compensation,” Acting

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  AirAsia Crash: Searchers may have located tail of crashed plane

  World | January 05, 2015 19:44 IST

  Singapore/Jakarta:Indonesian searchers today said they may have found what could be the tail of the crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501, the section where the crucial black boxes are located, even as calmer waters led to the

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  Indonesia mandates pilot briefings before departures

  World | January 05, 2015 12:18 IST

  Jakarta: Indonesia has imposed mandatory briefings for pilots from flight operation officers (FOO) before departures in an effort to thwart any potential accidents, media reported Monday.The decision comes after AirAsia flight QZ8501 en route from

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  Crashed AirAsia jet's pilots did not get weather report: Reports

  World | January 05, 2015 12:12 IST

  Jakarta: AirAsia Indonesia allegedly violated standard procedures which resulted in the pilots of the airline's doomed plane not receiving a required weather report before takeoff, a media report has said citing leaked official documents.The Jakarta

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  Some AirAsia victims found belted in seats

  World | January 03, 2015 7:10 IST

  Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia:  After nearly a week of searching for the victims of AirAsia Flight 8501, rescue teams battling monsoon rains had their most successful day yet, more than tripling the number of bodies pulled

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  AirAsia crash: Rescuers find 30 bodies, focus on 5 sq km area

  World | January 02, 2015 19:33 IST

  Jakarta/Singapore: Rescuers found 30 bodies with five of them still strapped to their seats as multi-national teams equipped with sophisticated equipment today narrowed the search to a 5 sq km area of the choppy Java

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  7 more bodies recovered from AirAsia crash, 16 total

  World | January 02, 2015 12:00 IST

  Surabaya, Indonesia :  More ships arrived Friday with sensitive equipment to hunt for the fuselage of AirAsia Flight 8501 and the more than 145 people still missing since it crashed into the sea five days

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  Weather worries remain in hunt for AirAsia plane

  World | January 02, 2015 7:30 IST

  Surabaya, Indonesia:  More ships arrived Friday with sensitive equipment to search for the fuselage of AirAsia Flight 8501 and the more than 150 people still missing since it crashed five days ago.Rear Marshal Henry Bambang

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  Searchers return to retrieve bodies, plane wreckage

  World | January 01, 2015 10:04 IST

  Jakarta/Singapore: After being hampered by a spell of bad weather, searchers today returned with “full force” to retrieve bodies and the AirAsia plane wreckage in the Java Sea off Indonesia as the mystery over the

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  Bad weather hampers recovery of AirAsia plane wreckage, bodies

  World | December 31, 2014 10:06 IST

  Jakarta/Singapore: At least six bodies have been retrieved from the Java Sea off Indonesia where the ill-fated AirAsia plane carrying 162 people went down as rescuers were hampered by stormy weather today in their efforts

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  Searchers resume hunt for bodies from AirAsia jet

  World | December 31, 2014 8:58 IST

  Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia : A massive hunt for the 162 victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 resumed in the Java Sea on Wednesday, focusing on an area of the aqua-colored waters where the first bodies and