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Man killed, 2 women injured after car rams into e-rickshaw
An e-rickshaw driver was killed and two women were injured after a car rammed into the vehicle in West Delhi on Saturday, police said. After the accident, the car driver, identified as Mukesh Tiwari, fled from the spot, Deputy Commissioner of Police (west) Monika Bhardwaj said. The three persons were rushed to the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, where Mohammad Tahid, driver of the e-rickshaw, was declared brought dead by doctors. The two injured women were identified as Kanchan (22) and Rakesh (32). A case was registered in the matter and efforts were underway to nab the accused, the DCP said.
40 shanties gutted in fire in Delhi
At least 40 shanties were gutted after a major fire broke out in east Delhi's Lalita park area on Saturday, officials said. They said 15 LPG cylinders also exploded in the area after the fire broke out. The Fire Department received information about the incident at around 11.10 am and 12 fire tenders were rushed to the spot. The flames were doused by 12.10 pm, the officials said, adding that no casualty was reported. The cause of the fire was yet to ascertained, they added.
10 killed in Himachal Pradesh as falls into gorge
At least 10 passengers were killed and several injured when a private bus skided off the road and fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district on Saturday evening, police said.
Fire at Haldia port, crane driver dies
One person died as a major fire broke out in a mobile harbour crane in Haldia dock of the Kolkata port on Saturday, an official said. The fire was noticed in the mobile harbour crane on berth no 13 where coal unloading was taking place. A mobile harbour crane driver could not come down due to the blaze and he was rescued when he jumped on a safety net below. However, he succumbed to injuries after he was taken to hospital, Kolkata Port Trust Chairman Vinit Kumar told PTI. The berth is managed by a private operator and these high value cranes are huge structures used to load and unload cargo at much faster rate than normal cranes, sources said. Seven fire tenders of the port, fire services and other companies of Haldia brought the blaze under control by noon. The cause of fire is not yet known but it has caused major damage, the official said.
10 dead as bus falls into 200-ft gorge in HP's Chamba: Officials
A private bus fell into a 200-feet-deep gorge near the Panchpula bridge in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district Saturday evening, leaving at least 10 passengers dead, officials said. They said the bus met the accident near Banikhet in Dalhousie sub-division when it was travelling from Dalhousie to Pathankot in Punjab. Chamba Superintendent of Police (SP) Monica Bhutunguru said while 10 passengers lost their lives in the incident, several others have been injured. She had earlier put the number of deceased at 12. She said a team led by the Dalhousie Deputy Superintendent of Police has arrived at the accident site and rescue operation is underway, but is hampered by darkness. In a statement issued in Shimla, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur expressed grief over the incident and directed the district administration to provide immediate relief to the affected.
12 dead as bus falls into 200-ft gorge in HP's Chamba: Officials
A private bus fell into a 200-feet-deep gorge near the Panchpula bridge in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district Saturday evening, leaving at least 12 passengers dead, officials said. They said the bus met the accident near Banikhet in Dalhousie sub-division when it was travelling from Dalhousie to Pathankot in Punjab. Several passengers have been injured in the accident and the death toll may go up, said Chamba Superintendent of Police (SP) Monica Bhutunguru. She said a team led by Dalhousie Deputy Superintendent of Police has arrived at the accident site and rescue operation is on. Officials said the operation to rescue the passengers is hampered by darkness.
Chaos as glitch delays 149 Air India Group's flights (Roundup)
Thousands of passengers were inconvenienced as national carrier Air India faced a massive glitch in passenger services system forcing network-wide delays and rescheduling of flights.
Eight dead as bus falls into gorge in HP's Chamba: Officials
A bus fell into a deep gorge near the Panchpula bridge in Himachal Pradesh's Chamba district, leaving at least eight passengers dead, officials said. A rescue team led by Dalhousie Deputy Superintendent of Police has arrived at the accident site, which is near Banikhet in Dalhousie sub-division, said Chamba Superintendent of Police (SP) Monica Bhutunguru. The rescue operation is on, she said, and added the death toll may rise.
5 wedding guests killed as van rams into truck
Five persons were killed and 13 others injured when a maxi van carrying wedding guests dashed against a stationary truck in Assam's Dhubri district on Saturday, police said. The accident occurred on National Highway 31 in Gauripur town when the group was returning from the reception of a wedding on Friday night. Five persons - four members of the bride's family and the handyman of the vehicle - died on the spot, police said. The 13 injured persons were admitted to a hospital here and a nursing home at Cooch Behar in neighbouring West Bengal. The condition of most of the injured was stated to be serious, police said.
Tunisia: 12 killed, 20 injured in road accident
12 people were killed while 20 more were wounded in a road accident in Sabala district in Sidi Bouzid province on Saturday morning.The mishap occurred after a truck carrying farm workers collided with a truck carrying poultry, Xinhua reported while quoting local media.While 11 people died on the spot, a woman succumbed to her injuries at the Sidi Bouzid Regional Hospital.The wounded are currently receiving treatment at the regional hospital, as per reports.
