March 12, 2014
NEW YORK: A massive explosion leveled two apartment buildings in New York City, killing at least two women, injuring 18 people and blowing out windows for several city blocks. A utility company says a resident in a nearby building reported smelling gas shortly before the blast.
March 12, 2014
KUALA LUMPUR: The search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner expanded on Wednesday to cover an area stretching from China to the Andaman Sea, with authorities no closer to explaining what happened to the plane or the 239 people on board.
Malaysia plane still missing: Interpol rules out terror angle
March 12, 2014
NEW DELHI: Airtel's fixed-line broadband customers will have to shell out more for internet services from next month as the service provider has hiked the charges by up to 40% in certain plans.
The operator has informed its customers that the increase in broadband rates would be effective from next billing cycle in April.
March 12, 2014
NEW DELHI: Around 150 trees have reportedly been felled in the densely forested parts of Mangar, off the Gurgaon-Faridabad highway, which is one of the few pristine spots left in the Aravalis in Haryana. Villages say the timber is being transported out in trucks.
March 11, 2014
MUMBAI: The rupee posted its first fall against the dollar in six sessions on Tuesday, retreating from a seven-month high hit early in the session, after Reuters reported the government has put on hold plans to list domestic debt on global bond indexes.
March 11, 2014
HYDERABAD: India's states will see more intense unpredictable freak weather in the coming days, warned climate change scientists, days after huge chunks of hail killed at least 10 people and wounded scores in Andhra Pradesh and hail storms this week destroyed cropland across Karnataka and Maharashtra.
March 11, 2014
PATTAYA, THAILAND: There was still no trace of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane on Tuesday, a day after authorities questioned travel agents at a beach resort in Thailand about two men who boarded the flight with stolen passports, part of a growing international investigation.
March 11, 2014
WASHINGTON: The new Indian ambassador to the US, S Jaishankar, Monday formally presented his credentials to President Barack Obama at his oval office at the White House.
March 10, 2014
BEIJING: As the unprecedented mystery over a missing Malaysia Airlines plane deepens, China on Monday pressed 10 high-resolution satellites to scurry South China Sea to find leads that could help locate the flight with 239 people on board.
March 10, 2014
NEW DELHI: Former captain Sunil Gavaskar on Monday lashed out at chief coach Duncan Fletcher and called for his immediate ouster while suggesting the name of Rahul Dravid as the next coach of the Indian cricket team.
Former Indian Cricket Legend: Sunil Gavaskar
