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1 killed, 4 injured in two road accidents in Delhi
One man was killed and four people were injured in two road accidents in outer Delhi's Narela area, police said today. A speeding truck rammed into a motorcycle, crushing Sahil Khatri to death and injuring his friend when the duo were headed to Alipur, they said, adding that the truck driver fled from the spot with the truck after the accident. Khatri was rushed to a hospital, where he was declared "brought dead", officials said. In a separate incident, a car driver lost control and rammed his vehicle into a truck parked by the side of the road in Narela. Three people, including a minor, were injured, they added.
Owner killed in Delhi factory fire, two employees hospitalised
A businessman was killed and his two employees taken ill on Tuesday when they inhaled smoke from a fire that broke out in a nail polish factory in west Delhi, a fire officer said.
'Occupied' Sao Paulo high rise collapses amid fire, 1 dead
An abandoned high-rise building occupied by squatters in downtown Sao Paulo caught fire and collapsed today, sending chunks of fiery debris crashing into neighboring buildings and surrounding streets. Firefighters said at least one person had been killed in the collapse and that there could be more. The building, a former federal police headquarters, caught fire around 1:30 a.m. local time. Firefighters set up a perimeter and worked to evacuate people. Less than two hours later, as flames engulfed the building, which was at least 20 stories, it collapsed. Globo TV, which was covering the fire, captured the destruction. Images showed the floors falling on themselves like dominoes and debris flying in all directions. By late Tuesday morning, several families who had fled the building were camping out in front of a nearby church, where neighbors and local businesses were dropping off supplies: bags of bread, milk, bottles of water and even some bags of used clothing or shoes. Lohany ...
One dead in Delhi factory fire, two hospitalised
A man was killed and two others taken ill on Tuesday when they inhaled smoke from a fire that broke out in a nail polish factory in west Delhi, a fire officer said.
Boat capsizes in Jhelum, 3 feared drowned
Three boys were feared drowned while two others were rescued when a boat capsized in Jhelum river in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district today, police said. Search and rescue operations were launched immediately by the police and state disaster response force personnel, but so far there is no trace of the missing boys, the police said. The search operations will resume tomorrow morning, they said, adding there were bleak chances of finding any of them alive.
Rajasthan CM inaugurates Ph-2 of drinking water project
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today inaugurated the phase-2 of a drinking water project in Nagaur district's Jayal village. The first part of the Nagaur Lift Drinking Water Project's phase-2 will provide drinking water to the people of 120 villages, Raje said. To be completed in three parts, the project's second phase aims to supply fresh drinking water in 986 villages. "Generations have passed with the dream of having fresh drinking water supply in Jayal," Raje said. In 1996, the BJP government had the courage to make drinking water available and today the dream has been fulfilled, she said. The chief minister said she had seen the misery of the people in Jayal in her last tenure and undertook the Matasukh Regional Water Supply Project for providing clean drinking water. The project would have been completed in 2010-11, if the BJP government was in power in 2008-13, she said. Union Food and Civil Supplies Minister C R Chaudhary said high fluoride content in the water ...
Metro officials to inspect Janakpuri West-Kalkaji Mandir route
Delhi Metro officials will inspect the Janakpuri West-Kalkaji Mandir route from May 8 to 10. "The Commissioner for Metro Rail Safety will inspect the 25.6-km long section between Janakpuri West and Kalkaji Mandir from May 8-10," a senior Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) official said. Out of the 38.235-km long Janakpuri West-Botanical Garden corridor, a section of 12.64 km has been opened from Botanical Garden to Kalkaji Mandir. The section has 16 stations, including two inter-change stations namely Hauz Khas and Janakpuri West.
woman, 2-yr-old daughter killed, 6 injured in collision
: A woman and her two-year-old daughter were killed on the spot and six persons injured when two cars collided at Mettupalayam in the district,police said. The occupants of both cars were returning to their homes after visiting different temples when the mishap occurred, they said. The injured have been admitted to the Mettupalayam Government hospital, police said.
Trump to welcome Southwest Airlines flight crew, passengers
President Donald Trump is meeting the crew and passengers of a Southwest Airlines flight forced into an emergency landing in Philadelphia after an engine exploded, damaging the fuselage and critically injuring a passenger who was partially sucked out of a window broken by shrapnel. The White House says Trump wants to thank the crew for safely landing the damaged airplane. He also wants to meet passengers who assisted other travelers. Capt. Tammie Jo Shults and First Officer Darren Ellisor, the pilots, are expected to attend, along with three flight attendants and five passengers. Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 was headed from New York to Dallas last month when an engine on the Boeing 737 exploded at 30,000 feet. Jennifer Riordan, a bank executive from New Mexico, later died from her injuries.
1 dead in fire at nail polish factory in Delhi
A man died and two were injured after a fire broke out in a three-storeyed nail polish factory in outer Delhi's Mangolpuri, an officer from the Delhi Fire Service said today. A call about the blaze was received at 4.15 pm and eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot. The fire was doused by 5.30 pm, he said, adding the second and the third floor of the factory were affected by the blaze. Three men were present on the second floor of the building and had inhaled copious amount of smoke. They were rushed to a hospital, where one of them was declared 'brought dead', the officer said. The other two are undergoing treatment, he said. Further details were awaited.
Three missing after boat capsizes in J&K
Three persons were missing after a boat capsized in Jhelum River near Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla town on Tuesday, police said.
