Lightning strikes during monsoon storms in eastern India this week killed at least 33 people and injured dozens, officials said Friday. The deaths in Bihar occurred during fierce storms between Wednesday and Thursday, a state disaster management department statement said, with the victims mostly farmers and labourers working in the open. More heavy rain and…
A 41-year-old Nigerian woman, Sarah Kumama, has been arrested in Bengaluru, India, over her alleged role in a transnational cocaine distribution network that has so far led to the apprehension of 25 individuals across Tamil Nadu since January. According to The Times of India, Sarah, who also operated under the aliases βHappinessβ and βBlessingsβ, was…
An Indian police source said on Saturday that 279 bodies had been recovered from the site where a passenger jet crashed into a residential district of the city of Ahmedabad. The revised toll from a senior officer in the city, who requested anonymity in order to speak to the media, raises an earlier figure of…
A doctor couple and their three children are amomg the victims of the devastating plane crash occurred in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The Air India flight bound for London had crashed shortly after takeoff, resulting in the loss of 241 lives. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was carrying 242 people, including 230 passengers and 12 crew members….
An Air India passenger plane bound for London with 244 people onboard crashed Thursday in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad, the airline and local media reported. Visuals on local television channels showed smoke billowing from the crash site near the airport in Ahmedabad, a city with a population of more than 5 million. Faiz Ahmed…
No fewer than 14 people have died and six others hospitalised after consuming toxic liquor overnight in northern India, police said on Tuesday. Maninder Singh, the senior police officer who revealed this, also said that seven people have been arrested on allegations that they supplied the toxic liquor. Mr Singh said that the arrested persons…
A Nigerian woman, Margret Mgbudom, has been arraigned before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Navsari, Gujarat, India, on charges of importing cocaine valued at Rs 1.49 crore. According to The Indian Express, Gujaratβs State Monitoring Cell (SMC) intercepted the illicit substanceβestimated to be worth N256 millionβlast Wednesday. The 37-year-old has remained in SMC custody…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that an Indian member of the Legislative Assembly, Gurpreet Gogi, has accidentally shoot himself dead The Aam Admi Party MLA shot himself accidentally and sustained injuries to his head, according to his family. The incident occurred around midnight, and he was rushed to Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, where doctors declared him…
A helicopter belonging to the Indian Coast Guard crashed Sunday in the western state of Gujarat, killing all three crew members, including two pilots, on board, police said. The Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv crashed during a routine training sortie at Porbandar airport, about 416 km west of Gandhinagar, the capital city of Gujarat. Officials…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi has arrived in Abuja, the Nigeria’s Capital. He was welcomed by Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, and other dignitaries. Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day State visit to Nigeria arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Ahmadu Bello Airport a few minutes…