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UP: Four of a family killed as dumper rams into house
Four members of a family were killed when a dumper rammed into a roadside house in the Karari area here on Wednesday, police said. The accident took place in the early hours in Sadikpur Semraha village, they added. The victims were sleeping on the verandah when the dumper, laden with building construction material, rammed into the house, police said. The deceased have been identified as Shiv Pratap, 55, his wife Shivkali, 53, and their grandchildren Ajay, 15, and Badli, 5, police said. The locals caught hold of the driver and severely beat him up, they said.
25 killed in Afghan military helicopter crash
At least 25 people, including senior government and Army officials, were killed when a military helicopter crashed due to bad weather in the region bordering Afghanistan's Farah and Herat provinces on Wednesday, authorities said.
Military helicopter with 20 on board crashes in Afghanistan
A military helicopter carrying 20 passengers, including officials, crashed in the Anar Dana district here on Wednesday.Stating that there are no survivors, 207 Zafar Military Corps spokesperson Najibullah Najibi said that two choppers were flying together when one of them crashed, according to TOLOnews.Spokesman for the ground forces unit of the corps Noorulhaq Khaliqi mentioned that head of Farah Provincial Council Farid Bakhtawar was on board during the time of the crash along with Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the 207 Zafar Military Corps Nematullah Khalil and a member of the provincial council, Jamila Amini.The cause of the crash is yet to be ascertained.
1.4 mn people move to cities weekly: UN chief
About 1.4 million people move to cities every week around the world, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said on the 'World Cities Day', warning that such a large rate of migration can contribute to increased risks from natural and human made disasters. In his message for the 'World Cities Day', celebrated annually on October 31, Guterres stressed that "hazards do not need to become disasters". "Every week, 1.4 million people move to cities. Such rapid urbanisation can strain local capacities, contributing to increased risk from natural and human made disasters. But hazards do not need to become disasters. The answer is to build resilience -- to storms, floods, earthquakes, fires, pandemics and economic crises," the UN chief said Tuesday. Guterres explained that cities around the world are doing just that, forging new ways to increase resilience and sustainability. Bangkok has built vast underground water storage facilities to cope with increased flood risk and save water for ...
4 survivors, 3 dead, several missing in Philippine landslide
Rescuers have pulled out four survivors and three bodies but several more were missing after a massive landslide set off by a typhoon crashed down on two government buildings in a northern Philippine mountain province, officials said Wednesday. Regional police Chief Superintendent Rolando Nana said at least 18 more people still are missing from the landslide in the far-flung town of Natonin in Mountain province. Smaller land- and rockslides on roads leading to Natonin have slowed the advance of more rescuers and earth-moving equipment. Disaster response officer Jennifer Pangket said there could be up to 24 people still trapped in the landslide, which occurred as Typhoon Yutu pummeled the region Tuesday. At least nine people have died due to the typhoon, which blew out of the northern Philippines on Tuesday. "It's a massive landslide and boulders also came rolling down from the mountain. The buildings got demolished and entombed. They're gone," government engineer Junel Emengga told ...
Indonesia military chief 'strongly believes' crashed jet found
The smashed fuselage of a crashed Indonesian jetliner may have been found, the country's military chief said Wednesday, two days after the deadly accident feared to have killed 189 people. Hadi Tjahjanto said authorities were confident sonar technology had pinpointed the location of the Boeing 737-MAX plane that plunged into the sea on Monday. "We strongly believe we've determined the coordinates of the JT 610 fuselage," he told reporters in Jakarta. "However, it has not yet been confirmed that it is part of the fuselage." Authorities have been searching for the downed jet's location in water some 30-40 meters (100-130 feet) deep in the hope of also finding flight data recorders crucial to crash investigations. Dozens of divers were taking part in the recovery effort along with helicopters and ships, but authorities have all but ruled out finding any survivors. Boeing officials are expected to meet with Lion Air on Wednesday, after Indonesia ordered an inspection of the US plane ...
4 mowed down in UP home
Grandparents and two children were killed while the parents were critically injured when a dumper lost control and rammed into a roadside house in Kaushambi district of Uttar Pradesh, police said.
