Ghaziabad: There is tension in Ghaziabad after a truck ran over seven policemen killing two of them and injuring five others. In fact, one policeman is in a critical condition. The incident took place on Thursday night at the National Highway 24, when the police were manning a check-post. Angry locals took to the streets and set the truck on fire and the driver was arrested. The accident took place...
09:00 AM, Sep 21, 2012
Known for comedy punches in his columns, fire in villain roles, humor in comedy roles and very circumspect in his approach Rajendra Karanth has prepared a convincing script to launch himself as a director. He has also got approval from Ramesh Aravind to head the star cast. Rajendra Karanth hailing from theatre background shot in to fame from 'Rama Shama Bhama' in the dialogues and in screenplay with 'Accident' of...
04:35 PM, Sep 19, 2012
Los Angeles: Actress Lindsay Lohan, who has served jail for her irresponsible driving, feels it's unfair that fellow actress Amanda Bynes has not yet been arrested for her ongoing driving indiscretions. "Why did I get put in jail and a Nickelodeon star has had no punishment so far," Lohan tweeted, making an indirect reference to Bynes. "These are the moments that I appreciate my life experiences, living without regrets and...
05:52 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Kochi: The explosion at the cracker unit in Sivakashi, killing 38 persons, raises fingers over the checks and enforcement activities carried out by the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) in the south. According to the list of petroleum and explosives accidents in the country during 2010-11, the highest number of accidents were reported in the south circle comprising Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. During 2010-11, there were 13...
02:59 PM, Sep 17, 2012
Jaipur: In a shocking incident in Rajasthan, a goods train was set on fire by an angry mob after it rammed into a truck at an unmanned railway crossing on the Jaisalmer-Bikaner line, killing eight and injuring several others. While the injured have been shifted to a hospital, the mob also burnt a relief train that was sent to the accident site. The furious mob continues to block the affected...
02:24 PM, Sep 17, 2012
Jubail (Saudi Arabia): At least 10 Indians have reportedly died in a bus accident in Saudi Arabia's Jubail on Monday morning. The bus with 47 passengers, most of them from India, Nepal and Pakistan, met with an accident on Monday morning resulting in the death of 13 people. The dead also include two Nepalese and one Pakistani citizen. Twenty-nine others have been injured in the accident and admitted to a...
12:39 PM, Sep 17, 2012
Mumbai: Actress Yami Gautam met with a bike accident while shooting a song sequence for a Tamil movie in Hyderabad. The 28-year-old actress, who rose to prominence with her debut film 'Vicky Donor', has sustained leg injuries. Everyone on the sets panicked and a doctor was called immediately. Since the shoot had to be completed, Yami asked the doctor to give her some high dose of medicines so that she...
05:05 PM, Sep 14, 2012
Sonepat: There were dramatic scenes of protests in Sonepat as residents went on a rampage burning tyres and vehicles, protesting against an accident that killed a woman. The woman's family members claim that a truck hit her and was trying to flee when the violence broke out. Residents also claim that the police are yet to order an inquiry. No further violence has been reported, but the area remained tense....
09:46 AM, Sep 12, 2012
Palampur: The toll in the bus accident near Malli on the Palampur-Ashapuri road near Palampur rose to 34 on Tuesday with authorities recovering 20 more bodies, police said. Five others, including two women and a child, were seriously injured in the mishap which took place when a Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus rolled 1000 ft down into a deep gorge on Monday evening. Till late Monday night 14 bodies...
01:29 PM, Sep 11, 2012
Mumbai: In a yet another case of suspected drunk driving in Mumbai, a young actor was killed on Friday night. Eighteen-year-old television actress Neeral Bhardwaj died after a Honda city rammed into an auto rickshaw she was travelling. Neeral has acted in soaps like 'Mata ki Chowki' and 'Shani Dev ki Mahima'. After the police arrested the driver of the car, Purvesh Patkar, his relatives staged a protest at the...
06:29 AM, Sep 08, 2012
Kolkata: The death toll from the Bankura bus accident has now reached three, after the body of a three-year-old girl was recovered on Friday morning. A bus carrying around 50 passengers fell into the Bhairabanki river in Bankura on Thursday after the driver lost control over the vehicle as it crossed a flooded bridge. While 45 of the passengers were rescued, five were said to be missing. Police say the...
11:15 AM, Sep 07, 2012
It is now clear that the Sivakasi cracker factory fire accident that led to loss of lives was due to violation of norms. ...
11:19 PM, Sep 06, 2012
Sivakasi: A day after 37 people lost their lives in a fire at a cracker factory in Sivakasi, serious questions are being raised about fire safety in a town the produces 98 per cent of India's Diwali fire works. The Tamil Nadu government has ordered a probe, but is too little and too late. There have been at least 10 such incidents in the last decade and over 100 people...
09:05 PM, Sep 06, 2012
In Mumbai, the day after one person was killed and a dozen injured in the metro slab accident, questions are being asked over whether quality is being compromised during construction. ...
11:22 AM, Sep 06, 2012
London: Black Eyed Peas star Will.i.am and singer Cheryl Cole were left with bloody noses and whiplash following a minor car crash. The pair were pictured with blood streaming from their noses and down over their mouths as they sat dazed in the car moments after the accident, in Los Angeles, reported Daily Mail online. The crash occurred after they left a studio following a long 'day and night' of...
07:16 PM, Aug 31, 2012
Jalpaiguri: Four persons were killed and one was injured when a running train rammed into a car at an unmanned level crossing near Bagdogra in Darjeeling district on Saturday night, the police said. The car, carrying five persons who were returning from a programme in Siliguri, was hit by a diesel multiple unit (DMU) at the level crossing in Gosai More leaving four persons dead instantaneously. The injured was admitted...
10:14 PM, Aug 25, 2012
Greater Noida: A man was killed and three of his family members were injured when their car collided with a truck on the Yamuna Expressway, police said on Friday. The accident took place on Friday night near Jewar toll plaza on the expressway when the deceased Rahul Singhal, a resident of Delhi, was returning to the national capital from Agra. The injured were rushed to a hospital where their condition...
01:34 PM, Aug 25, 2012
Sambalpur: Thirteen people were killed and six others critically injured when a train rammed into a vehicle at an unmanned railway crossing in Sambalpur district on Friday. The mishap took place at Khairpali between Sambalpur City and Maneswar railway stations when the vehicle was hit by Rourkela-Bhubaneswar Inter-City Express while it was trying to cross the track at an unmanned level crossing, an East Coast Railway (ECoR) official said. While...
04:43 PM, Aug 24, 2012
Chennai: At least nine persons were killed and 11 others were injured in an accident involving a government bus near Rajakulam, about 15 km from Kancheepuram, on Thursday afternoon.Police said the bus, which had 51 passengers on board, was bound to Chennai from Hosur on National Highway 45, when driver Chitti Babu (52) of Vellore apparently lost control and rammed the vehicle into a stationary lorry. The impact crushed a...
08:00 AM, Aug 24, 2012
Kolkata: Fun turned to horror for visitors at Nicco Park, an amusement park in Kolkata. Revellers, many of them minors, toppled from a 20 feet high water slide ride and fell to the solid ground, after a portion of the ride broke. The injured say the ride was overloaded - many of them with broken limbs and fractured bones. One of the injured visitor Kamal Hussain said, "We were trying...
07:40 AM, Aug 22, 2012
