An errant weight thrown by a competitor in a hammer throw event struck and killed a spectator at a youth track and field meet in Colorado, according to officials at the university where the competition was held. The weight cleared certified barriers before striking the man Sunday morning at the University of Colorado’s Colorado Springs…
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NEW DELHI: The National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) on Saturday said another body was found early morning when they went to see the water level. The body was recovered amid ongoing efforts to rescue trapped workers at the bottom of the flooded rat-hole coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district.Earlier, the relief team recovered the…
Belmont Drive runs parallel to Rocky Lane, a noisy thoroughfare in Liverpool that blurs into West Derby Road, connecting the city centre with Anfield and its famous football stadium. Here, the peeling grandeur of brooding Victorian homes stand incongruously against steel-shuttered shops and their grilles, reflecting the different stages of Liverpool’s past as well as…
TIRUPATI: A day after the worst-ever stampede in Tirupati in recent memory, Andhra Pradesh’s government ordered on Thursday a judicial probe to find out the exact reason that led to the tragic deaths of six devotees and injuries to about 40 others, and to suggest measures to prevent the recurrence of similar incidents.Government also cracked…
A 36-year-old US Postal Service worker was fatally stabbed on Thursday after an argument over a sandwich order at Joe’s Grocery located on Lenox Road near W. 118th St. in Manhattan, according to law enforcement sources. Argument Escalates Over Sandwich Order The postal worker was on duty when he stopped at the deli around 2:30…
BHOPAL/INDORE: Trucks carrying hazardous waste left over from the 1984 gas tragedy began rolling out of the abandoned Union Carbide site in Bhopal for a disposal plant in Pithampur, 230km away, on Wednesday night, even as workers of other factories in the industrial estate near Indore voiced concern about their safety. “Transportation to Pithampur has…
A driver caused chaos in New Orleans’ French Quarter early on New Year’s Day by ramming a pickup truck into a crowd, killing 10 people. Police shot and killed the driver. Over 30 people were injured in the attack, turning festive Bourbon Street into a scene of horror. The FBI is investigating it as an…
WAKEFIELD, N.H: Four people died in a New Hampshire home on Christmas Day due to suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said. Police were called to the house in the town of Wakefield around 4:20 p.m. for a welfare check, said New Hampshire State Fire Marshal Sean Toomey. He said that when officers arrived, they found…
Hours after the deadly inferno on Jaipur-Ajmer highway, Rajasthan govt Friday announced a Rs 2,350 crore initiative to improve blackspots across state. CM Bhajan Lal Sharma directed state PWD to focus on improving condition of blackspots to prevent future accidents. Sharma also ordered strict action against those who fail to meet prescribed standards for road…