UAE issues travel alert for Bangkok
October 14th, 2011 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Oct 14 (IANS/WAM) The UAE has issued a travel alert for its citizens planning to visit Bangkok that is threatened by floods due to heavy rains.Hamad Saeed Al ... Read more...
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India’s power situation grim, efforts on to ease crunch
October 14th, 2011 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Shortage of power in states such as Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka Friday threatened to cascade into a pan-India crisis with coal supplies hit ... Read more...
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Heavy rains, flooding batter Mexico
October 14th, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Villahermosa (Mexico), Oct 14 (IANS/EFE) Roughly 75,000 people have been affected by torrential rains and swollen rivers in recent days in the Mexican state of Tabasco, officials said Thursday.Ten of ... Read more...
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Government assures availability of coal to power plants
October 13th, 2011 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) The government said Thursday it would take appropriate measures to ensure greater availability of coal to power plants as electricity shortage worsened across the country."To ... Read more...
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Peaceful polling for Telangana’s Banswada seat (Lead)
October 13th, 2011 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Oct 13 (IANS) About 65 percent polling was recorded Thursday in the by-election to the Banswada assembly seat in the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh, an election official ... Read more...
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Food inflation slips marginally, still above comfort level
October 13th, 2011 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) India's food inflation dipped marginally to 9.32 percent for the week ended Oct 1, but still remained far above comfortable levels of policymakers, official data ... Read more...
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Coal shortage leads to power outages across India (Roundup)
October 12th, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) A severe shortage of coal has hit electricity output in the country and led to long and frequent power outages in many states, including ... Read more...
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Power plants to get some coal through e-auction route
October 12th, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) Power producers hit by a fuel crunch will be able to get some portion of coal which state-run Coal India sells through the e-auction route, ... Read more...
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Orissa hastens post flood re-construction
October 8th, 2011 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 8 (IANS) Orissa has set up panels to speed up reconstruction work in the districts hit by two rounds of floods last month, an official said Saturday.The floods ... Read more...
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Power plants face coal shortage, Delhi suffers
October 7th, 2011 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) With shortage of coal and water in various power plants affecting generation, Delhi power distribution firms resorted to load shedding, affecting power supply to the ... Read more...
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Fans come in droves to cheer home team RCB
October 7th, 2011 - 11:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 7 (IANS) The first semi-final of the ICC Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) brought die-hard fans in droves late Friday to the Chinnaswamy stadium in this tech hub ... Read more...
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Frenzied fans turn up to back RCB in eliminator
October 5th, 2011 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 5 (IANS) About 10,000 frenzied fans late Wednesday trooped into the Chinnaswamy stadium to back home team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) against South Australian Redbacks (SAR) in an ... Read more...
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Governor asks Orissa to probe dam ‘mismanagement’
October 5th, 2011 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 5 (IANS) Orissa Governor Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare has asked the state government to investigate the alleged mismanagement of Hirakud dam which, according to the opposition, triggered massive floods ... Read more...
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Knight Riders declared winner as rain-hit CLT20 tie abandoned
October 2nd, 2011 - 2:18 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 2 (IANS) Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) was declared winner against Warriors of South Africa late Saturday, as the group A match was called off due to heavy ... Read more...
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Warriors set 156-run target for Knight Riders
October 2nd, 2011 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 1 (IANS) Warriors of South Africa Saturday set a target of 156 for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Group A match of the ICC Champions League Twenty20 ... Read more...
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Heavy rain washes out Somerset-Redbacks CLT20 tie
October 1st, 2011 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 1 (IANS) The Group B match between South Australian Redbacks (SAR) and English county Somerset in the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium here was ... Read more...
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Philippines typhoon toll reaches 43
September 30th, 2011 - 9:32 am ICT by IANS
Manila, Sep 30 (IANS) The toll from typhoon Nesat in the Philippines rose to 43, Xinhua reported Friday. Thirty other people are still missing.Nesat made landfall in the northern province ... Read more...
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More skeletons may tumble out of CWG closet (Year after CWG)
September 29th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) A 12-day sporting event, Rs.28,054 crore ($6 billion) expenditure, 100 times cost escalation, 15 cases registered, 200 people questioned, 25 arrests, including of the ... Read more...
