Chennai, June 18 (IANS) Three sitting judges and two retired judges of the Madras High Court, along with hundreds of other passengers on board the Yercaud Superfast Express, had a miraculous escape after the train ran over a heavy iron rail piece deliberately placed across the tracks near Sankagiri in Salem district.
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The Congress party on Monday trained guns at the BJP-led Maharashtra government over the tragic bridge collapse in Pune’s Maval tehsil, accusing it of criminal negligence and also failure to act on known safety warnings.
Pune, June 16 (IANS) The Pune district administration in its preliminary report submitted to the Maharashtra government has confirmed four deaths and 51 others injured after a 33-year-old iron bridge connecting nearby villages over the Indrayani river collapsed on Sunday.
Ahmedabad, June 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Principal Secretary Dr PK Mishra met the families of plane crash victims at the city’s Civil hospital on Sunday and directed the authorities to speed up the DNA samples-led victim identification process, to enable families in overcoming their grief at the earliest.
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday condoled the loss of lives in Uttarakhand chopper crash and demanded a ‘thorough investigation’ into the mishap as well as proper safety arrangements for all trips, to ensure that such incidents do not recur.
Ahmedabad, June 15 (IANS) Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi, who has been sharing timely and regular updates about DNA testing of the victims at Ahmedabad crash site, on Sunday penned a ‘note of praise’ for the dedicated team of forensic experts working relentlessly and tirelessly to confirm the identity of victims, by matching their DNA samples.
Mumbai, June 15 (IANS) Actor Varun Dhawan wished Father's Day to all the new dads out there, and to the man who taught him everything.
Rudraprayag, June 15 (IANS) All seven people on board, including a 23-month-old infant and the pilot, lost their lives when a helicopter en route from Kedarnath Dham to Guptkashi crashed early Sunday morning in the Gaurikund area of Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district.
Rudraprayag, June 15 (IANS) A tragic helicopter crash in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district early Sunday morning has claimed five lives. The helicopter, en route from Kedarnath Dham to Guptkashi, crashed in the Gaurikund area due to inclement weather conditions.
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The Aviation Ministry on Saturday said that the last words of the ill-fated Air India flight AI-171 radioed by the cockpit crew were a desperate “Mayday, Mayday”, moments before the London-bound aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad which led to the deaths of 241 people.
