10 dead, 22 missing in Hiroshima landslide
TOKYO — Rain-sodden slopes collapsed in torrents of mud, rock and debris early Wednesday in the outskirts of Hiroshima, killing at least 10 people and leaving 22 missing, the government said. Video footage from the national broadcaster NHK showed rescue workers suspended by ropes from police... read more »
Islamabad on edge as Imran Khan, Qadri supporters reach Parliament
Pakistan protesters reached the Islamabad parliament building in the early hours of Wednesday morning in their bid to force Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign, but did not go inside. Reuters journalists saw protesters on their way to parliament wearing hard hats and tough leather gloves using... read more »
sraeli strike targeted Hamas military chief, group leader says
Israeli and Palestinian officials traded blame early on Wednesday for the collapse of the Cairo negotiations aiming to secure a long-term truce in Cairo. Hamas claims that Israel attempted to assassinate the group’s military chief in Gaza City on Tuesday, thus violating a temporary... read more »
Strong quake hits remote area in southwest Iran
TEHRAN, Iran — A strong, magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolted a sparsely populated mountainous province near Iran’s border with Iraq on Monday, Iranian state television reported. There were no reports of fatalities but a local official said there were injuries and that the temblor had caused... read more »
Congress extends support to new JD(U) government in Bihar
Congress in Bihar on Tuesday decided to continue with “unconditional” support to JD(U) government in Bihar and handed over its letter of support to Governor D.Y. Patil. As directed by... read more »
CWC rejects Sonia Gandhi, Rahul resignations
The offer of resignation by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi, following the party’s worst-ever electoral defeat, was expectedly rejected by the Congress... read more »
Modi to stake claim to form govt today; silent on cabinet
In the first sign of a thaw in their chilly relationship, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Monday drove down to Gujarat Bhawan for her first one-on-one meeting with PM-designate Narendra Modi... read more »
Not the first CM to become PM
Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi is not the first Chief Minister to move to the seat of power at the Centre. The distinction goes to former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, who,... read more »
17 killed as bus plunges into gorge on Jammu-Srinagar highway
Seventeen commuters died and 32 others were injured when a Srinagar-bound 48-seater bus skidded off the road and rolled down the slope into a 300 feet deep rivulet near Digdol on Jammu-Srinagar... read more »
