Archive for August, 2008
Heavy rains in Hyderabad »
Heavy rain lashed Hyderabad on Friday evening. Traffic came to a grinding halt for several hours in many areas including Punjagutta, Khairatabad, Somajiguda, Lakdi-Ka-Pul, Ameerpet, Raj Bhavan, Dilsukhnagar, Saidabad, Paradise, Ranigunj & MG Road. There was water-logging...
15 killed in a Bus accident in Texas »
At least 15 people have been killed & more than 40 injured in a Bus crash in Texas. The bus was skidded off a freeway north of Dallas. The bus was carrying a Vietnamese Catholic group to...
Taslima Nasreen returned to India »
Taslima Nasreen, a Bangladeshi writer, has on Friday returned after spending after spending more than four months in Sweden. The 45 years old Bangladeshi writer, who has been a target of Islamic fundamentalists, arrived at the Indira...
Bomb Blast rocked nagarbhavi area of Bangalore »
A minor explosion has been occurred in Nagarabhavi area of Bangalore on Friday. The explosives were kept in a dustbin in Nagarbhavi area, near Mysore Road in Bangalore, a private news agency reported. A police team has...
Bomb Blast in Siliguri, 3 injured »
At least three children have been injured after a bomb blast at Shantipara, one km from New Jalpaiguri Railway station & the bomb squad recovered four bottle bombs from the spot. The blast took place when four...
Protest against screening of “Singh Is Kinng” in Amritsar »
The first show of movie “Singh is Kinng” was disrupted on Friday at NM cinema hall in Amritsar after protest by Sikhs. The Sikhs were protesting against the Sikh community being projected “in a negative way” in...
Earthquake struck Indonesia »
An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck Indonesia’s Sumbawa island on Thursday damaging hundreds of buildings. The epicentre of this earthquake was about 1,000 kilometers east of the capital, Jakarta. It was relatively shallow at about 10 kilometers....
Supreme Court: Ban on SIMI will continue »
The Supreme Court has on Wednesday stayed the order of a HC tribunal lifting ban on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). A petition challenging the tribunal’s verdict was mentioned before the bench headed by Chief Justice...
Lifter Monica Devi fails dope test »
Weightlifter Monica Devi was on Thursday failed dope test & withdrawn from Beijing. Monica tested positive for anabolic salt in a test conducted on June 29. Monica, who comes from Manipur, was the sole lifter from India...
Manoj Kumar filed case against Shahrukh, Farah & Sony TV »
Manoj Kumar has on Tuesday filed a case against actor Shahrukh Khan, Farah Khan & Sony Entertainment Television seeking to delete a scene from the movie “Om Shanti Om”, a private news agency reported. Shahrukh Khan &...
Golden Temple Jathedar Vedanti resigns »
Joginder Singh Vedanti, Jathedar of Akal Takht, has on Tuesday resigned from his post alleging he was asked to resign by a top functionary of the SGPC (Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee) However, Avtar Singh Makkar, president of...
Delhi High Court Tribunal lifts ban on SIMI »
A special tribunal has on Tuesday lifted the ban on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). The tribunal, headed by Justice Geeta Mittal, a sitting Delhi High Court judge, observed that there is no evidence against SIMI...
6.0 magnitude earthquake struck China’s Sichuan province »
An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 stuck western Chinese provinces of Sichuan & Gansu on Tuesday. There were no immediate reports of any causalities or damage. The epicentre of this earthquake was about 1,253 km from southwest of...
Tornado killed 3 in northern France »
At least three people have been killed in a tornado that hits northern France, damaging some homes & uprooted trees along its path. The tornado swept through the Lille region’s town of Hautmont & three other communities...
Stampede at Temple Naina Devi killed 130 »
At least 130 pilgrims have been killed & around 200 others injured on Sunday in a stampede at Naina Devi temple in Bilaspur district in Himachal Pradesh. Rumours of a landslide & rolling down of stones from...
Bomb Blast in Kolkata killed 4, 5 injured »
A bomb blast rocked north Kolkata on Sunday in which four killed & five injured. Bomb blast occurred in Chitpur area of Kolkata. The cause of the blast is yet to known. On June 30th, Kolkata had...
Uma Bharti arrested in Jammu »
Uma Bharti, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, was detained on Saturday in Jammu. Uma Bharti arrived at Jammu airport on Saturday morning from New Delhi & was to address a press conference in Jammu but police...
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