AMRI directors to appear in court as toll reaches 90
A day after India saw its worst hospital fire, the AMRI hospital Annexe 1 building on Saturday stood like a ghost building with pieces of glasspanes and stone slaps strewn all around, soot and blood stained floors, the smell of death and smoke still in the air and fire brigade personnel on guard — a grim reminder of the holocaust.
Ford recalls over 128,000 vehicles in US
The Ford Motor Co. is recalling over 128,000 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan sedans over problems that could cause the wheels to separate, a media report said.
The company said it was concerned that th
Kerala minister slams Jayalalithaa's appeal on Mullaperiyar
P.J. Joseph, Kerala water resources minister and crusader for a new dam at Mullaperiyar, on Saturday termed as a distortion of facts Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa's full-page advertisement
Villagers lay siege to Kudankulam nuclear plant
Around 1,500 villagers on Saturday laid siege to the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu to demand immediate cessation of all work at the site, said an activis
Punish the guilty, Kolkata echoes in one voice
It was a collective chorus of anger and shock in Kolkata as intellectuals, celebrities and commoners demanded exemplary punishment for culprits and a mechanism to keep a tab on the working of private
Vettel crowned World Champion at FIA Gala, Buddh Circuit awarded
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel was crowned World Champion for the second year in a row at the 2011 FIA Awards Night while Jaypee Sports International (JPSI) bagged the Formula One Promotional Trophy for
Parliament adjourned: Opposition now guns for Krishna
Both houses of parliament were adjourned on Friday following protests by opposition members who were demanding the ouster of External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna after he was named in an illegal min
Zardari suffers bleeding in brain, may go to London
President Asif Ali Zardari, who left Pakistan on Tuesday after suffering a stroke that caused bleeding in the brain and facial paralysis, will continue to be in Dubai for over two weeks and may even g
55 killed in Kolkata hospital fire, says Mamata Banerjee
At least 55 people were killed, most due to suffocation, in a massive fire at the AMRI hospital in south Kolkata early on Friday. Many more are believed to be trapped in the building, even as firemen, who many complained had reached the spot only after two hours, brought out the dead and injured using ropes and ladders.
Dead or alive? Caught in chaos at Kolkata hospital
Rescuers brought out seemingly dead patients as anxious relatives stared, hoping their worst fears would not come true, as thick black smoke billowed from the Annex 1 new building of Kolkata's AMRI ho