Everything you need to know about Ramchandrapur Bo (sank.): news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Ramchandrapur Bo (sank.): news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Beijing, May 12 (IANS) Eighteen crew members of a ship were rescued shortly before their vessel sank in the Yangtze river in China, maritime authorities said Sunday.
Washington, May 7 (ANI): President Barack Obama took a break from office and played a round of golf with a bipartisan trio of senators, including one Republican who sank a hole-in-one.
Washington, May 7 (ANI): President Barack Obama took a break from office and played a round of golf with a bipartisan trio of senators, including one Republican who sank a hole-in-one.
Dubai, April 30 (IANS) The families of three Indian seaman who have been missing since their cargo ship sank off the coast of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in December last year now hope that they may have been rescued by the Iranians.
Beijing, Apr. 29 (Xinhua-ANI): Two cargo ships collided early Monday off southwestern Greece, with 10 crew members missing, the Greek coastguard said.
Panaji, April 26 (IANS) The Goa government will work out a compensation package for 29 fishermen -- of whom five are missing and one is dead -- involved in a mid-sea collision with an Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said here Friday.
Mumbai, April 26 (IANS) Two fishermen were killed and four went missing when an Indian fishing vessel sank after it was hit by a large vessel off the Goa-Karwar coast in the Arabian sea Thursday, an official said Friday.
Melbourne, Apr. 23 (ANI): A letter written by the bandmaster of the Titanic, who carried on playing as the tragic ship sank, has been auctioned off for 93,000 pounds at Devizes, Wiltshire on Saturday.
London, April 22 (IANS/EFE) A letter from the leader of the band that continued playing as the Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean was sold at auction for 93,000 pounds ($141,600), a spokesman for auction house Henry Aldridge & Son told EFE.
Jakarta, April 19 (Xinhua-ANI): Rescuers have found 14 bodies and kept searching for 13 others after a boat capsized in Mahakam river in Samarinda of East Kalimantan on Wednesday, rescuers said Friday.
Rome, April 16 (IANS/AKI) The sinking of a cruise ship off the Italian coast, that led to the loss of 32 lives, was a "workplace accident" and was "manipulated in a terrible way against a man who was doing his job", a lawyer for the ship's captain has said.
Augusta (US), April 15 (IANS) Adam Scott sank a birdie on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff to win the US Masters becoming the first Australian to win the 77th version of the tournament at the Augusta National.
Panaji, April 12 (IANS) More than a 100 years after the Titanic sank, the overtly rich and elaborate cuisine served to the high and mighty onboard the ill-fated vessel continues to make waves.
Washington, April 12(ANI): NASA's Cassini spacecraft has observed an ice cloud taking shape over Titan's south pole, the latest sign that the change of seasons is setting off a cascade of radical changes in the atmosphere of Saturn's largest moon.
Raipur, April 11 (IANS) Seven new Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) will come up in Chhattisgarh in 2013-14 to promote technical education, a minister said Thursday.
Sharjah, March 26 (IANS/WAM) Emirati citizens account for only four percent of the teachers in Sharjah, while "non-national" teachers dominate the scene. The trend shows the reluctance of Emiratis to join the teaching profession, a study has said.
Houston, March 25 (IANS) James Harden's jumper in closing time lifted the Houston Rockets to a white-knuckle 96-95 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association (NBA) here at Toyota Center.
Libreville, March 22 (IANS) At least 30 people died when a boat, carrying 60 illegal immigrants, capsized off the coast of Gabon, a west African country, Xinhua reported.
Washington, March 21(ANI): A private expedition led by the founder of Amazon.com has successfully raised two massive Apollo Saturn V rocket F-1 engines, which launched astronauts to the moon more than 40 years ago, from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
Panchkula, March 20 (IANS) Delhi golfer Vani Kapoor grabbed the top spot after the second round of the Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour at the Panchkula Golf Club here Wednesday.
New Delhi, Mar 20 (ANI): Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday said that yesterday's market nosedive was due to what happened in Cyprus and to the Reserve Bank of India's 25 BPS rate cut announcement, and not because of the DMK's decision to withdraw its support from the UPA-II Government.
London, Mar. 15 (ANI): Titanic's bandmaster Wallace Hartley's violin, which was believed to have got lost in the tragedy that claimed 1,500 lives, has been found in an attic in North Yorkshire.
Manesar, March 10 (IANS) In a nail-biting finish, Indian golfer Neha Tripathi edged past Thailand's Pennapa Pulsawath to win the 18th edition of the BT Pro Am of Champions.
