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Pawan Hans chopper crashes off Mumbai coast, 4 bodies found
A Pawan Hans helicopter with seven persons on-board, including five ONGC officers and two pilots, crashed off the Mumbai coast minutes after it took off for the state-owned company's oil installation in the Arabian sea. So far, four bodies have been recovered, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation said in a statement to PTI. Search operation is on for other missing persons. The Pawan Hans helicopter with five ONGC officers, including three of the level of Deputy General Managers, went missing around 10.40 hours today. ONGC, Coast Guard and Navy pressed helicopters and speed boats as soon as the information of the chopper going missing was received at the Juhu helibase. ONGC has key oil and gas fields off the Mumbai coast and Pawan Hans helicopters routinely ferry company employees and officers to the oil installations that are situated as far as 160 kilometres from the coastline. The field in the offshore include Mumbai High, the nation's largest oil field and Bassein fields, ...
Woodwork factory gutted in fire in Noida
A major fire broke out at a woodwork factory at Sector 9 here, destroying goods and machinery worth crore, the police said today. The incident took place late last night when some workers were sleeping inside the factory, Chief Fire Station Officer Arun Kumar Singh said. Ten fire tenders were rushed to the spot which took more than ten hours to douse the fire, he said. However, no casualty was reported in the incident, Singh said.
Fire breaks out at Mumbai airport, brought under control
Fire broke out at a Mumbai airport's lounge on Saturday; however, it was quickly doused without affecting the airport operations, a fire-fighting team said.No casualties and injuries have been reported as yet.The fire broke out in the ceremonial lounge at airport's Terminal 1A at 1:46 pm and was completely doused in about 90 minutes after three fire tenders were pressed into service, said P.S. Rahangdale, director, Maharashtra Fire Services.He further said the cause for the fire was yet to be ascertained.This is at least the fourth fire incident in Mumbai in two weeks.On January 4, seven shops were gutted after a massive fire broke out at Reay Road in the city; days after a blaze at Kamala Mills compound claimed 14 lives on December 29.
Pradhan to discuss chopper crash with Sitharaman
Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said that he will discuss the Pawan Hans Dauphin N2 helicopter crash with Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman."The Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard are on their job. I am also going to Mumbai to coordinate things. I will discuss it with Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. She is also cooperating and has instructed the Navy and the Coast Guard to look into the issue extensively," Pradhan said.The bodies of four people have so far been fished out of the sea, near the debris of the helicopter.The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) have identified two of the bodies to be of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) employees.Five ships, two Dornier and two helicopters have been deployed for search and rescue operations.In total, there were a total of seven people, including five ONGC employees, on board the helicopter which crashed off the Mumbai coast early on Saturday.The ONGC, along with the ICG and the Indian Navy, has pressed its ...
Minor fire at Mumbai airport, no casualties
A minor fire broke out in a VIP ceremonial lounge at the Mumbai International Airport here on Saturday, officials said.
Three killed as car falls into gorge in Uttarakhand
Three persons were killed and as many injured after a car they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag, police said on Saturday.
76 militants killed in Afghanistan
At least 76 militants were killed in military operations conducted by the Afghan National Defence and Security Force members in the last 24 hours, across eight provinces in Afghanistan.The country's defence ministry confirmed the operations in a statement on Saturday: "Our forces killed 76 militants in eight provinces over the last 24 hours. Also, three key Taliban commanders named Ehsanullah, Haidar and Qahraman were among those killed in the offensives."The defence ministry added that around 14 militants were arrested during the operations, Tolo News reported."The military operations were conducted in Nangarhar, Laghman, Nuristan, Ghazni, Uruzgan, Herat, Faryab and Jawzjan provinces. Several hideouts of terrorists and their weapons were destroyed during the military operations", the ministry stated."The mission included six special operations and nine clearance operations in eight provinces. The Afghan Air Force conducted 93 flights during this mission", added the ministry.The ...
Pawan Hans chopper crashes off Mumbai coast, 3 bodies found
A Pawan Hans helicopter with five ONGC personnel and two pilots on board today crashed off the city coast while heading to an oil rig at Mumbai High, and three bodies bodies have been found, a senior Coast Guard official said today. The chopper Dauphin N3 had gone missing after taking off from Juhu aerodrome at 10.30 AM. "The Coast Guard confirms that its ships picked up three bodies from the site of Pawan Hans helicopter crash off the Mumbai coast," a Coast Guard spokesperson said. The chopper, bearing registration number VT-PWA, was scheduled to land at the designated oil rig at Mumbai High at 11 am. Five employees of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and two pilots were on board the chopper. The Navy said it had deployed its stealth frigate INS Teg for the search operation while surveillance aircraft P8i was also pressed into service. The Coast Guard had also diverted its ships to search the missing chopper. A senior Directorate General of Civil ...
Mumbai: 4 dead in Pawan Hans chopper crash
At least four people were killed on Saturday after the Pawan Hans Dauphin N2 helicopter, crashed off the Mumbai coast.The Indian Coast Guard confirmed that four bodies have been fished out and it has launched three helicopters, Dornier surveillance aircraft and three ships in search of the other three missing people on board the helicopter.The Navy said it had deployed its stealth frigate INS Teg for the search operation while surveillance aircraft P8i is also being pressed into service."Two Immediate Support Vessels (ISV)s deployed for patrol in the area have been diverted for search and rescue operations along with three Coast Guard units. Seaking 42B helicopter is being launched in addition," a Navy spokesperson said.Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan expressed concern over the tragic incident."Spoke to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and requested for help from Coast Guard and other agencies in the search and rescue operations; CMDONGC has rushed to Mumbai," Pradhan ..
