12 Killed After Speeding Mini-Bus Crashed Into Container In Maharashtra

NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (NNN-PTI) – At least 12 people were killed and 23 others injured, early today, after a mini-bus rammed into a container truck, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, police said. The accident took place on the Samruddhi Expressway, in Vaijapur area of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district,…

Pick-Up Truck Injures Five Pedestrians In Sydney

SYDNEY, Oct 15 (NNN-AAP) – Five pedestrians were injured by a Ford Ranger, driven by a 19-year-old man, after the pick-up truck mounted the footpath in Burwood, a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, police in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) said, today. The police said,…

CIS Members Signed 16 Cooperation Agreements To Increase Interaction

BISHKEK, Oct 15 (NNN-KNA) – Members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), signed 16 cooperation agreements, to increase interaction within the organisation, after a summit was convened here under the chairmanship of Kyrgyz President, Sadyr Japarov. The meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of State was attended by…

Two Dead, Two Injured In Van-Truck Collision In Philippines

MANILA, Oct 15 (NNN-PNA) – Two people were killed, and two others injured, after a van and a ten-wheeler delivery truck, collided yesterday, on a highway in Quezon province, south of Manila, local police said. Corporal Alexander Taburdan of the Calauag police, said that, the head-on crash happened around 8.00…

Six Labourers Killed In SW Pakistan Shooting

ISLAMABAD, Oct 15 (NNN-APP) – Six labourers were killed in firing, by unknown gunmen, in Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province in the wee hours of yesterday, police said. The incident happened in Turbat district, where the gunmen attacked the compound of a contractor, who hired the labourers from the eastern Punjab…

Australian Volunteer Firefighter Dies In Battling Bushfire

SYDNEY, Oct 15 (NNN-AAP) – Fire authority in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), yesterday confirmed the death of a volunteer firefighter in battling bushfire in the Kyogle region. “The volunteer was working on a fire at Bean Creek, when he suffered a medical episode,” the NSW Rural…

Man Found Dead Near Bear In Central Japan

TOKYO, Oct 15 (NNN-NHK) – A man was found dead with head and other injuries yesterday, in the forested mountainous area in central Japan’s Nagano prefecture, likely mauled by a bear, local police said. The man was believed to have been attacked the previous day, when he went to check…

India, Sri Lanka Resumed Ferry Service After 40 Years

NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (NNN-PTI) – India and Sri Lanka, yesterday, resumed the much-awaited ferry service after 40 years, officials said. The service was launched between Nagapattinam on the eastern coast of India’s Tamil Nadu state and Kankesanthurai near Jaffna in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. India’s federal minister…

Police Arrested Four Drug Smugglers In West Afghanistan

HERAT, Afghanistan, Oct 15 (NNN-ANA) – Afghan police have arrested four suspected drug smugglers, along with 12 kg of crystal methamphetamine, in west Afghanistan’s Herat province, provincial police spokesperson, Abdullah Insaf, said yesterday. The suspects, according to the official, were attempting to sell the contraband to drug addicts in different…

New Zealand’s National Party Wins General Election: Preliminary Results

WELLINGTON, Oct 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – New Zealand’s National Party, wins the general election, with the Labour Party to step down, after six years in office, according to preliminary results of the election today (local time). A coalition of right-wing parties, led by the National Party, won more than half of…