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Two drown in Pykara dam
Two persons including a 10-year-old boy, drowned in a dam attached to Pykara Power project near here today, police said. The incident occurred when the boy from nearby Arayatti had gone to play near the shallow area of the dam and accidentally fell into the water, they said. The woman, related to the boy, immediately jumped in the water to rescue him. However, both drowned, they added. Investigation is on, police said.
Twelve dead in two road accidents in Maha
Twelve persons were killed in two road accidents in Nashik and Nandurbar districts in north Maharashtra early today, police said. While seven people lost their lives after an autorickshaw collided with an unidentified vehicle near Shemli village on Malegaon-Satana road in Nashik district, five others were killed in a truck-autorickshaw collision in Nandurbar district, police said. In the Malegaon-Satana road accident, the deceased were six small-time vendors and driver of the autorickshaw. According to a police officer, the vendors, who sold toys and other items, were going to a local fair in Satana town, around 75 kms from Nashik, when the incident took place around 6 am. "An unidentified vehicle collided against the rickshaw, killing its seven occupants on the spot," the officer said. The six vendors had purchased their articles from Mumbai and were heading to Satana to sell those items. "In Malegaon, they hired a rickshaw to reach Satana.The impact of the collision was
Seven dead in collision
Seven people were killed after an autorickshaw collided with an unidentified vehicle near Shemli village on Malegaon-Satana road in the district early this morning, police said. The deceased include six small-time vendors and driver of the autorickshaw. According to a police officer, the vendors, who sell toys and other items, were going to a local fair in Satana town, around 75 kms from Nashik, when the incident took place around 6 am. "An unidentified vehicle collided against the rickshaw, killing its seven occupants on the spot," the officer said. The six vendors had purchased their articles from Mumbai and were heading to Satana to sell those items. "In Malegaon, they hired a rickshaw to reach Satana. The impact of the collision was so severe that the rickshaw was completely mangled," he added. The deceased were identified as auto driver Sanjay Padhade (40), Alim Sheikh Tayar (34), Ashok Devare (55), Rajeshkumar Gupta (28), Kailas Gupta (29), Mohammed Jullu (35) and .
Indonesia's Sinabung volcano erupts, no casualties
There have been no casualties as Indonesia's Sinabung volcano in northern Sumatra province erupted again on Wednesday (Dec 27), sending hot clouds into the sky."There were no casualties from Wednesday's eruption as those living within the red zone around the volcano had been evacuated," The Straits Times quoted the country's disaster management agency (BNPB) spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho as sayingThe eruption occurred at 3.36 pm according to the country's time, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho added.The eruption spewed black grey volcanic ash up into the sky as high as 3,500m towards the east and south-east and 4,600m in the south and south-east direction.The Indonesian authorities have imposed the highest alert on the volcano, which has been in place since 2013 when it began erupting.Earlier on November 28, Indonesian authorities decided to extend the Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport closure by a day more, after the eruption at Mount Agung became magmatic, the country's disaster .
Govt sanguine about coal sector in 2018 on demand upswing
The government is looking at 2018 with renewed optimism for the coal sector in the wake of demand upturn and expecting 6-7 per cent growth in supply of the dry fuel next year. Also, the government is hopeful of a better show by state-owned Coal India (CIL), which is expected to achieve an output of 600 million tonnes (MT) in 2017-18. In 2017, there has been a resumption in demand for coal and this has been the greatest difference from the last year, Coal Secretary Susheel Kumar told PTI in an interview. Bottlenecks in coal supply to power plants turned out to be a big issue this year. While power producers held the coal ministry responsible for inadequate coal supply, the latter blamed the former for the low stock of fuel at plants. "Because in 2016, we did not see any demand for coal, that's why all the year (2017), we were requesting power plants to take (coal) supplies... This year, they have been in the overdrive... and we have been trying to cope with (the demand),"
Chrissy Teigen narrates travel ordeal during LA-Tokyo flight
Model Chrissy Teigen and John Legend had a travel disaster when their flight from Los Angeles to Tokyo was turned back four hours into the journey. The plane returned to LAX after a passenger was found to have boarded with the wrong ticket. "A flying first for me: 4 hours into an 11 hour flight and we are turning around because we have a passenger who isnt supposed to be on this plane," she tweeted. "Why... Why do we all gotta go back, I do not know," she added. The couple was on a direct All Nippon Airways flight, while the person who boarded the wrong plane had a United Airlines ticket. "I won't be able to sleep until I know how this person figured out they were on the wrong flight. That's all I ask. 150 people have been majorly inconvenienced, please, just tell me. "They keep saying the person had a United ticket. We are on ANA. So basically the boarding pass scanner is just a beedoop machine that makes beedoop noises that register to nowhere," she said. Hours later, .