Chinese air passenger feels stuffy, opens emergency latch for fresh air
A 25-year-old Chinese man, who felt "stuffy" and opened the emergency exit of a plane to get some fresh air has been detained and fined, a media report said today. The man, identified only by his surname Chen, was waiting to disembark the plane at Mianyang airport in the southwestern province of Sichuan when he decided he could do with some fresh air. Unfortunately for him, the handle he pulled was attached to the emergency exit and not only did the hatch come free from the plane, but it also activated the escape slide, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported quoting a Thepaper.cn report yetaerday. Chen, who was returning from the island of Hainan, insisted he did not know that it was an escape route, adding: Because it was so stuffy, so hot on the plane, I just pushed down on the window handle beside me. When the door fell out, I panicked. The crew alerted police and he was detained for 15 days for the unauthorised removal of aviation facilities. He will also be fined ..
School vehicles in U'khand openly violating safety norms: Panel
Uttarakhand Commission for Protection of Child Rights today said there was open violation of safety norms by vehicles hired or run by schools for children and asked the state government to assign the task of checking them to police if the transport department could not handle it. In a letter to Chief Secretary Utpal Kumar Singh, UCPCR Chairman Yogendra Khanduri said during a recent inspection of school buses the panel had found they were not following the Supreme Court's guidelines for maintaining the safety of children in the absence of regular checking by the Regional Transport Office (RTO) in the 13 districts of the state. Terming the situation in Dehradun as the worst, he said commission member Seema Dora, who had conducted the inspection, had recommended action against the RTO for its evasiveness over the matter. Repeated attempts by the commission to draw the RTO's attention to the issue failed with no one picking up the phone at its offices in the districts, he said. Talking ...
Indian family in UAE escapes unhurt in a building fire
Eight members of an Indian family, including an octogenarian paralysed man, had a miraculous escape after a fire broke out in their residential complex in Abu Dhabi, according to a media report today. The fire broke out late on Saturday night in the five-storied building the Navy Gate area, where Saju George John, his wife Kochumol Mathew, their four children and his elderly parents had been living for past several years, the Khaleej Times reported. When the family from Kerala was rushing to safety from their second-floor flat, John's father, Georgekutty, 84, who has been paralysed since 2013, slipped off his wheelchair and fell while coming down the stairs at the first floor. Also, his 74-year-old mother Soshamma, who was behind her husband, son and daughter-in-law and carrying important documents, like passports, started panting due to thick blanket of smoke and sat down in the stairway. The family began shouting for help when civil defence personnel heard their cries and rushed up .
Air passenger in China feels stuffy, opens emergency latch for fresh air
A Chinese man has been detained after he opened the emergency exit on a plane as he felt "stuffy" while waiting to disembark. The man, identified only by his surname Chen, was waiting to leave the flight at Mianyang airport in the southwestern province of Sichuan when he decided he could do with some fresh air. Unfortunately for him, the handle he pulled was attached to the emergency exit and not only did the hatch come free from the plane, but it also activated the escape slide, the Hong Kong- based South China Morning Post reported quoting a Thepaper.cn report yetaerday. Chen, 25, who was returning from the island of Hainan, insisted he did not know that it was an escape route, adding: Because it was so stuffy, so hot on the plane, I just pushed down on the window handle beside me. When the door fell out, I panicked. The crew alerted police and he was detained for 15 days for the unauthorised removal of aviation facilities. He will also be fined 70,000 yuan (USD 11,000) to cover the
Building in Sao Paulo collapses in fire; at least 1 dead
An abandoned high rise building occupied by squatters in downtown Sao Paulo caught fire and collapsed today, sending chunks of fiery debris crashing into neighboring buildings and surrounding streets. Firefighters said at least one person had been killed in the collapse and that there could be more. The building, a former headquarters of the federal police, caught fire around 1:30 a.m. local time. Firefighters set up a perimeter and worked to evacuate people. A few hours later, as flames engulfed the building of at least 20 stories, it collapsed. Globo TV, which was covering the fire, captured the destruction. Images showed the floors falling on themselves like dominoes and debris flying in all directions. Romulo de Souza, 49, said he was part of a squatter occupation in the neighboring building. He said that when the fire began on the fourth floor of the former police headquarters, families began evacuating. "Happily the majority got out," he said. De Souza said that residents ...
No sign of MH370 found in new scan of Indian Ocean floor
A new scan of the Indian Ocean floor for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has searched nearly 80,000 square kilometers since January without finding any sign of the wreckage. But the company looking for the plane, which has been missing for more than four years, said it is still determined to find it. This comes despite earlier hopes that a 25,000-square-kilometer area most likely to contain the missing aircraft had been identified. Ocean Infinity, the American technology company conducting the latest search, said in an update today that it had scanned up to 1,300 square kilometers per day since launching its mission far off the west coast of Australia in late January. It has searched both inside and outside an area identified by Australian authorities. "Whilst it's disappointing there has been no sign of MH370 in the Australian Transport Safety Bureau search area and further north, there is still some search time remaining," Ocean Infinity chief executive officer Oliver Plunkett said in .
Islamabad's new international airport inaugurated
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday inaugurated the newly-built Islamabad International Airport with the landing of the first commercial flight.
Fire breaks out a Power sub-station in Reasi
A fire broke out at the Sub Station of NHPC in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir today, disrupting electricity supply, police said. Fire tenders were pressed to douse the fire at the NHPC sub station at Bidda in Reasi early this morning, they said. Power supply was affected due to damage caused to electric equipment and machinery, police added.
Indian family rescued in Abu Dhabi fire
An Indian-origin family has been rescued after a fire in their residential complex here, officials said.