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Typhoon Nesat kills 31 in Philippines
September 28th, 2011 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, Sep 28 (IANS) Typhoon Nesat that exited the Philippines Wednesday left at least 31 people dead, displaced over 60,000 families and damaged infrastructure and crops worth over $22 million, ... Read more...
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36 killed in heavy rains in eastern Uttar Pradesh
September 26th, 2011 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 26 (IANS) As many as 36 people died and about 25 others were injured in heavy rains that lashed parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh Sunday, officials said Monday.Most ... Read more...
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Heavy rains kill 11 in Bihar
September 26th, 2011 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Sep 26 (IANS) Heavy rains have caused widespread havoc in Bihar and killed at least 11 people, including three children and two women, officials said Monday.All victims were killed ... Read more...
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Relief efforts intensified as Orissa floods worsen
September 25th, 2011 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 25 (IANS) Orissa intensified relief efforts Sunday as a fresh round of floods, triggered by heavy rains, left 17 people dead and inundated more than 3,000 villages in ... Read more...
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Bridges, houses collapse in heavy rains in Jharkhand
September 24th, 2011 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Sep 24 (IANS) Two bridges and several houses collapsed and farm lands were inundated in half a dozen districts of Jharkhand following incessant rains over the past four days, ... Read more...
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Orissa airdrops food as floods get worse
September 24th, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 24 (IANS) Orissa Saturday started airdropping of food packets in marooned villages as a fresh round of floods triggered by heavy rains in the past four days got ... Read more...
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Fresh floods hit 900 Orissa villages
September 23rd, 2011 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 23 (IANS) At least 900 villages in seven of Orissa's 30 districts have been marooned by a fresh round of floods caused by heavy rains over the ... Read more...
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Sikkim quake toll 78, Chidambaram promises all help (Lead)
September 22nd, 2011 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Gangtok, Sep 22 (IANS) The death toll in the earthquake in Sikkim mounted to 78 even as Home Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday announced Rs.500 million central assistance for the ... Read more...
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Sikkim quake toll reaches 78
September 22nd, 2011 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
Gangtok, Sep 22 (IANS) The death toll in the killer earthquake in Sikkim Thursday mounted to 78 even as landslides in several places cut off road links between the ... Read more...
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Quake toll in Sikkim mounts to 68
September 21st, 2011 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
Gangtok/New Delhi, Sept 21 (IANS) The deaths in the killer earthquake in Sikkim have mounted to 68, with more than 300 injured, while rescue workers Wednesday battled against ... Read more...
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UNHCR seeks $33 mn for Pakistan flood victims
September 21st, 2011 - 12:39 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad/Geneva, Sep 20 (IANS/WAM) The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is seeking $33.2 million to help the flood victims in Pakistan.UNHCR said the funds will be used to provide ... Read more...
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Champions League T20 matches shifted to Hyderabad, Bangalore
September 20th, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata/Hyderabad, Sep 20 (IANS) Four matches of Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) have been shifted from Eden Gardens to Hyderabad and Bangalore due to monsoon rains lashing Kolkata almost daily.
The Group ... Read more...
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Quake-hit Sikkim puts toll at 23, surveys horror
September 19th, 2011 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Gangtok, Sep 19 (IANS) At least 23 dead and 200 injured, cracks in 25 road bridges, mudslides, snapped road links... Sikkim Monday surveyed the horror of the powerful earthquake that ... Read more...
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10 killed, 22 missing in China landslide
September 18th, 2011 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 18 (IANS) Ten people were killed and 22 others were missing following a landslide in northwest China, Xinhua reported Sunday.The landslide, triggered by heavy rains, occurred in ... Read more...
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Cameron offers help to Pakistan flood victims
September 17th, 2011 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 17 (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron called up Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to offer help to the victims of the devastating floods that have ravaged ... Read more...
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Canada is bracing up for Hurricane Maria
September 16th, 2011 - 11:42 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Ottawa, Sept 16 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Canada is bracing for the strike of Hurricane Maria on Friday. The country’s weather forecasters issued an alert on Friday. In the warning which was contained in ... Read more...
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Orissa floods: Six die, toll rises to 32
September 16th, 2011 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 16 (IANS) Six more people died in Orissa Friday in flood-related incidents, bringing the death toll to 32, authorities said.Four deaths were reported from Jajpur district and two ... Read more...
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