Drunk Australian teen steals fire engine

SYDNEY – An intoxicated 16-year-old boy broke into a fire station in an Australian town and drove off with a fire engine, police said Saturday.

Police said the teenager broke into the fire station at Lithgow, 143 km from Sydney, and stole a 14-tonne fire truck at about 11.45 p.m. Friday, the Daily Telegraph reported. … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Drunk Australian teen steals fire engine.

Philippines Earthquake Make Headlines

SUMATRA (GaeaTimes.com)- The Moro Gulf of Mindanao Island in Philippines was hit by a total of 6 quakes today morning and this created sensation among the residents. The strong quakes were followed by another strong quake which hit Indonesia’s northern Sumatra region. Later the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed the incidents. The final quake had rattled …. Source  : Philippines Earthquake Make Headlines.

Floods in Ferozepur, crops damaged

CHANDIGARH – Several acres of agricultural land were inundated and over 75 villages were submerged in flood water in Punjab’s Ferozepur district Saturday, an official said.

Over 150 houses have been damaged and hundreds of residents have been evacuated to safer places. District administration and the local police had launched a rescue operation on war-footing in … Read more : Floods in Ferozepur, crops damaged.

Crews look for 4 missing after medical flight crashes into Lake Michigan; boaters rescue pilot

Mich. rescuers search for 4 missing in plane crash

LUDINGTON, Mich. – Rescuers searched Lake Michigan for four people aboard a small plane that crashed into choppy waters, including a school superintendent on his way to the Mayo Clinic for cancer treatment, his wife and a doctor. The only known survivor was the pilot.
Jerry Freed, 66, … Read more >>>.

Ships steam to safer waters as leftovers from Tropical Storm Bonnie gun for Gulf of Mexico

Ships steam to safer waters as storm guns for Gulf

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO – Ships steamed to safer waters and coastal workers packed up oil removal operations as remnants of Tropical Storm Bonnie gunned for the Gulf of Mexico Saturday.
By daybreak, all but a handful of the ships working at the well site were …. Source article  : Ships steam to safer waters as leftovers from Tropical Storm Bonnie gun for Gulf of Mexico.

26 held for illegal diamond mining

RAIPUR – Twenty-six people, including six women, were arrested in a police raid at a diamond deposit site in Chhattisgarh, police said Saturday.

A police team raided the 18-hectare diamond deposit site late Friday and arrested 20 men and six women for illegally mining diamond in Pailikhand village, around 150 km from here, in Raipur district. … Read more >>>.

Abducted Jharkhand engineer rescued

RANCHI – Three days after he was abducted by suspected Maoists, an engineer of the Central Coalfield Limited (CCL) was rescued from a jungle in Jharkhand’s Palamau district, police said Saturday.

According to the police, N.K. Pathak, an engineer posted in Magadh coal project of CCL, was rescued late Friday from a jungle in Palamau district, …. Read the original article  : here.

MiG 27 crashes in West Bengal, civilian killed (Lead, superseding earlier story)

SILIGURI – A MiG 27 fighter aircraft crashed in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district Saturday morning, killing a civilian and injuring eight others, a police official said. The pilot ejected safely.

The accident occured at around 11 a.m. when the aircraft, which had started off from the Hashimara airbase at 10.30 a.m, came crashing down in Jorepukhri … Read this article on Gaea Times at : MiG 27 crashes in West Bengal, civilian killed (Lead, superseding earlier story).

Bus veers off mountain road and plunges down gorge killing 17 in Indian Kashmir

17 killed after bus plunges into gorge in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, India – A minibus veered off a mountain road under construction and plunged into a river in Indian Kashmir, killing at least 17 people, a police officer said Saturday.
Rescue workers were searching the fast-flowing waters of the Chenab River for any survivors, said Hemant Lohia.
The accident …. Source  : Bus veers off mountain road and plunges down gorge killing 17 in Indian Kashmir.

12 students injured as school bus overturns

LUCKNOW – At least 12 students were injured, three critically, when their school bus overturned in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district Saturday, police said.

The speeding bus, carrying 30-35 students of the DPM College, overturned after the driver applied the brakes suddenly to avoid collision with another vehicle in Pehsuma area, about 400 km from here.
“Those …. Original article  : 12 students injured as school bus overturns.

