Three nabbed for killing Indian in New Zealand
Three persons, including a teenager, have been arrested & remanded to custody on Thursday for the cold-blooded murder of an Indian, owner of an Indian store, by robbers in the capital of New Zealand. Navtej Singh, 30 years old, from Punjab had died on Monday after battling for life over 36 hours. A father of three girls- the eldest being five, Singh moved to New Zealand six years ago with his family & set up a liquor store in South ….
Read More: Three nabbed for killing Indian in New Zealand33 killed in Sudanese airliner blaze
At least 33 killed after a Sudan Airways plane carrying 217 people burst into flames after landing at Khartoum airport on Tuesday night. The airliner was an Airbus which was carrying 203 passengers & 14 crew members. Police & airport officials said that they were still trying to determine casualty numbers.
One passenger said that the plane had tried to land at Khartoum airport “but then the captain told us we couldn’t land because of bad weather”. He said they ….
China invites Manmohan Singh for Olympics
China has invited Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh as well as other leaders to attend the Olympics in August. However, sources said that it was likely that sports minister M S Gill would represent India at the games. The invitation was conveyed to the Indian delegation during foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee’s recent visit to China.
The games have been a source of much heartburn between China & India since March as Tibetans protested in the country against the Chinese government’s ….
Assailants attacked Kosovo PM Hashim Thaci’s home
Armed assailants have attacked the home of Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci. Thaci’s security guards exchanged fire with the assailants, injuring at least one assailant. The guards spotted one person trying to break into the two-story house from the balcony of the top floor. Thaci was away on a private visit at the time of the attack late Friday, but his wife & son were in the house.
Thaci’s residence is in a suburb of Kosovo’s capital Pristina that contains most ….
World War II bomb detonated in London
British Army engineers have on Saturday detonated a large World War II bomb unearthed this week on a building site. An Army bomb disposal team carried out a controlled explosion on the 2,200-pound German warhead at 5:55 p.m. on Friday. Video of the blast showed brown dirt, debris & black smoke shooting into the air when the bomb went off.
There were no reports of any injuries or damage to surrounding property after the blast. The public was allowed back into ….
Largest World War II bomb discovered in London
Largest World War II bomb has been found in East London 2012 Olympics site. A British Army bomb disposal team is working carefully to dismantle large unexploded World War II bomb unearthed this week near the future Olympic Park in London. Royal Engineers will cut through the metal casing of the 60-year old bomb within the next 24 hours. The device, which measures 5ft by 3ft, will then be “steamed” so the explosive becomes a safe liquid. The 2,000lb bomb, ….
Read More: Largest World War II bomb discovered in LondonBlast in Bus killed 20 in Colombo
At least 20 people killed & 40 others injured in a bus blast in Colombo on Friday. The explosion in a bus in a southern suburb of Colombo came two days after suspected Tamil Tiger rebels blew up a rail track near the Sri Lankan capital wounding 27 people.
The latest explosion targeting civilians comes as the Sri Lanka’s military presses on with an offensive to retake the Tigers’ northern stronghold in land, sea & air attacks in a civil war ….
Aftershock struck China
An aftershock of magnitude 5.3 struck Sichuan province of China on Thursday while authorities watched nervously as rising water behind an earthquake-created dam neared a spillway designed to relieve pressure on it.
The epicentre of this quake was about 65 kilometres west of Guangyuan, Sichuan province & it struck at 12:41 p.m.. The quake was recorded at a depth of 10 kilometers .
Al Qaeda claimed attack on Danish embassy in Pakistan
Al Qaeda has claimed that it was behind the attack on Denmark’s embassy in Pakistan in which eight people killed & more than 30 injured. An Internet statement, signed by Al Qaeda’s leader in Afghanistan, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, said that the attack was a “revenge against the infidel government of Denmark which published degrading drawings of the Prophet & refused to apologise but continued … & was followed by leading crusader states, organisations and figures”.
The attack was in line with ….
Six children killed in Train-Bus accident in France
At least six children have been killed & 12 others injured when a regional train in southern France crashed into a school bus in the Haute-Savoie department on Monday. Some people on the train were also hurt.
The bus was carrying 50 children & six adults, including five parents. The bus was transporting the children from College ge Margencel as part of a history class field trip to visit medieval sites. The children were from a town called Margencel.
Legendary songwriter Bo Diddley passes away
Legendary rock-and-roll singer & songwriter Bo Diddley has passed away on Monday (IST) in Florida. He was 79 years old. Accoring to reports, Diddley died of heart failure on Monday. He had suffered a heart attack in August 2007, three months after suffering a stroke while touring in Iowa.
