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For month of January 2018

Car slams into pedestrians in Shanghai, 18 hurt: government

A car drove onto a crowded pavement and ploughed into pedestrians in a busy area of central Shanghai today, injuring at least 18 people including three seriously, city authorities said. A brief official announcement said the incident occurred around 9.00 am (0100 GMT), when crowds of people would have been on their way to work. It said the cause of the accident was under investigation.

Earthquake jolts Maharashtra's Satara

An earthquake of magnitude 3.4 hit Maharashtra's Satara district on Friday morning.As per the meteorological department, the earthquake occurred at around 7: 11 AM in the morning.As of now, no casualties have been reported.Earlier on January 21, a quake of magnitude 3.6 had hit Maharashtra's Koyna.

Jharkhand: 5 killed, 7 injured in car-truck collision

At least five people were killed and seven others injured after a car they were travelling in collided head-on with a truck on Friday in Jharkhand's Latehar area.The speeding car lost its control and collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction.The family in the car was travelling to Asanapani from Daltanganj to attend a wedding.All the injured were initially admitted to Ghaylo Kudu Hospital. Later, they were referred to Ranchi Rims for better treatment.The deceased are yet to be identified.On getting information of the accident, the Kudu police rushed to the spot.A case has been registered in this connection.

280 evacuated after volcano erupts in Guatemala

At least 280 people have been evacuated in Guatemala after the Fuego volcano which is in a constant state of activity, erupted more strongly, the first such instance this year.

Fire at Kolkata medical college, no casualties

A minor fire broke out at the state-run Calcutta National Medical College in Kolkata's Beniapukur area on Thursday evening, with no one injured in the blaze, a fire official said.

Bus tragedy: toll rises to 44

The death toll in the bus tragedy of Murshidabad district mounted to 44 today, after rescue workers fished out the body of another passenger of the vehicle that broke the railing of a bridge and fell into a canal on January 29, police said. Search operation has been stopped after recovery of the male body today as there is no more report of anyone missing that could be related to the bus accident, a senior district administration official said. Bodies of 36 passengers were found from the Gogra canal at Balirghat area of the district on the day of the early morning accident. While six bodies were fished out on Tuesday, one more body were found yesterday. Eight persons were injured in the accident and they are undergoing treatment at the Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital. The state government has handed over the compensation package of Rs five lakh to the next of kin of each of those killed and Rs one lakh for those gravely injured. Other injured would get a ...

12 killed in Chinese military plane crash: Report

At least 12 crew members of a Chinese military aircraft were killed when it crashed during a training exercise early this week, a media report said today. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force has confirmed that an aircraft crashed in the southwestern province during a training exercise on Monday. At least a dozen crew members were killed in the fatal crash, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported today quoting Chinese Air Force. The crashed aircraft was a new type of refuelling plane modified from the air force's Y-8 transport aircraft, it said.

China debating whether to raise sunken Iranian oil tanker

Chinese officials said today they are still debating whether to try to raise an Iranian oil tanker that sank last month with the loss of all 32 crew members. Transport ministry officials told reporters that 1,900 tons of the Sanchi's fuel oil and some of the tanker's natural gas condensate cargo remain trapped underwater, complicating plans to salvage the ship. "We need to consider whether the oil will ignite and explode, or cause other issues," said Zhi Guanglu, deputy head of the China Maritime Search and Rescue Center. Zhi said China was in communication with Iran, the ship's owners and its country of registration, Panama, "in accordance with international conventions." China is racing to find ways to extract the underwater oil, which could cause serious environmental damage. The Sanchi sank near important fishing grounds, though officials said seafood from the East China Sea remains safe. Officials say leaked oil has already contaminated seawater around the site of ...

Fire in city medical college hospital, no casualty

A fire broke out in the third floor of the state-run National Medical College and Hospital here this evening, a Fire Brigade official said. There was no report of any casualty. The fire broke out from electrical wiring in the third floor of Rammohan Block of the hospital at Park Circus area in the central part of the city, the official said. The blaze was noticed at around 5 pm and was brought under control within a short time by three fire tenders.

Rajasthan: Factory gutted in fire

A cooler pad factory was gutted in fire in industrial area in the city, officials said today. However, no person was injured in the incident. The fire which broke out last night at 9.30 pm under Vigyan Nagar police station area here was controlled around 2 am early morning today with the help of 11 fire tenders, Amjad Khan, fire officer, Kota Municipal Corporation (KMC) said. "At least 11 fire tenders, of which 9 were from KMC, were engaged to control the fire that gutted three godowns of the factory," Khan said. According to police, no person besides the night watchman was at work in the factory during the time of the incident. "No injury or loss of human life was reported in the fire that engulfed three godowns of the factory, Circle in-charge (Vigyan Nagar police station) Manvendra Singh said. The cause of fire, though suspected to be short circuit, was yet to be ascertained, Singh added.