Pakistani man arrested before wedding in Britain

LONDON – It didn’t turn out to be a dream wedding for a 32-year-old Pakistani man and his Czech bride as they were arrested moments ahead of what police called a “sham wedding”.

Abdul Majid from Pakistan and his bride, Andrea Kalejova, 22, were arrested by immigration officials from a registrar’s office in Manchester just before … Read more : Pakistani man arrested before wedding in Britain.

MiG 27 crashes in West Bengal, two pilots dead

KOLKATA – A MiG 27 fighter aircraft crashed in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district Saturday morning, killing the two pilots onboard, a defence official said.

The aircraft crashed in Moinaguri village in Jalpaiguri. Twelve villagers, including four children, were injured in the accident, Wing Commander Mahesh Upasani, the defence spokesperson (eastern headquarters), told IANS here.
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4 US service members die in bombing in Afghanistan; 69 international troops killed in July

4 US troops die in bomb blast in south Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan – Four American service members were killed Saturday in a bombing in southern Afghanistan, where international forces are stepping up the fight against the Taliban, officials said.
A NATO announcement did not give the nationalities of the victims of Saturday’s blast, nor specify where in [..] Read the original article: here.

Two TDP leaders hacked to death

HYDERABAD – Two leaders of the opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP), who were brothers, were hacked to death by unidentified assailants in Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district in a case of fational killings, police said Saturday.

Vishwanath Reddy and Maheshwar Reddy, both brothers and local leaders of the TDP, were murdered late Friday in Nakkaladinne in Kadapa. …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Bail hearing of Kachru accused adjourned till Monday

SHIMLA – The Himachal Pradesh High Court has adjourned till Monday the bail hearing of the four medical students accused of ragging first year student Aman Kachru last year leading to his death.

Justice D.D Sud gave both the parties an opportunity to discuss the case regarding the bail granted to the accused.
The four …. Source  : Bail hearing of Kachru accused adjourned till Monday.

Prosecutors say at least 38 dead found at suspected drug-gang dumping ground in north Mexico

38 bodies found at northern Mexico dumping ground

MEXICO CITY – Authorities found the remains of at least 38 people in a series of pits and scattered on the ground at a suspected drug-gang dumping site near the industrial hub of Monterrey in northern Mexico, an official said Friday.
Investigators were using heavy equipment to search for … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Prosecutors say at least 38 dead found at suspected drug-gang dumping ground in north Mexico.

Rome diocese asks gay priests to come out

Rome, July 24 (IANS/AKI) The Catholic diocese of Rome has asked homosexual priests to “come out” because their behaviour “slings mud on others”.

The Vicar of Rome – the office that governs the Rome diocese in the name of the Pope – Friday urged homosexual priests to renounce priesthood.
It was responding to an article in …. Read the original article  : Rome diocese asks gay priests to come out.

Amit Shah is innocent, says Narendra Modi

NEW DELHI – Gujarat Minister of State for Home Amit Shah is “completely innocent” and all allegations against him have been “fabricated”, Chief Minister Narendra Modi said here Saturday while accepting his resignation.

“Amit Shah is completely innocent. The allegations have been fabricated,” Modi said after arriving in the capital in the morning.
“Amit Shah has … Read more >>.

3 earthquakes hit southern Philippines, but too deep to cause any damage or tsunami

Earthquakes hit southern Philippines; no damage

MANILA, Philippines – Three major undersea earthquakes struck the southern Philippines within minutes of each other early Saturday, but the temblors were too deep to cause any damage.
A magnitude 6.8 tremor shook the Moro Gulf off the island of Mindanao at 6:08 a.m. (2208 GMT Friday). It was centered about …. Source article  : 3 earthquakes hit southern Philippines, but too deep to cause any damage or tsunami.

Coast Guard releases radio transmissions from fatal duck boat crash in Philadelphia

Coast Guard releases audio from Philly duck crash

PHILADELPHIA – An unidentified man can be heard yelling for a boat to watch out on recordings of radio communications from a fatal duck boat crash in Philadelphia.
The audio released Friday was taken from the emergency channel recorded by the Coast Guard on July 7 when a duck … Read more »»».