Doctors said that the stroke affected his ability to speak & he had returned to Florida to continue rehabilitation. Diddley was known for his homemade square guitar, dark glasses & black hat.
His ….
Oscar winning actress Tatum O’Neil arrested on drug charges
Tatum O’Neil an Oscar winning actress has been arrested on drugs charges. The 44 years old actress was seen buying crack cocaine near her home in Manhattan yesterday.
Tatum O’Neal, daughter of actor Ryan O’Neal, became the youngest person to win an Oscar for her role in 1973’s Paper Moon. She chronicled her struggles with addiction in her memoir A Paper Life.
Upon her arrest, Tatum is believed to have pleaded with police, saying: “Can’t we just forget about this?”
China Earthquake death toll rises to 69,016
The death toll in China’s major earthquake has been rose to 69, 016. A total of 368,545 people were injured & 18,830 others were still missing in the 8.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked southwestern Sichuan Province on May 12.
A total of 45.55 million people were affected by this major earthquake, of whom 15.15 million were relocated.
Marine Lance Crutchfield shot dead in his home town
The Marine Lance Cpl. Robert Crutchfield has been in the neck during a robbery at a bus stop in Cleveland, Ohio. He was 21 years old. Feeding & breathing tubes kept him alive 41/2 months, until he died of an infection on May 18. Two men have been charged in the attack & Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason said on Friday that the case was under review to decide whether to seek the death penalty.
Crutchfield was attacked on January ….
Bomb Blast rocked Islamabad
A suicide car bomb rocked Pakistan capital Islamabad on Monday in which 8 killed & many injured. The suicide car bomber detonates explosives near the Danish Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan. Authorities reached at the spot & cordoned off the area outside Danish Embassy.
The force of the blast badly damaged two buildings in front of the embassy, one of which belongs to a development agency & left a huge crater in the ground. Ambulance staff rushed away casualties including a security ….
50 Cent accused of trying to kill ex-girlfriend, son
Curtis James Jackson III better known as 50 cent an American rapper has been accused by his ex-girlfriend of trying to kill her & his own son. Ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins said that the singer tried to kill them in a fire, which has burned his mansion to the ground. The 31 years old & her 10 years old son Marquise were at the 1.2 million pounds home in Dix Hills, New York State, when it erupted in flames on Friday ….
Read More: 50 Cent accused of trying to kill ex-girlfriend, sonFashion icon Yves Saint Laurent passes away
Yves Saint Laurent an International fashion icon passed away on Sunday night at his home in Paris. He was 71 years old. Saint Laurent was the last of an era of fashion designers that included Coco Chanel & Christian Dior, for whom Saint Laurent worked until Dior’s death in 1957.
Saint Laurent’s became synonymous with the glamour of the Paris catwalk and the elegance of haute couture. Saint Laurent was born on August 1, 1936, in Oran, Algeria. After winning ….
Blasts in Bangladesh hotel, more than 30 injured
Two blasts rocked a multi-storey hotel in the Dhaka in which more than 30 people injured, police said today. Police said that two explosions rocked the nine-storey Orchard Plaza hotel at the city’s Nayapaltal area late on Sunday night, setting two upper floors on fire.
Firefighters said the victims included one Sri Lankan national. They said the fire was apparently caused by “gas explosions”. “It’s not a bomb”. The injured were being treated at hospitals for multiple burn injuries.
A senior official ….
6.0 Magnitude earthquake rocked northern Taiwan
An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck northern Taiwan on Sunday late night, rattling buildings, but causing no damage or casualties. The epicentre of this earthquake was about 20 kilometres north of the northeastern city of Ilan. The quake rocked Taiwan at 22:29 (IST) on Sunday.
Ilan is about 70 kilometres east of the capital of Taipei. The Central Weather Bureau has said this latest earthquake is not related to the 6.4 magnitude temblor that struck in the Pacific Ocean off of ….
Attack on Somali president at Mogadishu airport
At least two people have been injured after several mortar shells were fired by suspected Islamist at the convoy of Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed at Mogadishu airport. An official said, “The president was unhurt in the attack but one Ugandan peacekeeper was slightly injured at the airport”. The president was flying to Djibouti for talks with the opposition. The president left for Djibouti safe & sound, the plot of the anti-peace elements failed.
Witnesses said one civilian was injured after ….