INS Sindhurakshak tragedy: Navy faces its dead; identifying bodies a challenging task

After naval divers fished out what remained of five of the 18 sailors aboard the submarine INS Sindhurakshak, which exploded at naval dockyard on Wednesday, the process to identify them began yesterday....

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Releasing bodies of Lac-Megantic disaster to families delayed as coroner investigations continue

The Quebec coroner's office has warned families that it could be weeks before the bodies of the victims of the Lac-Megantic, Que., disaster are released for proper funerals. Only four victims have...

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First photo of Iwoto WW2 mass grave found

A photograph of a mass grave for Japanese soldiers who died on Iwoto island was found at the U.S. National Archives, along with a record of 12 soldiers who died while they were held as prisoners of...

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13 killed in Nadiad accident

Thirteen persons were killed and one was seriously injured when an over loaded autorickshaw collided with a state transport bus near Nadiad town on Friday. The accident took place near Andhaj village...

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Military men who survived a 1952 bus crash crawled through ‘hell’ to save lives

Some of the soldiers and airmen who boarded a Greyhound bus in Waco in the wee hours of Monday, Aug. 4, 1952, were probably weary from their weekend leaves and settled into their seats for a nap on...

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Autopsies performed on five submarine sailors' bodies

Doctors at Sir J.J. Hospital have finished performing autopsies on the bodies of five sailors recovered from the sunken submarine INS Sindhurakshak, hospital sources said. The bodies were brought...

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Over one hundred missing and thirty-one dead in Philippines Thomas Aquinas ferry disaster

At least 31 people have died 171 are missing after an overnight collision between a ferry and a cargo vessel near the central Philippine port of Cebu. The collision sent ferry passengers jumping...

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