Ferry gets stuck on sandbar with 27 people aboard off NYC
A ferry carrying more than two dozen people hit a sandbar and got stuck for hours, spurring an evacuation on a frigid night in the waters off New York City. No injuries were reported in the second stranding in a month for the city's newly-expanded ferry service yesterday. The city-sponsored, privately run ferry left the Rockaway peninsula in Queens at 5:15 PM, bound for lower Manhattan on a 20-degree evening. About 10 minutes into the trip, "we just came to a screeching halt," passenger Jake Nicholson said. "Everyone pretty much went flying," he later told The Associated Press by phone from the boat, stuck in the waters between Rockaway and Brooklyn. He said he was nearly tossed over the row of seats in front of him, and his phone ended up a few rows away. Nicholson, a 21-year-old senior at Loyola University Maryland, said passengers initially were told that there was a mechanical error, then that the boat had hit a sandbar and that the captain tried to back the boat off .
NYC ferry hits sandbar with 27 onboard
A New York City ferry, with more than two dozen people, has struck a sandbar in Coney Island Channel.According to local media reports, the vessel, which was carrying 27 people, hit the sandbar near Rockaway Point Boulevard and Beach 201st Street, authorities said.No injuries have been reported.New York's police, fire departments along with the Coast Guard have responded to the stuck ferry."We're waiting for either the tide to come up or the NYPD to come with its shallow draft boat," local media, cited, Coast Guard spokeswoman as saying.It is the second stranding in a month for the city's newly-expanded ferry service which was launched on May 1 and is operated by Hornblower.On Nov 27, a Rockaway-bound ferry with 120 people and one dog got caught on a sandbar made of construction debris near Wall Street..
Hurricane Harvey relief fund gets $27 mn more
The Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund is disbursing an additional $27.6 million to provide relief for the flood victims in US' Houston area, the Mayor's Office has said.
Iceland: Crash kills Chinese tourist, critically injures 12
Police in Iceland say one person was killed and 12 more were critically injured after a bus carrying 46 Chinese tourists skidded off the road after a rear-end collision with a compact car. The Icelandic blood bank sent out an alert for donations of blood type O following the accident yesterday on Route 1, a national road that runs around the island. The car and bus crashed near the Eldhraun lava field about 250 kilometres east of Reykjavik, Iceland's capital. Police say the bus flipped on its side when it went off the road, trapping two passengers underneath. One died on the scene. Bus company owner Fjalar Ulfarsson said the Chinese group was on the fourth day of a week-long visit to Iceland when the accident took place. "The road there is narrow and had some icing from what I gather," Ulfarsson told The Associated Press. Three helicopters were used to transport the most severely injured to a hospital emergency room in the capital. A relief station was set up for the ...
Iranian media says 5.1-magnitude quake jolts south
Iranian media are reporting a 5.1- magnitude earthquake in the southern Kerman province. The semi-official ISNA news agency says the temblor today rocked the village of Hojedk, about 700 kilometres south of Tehran. It says the quake's depth was 9 kilometres. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The province has been hit by several medium-intensity earthquakes in recent days. Iran is prone to near-daily earthquakes as it sits on major fault lines. In November, a 7.2-magnitude quake hit western Iran, killing more than 600 people. In 2003, a 6.6- magnitude quake flattened the historic city of Bam, killing 26,000 people.
Driver stuck on tracks rescued just before train hits car
Good Samaritans rescued a woman whose car got stuck on railroad tracks in a New York City suburb on Christmas Eve just before a freight train demolished her vehicle. Police in Rockland County say the woman told them she got confused trying to make a turn near a rail crossing and wound up on the tracks in Congers around 6 pm Sunday. Richie Dononvan told WCBS-TV he joined others in trying to move the car off the tracks. He then got the driver out of the vehicle just before a southbound CSX train slammed into the car and pushed it down the tracks. No one was injured. Donovan and others at the scene recorded the collision on their cellphones. CSX officials say the New Jersey-bound train originated in Ohio.
10 injured in St. Petersburg blast
At least 10 people were injured in a blast inside a shop in Russia's second largest city, St. Petersburg, the media reported.
