A man climbed onto the wing of a plane as it prepared for takeoff at an airport in Nigeria's Lagos city, causing panic among passengers, authorities said.
Four persons including three members of a family were killed and two others critically injured on Saturday after their SUV skidded off the road and plunged into a 500-ft-deep gorge in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
Flood waters showed signs of receding in Assam on Saturday but the number of deaths climbed to 62 with rain-related incidents claiming 12 more lives in the last 24 hours. Around 44 lakh people in 24 of the northeastern state's 33 districts remain affected, officials said.
Hours after the demise of Congress stalwart Sheila Dikshit, her political opponents such as Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and BJP president of Delhi unit, Manoj Tiwari expressed grief remembering her contribution to the development of the national capital.
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane carrying 48 passengers skidded off the runway while landing at the Gilgit airport on Saturday, officials said.
Edited by Stela Dey | Saturday July 20, 2019, New Delhi
UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi wrote a heartfelt letter to former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit's children condoling the death of the veteran leader.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said the Union government was not making any attempts to impose Hindi in Tamil Nadu and was trying to promote Tamil as well.
A Mumbai city court today extended actor Ajaz Khan's police custody to 14 days. The actor was arrested on Thursday by the city's cybercrime police for allegedly creating and uploading "objectionable" videos.
The death toll in the July 2 wall collapse in Pimpripada area of Malad East touched 31 Saturday with the death of 50-year-old Basanti Kishor Sharma in civic-run Cooper Hospital, an official said.
