'Captain was drunk when Titanic hit the iceberg'

'Captain was drunk when Titanic hit the iceberg' London: Titanic's captain was drunk when the ill-fated ocean liner carrying 2228 people hit an iceberg and sank, a previously unseen account by a survivor has claimed. Captain Edward Smith was apparently seen drinking in the saloon bar of the doomed ship in the run-up to the catastrophic collision that led to its sinking on April 15, 1912. History books record that the white-whiskered skipper was woken in his cabin...
01:26 PM, Mar 09, 2012
Italy ship disaster: Rescued Indians return home

Italy ship disaster: Rescued Indians return home

The first batch of Indians rescued from the Italian cruise liner returned to Delhi on Thursday. ...
02:27 PM, Jan 19, 2012

Italian shipwreck: Captain says he's not at fault

Italian shipwreck: Captain says he's not at fault Giglio: More than 48 hours after the hull of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia was torn apart by rocks off the Tuscan coast, its captain, Francesco Schettino says he's not at fault. "I don't know if it was detected or not but on the nautical chart it was marked just as water at some 100-150 meters from the rocks and we were about 300 meters from the shore, more...
09:48 PM, Jan 16, 2012

Italian shipwreck: 201 Indians rescued, 1 missing

Italian shipwreck: 201 Indians rescued, 1 missing Giglio: Two hundred and one Indians have been rescued from aboard the sinking ship Costa Concordia, that hit rocks off the coast of Italy on Friday night, said Sunil Aggarwal, First secretary, Indian Embassy, Rome. He added that one Indian was still missing. "People saw him (the missing Indian) rescuing the passengers. There are no eye witnesses to tell us where he is," he said. He said that there would...
08:02 AM, Jan 16, 2012

Problem of plenty in 'Sinking, Not Swimming'

Problem of plenty in 'Sinking, Not Swimming' Nalini Rajan's literary effort is plagued by too many characters and a convoluted storyline. ...
06:08 PM, Jul 19, 2010

Indian Navy questioned on Somali pirate ship sinking

Indian Navy questioned on Somali pirate ship sinking The Indian navy it was an retaliatory fire after it was first fired upon in November. ...
03:08 AM, Nov 26, 2008
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