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10 killed as train derails in Turkey
At least 10 persons were killed and 73 others injured when a passenger train derailed on Sunday in Turkey, the Health Ministry said.
7 killed as dumper collides with bus in Rajasthan
Seven people were killed and 20 others injured when a dumper, driving on the road's wrong side, rammed into a state roadways bus in Rajasthan's Ajmer district on Sunday, police said.
Ten killed, 73 injured in Turkey train derailment: state TV
Ten people were killed and 73 injured today when a train derailed in northwest Turkey, sate-run TRT Haber television said, quoting the health ministry. The train, with 360 people on board, was travelling from Kapikule on the Bulgarian border to Istanbul when six of its carriages derailed in the Tekirdag region. Over 100 ambulances have been sent to the scene, TRT Haber said.
Orthopaedics discuss guidelines for treatment of trauma victims
The Delhi Orthopaedic Association today organised a day-long conference here during which experts from across India tried to chalk out guidelines to ensure better treatment and care to people injured in mishaps. Trauma claims a life in India every 2 minutes. In medical parlance, it refers to physical injury but is not confined to only injuries suffered in road accidents. According to a report by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, more than 1.5 lakh people die every year in road accidents, which means 17 people die every hour. Another five lakh are severely injured in road crashes, it said. The number of people killed in road accidents in India is the second-highest globally. Road crashes account for more than 44 per cent of all un-natural accidental deaths in India and 51 per cent of those killed are between 18 and 30 years of age. According to the Indian Society For Trauma And Acute Care, 22.8 per cent of all trauma is on account of transport-related injuries. "An attempt ..
Chronology: Thai authorities rescue four boys from cave
Thai authorities today rescued four boys among 13 trapped in a cave for more than two weeks, in a dramatic operation that involved having the children dive through dark, flooded passages. The operation to extract the rest of the group with the help of elite foreign divers and Thai Navy SEALs will restart on Monday after supplies are restocked, authorities said. With fresh monsoon rains due that could flood the cave, rescuers warn the window of opportunity to evacuate the boys is "limited". Here is a timeline of the efforts to find and free the group. - Saturday, June 23 - ===================== The youngsters, aged between 11 and 16, and their 25-year-old coach enter the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand during heavy rains after football practice. They are reported missing by a mother after her son does not come home that night. Local officials find bicycles locked to a fence and shoes and football boots close to the entrance. - Sunday, June 24 - =================== Park ...
1 killed, 9 injured after car falls into gorge in HP
A 29-year-old woman was killed and nine people were injured today after their car fell into a 100-metre-deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district, police said. The accident took place near the Murari Mata temple where they were going to offer prayers, they said. The victims, belonging to Bilaspur, were members of the same family, police said. The injured were admitted to the Civil Hospital in Sundernagar, they said It is suspected that the car fell into the gorge after the driver lost control over the vehicle, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sundernagar, Taranjeet Singh said. The car's driver fled the spot after the accident. He has been booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, Singh said.
Indian-origin truck driver arrested for crash that killed 16 people in Canada
A 29-year-old Indian-origin truck driver in Canada has been arrested in connection with a bus crash that killed 16 people, mostly members of a junior hockey team, one of the worst disasters in the country's sporting community. The driver, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, was arrested at his home in Calgary city on Friday and remanded into custody, the CBC reported, quoting the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the national police force of the country. Sidhu is facing 16 counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and 13 counts of dangerous operation of motor vehicle causing bodily injury, the CBC reported. He is set to appear in a court in Saskatchewan province next week, but no date has been set. Dangerous driving causing death carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in Canada. Sidhu's lawyer declined to comment on his client. Sixteen people, including 10 players, were killed and 13 injured when the Humboldt Broncos hockey team was on its way to a playoff game at the time
Three killed by noxious gas at Ghaziabad town's STP plant
Three persons were choked to death on Sunday at a sewage treatment plant (STP) in Loni town of Ghaziabad district, police said.
Assam flood situation improves, Lakhimpur district worst affected
The overall flood situation in Assam improved today, although about 24,000 people are still reeling under the deluge in four districts, an official report said. According to Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), over 23,600 people were affected by the flood in Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath and Nagaon districts, as against 41,000 people in five districts of the state yesterday. The report issued today stated that Lakhimpur is the worst affected district, with over 21,200 people affected, followed by Dhemaji where around 1,200 people were reeling under the deluge. Currently, 29 villages are inundated and 959 hectares of crop areas have been damaged, the ASDMA said. The total number of people losing their lives in the first wave of flood this year in different parts of the state stands at 33, including three in landslides. ASDMA said authorities are running six relief camps and distribution centres, where 2,019 people have taken shelter. The Brahmaputra river is flowing ...
6 boys rescued from Thai cave
Six members of the Wild Boar football team were rescued from a flooded cave in Chiang Rai in northern Thailand on Sunday, according to several media reports.Earlier, the Thai Navy SEAL confirmed that four boys from the soccer team had been rescued from the Tham Luang cave, according to its official Facebook page.The rescued boys have been taken to a hospital by ambulances for medical treatment.Authorities are racing against time to rescue the boys and the coach of the soccer team, who have been stranded in the cave for more than two weeks now.A team of 13 international cave diving experts and five Thai Navy SEALs are carrying out rescue operations, according to a report of the CNN.Governor of Chiang Rai province, Narongsak Osottanakorn told CNN that apart from the Thai divers, the rescuers were from other countries such as the United States, Europe, Australia and China.With heavy rains forecasted for the entire week, Governor Osottanakorn had then dismissed the idea of an immediate ...
