A major fire broke out Saturday at an amusement park in Gujarat state in western India, killing at least 27 people, including several children, police and media reports said. The fire erupted at the park in the city of Rajkot in Gujarat state. Police Commissioner Raju Bhargava said that the blaze was under control and […]
A major fire broke out Saturday at an amusement park in Gujarat state in western India, killing at least 27 people, including several children, police and media reports said. The fire erupted at the park in the city of Rajkot in Gujarat state. Police Commissioner Raju Bhargava said that the blaze was under control and […]
The owner of a massive billboard that collapsed last week leading to 16 deaths was arrested after a three-day manhunt across India. On Monday, a huge billboard collapsed during a fierce storm, crushing multiple structures and a gas station, as well as killing 16 people and leaving more than 75 people injured, according to the […]
The concept of floating solar power is taking on water after a storm knocked a new Indian project offline only a few days after it began operations. What has been described as the world’s largest floating solar plant at Omkareshwar Dam was badly damaged when a storm hit in mid-April. Narmada Hydroelectric Development Corporation said […]
A new report links India’s government to a failed 2023 assassination attempt against an American citizen who is a critic of India’s government. According to The Washington Post, India’s espionage agency, the Research and Analysis Wing, coordinated a team to assassinate Sikh activist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, an American citizen. The report said intelligence agency officer […]
A murder in South Asia may have added another name to the two-centuries-old list of martyred Christians. According to Radio Free Asia, on March 18, three unidentified assailants shot and killed 47-year-old Baptist pastor Nammye Hkun Jaw Li in war-torn Myanmar’s northern state of Kachin. A husband, father of three and former executive in the […]
It seems the average movie-goer is much more patriotic than Hollywood seems to believe. Few other reasons would explain the phenomenal box-office success of the Bollywood film “The Fighter,” which was released on Thursday, coinciding with India’s Republic Day on Friday. Directed by successful Bollywood director Siddharth Anand and starring famous Bollywood actors Hrithik Roshan, […]
A prominent U.S.-based technology executive has died in a freak accident. Sanjay Shah, who was CEO of Illinois-based revenue management company Vistex, fell to his death after a cable holding up an iron cage snapped. The incident took place at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad, India on Thursday during a two-day long company-wide celebration for […]
Years ago Somalia pirates were raising hell all through the Horn of Africa, the Indian Ocean and down the African East Coast. They pretty much operated with impunity, even giving rise to such famous hijackings as the taking of the US flagged Maersk Alabama, which for some inexplicable reason had been transiting a couple hundred […]
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