Blast in main market of Hangu casualties feared police
Posted by admin on May 08, 2013 | Leave a Comment
HANGU: An explosion occurred in the main market area of Hangu and casualties are feared, Geo News reported.
According to police, a blast occurred in the main market area of Hangu where many people have been injured while casualties are feared.
Police and rescue teams are on their way to reach the blast site.
Further details are yet to be ascertained.
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Five feared dead after Philippine volcano explosion
Posted by admin on May 07, 2013 | Leave a Comment
MANILA: Five people are feared dead after one of the Philippines’ most active volcanoes spewed a giant ash cloud on Tuesday, with foreign tourists on its slopes during the eruption, authorities said.
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council chief Eduardo del Rosario said local officials reported that up to 20 climbers and guides, including foreigners, were on Mount Mayon when it erupted.
“Five...
Many feared dead as Bangladesh building collapses
Posted by admin on Apr 24, 2013 | Leave a Comment
DHAKA: At least three people were killed and many more are feared dead after an eight-storey building housing a market collapsed Wednesday on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, rescue officials said.
Only the ground floor of the Rana Plaza in the Savar district, which also housed a garment factory, remained intact, said the officials.
“We have recovered three bodies, two of them were women,”...
Two dead many feared hurt in India rail accident official
Posted by admin on Apr 10, 2013 | Leave a Comment
NEW DELHI: At least two people were killed and many feared injured when a Bangalore-bound train derailed in southern India on Wednesday morning, a railways official told AFP.
V.J. Accamma, a spokesman for Southern Railways, confirmed the death of at least two people in the accident, which occurred just after dawn in the small village of Chitteri in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
“At least two persons have been...
Helicopter crashes in Peru 13 feared dead
Posted by admin on Apr 08, 2013 | Leave a Comment
LIMA: A helicopter with 13 people aboard, headed to a Perenco oil production facility, crashed into a jungle in northeastern Peru Sunday, and there were no signs of survivors, the company said.
“The (Peruvian) armed forces are in the area of the events, and two additional helicopters are taking part in the search and rescue operation. So far, no survivors have been found,” said a statement released in Lima...
Three on board feared dead in Florida plane crash
Posted by admin on Mar 16, 2013 | Leave a Comment
MIAMI: Three people were feared dead Friday after a small plane crashed shortly after taking off from Fort Lauderdale airport in Florida, local media reported.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement that a Piper PA-31 aircraft slammed into a warehouse area just after leaving the airport around 4:20 pm (2020 GMT).
The identities and numbers of passengers on board the twin engine plane were not immediately...
Bara Blast in FC fort causalities feared
Posted by admin on Feb 25, 2013 | Leave a Comment
PESHAWAR: A powerful blast has been reported to have struck an FC fort in Bara district of Khyber Agency, Geo News reported.
Relief and rescue teams have been dispatched to the site of incident. Causalities are feared in the powerful blast which destroyed seven rooms of the garrison.
The nature of the blast is yet to be ascertained.
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Faisalabad Three feared drowned as water floods underpass
Posted by admin on Feb 15, 2013 | Leave a Comment
FAISALABAD: At least three people are feared to have drowned after water gushing out of a burst main flooded an under construction underpass here in Faisalabad, Geo News reported.
Reports say the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has not yet responded to the emergency.
Earlier, it was reported from Abdullah Pur area that a part of a main waterline running over an underpass suddenly came off and water started filling...
LPG price hike by Rs512 per kilo feared
Posted by admin on Feb 04, 2013 | Leave a Comment
KARACHI: The government is mulling over imposing a levy, which is feared to hike the price of LPG in the range of Rs5 to Rs12 per kilo, Geo News reported on Monday.
LPG Marketing Association spokesman said that the ministry of petroleum has already levied this tax from February 1, while the Lahore High court had earlier stayed the imposition of this levy. He said that the association would once again approach the court...
Painkillers not as addictive as feared study
Posted by admin on Nov 03, 2012 | Leave a Comment
NEW YORK: Fewer than five percent of patients prescribed narcotics to treat chronic pain become addicted to the drugs, according to a new analysis of past research.
The finding suggests that concerns about the risk of becoming addicted to prescription painkillers might be “overblown,” said addiction specialist Dr. Michael Fleming at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.
“If you’re...
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