One person is dead and Atlanta is under a state of emergency as the city picks up from the first downtown tornado in history.The latest developments:-- Another large stormsystem was moving through metro Atlanta during the 4 p.m. hour. Doingthe
The Islamist Cüneyt C. is possibly the first suicide bomber to come from Germany. That at least is what the Web site of the Islamic Jihad Union claims. It says the German-born Turkish citizen died in Afghanistan on March 3
A young German-born Turk could possibly have carried out an attack in Afghanistan that killed two US soldiers. The Islamic Jihad Union claims 28-year-old Cüneyt C. from Bavaria was responsible for the March 3 attack, now the German authorities are
Poverty has been a major stigma in this country for several thousand years. Our common goal is to wipe out the stigma of poverty. The starting point of the journey, where we can claim that one day, not too distant
Fiona MacKeown, mother of British schoolgirl Scarlette Keeling, who was found dead on a beach in Goa, has admitted that she was imprisoned for a year as a teenager for stabbing her employer after he allegedly tried to force himself
Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag insisted that his is a balanced side even though they could not afford the Australian tour hero Ishant Sharma because of his 'high price'.
Gilchrist admitted that his name being auctioned was an unusual experience for him and he would wait and watch what the IPL had in store for the players.
If slain British girl Scarlett Eden Keeling's mother, Fiona Mackeown, is charged and convicted under a provision of Goa Children's Act for 'neglecting' her minor daughter, she faces upto three years in jail or a fine of Rs 1 lakh.
A Parliamentary Committee has censured Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor and other senior officers for spending huge amounts on frivolous purchases like bush-cutters and grass cutting machines from funds allocated for emergency use in counter-insurgency and other special operations.
A proposed strike by almost all sections of Air India employees next Tuesday on various demands, including implementation of agreements relating to wages and cadre policy, has been declared illegal.After a meeting on Saturday, top officials of the Civil Aviation
Reiterating her view for trifurcation of the state, Mayawati told her audience that she had once again written another letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking creation of an independent Purvanchal (Eastern UP), a Western UP and Bundelkhand "to ensure
The explosion took place on a lawn outside the Luna Caprise restaurant at about 8.40 pm and the sound could be heard from several kilometres away. One foreign woman has been confirmed dead in the blast.
Clearly upset over the anti-China protests by Tibetans in New Delhi, the government on Saturday asked them to observe law of the land and refrain from political and other activities that affect India's relations with "friendly" countries. "Tibetan refugees are
Two suspected United Liberation Front of Asom militants were killed in an encounter with the army in north Assam's Lakhimpur district while two other persons were injured in a blast that rocked a small western Assam town in two separate
As Tibet got engulfed in widespread violence following anti-China protests, India on Saturday said it was watching the situation and the government is expected to come out with its views on the developments in a day or two. "We are
Ahead of the United Progressive Alliance-Left coordination committee meeting on the Indo-US nuclear deal, the government on Saturday expressed hope that the differences with the supporting allies on the issue will be resolved. External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters
If slain British girl Scarlette Eden Keeling's mother Fiona Mackeown is charged and convicted under a provision of Goa Children's Act for "neglecting" her minor daughter, she faces upto three years in jail or a fine of Rs 1 lakh.
The search for anyone who might be trapped in an apartment buildingthat collapsed when a tornado swept through downtown Atlanta Fridayevening could last until Sunday, Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran saidearly Saturday. The Fulton Cotton Mill Lofts, just east of
Intellpuke: The following editorial appears in the New York Times editio for Saturday, March 15, 2008.Parliamentary elections in Pakistan last month delivered a verdict thatwas just clean enough to be credible - a stern rout of President PervezMusharrafâ ™s party.
