Manila, May 10: More than 2,000 people were fleeing their homes as Typhoon Noul approached the northern Philippines today, triggering warnings of possible flash floods, landslides and tsunami-like storm surges. The storm’s movement has slowed slightly but it has also strengthened to pack gusts of 220 kilometres per hour, said Esperanza Cayanan, chief of the […]
Naalehu (Hawaii), May 10: The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory says a magnitude-4.5 earthquake jolted the Big Island of Hawaii. The observatory says the quake struck at 2:18 am (local time) yesterday. It was centered about eight kilometers north of the small town of Naalehu at a depth of 9.6 kilometers. There were no reports of damage […]
New Delhi, May 10: The Supreme Court has stressed on the need for “stricter yardstick” on courts’ sentencing policy in cases related to crime against women so as to act as a deterrent, saying punishment awarded to the accused was not in proportion to gravity and magnitude of such offences. “In recent years, the rising […]
Manila, May 10: More than 1,000 people were evacuated from their homes as Typhoon Noul approached the northern Philippines, threatening flash floods, landslides and tsunami-like storm surges, government agencies warned today. The storm’s movement has slowed slightly but it has also strengthened to pack gusts of 205 kilometres per hour and is still expected to […]
New Delhi, May 10 : In order to ensure that a stricter check may be kept on vehicular emissions, Delhi government has directed all car and motorbike dealers in the national capital to set up pollution measuring facilities on their premises. All automobile dealers, except those who sell battery- operated e-rickshaws, have been asked to […]