Fire in office building in China, no casualties: official

A multi-story office building in China's Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, suffered heavy damage in a fire today but no casualties have been reported, local authorities said. The fire broke out around 1:40 pm (local time) in the office building called 'Yuansheng International', owned by the property developer Greenland, in Zhengdong New Area, said an official with the city publicity department. According to the official, the fire was initially seen on the building's thermal insulation layer. The flames swept through the building facade and burnt window frames were seen falling down, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. So far, no casualties had been reported, and firefighters were working to douse the flames, the report said.

Four killed in Uttarakhand accident

Four tourists to Uttarakhand were killed and one woman was critically injured when their car fell into a canal in Nainital, police said on Thursday. Only one survived the accident.

Gas poisoning at steel plant kills 9 in China

Gas poisoning at an iron and steel plant in China's southwest Guizhou province has killed nine persons and injured two others, authorities said today. The incident occurred when workers were conducting an overhaul of the generator boiler at Shougang Shuicheng Iron and Steel Company Limited in Liupanshui city, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Nine people were killed and two others were injured in the yesterday's incident, it quoted local authorities as saying. The cause of the accident was not immediately known, it said.

Russia launches 11 space satellites 'without glitch'

Russia today successfully launched 11 satellites from its Vostochny cosmodrome, in the third rocket liftoff from the new spaceport, the space agency said. The country's first orbital launch of 2018 came after a similar liftoff from the cosmodrome in eastern Russia ended in embarrassment, with officials losing contact with a weather satellite last November. Lifting off as scheduled early today, the Soyuz rocket carried two Russian Earth monitoring satellites as its primary payload and nine US and German piggyback satellites. During its mission the Fregat upper-stage rocket performed a complex sequence, forming several orbits for the delivery of the satellites, the Roscosmos space agency said. "In accordance with the flight programme, the Fregat uppper-stage placed into orbit space vehicles of main and secondary payloads," the space agency said in a statement. Both the Soyuz rocket and the upper stage "performed without a glitch," the statement added. The second liftoff from

Petrol bomb thrown at Suu Kyi's residential compound

A petrol bomb was thrown into Myanmar State Counsellor and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi's residential compound here on Thursday, an official said.

Gas poisoning kills nine in China

A leakage of poisonous gas killed nine people at an iron and steel plant in Liupanshui city in China's Guizhou province, authorities said on Thursday.

Train carrying Republicans crashes, one dead

At least one person has been killed and six were injured when an Amtrak train, carrying Republican lawmakers, including House Speaker Paul Ryan, collided with a garbage truck in Virginia.The train was carrying House and Senate Republicans to a retreat in West Virginia when the crash occurred.According to the Washington Post, none of the dozens of members of Congress aboard the train, or their accompanying family members and aides, were among the seriously injured."Today's incident was a terrible tragedy. We are grateful for the first responders who rushed to the scene and we pray for the victims and their families. May they all be in our thoughts right now," Ryan wrote in a Twitter post.The Wisconsin Republican was on the train with his family, and all were unharmed.The train "came into contact with a vehicle that was on the tracks at 11:20 a.m. in Crozet, Va. There are no reported injuries to passengers or crew members. Local law enforcement is investigating the incident and crews ...

11 killed in fire at nursing home in Japan

Eleven people were killed and three injured in a fire at a social welfare center for elderly people in Japan late Wednesday night.

Japan fire kills 11 at home for elderly people

Eleven people died after a fire broke out at a residence for elderly people with financial difficulties in northern Japan, police said today. Television footage showed the three-story building engulfed in flames and dozens of firefighters battling the blaze in snowy conditions. Pictures of the aftermath showed the blackened husk of the building, whose roof had apparently collapsed due to the fire. The victims -- eight men and three women -- were among 16 residents of the facility in Sapporo, Hokkaido, run by a local organisation. The other five residents escaped with minor injuries, a police spokesman told AFP, adding that authorities were investigating the victims' identities. Police said they had launched a probe into the cause of the fire first signalled at 11:42 pm (1442 GMT) yesterday via an emergency call, the spokesman said. The facility is aimed at supporting elderly people with financial difficulties by offering low-cost accommodation and helping them find work,