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 »
US Senator McCain calls on Modi
U.S. has high expectations about a new momentum of India’s economic growth under the new government, the senior American Senator tells the Prime Minister. The U.S. has high expectations... read more »
You’ve created a million Tapas Pals :Open letter to Mamata Banerjee
Roughly a decade back, my trip back home from college began with a fair bit of wrestling with College Street. Ducking the boy lost in his mobile phone and skirting past the elderly... read more »
Sudhir Gupta insists that Sunanda Pushkar’s postmortem report was based on principle...
The controversy over the death of ex-Union minister Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushar continues, after a dramatic claim by AIIMS doctor Sudhir Gupta that there was ‘pressure... read more »
US hopes NSA surveillance on BJP will not impact bilateral ties
The US has expressed hope that the National Security Agency’s surveillance on the BJP would not have an adverse impact on its bilateral ties with India. “We certainly hope... read more »
Armed dacoits loot cash, jewellery from passengers on Janshatabdi...
Patna: In yet another incident highlighting the plight of train travellers, some 30 armed dacoits looted more than 300 passengers on board the Janshatabdi express that was heading to Patna from... read more »
