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4 killed as bus plunges into canal
At least four persons were killed and seven others injured when a bus plunged into the Ghogra Canal after breaking the railing of a bridge in Murshidabad district today, police said. The incident triggered protests with locals alleging delay in the arrival of police and attacking the force. They also torched a police vehicle. Locals also damaged a fire tender when the fire brigade personnel reached the spot to douse the fire in the police vehicle. Police used batons to disperse the mob. Giving details of the accident, police said, two bodies including that of a woman were found floating in the canal while two others succumbed in the hospital. Seven injured persons were rescued and admitted to Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital here. The accident occurred at Balirghat under Daulatabad Police Station area at around 6 AM. The bus was going from Shikarpur in Nadia district to Malda. Locals claimed that around 50-60 passengers were in the bus. There was, however, no ...
Strategic Partnership model will lead to employment generation: President
The Strategic Partnership model will lead to higher participation of the private sector in defence manufacturing and create employment opportunities, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Monday.
Dengue: Two more cases in January, total 5
At least two fresh cases of dengue have been reported in the last one week in the city, taking the total number of people affected by the vector-borne disease this month to five. Earlier, three cases of dengue had been reported in Delhi between January 13-20. Cases of vector-borne diseases are usually reported between mid-July and November-end, but this period may stretch up to mid-December. "Two fresh cases of dengue have been reported in the last week, till January 27. However, no cases of malaria or chikungunya have been reported," according to a municipal report released today. There were no cases of any vector-borne disease till January 13. At least 10 people died in Delhi due to dengue last year, according to the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), which tabulates the data for the entire city. The vector-borne disease had affected 9,271 people here in 2017. Five of the 10 victims were not Delhi residents, but had died in the national capital. The official ...
Seine reaches peak in flood-hit Paris
The swollen Seine peaked today at more than four metres above its normal level, leaving a lengthy mop-up job for Parisians after days of rising waters that have put the soggy city on alert. The river rose to 5.84 metres (19.2 feet) early Monday, causing continued headaches for commuters as well as people living near its overflowing banks. The Vigicrues flooding watchdog said the river would stay at its current level throughout the day before beginning to recede Tuesday. Around 1,500 people have been evacuated from their homes in the greater Paris region, according to police, while a similar number of homes remain without electricity. Tourists also suffered with the capital's famous Bateaux Mouches rivercraft out of service, and only emergency services authorised to navigate the waterway. The Seine did not quite reach the 2016 high of 6.1 metres, when priceless artworks had to be evacuated from the Louvre. But the world's most visited museum was still on alert Sunday, ...
2 killed as bus plunges into canal
At least two persons were killed and seven others injured when a bus plunged into a canal after breaking the railing of a bridge in Murshidabad district today. While two bodies were found floating, seven injured persons were fished out from the canal, the police said. The injured were admitted to Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital here. Irked by the alleged delay in the arrival of the police, angry locals torched a police vehicle and damaged a fire tender. The accident occurred at Balirghat under Daulatabad police station area at 6 AM. The bus was going from Shikarpur in Nadia district to Malda.
Bus falls into canal breaking bridge railing, 1 dead
A passenger bus broke the railing of a bridge and fell into a canal in Murshidabad district today, leaving at least one person dead, the police said. The accident occurred at Balirghat under Daulatabad police station area. The rescuers found the body of a woman floating, the police said. It is not immediately know how many passengers were there in the bus that had sunk in the canal. The bus was going from Shikarpur in Nadia district to Malda.
4 dead, 7 injured in multiple road accidents in UP
Four people, including two children, were killed and seven others injured in three separate accidents caused due to dense fog here today, police said. Two brothers, aged 9 and 10, were killed and and six others, including the mother of the children, were injured when a bus collided with their auto near Ading village, under the Goverdhan police station area, amidst dense fog this morning, they added. The deceased were identified as Krishna (9) and Yash (10). Their mother, Ruchi, and other injured were undergoing treatment, police said, adding that Ruchis's condition was stated as serious. Two youths, Hari Shankar (23) and Neeraj (20), were killed when their motorcycle was hit by an unknown vehicle between Ram Nagar and Jikhangaon villages tonight, officials said. In a separate accident, the driver of a canter suffered severe injuries in a multiple vehicle pile-up caused due to low visibility on the Yamuna Expressway, police said. The driver was admitted at the S N ...
