China: 4 dead, 13 injured in gas explosion in Tianjin
The explosion occurred around 7:15 A.M. at a six-story residential building in the Chinese port city of Tianjin.
Jul 20, 2022, 17:39 PM IST
Davis Cup: Indian team staring at defeat at Asia level in five years
Ramkumar Ramanathan was expected to deliver but he ended up losing the first singles 6-7(4) 4-6 to China's new tennis sensation Yibing Wu.
Apr 06, 2018, 14:33 PM IST
At least 10 killed in apartment fire in China's port city Tianjin
A pre-dawn fire tore through an apartment in a high-rise building in the port city of Tianjin in northern China on Friday, killing 10 people and wounding five others, state media reported.
Dec 01, 2017, 18:57 PM IST
Maria Sharapova storms into Tianjin Open quarterfinals
The Russian former world No. 1 defeated Magda Linette of Poland 7-5, 6-3 and will next play either Swiss qualifier Stefanie Voegele or fifth seed Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan.
Oct 12, 2017, 13:42 PM IST
Jailed Chinese lawyer force-fed medication
Wife did not recognise the frail white-haired man standing in her hallway.
May 24, 2017, 09:36 AM IST
US calls for release of four Chinese human rights activists
Attorneys Zhou Shifeng and Gou Hongguo and activists Hu Shigen and Zhai Yanmin were given sentences ranging from three to 7-1/2 years in prison by a court in China`s northeastern city of Tianjin.
Aug 09, 2016, 05:41 AM IST
Leading Chinese human rights activist Hu Shigen sentenced to over 7 years in jail
A prominent Chinese human rights activist was today sentenced to over seven years in prison for subverting state powers, a day after another activist was given a three-year suspended sentence for the same offence.
Aug 03, 2016, 14:03 PM IST
East China chemicals facility on fire after explosion: Report
China has vowed to improve industrial safety standards after chemical blasts in the Chinese port city of Tianjin last August killed 165 people.
Apr 22, 2016, 12:32 PM IST
China calls for over 120 to be punished over chemical blast
China on Friday released the findings of an inquiry into its worst industrial accident in years, calling for 123 people connected to the deadly chemical blast to be punished.
Feb 05, 2016, 23:24 PM IST
Ten Chinese cities issue pollution red alert
More than 100 million people in China have been warned to stay indoors after at least 10 Chinese cities issued red alerts for smog, state media reported Thursday.
Dec 24, 2015, 16:05 PM IST
40 cities issue alerts for pollution in China
A total of 40 cities in north China, including Beijing and Tianjin, have issued alerts for air pollution, the air pollution emergency management headquarters here said on Tuesday.
Dec 22, 2015, 19:34 PM IST
China 'clone factory' scientist eyes human replication
Boyalife Group and its partners are building the giant plant in the northern Chinese port of Tianjin, where it is due to go into production within the next seven months and aims for an output of one million cloned cows a year by 2020.
Dec 01, 2015, 21:18 PM IST
41 hospitalised after ammonia leak at China chemical plant
Forty-one people have been admitted to hospital, including five in serious conditions, following a synthetic ammonia leak at a chemical plant in China's central Henan Province, the latest industrial accident in the country.
Sep 19, 2015, 09:30 AM IST
