After flood donation, Jolie visits Pak
Islamabad, Sep 8: Hollywood star and UNHCR goodwill ambassador, Angelina Jolie, visited flood victims of Pakistan on Tuesday, Sep 7. The 35-year-old actress travelled to Nowshera town in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and met Afghan refugees and distributed flood relief materials."It's an extraordinarily.....
Pakistan flood: World Bank offers $1 billion again
Washington, Sep 2: Following the worst natural disaster in Pakistan, country after countries continue to extend their aid to the humanitarian of flood victims in Pakistan. On Thursday, Sep 2, the World Bank has increased the financial aid of.....
India gets opportunity to host F1 race in Oct 2011
Paris/New Delhi, Sep 9: The schedule of the longest 2011 Formula 1 racing season unveiled on Wednesday, Sep 8 features Indian Grand Prix for Oct 30, 2011. Yes, that's right, F1 comes to India provided the circuit near New Delhi is.....
One-third of Indians are utterly corrupt: CVC
New Delhi, Sep 8: Pratyush Sinha, then India's Central Vigilance Commissioner said that one-third of Indians are "utterly corrupt" and half are "borderline", due to materialistic mindset."When we were growing up I remember if somebody was corrupt, they were generally looked.....
Love Marriage: Girl taken away from Haryana court
Rewari (Haryana), Aug 31: In an incident that shows that love marriage in India is still a societal and cultural 'offence', a girl, who had eloped and married a boy, was taken away forcibly from a court complex here.The girl, identified.....
Rahul to interact with Haryana students
New Delhi, Aug 27: Rahul headed to Haryana to interact with students on Friday, Aug 27, day after meeting the tribals in Orissa.Rahul has been focusing on farmers' protests over land acquisition.In fact, the Opposition in the state Rashtriya Lok.....
Asom-Arunachal heading for worst flood
Guwahati, Jul 26: Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are heading for the worst flood in recent times as more rains are expected in the next seven days, while Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger level throughout the 850 kms long course. It has left trail of devastation in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh and Dhemaji, Dibrugarh, Lkahimpur, Tinsukia and Sivsagar district of Assam. As river Jiadhol has breached a major embankment last evening in Dhemaji.....
Deadly floods show no let-up across China
Beijing, July 22L: Fifty-nine people have died in floods and landslides in southwest China where dykes protecting a swollen river in the east, where tens of thousands have fled their homes, are in danger of being breached. Severe flooding has hit about half of China since the start of the summer, killing hundreds in what has become the deadliest rainy season in years. At least 40 people have died in storms in coastal Shandong province in.....