The rising tensions between India and Pakistan can have 'serious and dangerous' consequences for the region. The EU expects the two core states to exercise 'extreme restraint'...
Rain has given a little more air to the residents of New Delhi on Sunday. The Indian capital has been covered for two months by a thick smog layer. The air quality is now slightly less bad...
An Indian pilot is caught with alcohol one hour before his flight. That was evident from two breath tests that he had to undergo, reports Air India.
Nine mountaineers died in the Himalayas as a result of a landslide that buried their encampments. The climbers' camp stood south of the almost 7200 meters high mountain Gurja in Nepal.
An Indian passenger caused considerable panic when he tried to open the aircraft door in the middle of a flight. The man was reportedly mistaken and thought it was the toilet door. AFP reports that Tuesday.
Thousands of lovers of comic books, science fiction and fantasy have come to the first African edition of Comic Con. The three-day event in Johannesburg is completely sold out, the organization reports. Visitors come from countries such as Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Nigeria.
The death toll due to the flood in the South Indian state of Kerala has risen to 375. Over the past few days, 32,000 people have been rescued who were trapped by the high water, the authorities reported. More than a million people are housed in emergency reception centers.
The worst flooding in a hundred years continues to plague the South Indian state of Kerala. Between 800,000 and 1 million people are now internally displaced and housed in emergency shelters, announced the Minister of Agriculture of Kerala Sunil Kumar. The death toll has risen to more than 350.
The death toll due to the floods in the South Indian state of Kerala is rising rapidly. According to local media, the unprecedented heavy and long-term rainfall has killed some 324 people. The authorities report 186 deaths. Thousands have become homeless.
In India, we were shocked by the death of three sisters in New Delhi. The girls of two, four and eight years old died after they had not been fed for eight days, Indian media reports.
A six-story building collapsed near the Indian city of New Delhi and fallen onto another property. According to the police, at least fifteen people are stuck and two deaths have been saved. Local media speak of fifty people who are under the rubble.
Samsung has opened Monday the largest mobile phone factory in the world. It is located in a suburb of the Indian metropolis of Delhi. When the complex is completely finished, 120 million aircraft can be made per year. These can be simple entry-level models, but also flagship ships.
Three men who have been convicted of a fatal gang rape and an Indian bus do not escape the death penalty. The Supreme Court ruled that the trio can be hanged, reports Indian media.
In a house in the Indian capital New Delhi early Sunday morning the remains of eleven members of a family were found. The Times of India reported that some killed members of the family were hanging on the ceiling and blindfolded.
The Indian police have arrested 16 people after a double murder in the state of Assam. An angry mob killed two men after they stopped at a village to ask for directions, the BBC reported. The attackers apparently thought they were dealing with kidnappers who had been targeting children.
Due to heavy storms in India, many people died again on Sunday. The media speak of at least forty. In the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, according to the emergency response service, at least seventeen people were killed. In West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh, too, several fatalities are to be regretted by the storm. Lightning strikes and house collapse are most often mentioned as a cause.
India has once again been startled by a gruesome murder where a girl was killed after she was raped and set on fire. It is the third time in about a week that something like this happens in India.
In India, another teenager has been raped and set on fire. The seventeen-year-old victim was seriously admitted to hospital, the BBC reports.
The Indian police have arrested several suspects after a teenager was kidnapped, raped and later set on fire. The alleged rapist and his accomplices also mistreated the sixteen-year-old girl's parents, reports Indian media. The authorities report that up to now 14 people have been arrested.
A bus accident in India has cost the lives of at least 26 students. The driver and two teachers were killed when the school bus hit the road in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, reports Indian media.
In Delhi, a 30-year-old man was murdered by three restaurant staff after he complained about the quality of the food. This is reported by the police against the Press Trust of India.
An oil tanker is missing on the west coast of Africa. On board the MT Marine Express \u0026 # x27; were 22 crew members, all Indian citizens, the Indian authorities report Sunday.
In India, anger was caused by the brutal rape of an eight-month-old girl in Shakurbasti, in the northwest of New Delhi. The police have arrested the suspected perpetrator.
The approaching premiere of a controversial Bollywood film leads to riots in India. The police have acted against rioters in several places.
A man accused of a series of attacks in India, which killed 56 people, was detained on Monday in New Delhi. Abdul Subhan Qureshi, known as the 'Bin Laden of India', was arrested after a brief gunfight with the police. He was considered the most wanted terrorist in the country.
Seventeen people were killed by a fire in a shed in India. The fire raged in an industrial district on the outskirts of the capital New Delhi.
In a bus accident in western India, at least 32 people were killed early Saturday morning (local time). Another ten people were injured.
The plan to fight the fat smog in the Indian capital Delhi by spraying water across the city can not continue due to the heavy air pollution. The helicopters who should spray water can not fly by the smog.
The Indian capital New Delhi sighs under a thick layer of smog which is ten times more toxic than is considered safe for public health. The many measures taken by the city to prevent pollution have helped nothing, measured on Monday.
New Delhi, the capital of India, has been buried for a while under a thick layer of smog. One day in the unhealthy Indian air would equal the smoking of 45 cigarettes.
