Canara Bank to charge Rs 60 per year for sending SMS alerts

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 14:45

State owned Canara Bank on Tuesday said it will charge Rs 60 per year to customers for SMS alerts beginning October 2013.

Muzaffarnagar violence: High alert sounded in Uttarakhand

Last Updated: Sunday, September 8, 2013, 15:30

In the wake of communal tension in Muzaffarnagar in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, a high alert has been sounded across Uttarakhand.

Communal violence incidents have increased: Sushilkumar Shinde

Last Updated: Saturday, September 7, 2013, 21:23

Shinde admitted that incidents of communal violence have increased in the country and cautioned all states to remain alert.

Japan raises severity rating of Fukushima water leak to Level 3

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 12:08

Japan`s nuclear regulator said on Wednesday it has officially raised the severity rating of the latest radioactive water leak at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to Level 3.

Three main Tamil Nadu ports put on alert

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 27, 2013, 21:53

Following terror threats to Tamil Nadu through the coastal routes, three main ports in the state have been put on alert.

Heathrow Airport on high alert over `breast implant bombers`

Last Updated: Friday, August 16, 2013, 12:16

London`s Heathrow Airport has been put on high terror alert after intelligence that women suicide bombers were planning to strike.

Critically ill Mandela `more alert` every day: Daughter

Last Updated: Saturday, August 10, 2013, 10:46

Nelson Mandela, who has been lying critically ill in hospital for just over two months, is becoming more alert and more responsive by the day, his youngest daughter said.

Eiffel Tower evacuated over false bomb alert

Last Updated: Friday, August 9, 2013, 20:54

Eiffel Tower was evacuated on Friday over a bomb alert, management at the Paris tourist spot said, but was reopened to the public several hours later.

Al Qaeda targeted in Yemen amid global security alert

Last Updated: Friday, August 9, 2013, 17:35

At least 12 al Qaeda members were killed in drone attacks in one day in Yemen as the United States stepped up strikes against suspected militants behind a global security alert.

US orders citizens to leave Yemen amid Qaeda alert

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 14:19

The United States on Tuesday ordered Americans to leave Yemen "immediately" amid a worldwide alert linked to electronic intercepts from al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Pakistan on high alert after Taliban threat, train blast

Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2013, 16:03

Pakistani police scoured hills surrounding the capital Islamabad and sent additional units to protect key installations on Monday amid tightened security ahead of a major Muslim holiday and after a bomb blast in which three people were dead and at least 14 injured on a train.

Pakistan on red alert for possible terror attack: Official

Last Updated: Monday, August 5, 2013, 13:09

Islamabad is on red alert after officials received an intelligence intercept of a likely attack on a high-value target, two senior Pakistani officials have said.