Rescue of others trapped in Thai cave paused: commander
Efforts to extract the remaining boys who are trapped in a flooded Thai cave have been paused for at least 10 hours, the operation commander told reporters after six were rescued. "The next operation is not expected to start for at least another 10 hours," rescue chief Narongsak Osottanakorn told reporters, as remaining members of the group remain trapped inside.
Death toll is 81, dozens missing after torrential rains in Japan
The death toll has risen to 81 after record torrential rains pummelled wide swathes of Japan since Thursday, triggering landslides and flooding, the media reported on Sunday.
4 boys of 13 trapped in Thai cave extracted
Four boys emerged from the cave in northern Thailand where 12 young footballers and their coach had been trapped for more than two weeks, a rescuer said on Sunday night.
Rain forecast: Minister asks officialsto be on high alert
Karnataka Minister U T Khader has directed government officials to be on high alert as heavy rain has been forecast in Dakshina Kannada (DK) district till July 11. Addressing reporters here after holding a meeting with revenue and fire service officials, he said the district had witnessed heavy rains during last two days and the downpour was predicted to continue till July 11 as per the weather forecast. With the district having received 1958.8 mm of rainfall till now during monsoon, the officials should be on high alert as there was chance of water level in rivers and rivulets crossing the danger mark and houses located in low lying areas getting submerged. The minister said nearly 950 houses suffered damage in the last two days in the monsoon fury. Officials had been instructed to identify the danger zone spots in Dakshina Kannada district. He also said national disaster recovery framework team would be arriving in the district and draw up their own action plan. The ..
Ajmer accident: Rajasthan CM announces ex-gratia
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Sunday announced Rs 50,000 each and Rs 10,000 each as ex-gratia to the families of seven people who were killed and 12 injured, respectively, in the Ajmer road accident.On Sunday morning, a state roadways bus carrying passengers collided with a dumper truck, loaded with construction materials, in Ajmer's Tabiji village killing at least seven people including a child and 12 injured.The victims were immediately taken to the nearest hospital where treatment is still underway.Regretting the incident and wishing a speedy recovery for the injured, Raje announced the compensation..
11 students caught in flash floods in Bhavani river, rescued
Eleven college students, caught in flash floods while bathing in the Bhavani river in nearby Mettupalayam have been rescued, police said today. The incident occurred when students of a private engineering college went there last evening. They did not notice that the water level had risen following rains and release of excess water from the Bhavani dam, and were trapped in flash floods, they said. Unable to get to safety they contacted police for help, who in turn informed Fire and rescue department. In pitch darkness, the department personnel used flash lights to bring the stranded students to safety around 10.30 PM, police said.
11 killed, over 40 injured in three road accidents in Rajasthan
Eleven persons were killed and 42 injured in three separate road accidents in Rajasthan's Ajmer, Bikaner and Sirohi districts today. Eight persons, including a minor, were killed and 20 others injured when a bus collided with a dumper on Beawar road in Ajmer, police said. The accident occurred near Tabiji area under Mangaliawas police station area, they said. SP, Ajmer, Rajendra Singh said the state roadways bus was on its way to Jaipur from Pali when the collision occurred. Four of the deceased were identified as Tarachand (29), Dilip Singh (18), Nayra (1), Jishan (18) and efforts were on to identify rest, the police control room said. Another state roadways bus rammed into a truck in Jamsar area in Bikaner in which three persons, including two girls, were killed and 10 others injured, police said. In Sirohi, the driver of a bus lost control over the vehicle due to drowsiness. The bus went off road in which 12 passengers received injuries, they said. Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje ..
WWII bomb defused at Volkswagen site in German city
A World War II bomb found on the premises of automaker Volkswagen in the German city of Wolfsburg has been defused after some 4,000 people were evacuated from the surrounding area. City authorities said on Twitter that the bomb was defused today lunchtime. People within a 1-kilometre (0.6-mile) radius, an area that includes part of central Wolfsburg, had been evacuated as a precaution. The operation forced the temporary closure of a major railway line and a canal that run past the sprawling Volkswagen site, where the company has its headquarters. More than 70 years after the end of the war, unexploded bombs are still unearthed regularly during construction work in Germany. Defusing them sometimes requires temporary evacuations.
Four boys in Thai cave reach rescue camp, will walk out: official
Four boys among a group of 13 trapped in a flooded Thai cave reached the rescue base camp inside the complex today and will walk out soon, the country's defence ministry spokesman told AFP. "Four boys have reached chamber three and will walk out of the cave shortly," Lieutenant-General Kongcheep Tantrawanit said, referring to the area where rescue workers had set up a base.
Mumbai reels under torrential rain, bridge closed for traffic
Torrential rains lashed Mumbai and neighbouring areas, causing waterlogging at several places and submerging rail tracks on some routes today. According to the Mumbai Traffic Police, a road over-bridge in Ghatkopar area was closed for vehicular traffic as a precautionary measure after a crack was spotted in one of its pillars. Since long-distance and local trains pass under the Ghatkopar bridge, the decision to close it was taken to avoid an incident like the bridge collapse in Andheri last week, an official of the Central Railway said. Several roads were waterlogged and rail tracks submerged at some places as heavy rains continued in the city and the suburbs since last night. The low-lying areas of Parel, Dharavi, Matunga and King's Circle in Mumbai and towns in the neighbouring Thane district, including Diva, Dombivali, Kalyan and Ambernath, were flooded due to copious rains. Of the 26 weather stations in Mumbai and its suburbs, 14 recorded more than 100 mm rainfall since ...