Indonesia tsunami survivors remain jittery as deaths hit 429
Sumur (Indonesia):Panicked residents, police and soldiers in this remote fishing village clobbered by a devastating weekend tsunami ran to higher ground Tuesday, shouting “Water is coming! Water is coming!” and reciting verses from the Quran as emergency messages were broadcast over mosque speakers. It proved to be a false alarm, but a similar frenzy broke […]
Amid CASO, hideout busted in Awantipora
Pulwama: Amid a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Awantipora area of Pulwama district, government forces on Wednesday claimed to have busted a militant hideout in Karewas area of Baderwan village. Officials said that a hideout in Baderwan village was busted during a search operation that was launched in the wee hours of Wednesday morning. […]
Private schools violating govt orders on heating, other charges
DSEK promises action in case parents report
DSEK promises action in case parents report
Al-Qaeda attack at Christmas ceremony foiled in Pakistan
Lahore: Pakistani authorities on Wednesday claimed to have foiled a terrorist attack at a Christmas ceremony in Punjab province and arrested four al-Qaeda terrorists. According to the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), it got a credible information that four terrorists belonging to al-Qaeda were present near Francis Abad, Sheikhupura road Gujranwala, some 80-km from Lahore. “They […]
Art paints miseries of Kashmiris affected by strife
Kochi: The misery of thousands of people from two communities, caught in the ethnic strife in Kashmir three decades ago, has found portrayal at the Kochi Muziris Biennale in this coastal city. A Srinagar Biennale pavilion is part of the ongoing Kochi-Muziris Biennale here, the subcontinent’s biggest art festival of its kind. It is one […]
Congress was not inclined for second Presidential term for Kalaam, reveals book
New Delhi: A P J Abdul Kalam could have returned as the president in 2012 with the backing of the BJP and the Trinamool Congress but with no support from the Congress and its allies, he pulled himself out of the race, a new book claims. Congress veteran Pranab Mukherjee was then chosen as the […]
