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Two students killed in Delhi road accident

New Delhi , May 24 Two Bachelor in Computer Application (BCA) students were killed after the car they were travelling in collided against an electric pole here, police said here Friday.

Prison van carrying killer to court crashes

London , May 24 Two prison vans, one of them carrying a self-admitted cop-killer to Britain's Preston Crown Court, crashed Friday, leaving four officers and a prisoner writhing in pain.

Emergency landing forces closure of Heathrow

London , May 24 London's Heathrow airport closed both its runways Friday morning after an emergency landing. All passengers have been safely evacuated, a media report said.

Cruise liner captain to stand trial over shipwreck

Rome , May 24 The captain of the Costa Concordia cruise liner that hit rocks and sank off Tuscany last year, killing 32 people, will go on trial in July.

Firemen still battling Coca Cola yard blaze

Gurgaon , May 22 Firemen were still trying to douse a fire that broke out in the stock yard of Coca Cola company here in Udyog Vihar a day before, an official said Wednesday.

Nine dead in China shop fire

Beijing , May 24 As many as nine people, including three children, died in a fire that broke out in China's Guangdong province early Friday, fire authorities said.

Highway bridge collapses in Washington

Washington , May 24 A number of vehicles and people fell into a river when a highway bridge collapsed in Washington state, officials said. But no death was reported.

Five Venezuelan cops die in chopper crash

Caracas , May 24 Five members of Venezuela's PNB national police force died Thursday when the helicopter they were using to pursue a group of kidnappers in a rural part of Caracas crashed, PNB director Luis Karabi said.

Four charred to death in car accident

Ambala (Haryana) , May 23 Four people, including a woman, were charred to death when their car caught fire following an accident near this Haryana town, police said Thursday.

Indian-origin man in Australia injured in accident

Sydney , May 22 An Australian man will face attempted murder charges after a horrific hit-and-run incident in Melbourne that left a 27-year-old Indian-origin man hospitalised in a serious condition.