The National Disaster Relief Force or NDRF is holding a briefing on the leak of styrene gas from a plastic factor in Vizag in Andhra Pradesh. The video of the live briefing is below. You can also see the major bullet points summarizing the statements given by the NDRF and the NDMA in the briefing […]
Acclaimed Indian actress Shabana Azmi has been seriously injured after her SUV rammed a truck from behind on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on Saturday afternoon. Javed Akthar, Shabana Azmi’s husband who was also there in the car during the time of the accident did not suffer any injuries. Eyewitnesses revealed that the impact was so powerful, […]
Four organizations campaigning for justice on the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal accused the central and the state governments of suppressing a study that could have been used by the victims to bolster their case in courts. In a press conference, the organizations said they were able to obtain a copy of a study conducted […]
Kerala Police confirmed today that 46 people have been buried alive in 19 houses on the side of a hill in Kavalappara in Malappuram district in Kerala. Only 1 body has been recovered today as locals struggle to remove heavy rocks and mud from on top of the houses. Three bodies were recovered yesterday. The […]
Even as citizens blamed Shiv Sena-controlled Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation or BMC for the collapse of the railway overbridge near Andheri station today, the local Shiv Sena MLA has pointed out that Indian Railways does not allow BMC to carry out repair and maintenance on overbridges. At least five people were injured when a bridge connecting […]
A chartered plane carrying four people crashed in Ghatkopar in Mumbai. The crash took place on an under-construction building in Sarvodaya Society, near the telephone exchange in Ghatkopar West. One person who was standing near the site has died. The aircraft was on a test flight and had taken off from Juhu airport. There were […]
An oil exploration ship that was being repaired at the Cochin Shipyard was the site of an explosion today, resulting in several deaths. The incident took place on oil exploration vessel Sagar Bhushan, which is reportedly owned by ONGC. According to local media, at least 15 workers have been injured. Out of these, 4 people […]
The fire at Mumbai’s Kamala Mill Compound has disrupted the broadcasting operations of India’s biggest media conglomerate Times Group. Channels such as Movies Now, Romedy Now, MN+ and so on are offline, while news channels — including ET Now, Mirror Now and Times Now have had to transmit from make-shift studios and locations. Anchors of […]
A total of 35 aircraft — including fighter jets — have crashed in India over the last three years, the ministry of defence said. The 35 aircraft included 11 helicopters belonging to various divisions of the defence forces. A total of 14 pilots lost their lives in these accidents, the ministry said. The fighter jets […]
The Ministry of Railways today said that its inquiry into the Elphinstone stamped, that killed nearly two dozen people three months ago, was not caused by negligence or the failure by any railway official to do his duty. “As per the departmental enquiry headed by Chief Safety Officer/Western Railway, no Railway official(s) have been found […]
A youngster has ended up in the intensive care unit of a hospital struggling for his life after his attempt to mount an elephant like Baahubali went grievously wrong. The incident happened in Peringassery in the hilly district of Idukki in Kerala and was broadcast live on the victim’s Facebook. The incident took shape when […]
A video has gone viral on social media claiming to show a shocking pileup that happened today on the Yamuna Expressway. The video shows the pile-up in action with more and more cars ramming into each other even as people stand on the sidelines watching. The accident was initially caused by a bus overturning, with […]
Fire has been reported from the eight floor of Arunachal Bhawan building in Sector 30, Vashi, New Mumbai. No casualties have been reported. However, there are four floors above the floor on which the fire has spread. Smoke can also be seen from the 9th floor, but it is not yet clear whether the floor […]
A massive fire has broken out in Bandra East, near the railway station. Western Railway authorities said both the Western Line and the Harbour line are running normally. They said the tracks have not been impacted by the fire so far, but they are keeping a ‘close watch’ on the developments. “As of now, the […]
Railway minister Piyush Goyal said he has ordered a ‘safety and capacity’ audit of all foot-overbridges in Mumbai. The order comes in the wake of the death of around 25 people in a stampede on a narrow foot-overbridge in the Elphinstone station. He also said that the Railways will give Rs 5 lakh as compensation […]
The number of people killed by speedbreakers more than doubled in Karnataka to 2,310 in 2015, while they halved in Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh, which had reported the highest number of such deaths in 2014 at 3,192, saw the figure fall to 1,652 in the subsequent year, data obtained from the road transport ministry revealed. […]
There has been an explosion at the oil refinery in Kochi, operated by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. The explosion happened at the electricity generation plant at the refinery. The power plant works on gas and was undergoing maintenance. The BPCL refinery is crucial to the supply of oil products such as petrol, diesel and LPG […]
The Health Ministry will soon come out with a National Injury Control Program to provide health care and save lives of the lakhs of persons lost in accidents and to injury, announced health minister J P Nadda, while inaugurating the Third World Trauma Congress today. “Road traffic injuries are among the three leading causes of […]
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will be delegated power to approve plans for rectifying road design in black spots in an effort to reduce accidents on national highways, minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Nithin Gadkari said. Nithin Gadkari addressing a video conference of Regional Officers of the Ministry and NHAI highlighted […]
