HIMALAYAN TRAGEDY: Death toll goes up to 2000 in Nepal; Rescue efforts intensified
Published on: 26 Apr 2015 @ 13:12 A big jolt also felt today in Nepal and most part of north India at 12. 43 IST. Tremors felt in Punjab, Delhi,…
BSNL allows local calls to Nepal for 3 days in view of earthquake
New Delhi: 25 April, 2015: BSNL announces to allow all call to Nepal from its network (Landline and Mobile) as local calls for three days w.e.f. 25.04.2015 as a relief…
Pak PM condemns killing of human rights activist Sabeen Mehmud
The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, has led the condemnation of the killing of leading human rights activist Sabeen Mehmud. Sabeen Mehmud was shot dead in Karachi as she…
Indian Railways to send One lakh rail neer water bottles to Nepal
Indian Railway will despatch one lakh rail neer water bottles to Kathmandu as relief material tonight. India has also offered to send Engineers and equipments to restore the power grids…
India extend all support to Nepal in wake of earthquake
India will extend all support to Nepal in the wake of massive earthquake. Briefing media in New Delhi this evening, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar said, several helicopters will be send…
Marathi writer Bhalchandra Nemade conferred with Jnanpith Award
Published on: 26 Apr 2015 @ 0:34 Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday conferred the prestigious Jnanpith award on eminent Marathi litterateur Bhalchandra Nemade. Mr Nemade is the 50th recipient of…
India rushes relief to quake-hit Nepal; NDRF team with relief material reach Kathmandu
AMN India has sent four aircraft including a C-130 plane carrying three tonnes of relief supplies and a 40-member rescue team today to assist Nepal after it suffered a devastating…
Over 1000 killed in massive earthquake of 7.9 magnitude in Nepal
Published on: 26 Apr 2015 @ 0:11 Capital Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Lalitpur worst affected More than 1000 people have been killed and many more injured in a major earthquake that…
UN urges Myanmar to address Muslims’ status ahead of vote
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged Myanmar to address the citizenship status of Rohingya Muslims in the country’s western Rakhine state ahead of a general election scheduled to…
Pak human rights activist Sabeen Mahmud shot dead in Karachi
A leading Pakistani human rights activist has been shot dead in Karachi after hosting a talk on allegations of torture in the province of Balochistan. Sabeen Mahmud was shot as…