Owners of India's Goa nightclub where fire killed 25 arrested

NEW DELHI, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Officials said the main owners of a nightclub in the western Indian state of Goa, where a deadly fire killed 25 people …[More]

Sri Lanka reopens most schools as 3rd term resumes after Cyclone Ditwah

COLOMBO, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka on Tuesday reopened most government and government-approved private schools following school closures due to Cy…[More]

Hundreds of flights cancelled amid thick smog in India

NEW DELHI, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of flights were cancelled or delayed Monday as thick smog blanketed the Indian capital territory and its outsk…[More]

Delhi's air turns hazardous as thick smog engulfs city

NEW DELHI, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in India on Sunday invoked Stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan …[More]

9 killed, 29 injured as bus plunges into ravine in S. India

NEW DELHI, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least nine people were killed and 29 others injured, some of them critically, after a bus carrying them skidded off …[More]