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Fire mishap at Chutneys restaurant, cause uncertain
A fire broke at Chutneys restaurant in Kukatpally of Hyderabad, early morning today.Soon after the mishap, three fire tenders from Kukatpally, Madhapur and Sanathnagar Fire Stations rushed to the spot. According to officials, teams comprising of 20 firefighters were deployed to douse the flames. The cause of the fire is yet not certain, however, no casualties have been reported so far.
Plane crashes in Iran killing all 66 aboard
An Iranian passenger plane on a domestic flight crashed into the country's Zagros mountains today killing all 66 people on board, officials said. The Aseman Airlines flight left Tehran's Mehrabad airport around 0800 for the city of Yasuj in Isfahan province, said Mohammad Tabatabai, director of public relations for the airline. The plane crashed into Dena mountain, part of the Zagros range, around 23 kilometres from Yasuj, some 500 kilometres south of the capital, he told state broadcaster IRIB. "After searches in the area, unfortunately we were informed that the plane crashed. Unfortunately, all our dear ones lost their lives in this incident," said Tabatabai. The plane was carrying 60 passengers, including one child, as well as six crew, he added. A helicopter sent by Iran's national emergency services was unable to land at the site of the accident due to severe weather, its spokesman said. The Relief and Rescue Organisation of Iran's Red Crescent said it had dispatched 12 teams to .
RaJ: Death toll in Beawar cylinder blast reaches 18
The death toll in an LPG cylinder blast during a wedding function on Friday night in Beawar town of Ajmer district rose to 18 with the recovery of nine more bodies today, police said. Of the 18 injured, six were discharged, whereas five persons, said to be critical, were referred to Jaipur from the JLN Hospital in Ajmer, they said. Nine more bodies were recovered today from the debris. With this the toll rose to 18. Two more are feared to be stuck under the debris, Ajmer District Collector Gaurav Goyal said. He said a joint rescue-and-relief operation by the Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) was underway. Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje has announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to the family members of those killed in the blast and a financial help of Rs 50,000 each to the injured, an official spokesperson said. Yesterday, the chief minister took stock of the rescue operation, met the family members of those killed and announced the compensation from the ...
66 people killed in Iran plane crash
A passenger plane crashed in central Iran on Sunday killing all 66 people on board, authorities said.
Student killed in Kolkata road accident
A student was killed and four others were injured when the cab they were travelling in crashed onto a divider here on Sunday, police said.
66 killed in Iran plane crash
At least 66 people were feared killed after a commercial plane crashed in a mountainous area in central Iran, according to local media reports.The Aseman Airline's Tehran-Yasuj flight, which took off from Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran on Sunday morning, disappeared from the radars within 50 minutes and crashed near Semirom city in the Padena mountain in southern Isfahan province, the chief of Iran's emergency said.A spokesperson for the Iranian emergency organisation said that rescue choppers have been deployed to the crash site and added it was not possible to send ambulances to a mountainous area.
Passenger plane crashes in Iran
A passenger plane carrying 60 passengers crashed in a mountainous area of Iran on Sunday, authorities said.
Commercial plane crashes in southern Iran, killing 66 people
An Iranian commercial plane crashed today in a foggy, mountainous region of southern Iran, killing all 66 people on board, state media reported. An Aseman Airlines ATR-72, a twin-engine turboprop used for short-distance regional flying, went down near its destination of the southern Iranian city of Yasuj, some 780 kilometers south of the Iranian capital, Tehran. Aseman Airlines spokesman Mohammad Taghi Tabatabai told state TV that all on the flight were killed. The plane carried 60 passengers, including one child, and six crew members. Due to foggy condition, rescue helicopters couldn't reach the crash site in the Zagros Mountains, state TV reported. Tabatabai said the plane crashed into Mount Dena, which is about 440-meters tall. Aseman Airlines is a semi-private air carrier headquartered in Tehran that specialises in flights to remote airfields across the country. It also flies internationally. The Iranian Red Crescent said it has deployed to the area. Authorities said they would be
Red alert issued in Australian state for cyclone Kelvin
Authorities on Sunday issued a red alert in the state of Western Australia (WA) after tropical cyclone Kelvin made landfall earlier in the day, bringing with it winds of up to 250 kph.
Sacred Tibetan monastery in Lhasa hit by fire
A fire broke out at the most sacred shrine in Tibetan Buddhism - the Jokhang Monastery in Lhasa, a media report said on Sunday.
Bagdogra Airport set to clear visibility hurdle
The Bagdogra Airport in North Bengal is set to get a major boost with the commissioning of Category II Instrumental Landing System (CAT II ILS) from March 29, a top Airports Authority of India official said. Once the new system is in place, the airport will be able to operate flights even when the visibility is as low as 350 metres, the official said. Flight landings at the airport get affected round the year, especially in the mornings. At present, a minimum visibility of 1,200 metres is required for an aircraft to land at the airport, he added. The notification on the commissioning of CAT II ILS at Bagdogra Airport was issued by AAI headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday. "The morning slot at our airport is not utilized at present as the airlines are reluctant to operate flights between 6 am and 11 am due to poor visibility," Director of Bagdogra Airport Rakesh R Sahay told PTI. The visibility at the airport generally drops below 500 metres in the morning. "Be it fog, .
Huge fire at Tibet's revered temple sparks fears of its future
A major fire broke out at one of Tibet's holiest Buddhist temples, Jokhang Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the capital Lhasa with a history of more than 1,300 years. There were no reports of any casualties, state-run Xinhua news agency reported, without specifying the damage caused by the fire to the temple. The fire started at 6.40 pm yesterday but was soon brought under control, it said. Firefighters doused the fire and the relics are intact, state-run China Daily reported, without providing details. The Jokhang temple, also known as the Qoikang Monastery, is regarded by the Tibetans as the most sacred and important temple in Tibet. The fire at over 1,300 years Jokhang temple raised fears over its future as investigators tried to determine the cause of the blaze, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post said. Internet users posted pictures and videos of the fire on social media, showing flames shooting high into the sky above old Lhasa. The extent of the fire damage to the ..