Yangon, March 6 (IANS) A 75th minute strike by substitute Soe Min Oo sank India as Myanmar won 1-0 and booked a ticket for the prestigious AFC Challenge Cup 2014 finals after edging out India at the Yangon Youth Training Centre here Wednesday.
London, March 6 (ANI): Scientists may have at last found evidence to believe that the Viking "sunstone" used to navigate the seas did indeed exist.
London, Mar. 3 (ANI): The internet, Twitter and e-mails will be banned on board the replica of the ill-fated Titanic to give passengers a chance to relax and talk to each other.
London, Mar 2 (IANS) Actress Tori Spelling is angry at a publication for reporting false news of her divorce, which has upset her son Liam.
Houston, Feb 28 (IANS) Monta Ellis' last second three-pointer gave the Milwaukee Bucks a 110-107 victory over the Houston Rockets here in the NBA.
Seoul, Feb 26 (IANS) South Korea's overseas direct investment fell for the first time in three years as people refrained from investing into overseas mining projects amid global uncertainties.
Islamabad, Feb. 25 (ANI): Pakistan's Ambassador to the US, Sherry Rehman has said Pakistan wants to see Afghanistan as a united, independent and sovereign state. She urged all concerned to join the reconciliation process.
Allahabad, Feb 16 (IANS) Heavy rains that lashed the city Saturday created a crisis at the Kumbh mela premises, sending pilgrims, seers and journalists scurrying for cover as tents collapsed under the deluge.
Madrid, Feb 1 (IANS/EFE) The Spanish navy has documented 1,580 shipwrecks in a database created in 2011 to track ships lost at sea based on information in the naval archives, the defense ministry said.
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) A fishing vessel battles the high seas and fails to return to land. A few years later, it is made out that the boat had not sunk but its owner had faked its loss to seek insurance.
London, Jan 14 (ANI): A yachtsman by the name of Steve Callahan sailed the Atlantic alone when his 21ft sloop was hit by a whale and sank in a storm a week after leaving the Canary Islands.
Bissau, Dec 29 (IANS) At least 22 people were drowned and about 70 others were missing Friday after their boat sank off the west African nation of Guinea-Bissau.
Panama City, Dec 19 (IANS/EFE) A cocaine-laden semi-submersible vessel that sank early this month in Panama's Caribbean waters will not be refloated due to the cost and possible risks of the operation, an official said.
Havana, Dec 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Colombian rescuers saved 14 people and recovered eight bodies after a cargo ship sank in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Colombia.
Islamabad, Dec 12 (IANS) A group of landlords in Pakistan have been arrested for letting loose their dogs on their tenant farmer in a barbaric attack in Multan city of Punjab province.
Washington, Dec 8 (IANS) The US jobless rate sank to a four-year low in November, but millions remained out of work in an economy still struggling to recover from a recession that ended nearly four years ago, experts said.
London, Dec. 6 (ANI): Seven sailors went missing in the North Sea after a cargo ship collided with another vessel and sank off the Dutch coast are almost certainly dead, rescuers have said.
Ankara, Dec 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Four people have died and at least 12 went missing after a cargo ship capsized in a storm off the Turkish coast, the coast guard said.
Washington, Dec. 4 (ANI): Japanese automobile firm Toyota Motor Corp. has said that new car sales in China has dropped to a softer 22.1 percent to 63,800 units in November, indicating the fallout from the anti-Japanese protests in China this summer has begun to wane, according to a report.
London, December 3 (ANI): English author Jilly Cooper has said that Pippa Middleton was ill-advised with her debut book 'Celebrate'.
Beijing, Nov. 28 (Xinhua-ANI): Nine people died and seven were missing after a fishing boat sank off northeastern Chinese coast early Wednesday, local maritime authorities said.
London, November 26 (ANI): Two menus for lavish lunches on the Titanic have sold for a staggering 100,000 pounds at an auction.
Rome, Nov 4 (IANS) At least 10 people drowned and 70 others were rescued after their boat sank between the Libyan coast and the Italian Island of Lampedusa, local media reported Sunday.
London, Nov. 2 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister and 'Iron Lady' Margaret Thatcher had a motherly side, cleaning dirt from her bodyguard's shoes and putting up Christmas decorations to make staff feel at home, her former protection officer has revealed.
London, November 1 (ANI): The safety officer on Titanic had warned that the ship needed "50 percent more lifeboats" but his fears were suppressed, a newly uncovered document has revealed.
Washington, Oct 30 (IANS) HMS Bounty, a replica of the famous British vessel built for the 1962 film version of "Mutiny on the Bounty" and which also appeared in the 2006 blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest", sank when a superstorm barrelled into the US.
