Accidents & Disasters – Newsletter for November 14, 2010

Somali pirates free British couple

MOGADISHU – A British couple held captive by pirates in Somalia for more than a year was released Sunday, a media report said.

Pirates had captured them after attacking their yacht off the Somalia coast, Xinhua reported.
The couple – Paul and Rachel Chandler – were set free after long negotiations with their captors, and …. Source  : Somali pirates free British couple.

Tripura to use satellites to track terrorists

AGARTALA – Tripura will soon use satellites to track terrorists in the state, director general of police K. Saleem Ali said here Sunday, saying that the state’s three-decade old militancy will be “flushed out within the next few months”.

Tripura would be the third state in India, after Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand, to introduce … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Tripura to use satellites to track terrorists.

Palm Beach Crash Claims 3 Lives

WEST PALM BEACH (GaeaTimes.com)- On Thursday, Florida’s Palm Beach International Airport saw a twin engine aircraft crash which claimed three lives and injured one, the airport spokeswoman Casandra Davis confirmed the news to the media. She also said that the injured person was airlifted to the hospital immediately after the crash, however, he later …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Notebook in pocket saves policeman’s life

SYDNEY – It was a notebook that saved his life. An Australian policeman is happy to be alive after an attacker lunged to stab him in the heart, but the knife could only penetrate a notebook kept in his shirt’s left pocket.

The incident occurred when police went to a house in Austinmer town on …. Source article  : Notebook in pocket saves policeman’s life.

No rape by cops, girls tell Chhattisgarh court

RAIPUR – Two days after accusing four policemen of gang raping them in a police station complex in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district, the two ‘victims’ Friday retracted their earlier statements in a court Saturday.

The girls told a local court at Gharghora town Friday that they were not raped by policemen.
The girls, one of …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : No rape by cops, girls tell Chhattisgarh court.

Girls drop rape charges against Chhattisgarh cops

RAIPUR – Two days after accusing four policemen of gang rape in a police station complex in Raigarh district, the two ‘victims’ retracted from their earlier statements in a court in Chhattisgarh Saturday.

The girls told a local court at Gharghora town Friday that they were not raped by policemen.
The girls, one of … Read : Girls drop rape charges against Chhattisgarh cops.

Huge cache of pirated CDs, DVDs seized, 27 arrested

LUCKNOW – In one of the biggest hauls of blue films and pirated CDs and DVDs in the country, police here Saturday seized over one million such CDs and DVDs and arrested 27 people, an official said.

“Acting on a tip-off, we raided a hideout in the Arya Nagar area and made the seizure,” Additional …. Original source  : Huge cache of pirated CDs, DVDs seized, 27 arrested.

Epileptic boy in Britain dies after drug overdose

LONDON – A five-year-old boy in Britain who was admitted to hospital after suffering from epilepsy has died after being given a massive drug overdose, a media report said Saturday.

Bailey Ratcliffe was admitted to a NHS hospital after having several seizures. He was given seven times too much of an anti-epilepsy drug by … Original article on : Epileptic boy in Britain dies after drug overdose.

Goa serial killer acquitted in fifth murder case

PANAJI – An alleged 41-year-old serial killer was acquitted in a fifth murder case by a local court here Saturday due to lack of evidence.

Mahanand Naik has been lodged in a Goa prison since last year for allegedly murdering 16 women over 16 years, according to the police.
On Saturday, principal sessions … Original article on : Goa serial killer acquitted in fifth murder case.

Scottish prisons go green, flat screen TVs for prisoners

LONDON – In a bid to save energy, Scottish officials have proposed energy-efficient flat screen TV sets for prisoners, a media report said Saturday.

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has ordered 1,600 of the 19-inch flat screen TV sets to allow prisoners to watch programmes in their cells, Daily Telegraph reported.
Though the opposition … Read more >>.

CBI files first charge sheet against Koda in graft case

RANCHI – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed the first charge sheet against jailed former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and his two associates in a graft case, a source in the federal agency said Saturday.

The charge sheet against Koda, Vinod Sinha and Sanjay Chaudhary was filed in a Ranchi vacation CBI …. Read the original article  : CBI files first charge sheet against Koda in graft case.

Woman, two children injured as truck rams into car in Delhi

NEW DELHI – A woman and her two children were injured when a truck collided with their car in Kalindi Kunj area of east Delhi, police said Saturday.

“The accident took place around 1 a.m. last night. The woman was taking a U-turn at the Jasola T-point intersection when the vehicles collided,” a police officer …. Source  : Woman, two children injured as truck rams into car in Delhi.