OSMANABAD (Maharashtra): At least 32 devotees were killed and more than 20 injured some of them seriously, when their bus fell off a bridge in Osmanabad district of Maharashtra in the wee hours today. The victims hailing from Hyderabad were returning after a pilgrimage to Shirdi Saibaba Temple in Ahmednagar district, when the mishap occurred at 2:40 AM, police said. Read article
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SITTWE, Myanmar – Fifty people have been killed in communal clashes in western Myanmar, state media said Saturday, as the UN warned of “immense hardship” faced by thousands displaced by rioting. State mouthpiece the New Light of Myanmar said 50 people have died, with 54 injured between May 28 and June 14 in Rakhine state, […]
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A family involved in a serious crash in Victoria’s north this morning were Singaporean nationals who had only been in Australia for a few days. A nine-year-old boy was killed and five others were injured when the van smashed into a tree on the Hume Freeway at Northwood, near Seymour, at 7am this morning. Two […]
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A rescue helicopter is on its way to pick up two men injured in an avalanche on Mt Taranaki, on the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island. Read Article
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Ratnagiri (Maharashtra), Jun 12: Two tourists were killed and 48 others were injured when the driver of a luxury Volvo tourist bus running between Mumbai and Goa lost control. Read article
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Police say gunmen in the volatile southern Philippines opened fire on a packed minibus this week, killing four people and wounding another two. The attackers began shooting as the vehicle approached Parang town on Jolo Island early Tuesday. The area is a stronghold of al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf rebels notorious for bomb […]
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A 56-year-old Ukrainian woman died and 16 other persons were injured after a motor coach filled with Ukrainian tourists was involved in a car crash. The Ukrainian tourists were returning from Bulgaria to Kiev. The car crash took place on the Focsani-Braila national road, between Maicanesti and Nanesti localities, Vrancea County. Read article
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UDHAGAMANDALAM: Two women died and 11 others were injured when their SUV plunged into a gorge at the 31st hairpin-bend on Ooty-Kalhatty Ghat Road section near here on Sunday. Ooty special branch police inspector H Manoharan said all the 13 were members of a family and were on their home to Kerala after visiting Ooty. […]
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You might not believe this but moose are killers. Every year in Finland they cause the death of 10 people and injure another 300 others. Ok, Ok, it’s not quite what you think. These deaths are caused by people hitting moose while driving – not from murderous moose attacking humans. So take extra care when […]
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Dehradun: At least 22 pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh were on Tuesday killed and 8 others injured when a bus in which they were travelling fell into Ganga river at Kodiyala in Tehri district, police said. The mishap occurred near Byasi this afternoon when the private tourist bus, carrying 45 passengers including 20 women, was going […]
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