Cold wave: Yogi orders relief measures for homeless, poor
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday issued instructions to all district magistrates to ensure proper arrangements for poor, destitute and homeless in the cold wave and inclement weather conditions sweeping the state for the past few days.
Riyadh-bound Saudia flight stuck on Lucknow runway
A Riyadh-bound Saudia Airlines is stuck on the runway of Lucknow airport due to a technical glitch on Wednesday.All the crew members and passengers are safe.Due to traffic congestion, the runway is not available for arrivals and departures.At least six flights, which were scheduled to arrive, have been diverted to Delhi, while three departures are on hold.
Hyderabad gears up for a safe New Year's Eve
With the New Year's Eve just around the corner, Hyderabad is set to morph into one huge ball of bustling energy and the police is taking no chances when it comes to traffic safety.Dr Ravinder, Joint Commissioner of traffic, while speaking to ANI, said that they are taking various measure in this regard and have also constituted 100 checkpoints to catch the offenders."There is a possibility of congestion and accident on the New Year's Eve. We want people not to violate rules, which also results in accidents and inconvenience to other commuters. We are going to take stringent action against drunken and rash drivers,' Dr Ravinder told ANI."If someone is caught drunk driving, we will seize the vehicle and take action as per law," Dr Ravinder said.The Police has also planned to close all the flyover of the city to ensure public safety.Barricades will be put up in some places to reduce the speed of the vehicles, in case of rash driving.
Failure of railway staff top reason behind accidents: Rlys
The failure of the railway staff continued to be on top among the reasons behind train accidents this year, Parliament was informed today. In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain said while the number of train accidents had decreased from 107 in 2015-2016 to 104 in 2016- 2017 and to 52 till December 15 in 2017-18 (as compared to 87 in the same corresponding period last year), the failure of the railway staff continued to be the topmost reason behind these incidents. While the failure of the staff led to 31 accidents in 2017-18 (till December 15), 64 such accidents had occurred due to their error in 2016-2017 and the number was 55 in 2015 2016, Gohain informed the Upper House. The failure of others resulted in 14 accidents in 2017- 2018 (till December 15), while the number was 22 in 2016-17 and 38 in 2015-2016. Only one accident occurred due to sabotage in 2017-2018, the minister said. Gohain also said the number of pending cases
SDMC's proposed ban on display of non-veg food outside shops
The Indian Medical Association today flagged objection to South Delhi Municipal Corporation's proposal prohibiting open display of meat by restaurants, and said the move was not rational and if hygiene was the concern why keep vegetarian food out of the order. IMA President Dr K K Aggarwal said if contamination of food was the reason behind the decision, saying the move was not justified as vegetarian food and snacks which are sold at kiosks and carts by vendors on the street are equally at risk of getting contaminated. "We do not find any rational behind the move that prohibits display of only non-vegetarian food outside shops, restaurants. If contamination of food is the concern then why keep out vegetarian food and snacks out of this order," Dr Aggarwal said. "Vegetarian food and snacks like veg rolls, aloo-tikki, golgappe which are sold at kiosks and thelas by vendors on the street are equally at risk of getting contaminated," he said Similar reservations were ...
AAPI along with KPCMCH launches its 11th Global Health Summit
American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) in association with KPC Medical College and Hospital, launched its four-day 11th Global Health Summit here today. The objective of this drive is to enhance skills, exchange of knowledge and making quality healthcare affordable and accessible to all people, said Gautam Samadder, President Elect of AAPI, USA. To support this endeavor, AAPI brought together the best minds in medicine from India and the United States to collaborate and develop cutting edge, practical and India centric solutions, he said. The major initiatives comprises, engaging with Healthcare professionals and Government of West Bengal in collaboration with Union Ministry for Health and Family Welfare and several leading professional bodies. A Police Training Camp was also held at KPC Medical College and Hospital here to strengthen awareness on road safety and arrest the growing number of fatalities due to road accidents. AAPI in collaboration ...
Plane returns to LA because passenger was on wrong flight
An airline says a Tokyo-bound flight returned to Los Angeles hours into the journey after the crew discovered that one of the passengers had boarded the wrong plane. A statement from All Nippon Airways says the pilot decided to return to the originating airport as part of the airline's security procedures. Flight 175 left Los Angeles International Airport at 11:36 am on Tuesday and returned to LAX at 7:33 pm. Model Chrissy Teigen was aboard and live-tweeted the developments. She wondered on Twitter why the plane was turning around four hours into the 11-hour flight. ANA says it's trying to determine how the passenger boarded the wrong flight.