London, October 22 (ANI): An artist paid a poignant tribute to the 1,517 men, women and children who died when the Titanic sank on her maiden voyage on 15 April 1912 by creating an ice figure for each individual victim and launched it on Sunday at Custom House Square in Belfast - the city where the great ship was built.
Bangalore, Oct 19 (IANS) Richie Ramsay of Scotland birdied four of his closing five holes as he raced into a three-shot lead at the halfway stage of the $1.25 million Hero Indian Open Golf at the KGA course here Friday as he fired a second successive five-under-par 66 for a 10-under-par 132.
Bangalore, Oct 18 (IANS) Englishman James Morrison and Richie Ramsay of Scotland got off to a spirited start at the Hero Indian Open golf as they shared the opening round lead on five-under-par 66 Thursday.
Moscow, Oct 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian defence ministry is planning to raise and scrap two sunken nuclear submarines in the northern Barents and Kara seas in order to prevent potential radioactive pollution of the area.
Macau, Oct 11 (IANS) In-form Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar rode on an eagle's wing to shoot a sizzling eight-under-par 63 for a two-shot lead after the first round of the $750,000 Venetian Macau Open here Thursday.
London, October 9 (ANI): The 1997 blockbuster film 'Titanic' could have had a happier ending if Leonardo Di Caprio's character had not unnecessarily sacrificed himself to save Kate Winslet's character, a series of tests carried out by a U.S. television show has revealed.
Mumbai, Oct 5 (IANS) Delhi's Shamim Khan climbed to the top of the leader board with a fiery four-under-66 in round three of the CG Open Golf here Friday.
Washington, Oct. 4 (Xinhua-ANI): U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that sanctions on Iran could be " remedied in short order" if the Islamic Republic works sincerely with the international community over its controversial nuclear program.
Hong Kong, Oct 2 (IANS) The toll in Monday's Hong Kong ferry collision rose to 37, Xinhua reported quoting officials Tuesday.
Hong Kong, Oct 2 (IANS) The toll in Monday's Hong Kong ferry collision has risen to 36 as rescuers worked feverishly overnight, authorities said Tuesday.
Hong Kong, Oct 1 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and 15 remained missing after two vessels, one of them carrying over 120 passengers, collided Monday evening off Hong Kong, Xinhua reported.
Hong Kong, Oct 1 (IANS) A major rescue operation for missing passengers was launched after two boats collided off Hong Kong, injuring more than 20 people, said police Monday night.
Jakarta, Sep 29 (IANS) A wooden ship with 52 people on board sank in the waters off central Sulawesi in the eastern part of Indonesia, on official said Saturday.
Moscow, Sep 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Eight sailors have been rescued while two are still missing from a refrigerator ship that sank Sunday in the Okhotsk Sea in Russia's far east, the emergencies ministry said.
London, Sept 21 (ANI): The captain of the ill-fated Titanic ship is believed to have originally failed his navigation test, it has been revealed.
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Millie Saroha, who has been a consistent performer this season, moved closer towards her maiden win as she took the lead at the Usha Northern India Ladies Golf Championships here Wednesday.
London, Sep 19 (IANS) Thanks to a drought that dried up a Polish river, more than 10 tonnes of marble statues, fountains and palace pillars looted from Polish rulers, believed to be 400 years old, have been found stuck in mud at the bottom of the river.
Jakarta, Sep 17 (IANS) At least 23 people were killed and six others were missing after a wooden ship sank last week in a river in Indonesia's East Kalimantan province, a rescuer said Monday.
Ankara, Sep 6 (IANS) At least 58 illegal immigrants, including nine children, trying to enter Europe, drowned Thursday when their boat sank off western Turkey, a media report said.
Mexico City, Aug 25 (IANS/EFE) Mexican environmental authorities are demanding that state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos clean up a crude spill that occurred when a loading buoy sank nearly two weeks ago and polluted six beaches.
Mogadishu, Aug 21 (IANS) A Somali sprinter, who was member of the Olympic team at the 2008 Beijing Games, died during an attempt to reach the Italian shores on a boat full of migrants, the AKI news agency reported.
Beijing, Aug 19 (IANS) More than 30,000 antiques will be salvaged from an ancient merchant vessel that sank 500 years ago off the coast of southeast China's Guangdong province.
London, Aug 18 (IANS) The SS Terra Nova, the ship that carried Captain Robert Scott in 1910 with the aim of becoming the first expedition to reach the South Pole, has been found off Greenland.
London, Aug 18 (ANI): Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly admitted that the firm's stock market tumble has been "painful" to watch, while addressing a meeting to boost the morale of his staff.
