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Flash floods kill two in Odisha
India | Aug 22, 2013, 12:13 PM ISTBhubaneswar: Flash floods triggered by heavy rain over the past four days have killed two people in Odisha, and left about 1,000 people displaced, an official said Thursday.The northern parts of the state received heavy
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1300 people killed in chemical gas attack in Syria: report
World | Aug 21, 2013, 11:05 PM ISTDamascus: Nearly 1300 people have been reported killed in fierce chemical weapons bombarding by Syrian army in the suburbs of capital Damascus today. While the Syrian National Coalition put the death toll at 650, a
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List of 27 persons killed in Bihar train tragedy
India | Aug 20, 2013, 05:47 PM ISTKhagaria, Bihar: Following is the list of 27 persons killed in the train tragedy on Monday morning. (seven of them are unidentified):1. Sogarath Singh(M 45), Vill-Bangalia, Dist-Khagaria 2. Janardan Yadav (M 50), Vill-Ranishakarpura, Dist-Khagaria 3.
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72 militants, 11 policemen killed in Afghanistan clash
World | Aug 19, 2013, 08:07 PM ISTKabul: At least 72 militants and 11 policemen were killed in a clash between the two sides in the western Afghan province of Farah on Monday."The public protection police force was Sunday escorting a convoy
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Two pilots killed in US plane crash
World | Aug 14, 2013, 08:21 PM ISTWashington: A cargo plane crashed near an airport in the US state of Alabama on Wednesday, killing both pilots onboard, aviation authorities said.The Airbus A300 plane, which took off from Louisville in Kentucky, crashed around
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Five Lashkar militants killed in Kupwara operation: Army
India | Aug 01, 2013, 09:17 PM ISTSrinagar, August 1: Five Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) guerrillas have been killed in Kupwara district in north Kashmir in an operation launched there on Monday, an army official said."Five terrorists of LeT outfit have been killed till
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Another infiltration bid foiled in Kashmir, four militants killed
India | Jul 31, 2013, 09:20 AM ISTSrinagar, July 31: Four militants were killed yesterday in north Kashmir when the army foiled a second infiltration bid in two days from across the Line of Control (LoC)."Based on specific information from intelligence agencies
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Wave of car bombings in Iraq kills at least 58
World | Jul 29, 2013, 11:47 PM ISTBaghdad, Jul 29: More than a dozen explosions, mainly from car bombs, ripped through marketplaces, parking lots, a cafe and rush-hour crowds in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 58 people and pushing the country's
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NSLA militant killed in encounter, four held
India | Jul 29, 2013, 05:45 PM ISTGuwahati, Jul 29: A National Santhal Liberation Army (NSLA) militant was killed in an encounter with the security forces and four others were arrested in Assam's Kokrajhar district today, official sources said.After a joint team
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Maoists kill abducted police constable in Chhattisgarh
India | Jul 28, 2013, 09:12 PM ISTRaipur, Jul 28: The body of the police constable, who was abducted by the Maoists on July 21 from Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh, was recovered today from the dense forest areas of Maharabeda village near
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Bus, truck collision on busy Thai highway kills 19
World | Jul 23, 2013, 12:54 PM ISTBangkok, Jul 23: A double-decker passenger bus caught fire after colliding with a truck on one of Thailand's busiest highways early Tuesday, killing 19 people and injuring 23, authorities said.The bus drivers and most of
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89 killed in twin China earthquakes
World | Jul 22, 2013, 08:11 PM ISTBeijing, Jul 22: Nearly 90 people were killed and over 500 injured when two powerful shallow earthquakes today jolted a remote mountainous province in northwestern China near Tibet, damaging more than 20,000 homes and triggering
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17 soldiers killed, 35 injured in Egypt accident
World | Jul 22, 2013, 08:01 AM ISTCairo, July 22: As many as 17 soldiers were killed and 35 others injured in a bus-truck collision in Egypt's Beheira governorate, north of the capital Cairo, state media reported.The accident took place on the
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China says flooding has killed 337 this year
World | Jul 21, 2013, 02:16 PM ISTBeijing, Jul 21: China says flooding this year has left at least 337 people dead and 213 missing, due mainly to unusually wet summer weather.The government's anti-flooding headquarters said Sunday that floods this year have
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29 militants killed in Afghanistan
World | Jul 21, 2013, 07:52 AM ISTKabul, July 21: Afghanistan government said on Saturday that as many as 29 Taliban militants had been killed and 24 wounded in clashes and security operations since Friday morning.Twenty militants were killed during joint security
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32 killed, 96 injured in Iraq car bombings
World | Jul 21, 2013, 07:07 AM ISTBaghdad, July 21: At least 32 people were killed and 96 wounded in a string of car bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital city on Saturday evening, an interior ministry source said.The attacks were carried
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Syria: Pro-government figure killed in Lebanon
World | Jul 17, 2013, 11:24 AM ISTBeirut, Jul 17: State-run media in Damascus say gunmen have assassinated a prominent Syrian pro-government figure at his home in southern Lebanon.The SANA news agency says Mohammed Darrar Jammo was gunned down early on Wednesday
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14 killed as generator explodes in Yemen
World | Jul 15, 2013, 12:07 PM ISTSanaa, July 15: Fourteen people, among them four children, were killed when a generator exploded in a village in Yemen, police officials said.A total of 14 people, including eight women besides four children, were killed
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Typhoon Soulik kills three in China
World | Jul 15, 2013, 07:07 AM ISTBeijing, July 15: Typhoon Soulik, the seventh typhoon to hit China this year, killed three people and forced another 20,000 to relocate in south China's Guangdong province, officials said.The typhoon brought heavy rains to Guangdong
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27 killed, 77 wounded across Iraq
World | Jul 14, 2013, 02:56 PM ISTBaghdad, July 14: At least 27 people were killed and 77 others wounded in separate attacks across Iraq, including a bomb attack against a Sunni mosque in Baghdad, police said.A roadside bomb went off Saturday