Новости за 23.06.2015

An intense heatwave sweeping across Pakistan's southern Sindh province has killed around 400 people, including women and children, in the capital Karachi, prompting the army to step in to help victims of the worst heatstroke that has hit the country in more than a decade.

An intense heatwave sweeping across Pakistan's southern Sindh province has killed around 400 people, including women and children, in the capital Karachi, prompting the army to step in to help victims of the worst heatstroke that has hit the country in more than a decade.

As the hour of reverence drew closer, lakhs of devotees, who have been congregating at the Kamakhya temple here for days, queued up for one last ‘darshan’ on Monday. The temple will close its doors an hour after midnight on Tuesday

Dancing after midnight in Tokyo will no longer be illegal — as long as it’s not too dark — after Japan’s parliament last week voted to relax laws that banned boogying in one of the world’s foremost clubbing capitals.

Dancing after midnight in Tokyo will no longer be illegal — as long as it’s not too dark — after Japan’s parliament last week voted to relax laws that banned boogying in one of the world’s foremost clubbing capitals.

The arterial Diwan Bahadur Road and T V Samy Road in R S Puram are all set to turn less congested and more alive on Sundays.

The spillway gates of the Pilloor Dam were opened on Monday evening as the water level reached its maximum capacity of 100 m.

Pitcairn Island, a tiny speck in the Pacific that’s home to just 48 people, has passed a law allowing same-sex marriage but has no gay couples wanting to wed.

Pitcairn Island, a tiny speck in the Pacific that’s home to just 48 people, has passed a law allowing same-sex marriage but has no gay couples wanting to wed.

A 46-year-old mason was buried alive under a pile of sand and concrete in an under construction storm water drain in Coimbatore on Monday.

The Chief educational officer (CEO) of Salem district decided to take action against four private school management authorities in the city after they brought more than 2,000 students for a demonstration without permission.

The Chief educational officer (CEO) of Salem district decided to take action against four private school management authorities in the city after they brought more than 2,000 students for a demonstration without permission.

Breaking with centuries of tradition, a Cambridge University college has decided to allow women to wear trousers and men to wear skirts at formal dinners after a campaign by a transgender student.

Breaking with centuries of tradition, a Cambridge University college has decided to allow women to wear trousers and men to wear skirts at formal dinners after a campaign by a transgender student.

The Bombay (HC) on Monday sought a detailed list of all members of the controversial Adarsh housing society, including a separate one of members from defence services.

After incessant rains on June 19, crippled the city causing heavy flooding at several spots the assistant commissioners of 24 wards have been asked to submit a report on the flooding spots in their respective areas, depth of flooding, cause of flooding and whether the same areas had seen flooding in 2014 as well.

Minister for Human Resource Development, Smriti Irani proposed introduction of yoga as a subject in schools from classes VI to X for central government run school, which found support from Delhi government on Monday.

Eurozone finance ministers were cautiously optimistic on Monday that a deal on Greece’s bailout was finally within reach this week, amid fears the country might otherwise default on its debts and fall out of the euro.

For the second time in the last three days another man lost his life after a tree collapsed on him near the Commissioner of Police Office in Fort on Monday.

Even as Afghanistan recently signed an agreement with Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) on sharing intelligence and coordinating operations, the ‘Country Reports on Terrorism 2014’ released by the US department of state last week said “several terrorist networks active in Afghanistan, such as Al Qaeda, the Haqqani network and others, operate largely out of Pakistan

Even as Afghanistan recently signed an agreement with Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) on sharing intelligence and coordinating operations, the ‘Country Reports on Terrorism 2014’ released by the US department of state last week said “several terrorist networks active in Afghanistan, such as Al Qaeda, the Haqqani network and others, operate largely out of Pakistan

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday raided five offices and residential premises belonging to some of the accused in the money-laundering case registered in connection with the Maharashtra Sadan scam, including developer K S Chamankar.

Two persons drowned in an open drain and overflowing nullah in separate areas of the city after heavy rains lashed the city since Sunday night. Waterlogged streets, overflowing drains exposed the Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s monsoon preparedness.

All Adivasi Students’ Association of Assam (Aasaa) has said it will prevent ruling Congress MLAs and ministers from visiting tea garden and adivasi-dominated areas of the state if the state government fails to notify the minimum wage of Rs 169 per day for garden labourers

Mumbai suburban railway suffered a cumulative loss of Rs 25 crore due to cancellation and non-operation of the trains due to heavy rains last week.