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Police say at this stage it appears driver error is to blame for a fatal four-wheel drive accident north of Bathurst.
Bathurst police Acting Inspector Andrew Holland says a 50-year-old man from western Sydney was camping with two friends at his property at Turondale when the accident happened about 5:00am (AEDT) yesterday.
He says the man had [...]

Jaipur, Mar. 15 (ANI): At least 26 people, including students and teachers, were killed and 34 injured when the bus in which they were travelling collided with a stationary vehicle and fell off a bridge into a dry river bed in Rajasthan’’s Sawai Madhopur district on Monday morning.
According to preliminary reports, the mishap occurred along [...]

Sydney Roosters captain Braith Anasta says he has overcome an ankle injury and will lead his side out for their NRL opening round clash with South Sydney on Sunday.
Anasta has battled a fractured ankle he suffered in June last year and missed all the Roosters’ preseason trials.
“It’s going really well, I really tested it in [...]

ST. LOUIS — The professional wrestler known as The Undertaker got minor burns on his chest and a scare during a pyrotechnics mishap he escaped without serious injury.
World Wrestling Entertainment spokesman Robert Zimmerman said Tuesday that the wrestler, whose real name is Mark Calaway, is fine and suffered only a minor injury. In fact, [...]

Purulia (West Bengal), Sep 19 (ANI): An 18-month old elephant calf was found drowned in a pond inside Panchet forest in west Bengal’s Purulia district.

Forest officials said a herd of 22 elephants were moving from Panchet forest to the Dalma forest area when the mishap occurred.

“When they tried to cross the pond the calf [...]

Doda (J and K), Sep.10 (ANI): Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti suffered minor facial injuries on Thursday when her car was involved in an accident.

The mishap occurred soon after she told a PDP workers’ convention that the spate of fatal road accidents in the Chenab [...]

Bandipora (J-K), Sep 8 (ANI): An enraged mob torched two army vehicles in Jammu and Kashmir after an army truck in a convoy ran over a girl on Monday.

The mishap took place at Sumbal in Bandipora district, where an army truck killed the six-year old Insha Javaid.

Furious crowds [...]

London, Sept 8 (ANI): Most domestic accidents happen on a Monday – thanks to hangovers.

And the mishaps include starting fires with hair straighteners, letting a bath overflow and spilling hot drinks on to laptop computers.

According to data for the last three years published by Halifax Home Insurance, a third more accidents happen on Monday morning, [...]

Mumbai, Aug 25(ANI): Four people suffered burn in an LPG cylinder blast at Dadar in Mumbai on Tuesday and also damaged two houses nearby.

The incident took place when Suman Marathe, an aged woman, who returned home having spent two days at her daughter’s [...]

New Delhi, July 15 (ANI): The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has sacked official in-charge of the Badarpur Metro line, Vijay Anand, for neglecting his duty, following shocking collapse of an under construction Metro pillar in south Delhi.

Six persons were killed and 15 others injured [...]

New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): Union Road Transport Minister Kamal Nath on Tuesday said that the Cente has plans to set up an organization to develop and manage expressways in the country.

“We are looking at setting up an Expressway Authority in the same line with [...]

Washington, July 14 (ANI): US President Barack Obama was literally at the loss of words recently, when one of his teleprompter screens broke midway through his speech.

It was when Obama had just started a spirited [...]

New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): Debris clearance operations continued at the Delhi Metro accident site in South Delhi on Tuesday.

Cranes, which toppled yesterday leaving six injured, have been removed from the site.

Vehicular movement towards Nehru Place area has been badly affected with traffic chaos in many places like Greater Kailash, Amar Colony, Moolchand [...]

Mumbai, July 14 (ANI): A metallic structure erected to support the main concrete pillars at the Mumbai Metro line collapsed in the northwest suburb of Sakineka due to gusty winds late on Monday night.

However, no one was injured in the incident.

According to police, the mishap occurred at the construction site of Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar [...]

New Delhi, July 13 (ANI): Union Minister for Urban Development Jaipal Reddy on Monday refuted accusations that the metro rail mishap was a result of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) pushing to complete the rail project ahead of the Commonwealth Games 2010 deadline. [...]

New Delhi, July 13 (ANI): A day after a Metro Rail bridge collapse caused six deaths in South Delhi’s Zamrudpur area, a launcher turned upside down, leaving another six persons injured on Monday.

The incident took place when two to three cranes were lifting the huge girder at the site but suddenly it just toppled [...]

New Delhi, July 13 (ANI): Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) chief Dr. E. Sreedharan on Monday visited the site where an under-construction bridge had collapsed on Sunday, leaving six persons dead.

Sreedharan, who had submitted his resignation to the Delhi Government claiming responsibility for the mishap, was asked to continue by Chief Minister Sheila [...]

Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh), July 12 (ANI): At least ten people have been killed and 15 injured when a private bus dashed against a lorry on the Allagedda-Kadapa highway in the Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh early on Sunday.

According to police, the mishap took place when the private bus was proceeding to [...]

New Delhi, July 12 (ANI): The Managing Director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), E Sreedharan, on Sunday said he would take stock of the situation arising out of this morning’s DMRC bridge collapse, and then decide what action was to be taken against the project contractor, Gammon India.

Sreedharan’s comments came soon after [...]

Nainital, July 10 (ANI): Incessant overnight rains resulted in landslide at Nainital in Uttarakhand on Friday.

Due to the impact of the landslide, a boulder fell on a house in the early morning hours crushing three members of a family while they were asleep.

“There was a boulder lying behind the house. [...]