Heavy rains lash Mozambique after Cyclone Kenneth; 5 dead
Heavy rains lashed northern Mozambique on Saturday in the wake of Cyclone Kenneth as aid groups warned of possible flooding and mudslides in the days ahead. At least five people were killed, the government said. Mozambique's disaster authorities said one person was killed in Pemba city and another in hard-hit Macomia district, while residents on Ibo island said two people died there. Details on the fifth death were not immediately available. Nearly 3,500 homes in parts of northernmost Cabo Delgado province were partially or fully destroyed, with electricity cut and at least one key bridge collapsed. "The entire area is a scene of vast destruction," Daw Mohamed, humanitarian director with the aid group CARE, said in a statement after assessing Maconia district on Saturday morning. People need shelter, food and water, he said. Cyclone Kenneth arrived late Thursday, just six weeks after Cyclone Idai ripped into central Mozambique and killed more than 600 people. This was the first time ..
17 dead in east Ukraine coal mine blast
The death toll from a coal mine blast in a separatist eastern region of Ukraine rose to 17 on Saturday, rebel authorities said. The gas blast on Thursday ripped through the mine in Yurievka village in the self-proclaimed republic of Lugansk, which broke away from Kiev in 2014 and is run by Moscow-backed rebels. "The tragedy took the life of 17 miners," Leonid Pasechnik, the head of the unrecognised Lugansk republic, said on Twitter. He added that the bodies of all the miners that died have been recovered. Earlier the death toll accounted to 13, with another four people missing. Pasechnik called the explosion at the Skhidcarbon mine a "terrible tragedy" and declared April 29 a day of mourning. Russia's emergency situations ministry sent mine rescuers to the separatist territory after it requested help, it said in a statement. The Lugansk news agency said the mine was closed in 2014 due to the conflict between Kiev's forces and the Russia-backed separatists, but was reopened in ...
Air India operations to normalise by Saturday night (3rd Lead)
National carrier Air India expects operations to normalise by Saturday night after its flights were delayed due to a software glitch which hindered essential services like check-in, baggage handling and boarding.
Heavy rains lash Mozambique after Cyclone Kenneth; 4 dead
Heavy rains lashed northern Mozambique on Saturday in the wake of Cyclone Kenneth as aid groups warned of possible flooding and mudslides in the days ahead. At least four deaths had been reported. Mozambique's disaster authorities said one person was killed in Pemba city and another in hard-hit Macomia district, while residents on Ibo island said two people died there. A large number of homes in parts of northernmost Cabo Delgado province were destroyed, with electricity cut and at least one key bridge collapsed. Cyclone Kenneth arrived late Thursday, just six weeks after Cyclone Idai ripped into central Mozambique and killed more than 600 people. This was the first time in recorded history that the southern African nation has been hit by two cyclones in one season, again raising concerns about climate change. Kenneth, packing the power of a Category 4 hurricane, tore into a region that had never seen such a fierce storm during the age of satellite observation. Its remnants could dump
Boy among 4 killed in car crash
A five-year-old boy was among four people killed in a car crash on the Eastern Peripheral Highway in UP's Gautam Buddh Nagar Saturday. The accident took place around 2 am when the victims were returning home in Bulandshahr from Jaipur, Rajasthan. The speeding car in which they were travelling was apparently hit from the rear side by an unidentified vehicle after which it crashed into a side cut on the highway, police said. The car driver is undergoing treatment at a hospital. "While Pankaj Verma, a jeweller, his workers Iqbal and Khalil died on the spot, Iqbal's five-year-old son succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. Car driver Ankit is critical," Dankaur Station House Officer (SHO) Samresh Kumar Singh said. The car was badly damaged in the accident. It appears that the car driver survived as the air bag on his side of the dashboard had opened while the other air bags did not work properly, he added. The SHO said details of the accident were being worked out and they were trying .
One dead as car catches fire
One person was burnt alive in a car that caught fire Saturday on Raikot road at the outskirts of the Mulanpur Dakha, about 25 km from here, police said. The deceased was identified as Harnek Singh (65), a former sarpanch of nearby Hissowal village, DSP Ludhiana (rural) G S Bains said. Singh was alone in the car, he added. He owned a commission agent shop in the grain market of Dakha and was on his way to the shop when the incident occurred, the DSP said. A short circuit could be the cause of the fire, the DSP said, adding the vehicle was completely damaged in the incident.
Fire razes 40 shanties in east Delhi
A major fire on Saturday gutted as many as 40 shanties in Lalita Park in east Delhi, a fire official said.
Two killed, 9 injured in road accident in J&K
Two people were killed and nine injured on Saturday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district.
A-I operations to normalise by Saturday night (2nd lead)
National carrier Air India expects operations to normalise by Saturday night after its flights were delayed due to a software glitch which hindered essential services like check-in, baggage handling and boarding.
Server glitch hits Air India's flight operations worldwide, hundreds stranded
Air India's flight operations in India and overseas were hit on Saturday after the airline's SITA server crashed, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded at airports.The server glitch at 3.30 am forced the state-own carrier to re-schedule 18 flights to reduce inconvenience of passengers. The system was restored after over five hours at 8.45 am."Our server system SITA, which faced a temporary glitch, this morning was restored at 0845hrs. Air India senior executives, including CMD, Directors, Station Heads rushed to airports to take control of situation & facilitate pax. Flts rescheduled to minimise inconvenience," the airline tweeted..