Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes northern Mexico, no damage reported
Mexico City: A magnitude 6.2 quake struck Mexico on Tuesday in the Gulf of California, 75 miles (121 km) west south-west of the city of El Dorado, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake was shallow at just 6.2 miles (10 km), and was felt... read more »
Fresh firing by Pakistan across border, six injured
Six people including a BSF jawan have been injured in fresh firing and mortar shelling by Pakistani troops along the international border on Wednesday morning. The firing happened in the Jammu, Samba and Kutwa districts along the international border, reports said. There was mortar shelling by... read more »
Billionaire Bill Gates impressed by Narendra Modi’s “Swachh Bha...
Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s commitment to improve health services and his focus on ending open defecation. Bill Gates, who was “impressed”, said it is “inspiring” to see India move to the forefront of providing... read more »
Spanish nurse who treated Ebola victim in Madrid becomes first person in th...
A Spanish nurse who treated an Ebola victim in Madrid has become the first person in the world to contract the deadly virus outside of Africa. The 44-year-old is said to have spent the last 15 years working at Madrid’s Carlos III Hospital, where the two Spanish missionaries infected with... read more »
Malaysia Airlines plane crashes with 295 on board over Ukraine near Russian border
A Ukrainian official said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down on Thursday over a town in the east of the country, and Malaysian Airlines tweeted that it lost contact with... read more »
BJP set to form government in Delhi? AAP alleges horse-trading
NEW DELHI: Under pressure from its MLAs, BJP is exploring options of forming a government in Delhi, but is faced with the uphill task of breaking away two-thirds of either Congress or Aam... read more »
Typhoon Rammasun kills 38 in the Philippines
The strongest storm to hit the Philippines this year killed 38 people and left millions without power for a second day, disaster management officials said on Thursday. Most of the deaths... read more »
Rajnath Singh rebutts Arvind Kejriwal’s claims of BJP indulging in ‘horse trad...
In a series of tweets, Kejriwal alleged that the L-G would be encouraging horse trading by inviting the BJP as the party lacks majority in the house and would have to poach on MLAs from the... read more »
Gaza conflict: 100,000 warned to leave homes as Israel steps up b...
Warplanes bomb house of senior Hamas leader, who appears not to have been home at the time Israeli warplanes have bombed the home of a senior Hamas leader, as a campaign against Gaza militants... read more »
