At least 15 people were killed after a passenger bus crashed on Indonesia’s main island of Java early Monday, officials said.The inter province bus, carrying 34 passengers, lost control on a toll road just after midnight, struck a concrete barrier and rolled onto its side, said Budiono, a search and rescue agency chief who goes…
At least ten people were killed and another ten injured when unknown gunmen opened fire in a township near Johannesburg, South African police said on Sunday.The shooting took place in Bekkersdal, around 40 kilometres southwest of the city. Police said the attackers fled the scene and no arrests have been made so far. The motive…
A hero cop or Detective Senior Constable Cesar “Cess” Barraza shot dead Bondi Beach shooter Sajid Akram during last week’s deadly attack on Sydney’s Jewish community. He was wearing a standard detective uniform of shirt and tie. Barraza fired at the suspects from roughly 130 feet, or 40 metres, using only a handgun. His second…
An Indian origin man was among four people killed after a four-storey under-construction Hindu temple collapsed in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, officials said on Sunday.Two people, a construction worker and a devotee, were confirmed dead on Friday. The death toll rose to four on Saturday after rescue teams recovered additional bodies from the debris.One of…
Two US service members and one American civilian were killed, and three other US troops injured, in an ambush by an Islamic State (IS) gunman in central Syria on Saturday, US Central Command said.In a post on X, CENTCOM, an American military arm that looks after operations in the Middle East, said the Americans were…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed condolences to the victims of the tragic Andhra gorge accident that killed nine and left 20 others injured. He also announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured from the Prime Minister’s…
NEW DELHI: One of the prime witnesses in the Sandeshkhali attack case, Bholanath Ghosh, was critically injured on Wednesday after a truck collided with his car in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district.Local eyewitnesses claimed that the truck, moving in the opposite direction of the car, rammed into the private vehicle at breakneck speed, crushed…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (ANI Photo) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed deep grief over the Arpora nightclub fire tragedy in Goa and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the families of those who died. The injured will receive Rs 50,000 from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF).In a post…
GOA: At least 23 people died and 50 were injured after a fire tore through a popular nightclub in North Goa’s Arpora village late on Saturday night, officials said. Most of the victims were staff members working at the venue. Goa’s police chief Alok Kumar told news agency PTI that the blaze was triggered by…
NEW DELHI: At least 23 people died in a massive fire that engulfed a Birch By Romeo Lane club The Goa cafe that was engulfed in fire. (Photo: TOI) Calling the fire incident “very disturbing”, BJP MLA Michael Lobo said: “We will need to conduct a safety audit of all other clubs in Goa, which…