Bhubaneswar, Nov 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party Friday alleged that some top leaders of the ruling Biju Janata Dal are involved in the mining scam in Orissa. After visiting the ...

Tehran, Nov 4 (DPA) An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9 on the Richter scale shook the southern Iranian port town of Bandar Abbas Wednesday and left injured at least 700 people, ...

Tehran, Nov 4 (DPA) An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9 on the Richter scale shook the southern Iranian port of Bandar Abbas Wednesday and injured at least 270 people, state media ...

Kolkata, Oct 31 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Saturday appealed to all political parties to come forward and arrive at a consensus to combat Maoist violence in the state. "I urge ...

By Syed Zarir Hussain Bongaigaon (Assam), Oct 29 (IANS) As Assam completes a year of the horrific serial bombings Friday, little Mithu's heroics have been completely forgotten. The casualties would have been much ...

By Meena Kar Oct.24, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Kashmir, which is listed among the beautiful places of the world has experienced earthquake shocks on Friday morning. As stated by the official source, the earthquake that ...

New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The government has given the nod for the construction of 200 cyclone shelters for the victims of Cyclone Aila in West Bengal. On Aug 20 Railway Minister ...

New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) The government has given the nod for the construction of 200 cyclone shelters for the victims of Cyclone Aila in West Bengal. In a letter to Prime ...

By Meena Kar, Oxnard, California, October 17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Ventura County was hit by an earthquake on Friday. As stated by the Geological Survey of the United States, the earthquake that had hit ...

JAKARTA (BNO NEWS) -- A strong earthquake rocked the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Friday afternoon, officials and witnesses said. The earthquake, which had a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 or 6.5, struck around 4.53 ...

Washington, Oct 16 (ANI): Increased exposure to secondhand smoke can result in heart disease in nonsmoking adults, says a new study. The study, titled Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Cardiovascular Effects, reviewed available scientific ...

Jakarta, Oct 16 (DPA) A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rocked Indonesia's Sulawesi island Friday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake struck at 2.33 am (1833 GMT Thursday) at a depth 10 km, the ...

By Meena Kar, Pleasanton, Calif., October 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) An earthquake with magnitude of 3.7 on the Richter Scale had hit California close to 8:27 p.m stated the Geological Survey of the ...

San Francisco, Oct 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A small earthquake struck in the Bay Area on Tuesday evening. The epicenter was in south Pleasanton rattled homes across the San Francisco Bay Area. The earthquake ...

San Francisco, Oct 14 (IANS) The US Geological Survey (USGS) has said that an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale hit the Aleutian Islands of the US state of Alaska late ...

Hyderabad, Oct 8 (IANS) Train services in the flood-hit areas of Andhra Pradesh will be restored from Oct 15, union Minister of State for Railways H.K. Muniyappa said Thursday. The minister inspected damaged ...

Washington, Oct 8 (DPA) An earthquake measuring 7.8 magnitude struck early Thursday local time about 294 km north-north-west of Santo in the Pacific island country of Vanuatu, US meteorologists said.

JAKARTA (BNO NEWS) – A powerful earthquake struck far below the Celebes Sea on Thursday morning, according to seismologists. The earthquake, which had a preliminary magnitude between 6.1 and 6.9, struck about ...

Washington, Oct 7 (ANI): A new game has been developed by NASA to give young people an "out of this world" virtual opportunity to experience the thrill of working on a mission ...

Havana, Oct 6 (EFE) Cuba has asked the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization for help in acquiring a new vaccine against swine flu, a minister said. Luis Estruch, deputy ...

HUA-LIEN, TAIWAN (BNO NEWS) – A strong earthquake struck just off Taiwan's eastern coast on Sunday morning, officials said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The earthquake, which struck ...

Wellington, Oct 2 (DPA) Two more large earthquakes -- of magnitude 6.3 and 5.1 -- were recorded in the Pacific Ocean Friday, the US Geological Survey reported. The first quake, which hit at ...

Sydney, October 1 (ANI): Scientists have determined that the tsunami that devastated the islands of Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga in 2004 was the result of a shallow rupture in the earth's ...

Sumatra, Sep 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) It seems like earthquakes are out to out-do each other. Yesterday there was a major quake in the American island of Samoa and following on its heels, ...

By Madhuri Dey Lalomanu, Samoa, Sep 30, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The residents of Samoa had no idea about what the nature has in store for them until Tuesday when a powerful Tsunami struck the ...

Samoa Islands, Sep 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An earthquake of 7.9 on the Richter scale, struck the Samoa Islands. It struck the epicenter at Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 17:48:19 UTC at ...

Kollam (Kerala), Sep 27 (IANS) The 56th birthday of Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, popularly known as the hugging saint, was celebrated by thousands of her devotees at her ashram near here Sunday. The day ...

New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) As the H1N1 virus continued to spread, Delhi Mayor Kanwar Sain Thursday said the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) would evaluate its response to checking the swine ...

TERNATE, Indonesia. (BNO NEWS) – A strong earthquake struck off the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia on Saturday morning, according to the country's seismological agency. The earthquake, which had a preliminary magnitude ...

PUERTO VABELLO, Venezuela (BNO NEWS) -- A strong earthquake struck offshore Venezuela's Aragua on Saturday evening, a spokesman for the United States Geological Survey told BNO News. No damage or casualties were ...