Fire breaks out at residence in Kasganj
Fire broke out at a house in Kasganj's Gali Manota Mohalla in Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday.Two fire tenders reached the spot, and fire fighting operations are currently underway."It seems fire broke out due to a short circuit. The fire is under 80 percent control now, and we will be able to fully control it," Chief Fire Officer Anand Rajnish told ANI.Apart from two fire tenders, a bigger fire tender is also kept on standby, Rajnish said.
2 young men killed in Karna road mishap
Two men riding a bike were killed when the vehicle crashed against a road divider here today, police said. The two, aged 21 and 22 and residents of Vijinapura in the city, were speeding towards their home on thee bike when the mishap occurred. The impact of the collision was so strong that the two died instantaneously, police added.
5 killed in road accident in Rajasthan
Five people were killed and as many injured when a jeep they were travelling in collided head-on with a truck in Bharatpur district today, police said. The accident occurred on the Nagar-Deeg road under the Nagar police station area when the victims were on their way to the Govedhan temple in Mathura, they added. The deceased were identified as Anurag (14), Sharmila (45), Babulal (50), Bhanu (16) and jeep driver Umardeen (45), officials said. The injured were undergoing treatment at the district hospital, they said, adding that the bodies were handed over to the family members after postmortem.
Delhi: Fire at CP's Kailash Building doused
A massive fire broke that out on the 11th floor of Kailash Building in Connaught Place on Sunday afternoon has been completely doused.At least 12 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse off the fire.However, no injuries or casualties have been reported.The fire that broke out due to a short circuit in the Air Conditioner (AC) was brought under control within 20 minutes, confirmed Delhi Fire Services.The fire broke out due to a short circuit in the AC. The fire was brought under control within 20 minutes. No one is injured, there is no casualty, said Param Vir, Delhi Fire Services.
5 killed, 7 injured in Siberia fire
Five people were killed and seven injured in a fire that broke out in a company dormitory in southwest Siberia's Omsk Region in Russia on Sunday."Today, at about 5:30 local time (02:30 Moscow time) a five-storey dormitory for employees in the Omsk suburb of Novomoskovsky caught fire. According to initial estimates, five people died, including two minors aged 13 and 14 and seven people were injured. The fire was put out at 08:29 local time (5:29 Moscow time)," the press service of the regional branch of the Russian Investigative Department said on Sunday.The region's emergencies service said that the rescuers had evacuated 60 people from the building and about 90 people managed to escape on their own, the TASS agency reported.At least 46 firefighters were present at the scene and managed to douse out the fire in under three hours.The region's health authority added that out of the seven people injured, two were said to be in a critical condition.The Omsk Region Prosecutor's Office has .
Gajapati Raju lays foundation stone for Guwahati Airport's new terminal
Union Civil Minister Ashok Gajapati Raju on Sunday laid the foundation stone of the new integrated terminal building at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati.He was accompanied by Assam Chief Minister Sarbanand Sonowal.Spread in an area of 90,000 square meters, the building will be equipped with world-class passenger facilities and will have a capacity to handle 3100 passengers in a peak hour.The interiors of the building will depict local handicrafts, murals and popular tourist destinations of the state.With this new Integrated Terminal Building in LGB, Northeast India will position itself as a gateway to Southeast Asia."We are confident that this facility will be up and alive by 2020 so this will be a very facility for the state of Assam", said Ashok Gajapati Raju at the event."If Indians can work together as a team there is no reason that we reach the first place in all parameters", added Gajapati.Speaking to ANI, Raheja Member (Planning) of Airports Authority .
Fire breaks out in Delhi building
A fire broke out at Kailash building in the Connaught Place this afternoon, a Delhi Fire Services official said. The call about the fire was received at 3.50 pm and eight fire tenders were rushed to contain it. The fire was reported at the 11th floor of the multi-storey building, the official said. The firefighters were working to bring the fire under control and further details are awaited, he said.
