Twitter back online after limited blackout

Last Updated: Monday, December 29, 2014, 16:37

Twitter was back online Monday following a partial outage which the company said was due to a bug.

East, Central Delhi areas face blackout risk

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 16:33

Areas in East and Central Delhi face a blackout risk from tomorrow as state-run NTPC on Friday rejected Delhi Government's plea not to stop electricity supply to BSES Yamuna Power Ltd for defaulting on payments.

Major power blackout hits Syrian capital

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 20:36

A major blackout blanketed the Syrian capital of Damascus Wednesday, which appeared to be caused by damage in key power lines.

Power blackout hits 70 percent of Venezuela

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 11:19

Venezuela`s main power distribution network has failed, depriving 70 per cent of the country of electricity and creating traffic chaos in much of Caracas, which normally escapes such outages.

Internet services shut down in Syria

Last Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 00:00

Internet services in Syria have been off since early Wednesday, which appears to be a second blackout in a week, reported Al-Jazeera and a pro-opposition activist website.

Internet blackout in Syria after Assad`s comment on Israel

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 16:06

Shortly after President Bashar Assad declared he was capable of facing Israel, Syria "vanished" from the internet.

Anonymous calls for Internet blackout on April 22

Last Updated: Sunday, April 21, 2013, 14:29

Anonymous has called for an Internet protest on Monday, April 22, to protest Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act.

US Super Bowl blackout: Officials have no answer

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 5, 2013, 13:46

A day after a 34-minute blackout at Super Bowl, America`s biggest pro football game of the year, red -faced officials were still trying to figure out what went wrong.

Syria crisis: Internet, telephone services resume in Damascus

Last Updated: Saturday, December 1, 2012, 23:38

After a two day internet and telephone blackout, areas around Damascus made a communication comeback, whereas violence continues on Saturday.

Airport road reopens but Internet still cut: Syria

Last Updated: Friday, November 30, 2012, 21:32

President Bashar Assad`s regime and opposition activists blamed each other for the communications blackout, which is the first to hit the whole country since Syria`s 20-month-old uprising began.

Wide swath of Brazil hit by blackout

Last Updated: Saturday, October 27, 2012, 09:40

The power outage affected close to 53 million inhabitants in the nine northeastern states, a region that is home to almost a fourth of the Brazilian population.