Phillipines abandon search for missing 7

Philippine authorities said yesterday they had abandoned hope of finding alive seven people missing from a ferry, which sank last week with dozens on board, after three days of searching in strong...

continue reading

11 dead, 50 missing in Uttarakhand Monsoon

Five more bodies were recovered today from near the Himalayan shrine of Kedarnath even as the chardham yatra remained suspended for the second day due to landslips. Authorities in Chamoli district...

continue reading

June 24, 1973: Upstairs Lounge fire

On the evening of June 24, 1973, Duane “Mitch” Mitchell dropped his two sons off at the movies before heading to the Upstairs Lounge on the corner of Chartres and Iberville streets with his partner,...

continue reading

Search for ferry passengers shifts from rescue to recovery

The search for seven missing passengers of the ill-fated vessel that sank off Masbate last Friday is now a recovery effort, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Bicol Region said Monday. Raffy...

continue reading

15 unidentified bodies found in Tamil Nadu every day‏

Fifteen unidentified bodies are recovered in Tamil Nadu every day. As many as 5,319 unidentified bodies were found in Tamil Nadu in 2012, according to recent data from the National Crime Records...

continue reading

June 17, 1958: The collapse of the Second Narrows Bridge

June 17, 1958, was a perfect summer day, sunny and hot. Workers building the new Second Narrows Bridge were nearing the end of their shift when, suddenly, a span 20 storeys above Burrard Inlet began...

continue reading