Lion Air crash: Indonesia directs inspection of all Boeing 737 Max 8 planes
Indonesia has directed all Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft belonging to commercial airlines in the country to undergo an inspection in the wake of the tragedy involving Lion Air flight 610 that killed all 189 people on board.Captain Avirianto, an Indonesian Transportation Ministry official, told CNN that Lion Air is currently in possession of 11 of one of Boeing's most advanced airplanes. National airline Garuda Indonesia has one Boeing 737 Max 8 aricraft."We have inspected Garuda last night while Lion is still in progress," Avirianto stated. He further said that the three of Lion Air's airplanes will undergo inspection by the end of Tuesday, while the other eight will be inspected soon.Daniel Putut Adi Kuncoro, the managing director of Lion Air group, also confirmed the ongoing inspection of the aircraft in their fleet, saying, "We are waiting for their results. We will follow what the regulator tells us to do."Meanwhile, drones and sonar technology has been deployed the Java Sea to search
Goa beaches to open for swimming on Nov 1
Weeks after the seas off Goa's beaches were rendered "unsafe", the popular haunts will formally open for swimming from November 1 with 24 'no-selfie' zones, a state agency said here on Wednesday.
Safety of passengers should be at the centre of airline activity: VP
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said that the safety of passengers should be of outmost importance for any transportation service and urged the aviation industry to place passengers' convenience at the centre of all activities."With the government deciding to improve domestic air connectivity and make it affordable, the need of the hour is to provide quality infrastructure and efficient customer services. The scope for growth and expansion of the Indian civil aviation industry is huge and the focus must be on making it accessible and affordable to the common man," Naidu said here after releasing the Economic Impact Report and Coffee Table Book encapsulating the growth story of Indian Aviation marking completion of 12 years of operations of GMR Group at Delhi Airport."I would like all the airlines and other stakeholders in the aviation industry to place the safety and passengers' convenience at the centre of all your activities," he added.The Vice President said that ...
Texas State Capitol briefly evacuated due to suspicious package
Several offices at the State Capitol in the US' Texas were briefly evacuated on Tuesday due to a suspicious package.
UN demands immediate halt to attacks in Ebola areas in Congo
The UN Security Council on Tuesday called on armed groups jeopardizing the response to an Ebola outbreak in Congo to immediately halt their attacks, expressing "great concern" at the potential regional spread of the often deadly virus. A resolution adopted unanimously by the UN's most powerful body condemned the attacks "in the strongest terms," especially "those posing serious security risks for responders." It singled out Allied Democratic Forces rebels. The council said the security situation in areas affected by the Ebola outbreak "is severely hampering the response efforts and facilitating the spread of the virus" in Congo and the region. Members cited a World Health Organization warning and expressed "great concern about the potential for the virus to spread into Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan and Burundi." The resolution adopted by the council demanded that all parties "ensure full, safe, immediate and unhindered access for humanitarian and medical personnel" to Ebola-affected ...
4 hurt as fire breaks out in Nizamuddin Basti
Four persons, including a woman and her two children, sustained minor burn injures after a fire broke out at two buildings in Nizamuddin Basti in south Delhi Tuesday, police said. A call about the fire was received at 5.54 pm and five fire tenders were rushed to the spot, a senior officer of Delhi Fire Service said. Police said they were informed about the incident at 6.07 pm and immediately, a team of officers were rushed to the spot. Four persons who sustained minor burn injuries were rushed to Safdarjung Burn Casualty and according to duty doctor, all the four injured have sustained burn less that five percent, Vijay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (south) said. The fire was brought under control by 7.25 pm, the senior officer from Delhi Fire Service added. The injured were identified as Gulzaar (40), Shahista (35) and her sons Sehzaad (6) and Inzamam (8), the senior police officer said. Gulzaar owned a general store at the ground floor of the building where the fire started, .
Indonesia plane crash: All 189 on board feared dead
The search and rescue officials said that they fear there will be no survivors in the Indonesian passenger plane crash incident that took place near Jakarta on October 29.Earlier, the officials recovered six bodies from the sea where the Lion Air flight JT 610 carrying 189 passengers, including six cabin crew members and two pilots on board, crashed.CNN quoted Bambang Suryo Aji, director of operations for Basarnas as saying, "My prediction is that no one survived because we only managed to retrieve body parts.""The rescue workers had found debris appearing to be the plane's tail. The main wreckage had still not been located," he added.According to the region's national search and rescue agency Basarnas, the aircraft disappeared from radar just 13 minutes after takeoff.Giving out more details about the rescue operations undertaken by the authorities, Aji said that the team is working against high waves and strong currents, in a region spanning 150 nautical miles, CNN reported.
