Qa'dah 26, 1431, Nov 03, 2010, SPA -- Authorities in southern India put military forces on alert as a tropical storm approached a coastal region already pummeled by several days of heavy rains that have left 22 people dead and displaced (...)
The world has given or pledged more than $800 million to help Pakistan cope with massive floods, the foreign minister said Sunday, as workers in the south used sandbags and stones to strengthen river levees in areas threatened by rising (...)
Police said they killed a top Maoist rebel leader in a shootout Friday, but the insurgents accused authorities of killing him in custody, according to AP.
The rebels have been fighting in several Indian states for decades, demanding land and jobs (...)
At least 14 people were killed on Monday when a blast hit Pakistan's southern city of Hyderabad, a hospital official said, but police said it was not immediately clear what caused the explosion.
"According to initial reports, the blast occurred in (...)
A police official says at least 18 people were killed and 20 injured when a speeding truck rammed into two tractors towing trolleys loaded with guests headed to a wedding in southern India.
District police superintendent Shahnawaz Qasim says (...)
The Governor of Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC), Dr. Abdulrahman bin Ahmad Al-Jaafari led the Kingdom's delegation to the World Telecommunication Development Conference 2010 taking place in Hyderabad, India from 24 May to (...)
An aircraft of a naval aerobatic team crashed today during an air show here and police said the pilot was killed and four others were injured on the ground.
The Kiran MK-II plane, which was part of the 'Sagar Pawan' aerobatic team participating (...)
Twelve people drowned and 20 others were missing Saturday after a crowded boat carrying pilgrims capsized in a river in southern India, police said.
The pilgrims were crossing the Godavari River to reach a village temple on the other side when (...)
Amid mounting street demonstrations and violence, 20 state ministers resigned Saturday to protest India"s decision to carve a new state out of its southern region of Andhra Pradesh.
Trouble erupted after the federal government in a surprise (...)
One of India's leading
political kingmakers was killed in a helicopter crash, an
official said on Thursday, potentially weakening the ruling
Congress party in a key southern state, Reuters reported.
Yedugiri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy, chief (...)
Officials say a helicopter carrying a powerful Indian politician has disappeared in
bad weather as it flew over a forested region infested with
Maoist rebels, according to a report of The Associated Press.
K. Roshaiah, finance minister of (...)
Police say 40 villagers traveling
on a truck have been swept away by flood waters and are
feared dead in southern India.
Police official Mahesh Chadra Laddha says the truck was
washed away while it was crossing a flooded bridge over a
river in (...)
At least 32 people were killed after a train caught fire in southern India early Friday, AP quoted a government statement as saying.
Eight others were injured in the accident and have been taken to a local hospital for treatment, the statement by (...)