More than 30 feared dead on Japan’s Mount Ontake after volcano erupts
TOKYO — More than 30 hikers were feared dead Sunday, a day after a volcano in Japan erupted without warning, spewing ash and rocks down slopes crowded with people on a sunny autumn weekend. Rescue efforts were still underway Sunday night on Mount Ontake, a 10,000-foot-high volcano about 125 miles... read more »
Ghani takes oath as new Afghan president
Ashraf Ghani was inaugurated as the new president of Afghanistan on Monday at a ceremony in the presidential palace marking the end of Hamid Karzai’s 13-year rule since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001. “I will abide by the constitution and other laws and protect their... read more »
PM Modi at Madison Square Garden: Promises goodies to spoiled NRIs
Narendra Modi would probably have gotten away with reading the Manhattan phone book from the revolving stage at Madison Square Gardens. A capacity crowd usually comes to Madison Square usually comes with certain expectations – rousing vocals by Beyonce or a mind-blowing sitar performance by Ravi... read more »
Journey to Mars cheaper than auto ride, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the metaphor of cost of travel by auto in Ahmedabad to the expenditure incurred in the landmark Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) which India accomplished in the very first attempt. “A one-kilometre auto rickshaw ride in Ahmedabad takes Rs 10 and India reached Mars... read more »
Seventeen coal miners die after blast in west China
Seventeen coal miners have died after being trapped by a weekend gas explosion in northwestern China, an official news agency reported on Monday. The miners were trapped Saturday by the... read more »
Seoul warns Japan not to undermine N Korea nuclear arms abandonment
Seoul: South Korea warned Japan on Thursday against undermining efforts to force North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons, after Tokyo announced the lifting of selected sanctions on... read more »
PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Udhampur-Katra rail link, calls first train ‘Shree Shak...
I dedicate this ‘Shree Shakti Express’ to the nation, says PM Modi as he concludes his address. My priority is to win the hearts of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, says... read more »
AAP petitions for fresh polls
A delegation of Aam Aadmi Party MLAs led by national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday met President Pranab Mukherjee and requested him to dissolve the Delhi Assembly and get fresh polls... read more »
Shankaracharya wages war on Sai Baba, backed by Naga sadhus
Bhopal: The controversy over the deification of Sai Baba of Shirdi threatens to spill on the streets with the Naga sadhus accepting the call of the Shankaracharya of Dwarka and Jyotir Math, Swami... read more »
