Authorities evacuated 200 people from the town of Cuglieri overnight and another 155 from Sennariolo, where flames, according to the mayor, still had not reached residential areas. More than half of those evacuated in Cuglieri were allowed to return home Sunday, the news agency ANSA reported.
An island worth Rs 4,73,66,55,00,000 ($6.3 billion) was purchased by a European man without even visiting the location once. As per reports, a 157-acre island southwest of Ireland was purchased after watching it on a video tour.
Spain's Balearic Islands have passed a law banning pub hopping and happy hours in three popular tourist destinations in a bid to crackdown on alcohol-fuelled holidays, the media reported on Saturday.
A 'bhoomi pooja' (ground breaking ceremony) was performed to mark the inauguration of the construction work on the bridge to be built by the Railway Vikas Nigam Limited, a public sector unit
The area where the earthquake hit is called the Kermadec Islands, which is about 800 kilometers (497 miles) northeast of New Zealand’s North Island.
A woman has come up with an ultimate refuge for the women peers.
Majuli, a hub of the Assamese neo-Vaishnavite culture, has many satras (religious and cultural institutions).
One of the biodiversity-rich uninhabited islands part of Lakshadweep has vanished due to coastal erosion and another four such territories in the sea are shrinking fast, claims a new study
David Beckham celebrates 20 years of togetherness with wife Victoria
With India already faced with a serious security threat from Pakistan and China, a fresh controversy in the Maldives over its government planning to give control of an entire atoll to Saudi Arabia seems to have added to its worries.
After facing criticism for being “soft” on China, Philippines has finally filed a low-key diplomatic protest with Beijing following reports that the latter has installed anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapons on its man-made islands in th
NASA's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite Suomi NPP has captured some jaw-dropping images of dangerous Typhoon Meranti as it hit the Philippines island of Itbayat in the Luzon Strait yesterday. Itbayat is the largest
India has got its first river island district on Thursday when Majuli became India's first island district with Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurating it as the 35th district of Assam. "The long cherished dream of
The Guinness World Records recently declared Majuli, Assam's heritage island on Brahmaputra river, as the largest river island in the world. According to earlier records, Brazil's Marajo was the world's largest river island. Now, Majuli
Beijing: A U.S. Navy warship sailed past one of China's artificial islands in the South China Sea on Tuesday, in a challenge to Chinese sovereignty claims that drew an angry protest from Beijing, which said
Panaji: Turtle nesting sites on the shorelines, mangroves in the inland waters and coral reefs in the sea are identified as highly vulnerable groups in the event of oil spill off the Goa coast, according
Tokyo: Japan's Cabinet approved the country's largest ever defense budget on Wednesday, including plans to buy surveillance aircraft, drones and F-35 fighter jets to help counter China's rising assertiveness in the region.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's
Tokyo: A powerful typhoon poured heavy rains over Japan's southern island of Okinawa and was aiming at the next island of Kyushu on Sunday, becoming the second severe storm to hit in a week.At least
New Delhi: Do you believe in haunting or ghosts? If you will go and hang out in these places, then you will surely start believing in those. Here is a list of 10 creepiest places
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government yesterday submitted before Madras High Court that it would not allow any other shops except cracker outlets in the Island Grounds as done last year.A submission to this effect was
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