Dahanu boat capsize: 32 students rescued, search ops on
32 students have been rescued, after a boat with 40 school children on board capsized two nautical miles from the seashore in Maharashtra's Dahanu earlier today.The Coast guard Public Relations Officer (PRO) informed that the bodies of four children have been recovered so far.Overloading is said to be the cause of the mishap."Coast Guard has diverted ships which were at sea and ships are also sailing from Mumbai. Dornier aircraft and helicopters from Daman (near to Dahanu) have also been launched," the Coast guard PRO had said earlier.The rescue operation is on.Dahanu is in Maharashtra's Palghar district and is about 110 kilometers from Mumbai.
Pawan Hans chopper with 7 crashes off Mumbai, 3 bodies found
A Pawan Hans helicopter with at least five ONGC officials and two pilots on board crashed shortly after take-off from Juhu Airport here on Saturday.
4 killed in accident in Pakistan
At least four persons, including a woman and her daughter, were killed today in a head-on collision between their cab and a speeding truck in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The accident took place on on Karakoram Highway near Ghazikot Manshera district, police said. Police and locals have recovered the bodies and shifted a girl injured in the accident to a nearby hospital. Four persons, including a woman and her daughter, were killed in the accident, police added. Truck driver fled after the accident. A case has been registered against the driver, police said.
Boat with 40 students capsizes in Maharashtra, 32 saved
A boat with at least 40 students on board capsized off the Dahanu coast in Maharashtra on Saturday, an official said. Following a massive search and rescue operation, 32 of them were saved from the Arabian Sea.
Maha: Boat carrying school children capsizes off Dahanu coast
A boat carrying school children capsized in the Arabian Sea off Dahanu coast in Palghar district, a senior official said today. Local BJP MLA Manisha Choudhary claimed that the boat was ferrying around 40 children. District Collector Prashant Narnaware told PTI that the incident occurred this morning off the Dahanu coast. "Massive rescue and relief operations are underway and District Superintendent of Police and local officials are supervising the operations," he said. Further details were awaited, he said.
Pawan Hans chopper missing off Mumbai, 5 on board
An Pawan Hans helicopter with at least five persons, including ONGC officials, on board has gone missing shortly after take-off from Juhu Airport here on Saturday, an official said.
3 killed, 15 hurt in fire at religious event in Gujarat
Three teenage girls were killed and 15 others injured after a fire broke out during a religious event near Rajkot in Gujarat, an official said today. The incident happened at the 'Rashtra Katha Shibir' (camp) in Pranali village of the district last night. "The blaze erupted in shibir's women section and spread rapidly, killing three persons," District Collector Vikrant Pandey said. A team of National Disaster Response Force and Fire Brigade rescued several people from the site, Pandey said. Rajkot (Rural) Superintendent of Police Antrip Sood said the deceased were teenage girls. Nearly 15 people suffered burn injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital, Sood said. A short-circuit may have led to the fire, but an investigation was on to ascertain the cause, Pandey said. The camp was being organised by spiritual leader Swami Dharmabandhuji. Dharmabandhuji, who has been conducting the shibir for the past 20 years, said he was pained by the tragedy, which happened on the ...
5 killed in blast after LPG cylinder leak
Five members of a family were killed in a blast due to an LPG cylinder leak at a house in Vidhyadhar Nagar area in Jaipur early today, a police official said. "The fire broke out on the ground floor and spread to the first floor. Three members of the family sleeping on the ground floor were charred to death, while two on the first floor died due to suffocation," Additional DCP Rajesh Meel said. The deceased were identified as Mahendra Garg (75), Shaurya Garg (25), Animesh Garg (22), Apurva (24) and Arpita (20). "Animesh and Shaurya were on the first floor and died due to suffocation," he said. The fire has been extinguished, he added.
Death toll in California mudslides rises to 18
The death toll from the Wednesday's storm that led to a massive flooding and mudslides in the Santa Barbara County in California increased to 18, after the body of an 87-year old man was fished out from the rubble.The Sputnik news agency quoted County Sheriff Bill Brown as saying, "I'm saddened to report today that another victim was located, bringing the total number of fatal casualties from this tragic incident to 18."The sheriff added that the death toll was likely to increase as rescue operations were still on.The area houses celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres to name a few.Winfrey has a property in Montecito that is reportedly worth nearly 90 million dollars.According to the National Weather Service, more than 5.5 inches of rain had fallen in California over the last three days.
Five of a family killed in Jaipur blaze
Five members of a family were killed on Saturday in a major fire that gutted their house in Jaipur in Rajasthan, police said.
Mumbai: IndiGo aerobridge strikes with terminal building
In a minor accident, a stepladder used by the IndiGo to board passengers came in contact with the Mumbai terminal building while being towed away on Friday morning.However, no injuries have been reported."The vehicle was operated by an outsourced driver, while the matter has been reported to the regulator," said a statement by IndiGo.The airlines further stated that they have voluntarily reported the matter to the regulator and the driver has also been suspended from duty until further notice."At IndiGo, the safety of the passengers, crew and the aircraft is the top priority and it cannot be compromised. The matter is being investigated by the safety department," said the statement.