London, Aug 17 (ANI): Facebook shares sank to a new record low after early investors were allowed to sell over 271 million shares following the end of a 'lock-up' period, which prevented pre-IPO investors from selling their stakes.
Vienna, Aug. 15 (ANI): Three young Muslim chess players have been racially abused from parents of other competitors in Austria, which has sparked off a 'race row'.
Beijing, Aug 11 (IANS) Serie A winner Juventus sank Coppa Italia champion Napoli 4-2 to win the Italian Super Cup at the Bird's Nest here Saturday.
Bangalore, Aug 9 (IANS) Local hope Anirban Lahiri snatched the lead at the end of third round in the PGTI Players Championship presented by Prestige Golfshire Club after he posted a bogey-free three-under 69 here Thursday.
London, August 4 (ANI): A man who has been on the look out for the Loch Ness monster for nearly three decades believes he has clicked the best photograph of - and some important new information on - the legendary creature.
New York, August 1 (ANI): A Brooklyn man risked his life to scale an empty billboard to write a marriage proposal for his girlfriend.
Beijing, July 29 (IANS) Twelve underwater cultural relics sites were discovered in South China Sea.
London, July 28 (ANI): Social networking giant Facebook's shares sank to a new low after the firm reported a loss of almost 50 billion dollars in market value since floating, according to a report.
Washington, July 25 (IANS) The Global Positioning System (GPS) helped scientists detect a staggering 100 billion tonnes of ice loss in Greenland over six months during 2010, according to a study.
London, July 24 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that adding iron to the sea could alleviate the impact of climate change.
London, July 19 (ANI): A ship dumping iron into the Southern Ocean has shown a technique that could be used as a "cure" for climate change.
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), July 19 (IANS) Twenty-seven bodies were retrieved from the Indian Ocean off Tanzania after a ferry with over 280 people on board capsized Wednesday.
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), July 18 (IANS) A ferry with over 250 passengers, including 31 children, Wednesday sank near Chumbe island off the coast of Tanzania in eastern Africa, Xinhua reported.
London, July 14 (ANI): The bulb in pensioner Roger Dyball's porch had been burning for 100 years.
Kochi (Kerala), July 5 (ANI): The MV Sea Angel, a 70-meter-long Maldivian vessel bound for Kannur in north Kerala under tow, to be dismantled as scrap, sank off Kochi on the evening of July 1.
Mumbai, July 3 (IANS) If Vidya Balan gained 12 kg to play southern sex siren in "The Dirty Picture", Pakistani actress Veena Malik claims she has put on 5 kg for the Kannada version of the film and that her dialogues have not been dubbed.
Moscow, June 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) In a bizarre tragedy, a 15-year-old boy working at a grain tower full of sunflower seeds, fell in and suffocated to death, officials said.
London, June 26 (ANI): Mobile manufacturer giant Research in Motion (RIM), the company that launched the innovative and award-winning BlackBerry product line, is battling to ward off competition from the growing touch-screen 'Android-ruled' mobile market.
London, June 24 (IANS) A supermarket manager in Britain committed suicide after the two families he had been hiding just 10 miles apart for more than two decades discovered his secret double life, Daily Mail reported.
London, June 20 (ANI): Turtles, who were killed as they were having sex and then fossilised in their position, have been described by scientists.
Jakarta, June 17 (IANS) A total of 15 crew members are yet to be found after a cargo ship with 27 people on board capsized off eastern Indonesia Sunday morning, Xinhua reported.
London, May 28 (ANI): A collection of photographs that were taken by a young sailor during World War II has sparked mystery about the events leading to the sinking of the formidable German battleship Bismarck.
London, May 26(ANI): Former Ring Light Welterweight and WBA Welterweight Champion Ricky Hatton has said he was so depressed after retiring from boxing that he tried to kill himself with a knife.
Washington, May 21 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have attempted to estimate how long the chemical factory in Saturn's giant moon has been operating in the atmosphere.
Washington, May 11 (ANI): JPMorgan Chase and Co., a leading global financial services firm, has admitted that it lost two billion dollars from a trading portfolio barely four years after Wall Street's wrong-way bets sank the world into a financial crisis.
New Delhi, May 3 (Xinhua-ANI): After a ferry tragedy in the northeast Indian state of Assam on Monday, the state's Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has ordered police to crack down on excessive load of ferries and buses, reported local daily The Hindu Thursday.
Beijing, May 2 (IANS) A Chinese shipyard is planning to build a replica of the Titanic that sank in the Atlantic in 1912 with more than 1,500 people on board. The accident was immortalized in a movie by the same name with Leonardo diCaprio and Kate Winslet starring in leading roles.
