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Quake, Tsunami Precautions Saved Lakhs Of Lives In Japan
Written on 13 Mar, 2011 at 13:10 in English, Headlines | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Tokyo, March 13 : The New York Times details how Japan’s strict earthquake-resistant building codes and precautions against tsunami saved the lives of a very large number of people, after the 8.9 temblor struck the island nation on Friday afternoon.... (Continue reading)
Quake Moved Japan Coast 8 Feet; Shifted Earth’s Axis
Written on 13 Mar, 2011 at 13:07 in English, Featured, Headlines | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
New York, March 12: The powerful earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami Friday appears to have moved the main island of Japan by 8 feet (2.4 meters) and shifted the Earth on its axis. “At this point, we know that... (Continue reading)
Japanese Nuclear Plant Could Explode As Cooling Systems Fail After Quake
Written on 11 Mar, 2011 at 22:40 in English | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Tokyo, March 12: Adding to the nation’s woes, authorities in Japan on Saturday issued an atomic alert after the quake damaged cooling systems at two nuclear power plants. · Thousands of people were evacuated from areas around the No. 1 and... (Continue reading)
Astrologers Link Biggest Moon In 19 Years To Natural Disasters
Written on 11 Mar, 2011 at 22:38 in English | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Washington, March 11: On March 19th, the moon will be closer to Earth than it’s been since 1992. The full moon that night will appear about 14 percent larger and significantly brighter than usual, but despite the brightness, the supermoon... (Continue reading)
People Buried Under Rubble Call Out For Help, Food
Written on 11 Mar, 2011 at 22:37 in English, Headlines | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Tokyo, Mar 12: Japan confronted devastation along its northeastern coast on Saturday, with fires raging and parts of some cities under water after a massive earthquake and tsunami that likely killed at least 1,000 people. Daybreak revealed the full extent... (Continue reading)
Quake Brings Tokyo To A Standstill
Written on 11 Mar, 2011 at 22:34 in English | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Tokyo, Mar 12 — Japan’s huge earthquake brought super-modern Tokyo to a standstill as it paralyzed trains that normally run like clockwork, crippled mobile phones, stranded hordes of commuters and trapped scores of people in elevators. The magnitude-8.9 quake that... (Continue reading)
Death And Devastation In 10 Minutes
Written on 11 Mar, 2011 at 22:32 in English, Headlines | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Tokyo, March 11: People in cars tried to outrun the huge tsunami waves that lashed the coastal highways of Japan soon after the 8.9 temblor hit the island nation sitting on the Pacific Ring of Fire. All this happened within... (Continue reading)
Death And Devastation In 10 Minutes
Written on 11 Mar, 2011 at 16:25 in English, Featured, Headlines | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Tokyo, March 11: People in cars tried to outrun the huge tsunami waves that lashed the coastal highways of Japan soon after the 8.9 temblor hit the island nation sitting on the Pacific Ring of Fire. All this happened within... (Continue reading)
U.S. Court Shames India’s ‘Democracy’by HARTOSH SINGH BAL
Written on 8 Mar, 2011 at 21:15 in English | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
For 26 years, an FIR on the death of 32 Sikhs in Hondh village of Rewari district in Haryana, India, has been ignored. The survivors who moved to Ludhiana have at last dared to voice what happened in their village... (Continue reading)
Varun Gandhi Weds Bengali Designer Yamini
Written on 6 Mar, 2011 at 11:42 in English | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
COMMENTS EMAIL | PRINT FONT SIZE Varanasi, Mar 6 : Nehru-Gandhi scion Varun Gandhitoday wed graphic designer Yamini Roy Chowdhury in a simple ceremony attended by a handful of people in a temple on the banks of the Ganges here. 30-year-old... (Continue reading)