In a miraculous escape, a woman was saved from a speeding train within a split-second in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The woman had allegedly leapt onto the tracks after her cellphone fell. ...
07:43 AM, Apr 03, 2013
The arraignment of a 31-year-old woman, accused of shoving an Indian immigrant to her death from a subway platform here last month, has been postponed as defense attorneys seek to contest a ruling that she is mentally fit to stand trial in the case. ...
10:42 AM, Jan 30, 2013
The US fast-food chain Subway got caught up in an online furor after an Australian teenager measured his "footlong" Subway sandwich and found that it was an inch short. ...
11:40 AM, Jan 23, 2013
A 31-year old woman, accused of shoving an Indian immigrant to his death in front of a subway train in December as she hated "Hindus and Muslims", has been found mentally fit to stand trial and was indicted on charges of murder as a hate crime by a US grand jury. Erika Menendez of Queens pushed Sunando Sen, 46, in front of an oncoming subway train on December 27, telling...
03:10 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Two police officers shot and wounded during a gun battle on a New York City subway train have been released from the hospital, as authorities identified the man who opened fire and was later killed. The subway shooting was the second of two Thursday involving New York City police officers, prompting Mayor Michael Bloomberg to criticise the top US gun lobbying group. ...
09:50 AM, Jan 05, 2013
Expressing shock and sorrow at the death of an Indian man Sunando Sen last week, Indian Americans have asked the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to separately track hate crimes against various religious communities in the country. ...
12:27 PM, Dec 31, 2012
Sunando Sen, the 46-year-old Indian immigrant who died after being pushed in front of a subway train here by a woman, will be cremated on Monday by his friends. Indian Ambassador to the US Nirupama Rao expressed her condolences on the death of Sen on micro-blogging site Twitter, describing it as a senseless and foul murder. ...
04:59 AM, Dec 31, 2012
A 31-year-old woman suspected of shoving an Indian immigrant in front of a subway train has been charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime after she told the police that she hated Hindus and Muslims since 9/11. Prosecutors Saturday identified the woman, who allegedly shoved India-born Sunando Sen of Queens, in front of a subway train Thursday as Erika Menendez of Bronx. ...
06:14 PM, Dec 30, 2012
A 31-year old woman, arrested for shoving an Indian immigrant to his death onto a subway train track in New York, has been charged with murder as a hate crime after she admitted before police that she pushed him because she "hated Hindus and Muslims". Erika Menendez of Queens is charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime for the death of 46-year-old Sunando Sen. ...
09:54 AM, Dec 30, 2012
The New York Police is offering a reward of $12,000 for information regarding a "mumbling" woman who pushed an Indian immigrant to his death in front of a subway train here, sending shock waves among millions of commuters who use the city's expansive transit system daily. Sunando Sen, who lived in Queens and had recently opened his own printing business, was killed when the unidentified woman pushed him onto the...
10:08 PM, Dec 29, 2012
New York: Police held a suspect for questioning on Tuesday to see if he may be the person who pushed a 58-year-old man onto a New York City subway track where he was killed by a train on Monday. The train crushed Ki-Suck Han in front of horrified commuters after he was shoved onto the track as the southbound Q subway pulled into the station at 49th Street near Times...
08:04 AM, Dec 05, 2012
The megastorm Sandy, demoted from the position of hurricane, has been ravaging the East Coast of the US for the last three days. As of ...
04:45 PM, Nov 01, 2012
New York: New York City announced the closings of it mass transit and school systems, both the nation's largest, and ordered residents to leave some low-lying areas Sunday ahead of the massive storm approaching the eastern third of the US. "A situation like this, you don't want to be overly panicked and overly prepared, but you want to be prudent, you want to do what's necessary," New York Gov. Andrew...
09:50 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Mumbai: 9.56 pm: A statewide alert has been issued to ensure there is no adverse fallout, says Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. He said CRPF, Rapid Action Force and Mumbai Police have been deployed at all sensitive locations in the city. 7.41 pm: "I have alerted the police force across the country to act against whoever spreads false information. I have spoken to the Maharashtra CM, the Deputy CM and...
04:15 PM, Aug 11, 2012
New York: An Afghan immigrant, who admitted of being part of a foiled terror plot to bomb New York's subways and stock exchanges, said he had travelled with two other men to Pakistan where they received training at an al-Qaeda camp and returned to the US to carry out the attacks. Najibullah Zazi, 26, appeared in court to testify at the terrorism trial of his high school classmate Adis Medunjanin,...
11:55 PM, Apr 18, 2012
Oslo: The accused ringleader of a terror plot in Norway has rejected charges that he conspired with al Qaeda to attack a Danish newspaper, saying he was planning a solo raid against the Chinese Embassy in Oslo. Mikael Davud, a Chinese Muslim, told the Oslo district court on Thursday his two alleged accomplices helped him acquire bomb-making ingredients but didn't know he was planning an attack. The trio was arrested...
07:59 AM, Nov 18, 2011
Shanghai: Two subway trains collided in Shanghai on Tuesday injuring more than 270 passengers, 20 critically, prompting public anger two months after a crash between two high-speed trains and renewing concerns about China's aggressive rail building plans. The collision occurred in central Shanghai, near the Yu Yuan gardens, a well-known tourist attraction, after a signal failure meant staff had to direct trains by telephone, though they were also running at...
01:44 AM, Sep 28, 2011
New York: The United States of America's largest subway system was beginning to shut down on Saturday and the typically bustling city became unusually quiet as the first rain from Hurricane Irene fell on Manhattan. Sidewalks, streets and bridges were nearly empty. Businesses were closed. Subway riders raced to catch the last trains. More 370,000 people in flood-prone areas have been told to get out ahead of the storm, the...
11:33 PM, Aug 27, 2011