Ruckus at Mumbai Airport
Agitated passengers of the Indigo Airlines Mumbai-Lucknow created a ruckus at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport after the flight got delayed for nearly five hours on Saturday evening.The Lucknow-bound flight was scheduled to depart at 7:35 PM.The agitated passengers alleged that the ground staff misbehaved with them."Indigo people have misbehaved with us they did not allow us to board the flight and made us wait for more than an hour. They don't have provisions, it is very inconvenient," said a passenger in a selfie video.Another passenger accused the flight authorities of not communicating with them in a proper way."All Indigo crew members are misbehaving with people. I even tweeted out tagging Indigo, although they took my number they haven't called me," said another passenger.
Cylinder blast in wedding: Raje announces compensation
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to family members of those killed in an LPG cylinder blast in Rajasthan's Beawar town, which has claimed nine lives so far. She also announced a financial help of Rs 50,000 each to the injured, a spokesperson said. The chief minister took stock of rescue operation today and met the aggrieved family members and announced a compensation from the CM relief fund. An additional compensation of Rs 1 lakh each was given by Shree Cement company to kin of the deceased, the spokesperson said. Nine people, including three children and as many women, were killed and 18 others injured when a LPG cylinder exploded during a wedding ceremony at a three-storey hotel in Beawar town. Raje directed officials to carry out rescue operations carefully as people may be stuck in debris. Compensation will also be provided for the houses that were damaged in the explosion after an assessment, she said. Teams of the Army ...
13 dead in Mexico plane crash near earthquake epicentre
As many as 13 persons have been killed after a helicopter carrying officials, assessing the damage caused by a powerful earthquake, crashed in southern Mexico.Mexican state Oaxaca's attorney general's office said that 12 people were killed at the scene and one died later in a hospital, Sky News reported.Mexico's interior department said the helicopter was carrying the interior minister, Alfonso Navarrete, and the Oaxaca state governor, Alejandro Murat. Neither suffered serious injuries in the crash.According to Navarrete the aircraft's pilot lost control as it was coming to land.Several media reports quoted officials as saying that the helicopter had crashed on top of two vans in a field while trying to land not far from the epicentre, near the town of Pinotepa de Don Luis.An earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitudes on the Richter scale struck south and central Mexico on Friday evening.The quake's epicentre was 33 miles northeast of Pinotepa, in Oaxaca State.No deaths have been reported in
13 killed in helicopter crash after Mexican quake
A military helicopter carrying officials assessing damage from a powerful earthquake crashed Friday in southern Mexico, killing 13 people and injuring 15, all of them on the ground. The Oaxaca state prosecutors office said in a statement that five women, four men and three children were killed at the crash site and another person died later at the hospital. Jorge Rosales, a local reporter who was aboard the helicopter when it crashed, described harrowing moments as the pilot lost control and the helicopter attempted to land in a swirl of dust. "The moment the helicopter touched down it lost control, it slid-- like it skidded-- and it hit some vehicles that were stationed in the area," he told a Mexican television news program. "In that moment, you couldnt see anything, nothing else was heard beside the sound that iron makes when it scrapes the earth." Mexicos Interior Department said that the helicopter was carrying Secretary Alfonso Navarrete and Oaxaca state Gov Alejandro Murat, who
9 killed in Rajasthan LPG cylinder blast, Rs 2 lakh ex gratia announced
At least nine persons were killed and 18 others injured when two LPG cylinders exploded at a wedding in Beawar in Rajasthan's Ajmer district, police said on Saturday.
Two dead in France factory explosion
Dieppe (France), Feb 17 (AFP) Two maintenance workers were killed when an explosion followed by a fire ripped through a vegetable oil refinery in the French coastal city of Dieppe today. The cause of the blast in one of the oil tanks is not yet known, according to the local prefecture and the company that runs the plant, but a police investigation has been launched. A team of 40 firefighters, police and rescuers were at the site of the Saipol factory, where the explosion unleashed huge flames and a large column of smoke. Two bodies were found at the scene and about 11 people were lightly injured, mostly suffering shock, Dieppe local official Jehan-Eric Vinclair said. Avril, the company that owns the factory, is Frances leading manufacturer of vegetable oils which are used in food products and for biofuels and other industrial products.
Speeding car hits divider, overturns in Delhi; 2 killed
A speeding car in northwest Delhi's Mukundpur today hit a road divider and overturned, leaving the driver and a passenger dead, police said.. The accident occurred around 2 pm at Mukundpur Chowk. Eye witnesses, who alerted the police about the incident, said the car was moving at a "very high speed", according to a senior police officer. The driver had apparently lost control of the vehicle, which hit the divider, overturned and dragged for several metres, he said. The deceased have been identified as Manoj, 26, resident of Kasganj in Uttar Pradesh, and Rakesh, 23, of Delhi's Mukundpur, the officer said. Manoj was driving the car to Bhalaswa area of the city. Both the persons were rushed to a hospital but died, the police said.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 jolts Bristol
An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 on the Richter scale struck Bristol in the United Kingdom (UK) on Saturday at 8 pm (IST).According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the earthquake struck 88 kilometres West of Bristol."M4.9 #earthquake strikes 88 km W of #Bristol (United Kingdom) 13 min ago. Effects reported by witnesses," EMSC tweeted.As of now, no casualties or damage have been reported.