New video of Ahmedabad crash survivor NEW DELHI: A new video of last week’s deadly Air India crash shows Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor, walking away from the crash site.In the video, some bystanders are seen shouting, as smoke billows in the background. Suddenly, Ramesh emerges from the burning wreckage, and is spotted by…
In a crucial breakthrough in the firefighting and salvage mission of the Singapore-flagged MV Wan Hai 503, Indian maritime forces successfully transferred tow control of the distressed container vessel to an ocean-going tug, Offshore Warrior, on 13 June. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG), which had been holding the vessel off the Kerala coast for several…
A man who set fire to a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London was found guilty on Monday of committing a religiously aggravated public order offence, in a verdict critics said effectively reinstated an abolished blasphemy law. Hamit Coskun, 50, was fined 240 pounds (USD 325) at London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court…
India’s Shreyas Iyer during a practice session ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy match between India and Pakistan in Dubai. (PTI) NEW DELHI: The wait is finally over. Team India has a new Test captain — Shubman Gill. The 25-year-old will take over the red-ball leadership when India begin their five-Test tour of England on…
MEERUT: A fast-track court in Bulandshahr sentenced a 45-year-old man to rigorous life imprisonment for burning alive his four-month-pregnant wife over dowry in 2015. She died at a Delhi hospital after battling for life for four days. While passing the sentence on Saturday, the court also imposed a fine of Rs 17,000 on the convict.While…
President Trump said this week that Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen have been “decimated by the relentless strikes” that he ordered beginning on March 15. But that’s not what Pentagon and military officials are privately telling Congress and allied countries. In closed briefings in recent days, Pentagon officials have acknowledged that there has been only…
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A raging wildfire engulfs the trees in Stillwater, Oklahoma, as intense flames consume the dry vegetation, sending thick plumes of smoke into the sky. The inferno spreads rapidly, fueled by strong winds and scorching temperatures, threatening the surrounding landscape and wildlife. (Reuters) Source link
NEW DELHI: Twelve years after being convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for allegedly burning his wife to death in Tamil Nadu, apex court has acquitted the man after noting that there was inconsistency in dying declarations of the deceased and also there was no other evidence to prove his culpability.A bench of Justices Sudhanshu…
Firefighters in Cape Town on Wednesday were battling a wildfire that broke out in Table Mountain National Park and spread overnight toward the city, local authorities said. The wildfire has burned for several days in the Newlands area, high in the mountainous slopes of the park, but strong gusting winds pushed it toward Cape Town’s…