"About 30 minutes before landing, we were asked to fasten our seat belts after we heard a sudden bang, resembling a Diwali bomb kind of sound, but not a pataka (fire-cracker)," Shelly Kakar who along with her husband, was seated four rows ahead of the alleged terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, said.
The temblor was described as one of moderate intensity.
The news will augur well for the country as large parts have been witnessing agriculture distress and water levels in reservoirs in west and south India have dipped to low levels.
The San Francisco-based giant has acquired a Delhi-based company.
'It will cause problems for people who deal in small amounts of cash.' 'I hope it does not cause law and order problems.'
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said its alliance partner, Northwest Airlines has resumed its daily flights from Mumbai to Amsterdam with effect from Wednesday.
India is upset that the Dutch authorities did not reveal the names of those detained for a long time.
A much-vacant mall in a sleepy industrial park is all that's left of the amount allegedly owed by Mangla Shree Properties against 0.2-mt sugar deliveries
A panel formed by the Delhi government to look into the case on Tuesday found Max Hospital guilty of not following prescribed medical norms in dealing with newborn infants.
West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are the states most likely to be hit again.
For the second successive year, Monsoon is likely to be below normal with parts of north-west and central India to be the most affected.
Vijender Singh believes his bout against Australia's Kerry Hope -- for the WBO Asia Pacific super middleweight crown -- will go a long way in determining the future of pro boxing in the country.
To this end, India has recently committed USD 400 million in steel to construction of the railway connecting Chabahar and Zahedan, near Afghan border, the report said.
An unspecified number of people were evacuated from coastal areas of Odisha where Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak and Balasore were likely to experience heavy rainfall accompanied by high-velocity winds, particularly on May 19 and 20, IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said.
People flock to electronics shops to buy air conditioners.
It was found the declarants were persons of suspicious nature and very small means, and the declarations could have been misused.
According to Indian meteorological department, tremors were felt in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab, lasting for a minute, triggering panic and forcing people to rush out of their homes and offices. There was no official word about casualties from any of the states but reports from West Bengal said cracks appeared in several multi-storeyed buildings in Siliguri in north Bengal. An incident of wall collapse was reported from Telipara in Jalpaiguri district.
His Germany visit, which he described as a "new chapter" in bilateral relations, will begin with a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel at her country retreat of Schloss Meseberg.
India now faced a higher likelihood of a drought in some parts, as monsoon rain would be less than predicted in April, private weather forecaster Skymet said on Friday.
Total area sown till last Friday was 16.56 mn hectares, up 23%.
'The Congress can't return to power unless it reins in prices, lowers interest rates, taxes the rich,' says Praful Bidwai. 'If this means sacking those most responsible for the UPA's pro-big business policies including Finance Minister Chidambaram, so be it!'
Diocese agrees to revoke molester priest's return to the priesthood and keep him away from children.
However, it's too soon to see any trend; July rain is key.
In the first of a two-part series, Business Standard examines the impact of the upcoming summer on agriculture and drinking water supply.
What the AAP becomes eventually in New Delhi will impact whether citizens would want such a model replicated in Mumbai or opt for one from the existing system, says Neeta Kolhatkar.
The master plan reveals a far more expansive project involving Chinese penetration into Pakistan's agriculture, industry, telecommunications, surveillance and intelligence networks and even leisure and popular culture.
In a forceful statement in the Lok Sabha, Swaraj rejected allegations that she misled the country.
In the concluding article of a six-part series, Business Standard visits Ludhiana, one of the largest industrial towns in Punjab, to assess the effect of demonetisation.
'Animal populations are increasing. Human populations are increasing. So there is no way the man-animal conflict going to go away.'
The new 17 Strike Corps with 80,000 troops and a budget of Rs 64,000 crore will provided the much-needed offensive capacity against China. R S Chauhan reports.
If viewed as a part of the Al Qaeda's radicalisation effort to produce jihadists out of discontented Muslim youth in India, the call could well have a much larger dimension, both in the near as well as long term, directly impacting on national security, says Bibhu Prasad Routray.
While the Punjab CM expressed grief, his Congress colleagues targeted Sushma Swaraj for misleading the families.
If people make films like Baahubali, which has Indian content, it will always be a hit. But nobody makes it nowadays.
Experts say the treaty needs a review to address the ongoing and the likely impact of climate change on river-flow
It is time to throw an outer ring around India's national security by proactively engaging in areas immediately outside our neighbourhood. Such a ring will not only insulate India from emerging threats, but also create new leverage in securing our own neighbourhood, says Nitin Pai.
Muzaffar Ali returns as a director after three decades.
Cyclone 'Phailin', which was to make landfall two days from now, possibly near Gopalpur in Odisha and in north Andhra Pradesh, on Thursday intensified into a severe cyclonic storm travelling slightly northwest and lying about 800 km from Paradip in Odisha.
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