Karnataka seeks Rs 2,434 cr for drought relief from Centre
The Karnataka government headed by H. D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the Centre seeking financial assistance amounting to Rs 2,434 crore under the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) for drought relief measures.During severe drought and devastating floods between July and August, the state registered a loss amounting to Rs 16,662.48 crore.In its memorandum, the state government stated, "Karnataka has faced severe drought and devastating floods during Kharif 2018. On one hand, the parts of Malnad and coastal districts were affected by floods associated with landslides/mudflows during July-August and on the other hand, the majority of the districts in interior Karnataka are reeling under severe drought.""After evaluating the drought indicating parameters, prescribed by the Government of India in the Drought Management Manual-2016, the State Government has notified 100 taluks of 24 districts in the state as drought affected. The deficient rainfall and prolonged ..
11 dead in Italy storms as wild weather sweeps Europe
The death toll from fierce storms battering Italy has risen to 11, civil protection authorities said Tuesday, as wild weather swept parts of Europe, leaving motorists and tourists stranded. Road were blocked and thousands of people were left without power in southern and central Europe, as rains and violent winds sparked flooding and tore trees from their roots. Thick snow has also cloaked French and Italian mountain regions, trapping hundreds of drivers in their cars and tourists in hotels. In Italy, where Venice was inundated by near-record flooding and ferocious storms drove high winds reaching up to 180 kilometres (110 miles) an hour, authorities announced a further six deaths, after confirming five people had died on Monday. Luxury yachts lay smashed in the harbour of Rapallo near Genoa after a dam broke under pressure. "It was like a tsunami," one stunned port worker was quoted as saying by Italian media. "We thought the danger would come from the mountains, we thought the ...
No major technical issue with Boeing 787 Max 8 plane in India: DGCA
India's civil aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday reviewed the performance of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft with India-based airlines and found "no significant technical issue" with them.
Maharashtra government pushes for fodder production
The animal husbandry department of the Maharashtra government has invited farmers to grow fodder from November onwards for cattle heads in the state, where 180 talukas are facing a drought-like situation, an official said Tuesday. Contract grass production is a state policy which offers farmers some monetary returns in return for fodder production. The animal husbandry department has stated that requirement of fodder would be around 1.63 lakh tonne of green fodder and 65,000 tonne of dry variety. "They are required for the fodder camps which are going to be set up for cattle. Some 180 tehsils have been declared as facing a drought-like situation. "So, 1.95 crore cattle from these tehsils need green and dry fodder, said the official. The Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana has sanctioned Rs 10 crore for the same. "The minimum offer from the government is of Rs 460 for 10 gunthas, while maximum remuneration would be of Rs 4,600 for one hectare land. "The seed and fertilisers ...
Passengers' safety should be central for all airlines: Naidu
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday asserted that safety of passengers should be at the centre of all airline operations.
Aviator pal recalls Bhavye Suneja as 'great pilot'
Still trying to gather his bearings from the shock, a friend and former colleague of Bhavye Suneja, who died in the Lion Air plane crash in Indonesia, Tuesday described him as a great pilot. Captain Karanvir Chauhan, who worked with Suneja from 2011 to 2016 in Indonesia, said the 31-year-old had sound knowledge and understanding of the machine and aircraft. "He was a jolly person, someone who always tried to make the situation happy. In short, a happy go lucky man... He knew his books and there were times when we would consult him if faced with doubts," Chauhan told PTI over phone from Dubai. Suneja had over 6,000 hours of flying experience by now, he said, recalling the times they spent together on the Boeing 737. Chauhan, 30, who left Jakarta two years ago for Dubai, said the two had a great bonding which continued even after their marriages. Suneja was flying the Lion Air flight JT610 which lost contact with ground officials, 13 minutes after taking off from an airport in ...