Cargo ship sinks, 11 missing near Hong Kong: Officials
HONG KONG: Authorities launched an air and sea rescue operation on Monday to find 11 crew members from a Chinese cargo ship after it collided with another vessel and sank just outside Hong Kong’s teeming waters. Four helicopters and more than 20 ships from China and Hong Kong were deploying... read more »
Toll rises to 259 in South Korean ferry sinking
Toll rose to 259 Monday in the South Korean ferry disaster as divers were struggling to enter passenger cabins blocked by floating objects. Fourty-three others still missing, officials said. There have been no survivors reported since 174 people were saved April 16, Xinhua reported. The passenger... read more »
Maharashtra train derailment kills 21; traffic resumes
The death toll in the train derailment in Maharashtra’s Raigad district has gone up to 21 even as the traffic on the affected stretch was restored on Monday morning. The official said the death toll has gone up to 21, but did not give details of whether more bodies were recovered or those... read more »
Setback for Ashok Chavan, SC says EC can disqualify candidate for paid news
In a verdict that will have serious implications on curbing paid news, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Election Commission was authorised to disqualify a person on account on lodging false accounts of election expenditure. A bench of Justices A K Patnaik and FMI Kalifulla held that the... read more »
Telangana bill on agenda today, unprecedented security in Parliament
New Delhi – Unprecedented precautions are being taken in Parliament as the government decides on whether to introduce the controversial Telangana bill in the Lok Sabha today. Prime... read more »
US Ambassador Nancy Powell at Narendra Modi’s home for meeting that signals end of i...
Gandhinagar – US Ambassador Nancy Powell is meeting Narendra Modi, the BJP’s candidate for prime minister, at his residence in Gandhinagar, ending a decade-long US boycott of... read more »
Google doodles Sarojini Naidu’s 135th birth anniversary
New Delhi – To commemorate the 135th birth anniversary of Sarojini Naidu Google has posted a doodle on its India home page. The doodle includes a portrait of the renowned freedom... read more »
Railways interim budget envisages investment of Rs.64,305 crore
The interim railway budget presented Wednesday envisages investment of Rs.64,305 crore as against revised estimates of Rs.59,359 crore for 2013-14, Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said... read more »
Investigation launched into Algerian mountain air crash which lea...
An investigation has been launched into the crash of a military transport plane in Algeria which killed 77 people with one survivor. The incident has been described as the country’s worst air... read more »
