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Japan attracts spiritual and adventure tourists
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Wakayama/Tokyo [Japan], Jan.27 (ANI): Wakayama prefecture is located in the Kansai region on Honshu Island's Kii Peninsula.
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Tsunami alert issued after 7.9-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], Jan. 22 (ANI): A strong 7.9 magnitude earthquake off Papua New Guinea on Sunday has triggered a tsunami alert for several Pacific islands.
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People in Japan celebrates New Year with fun, shopping and sports
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Jan.20 (ANI): Hokkaido Island in northern Japan is covered by snow. But, football club Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo brings hot news to the island after it been upgraded to J1.
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Island Tourism Festival to begin in Andaman and Nicobar today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Port Blair (Andaman and Nicobar) [India], Jan. 6 (ANI): The Island Tourism Festival will begin today at Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar islands.
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Agni-IV successfully test-fired from Odisha coast today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandipur (Odisha) [India], Jan. 2 (ANI): The 4000-km range nuclear weapons-capable strategic missile, Agni-IV has been successfully test fired from APJ Abdul Kalam island, 50 km away from Odisha's Chandipur.
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Six Bangladeshi fishermen injured by Myanmar troopers
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec. 28 (ANI): Six Bangladeshi fishermen were injured in firing by Myanmar's border troopers near St Martin's Island.
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African nation resumes diplomatic ties with China after suspending ties wi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Dec. 27 (ANI): China and the island nation of Sao Tome and Principe have resumed diplomatic relations after the West African nation cut "diplomatic ties" with Taiwan last week.
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Sri Lanka observes 12th anniversary of 2004 tsunami
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec. 26 (ANI): Sri Lanka is observing the 12th anniversary of the devastating tsunami which struck the island nation in 2004 killing more than 35,000 people and leaving many people homeless.
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India launches 'Agni 5' nuclear capable missile with 6000-km ran
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Balasore (Odisha) [India], Dec. 26 (ANI): India on Monday test launched its indigenously developed intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile 'Agni,5' from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast.
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India set to test launch Agni 5 missile
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Balasore (Odisha) [India], Dec. 26 (ANI): India is set to test its indigenously developed intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile 'Agni-5' from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast on Monday.
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Shiv Sena, BJP unnecessary taking credit for Shivaji statue: Congress
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Dec. 24 (ANI): The Congress party on Saturday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra is taking unnecessary credit for the proposed construction of a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji on an island located on the Arabian Sea off the Mumbai
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PM Modi to lay foundation stone of Shivaji Memorial
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Dec. 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today lay the foundation stone for the grand memorial of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj ont an island in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai.
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