Seven survivors of missing ferry found
Seven survivors, including an unconscious baby, aboard a dinghy have been found by rescuers while searching for a ferry carrying 50 people that went missing in the waters off Kiribati.A week ago, the MV Butiraoi, with 50 people on board, went missing.The crew, on a military Orion plane, used radar to locate the dinghy. It took them two hours to find the five-metre craft adrift in the Pacific Ocean with seven people on board, reported the Guardian, citing the New Zealand defence force, as saying.John Ashby, from the New Zealand Rescue Coordination Centre, said the dinghy was one of the two, believed to have been carried by the MV Butiraoi.According to the authorities, the survivors had scrambled onto the small wooden dinghy after the ferry sank.The Rescue Coordination Centre of New Zealand, which was also assisting with the search, said the Orion dropped food, water and a radio to the dinghy's passengers.It wasn't clear yet what caused the ferry to sink, New Zealand Defence Force Air ..
Three ambulances destroyed in fire at Thane hospital
Four vehicles, including three ambulances, parked in the premises of the Thane civil hospital here were destroyed in a fire today evening, civic officials said. Santosh Kadam, chief of the Regional Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation, said that a fire broke out around 4pm in one of the vehicles and it soon engulfed three ambulances and a jeep. He informed that the vehicles were parked near the ICU, adding that fire engines soon arrived and doused the flames. He said the cause of the fire was being probed and added that ownership details of the vehicles could not be ascertained as they were completely burnt down.
Five killed in separate road accidents
Five persons were today killed and two others injured in two different road accidents near here, police said. In the first incident, an unidentified vehicle hit a motorcycle on Amba-Sherpur road, some 60 kms away from the district headquarters, killing four persons who were riding it, said Piplauda police station inspector RC Bhati. The deceased, all local residents, have been identified as Laxman Mayeeda (25), Krishna Parihar (23), Dipak Parihar (17), and Pawan Malviya (19), he said. Efforts are on to identify the vehicle and arrest the driver, Bhati said. In another incident, a 45-year-old man was killed and two others, including a woman, were injured after two motorcycles collided on Jawra-Lebad four-lane road, around 12 kms away from district headquarters, a police official said. The injured persons have been admitted to the district hospital, he said. Two separate cases have been registered in connection with both the incidents and further investigation is on.
Russia: 2 killed in fire
Two people have died and five injured after a fire broke out at a tourist facility on Lake Baikal's Olkhon Island in Russia.The TASS news agency quoted a spokesperson for the Irkutsk Region branch of the Russian Investigative Department on Sunday, as saying, "Two bodies were found, they were badly burnt. Their identity is being established."The injured were rushed to a hospital for medical assistance.However, their condition is out of danger.There were people at the facility when the fire broke out, including eight citizens of South Korea and 24 tourists from China. The remaining two were Russians.The cause of the fire is unknown.
7 killed in UP road accident
Two police personnel and five others were killed after the car they were travelling in fell into a pond near Charra road here on Sunday.Low visibility was cited as the reason behind the accident.Police has reached the spot to investigate the matter.
Australia warplane catches fire during US training: military
A Royal Australian Air Force electronic warfare plane has caught fire on takeoff during an exercise in the United States but there were no serious injuries, the military said. Australia's Department of Defence confirmed "an incident involving an EA-18G Growler at Nellis Air Force Base during Exercise Red Flag" yesterday. It said RAAF personnel are safe "and no serious injuries have been sustained" during the incident which occurred in Nevada and is under investigation. The EA-18G Growler, a variant of the F/A-18F Super Hornet, can fly into a combat zone before other aircraft, using its jammers to suppress ground defences ahead of a bomb strike. A statement from Nellis Air Force Base said the "incident during takeoff" occurred at about 10:45 am (1845 GMT) Saturday. "The aircraft was required to abort its takeoff and subsequently caught fire. However, all personnel are safe," the Nellis statement said without identifying the plane as being from Australia. Exercise Red ...