Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Missing Children: Cops to record details of unescorted minors in city

July 1

In a state wide effort to trace and reunite missing minors with their families, the Maharashtra police, following a directive from the state government, has undertaken a campaign wherein all unescorted...

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Haryana to launch campaign to trace missing children

July 1

Haryana Police and Women and Child Development Department have decided to jointly launch a month long campaign 'Muskaan' from Wednesday to trace and rescue missing children in the state. DGP Y P...

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'Operation Smile' to trace missing children across Bihar

July 1

To unite 346 missing children with their parents, the Bihar Police will launch 'Operation Smile' across the state from Wednesday. The month-long operation will be conducted under direct monitoring...

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Two MH17 victims’ remains ‘unlikely’ to be found: Dutch minister

July 1

Chances of finding human remains of the last two victims of last year’s MH17 air crash in Ukraine were “unlikely”, Dutch Justice Minister Ard van der Steur said Tuesday. International investigators...

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142 body bags recovered, 59 bodies identified from Indonesia's plane crash (update)

July 1

A total of 142 body bags have been recovered from the crash of an Indonesian military plane, an official at a hospital in Indonesia's North Sumatra capital of Medan, where the crash took place, told...

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Croatia: Remains Of 19 Serbs Identified

July 1

The remains of 19 Serb victims killed during the armed conflict in Croatia 1991-1995 were identified at the Department of Forensic Medicine and Criminalistics of the Zagreb University School of Medicine...

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160 feared dead after two attacks on migrants in Mexico

July 1

Over 220 Central American migrants were violently attacked in two different instances in Mexico; according to Mexican newspaper Excelsior only about 60 managed to escape alive. In one case, survivors...

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Navy adds ocean rescue teams after 2014 ferry accident

July 1

South Korea's Navy launched new rescue teams Wednesday to beef up its emergency response to maritime accidents after the sinking of the ferry Sewol killed more than 300 people last year. Three...

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Toll in Darjeeling hills landslides rises to 28

July 1

Heavy rainfall since Tuesday triggered landslides across Darjeeling district, leaving scores of people trapped. "So far we have recovered 28 bodies. Several others are still missing," Darjeeling...

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141 bodies recovered from Indonesia plane crash

July 1

The death toll from the crash of an air force transport plane in the Indonesian city of Medan jumped to more than 140 on Wednesday, indicating a growing list of victims from the neighborhood where...

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Brooks County: New law could speed the identification of dead undocumented immigrants

July 1

Action taken during this past legislative session could help speed the process of identifying the hundreds of undocumented immigrants who’ve perished while trekking across the rugged ranchlands of...

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Five dead, 10 missing after ship sinks off Cameroon coast

July 1

Five people died and 10 are missing after a ship carrying 27 people from Cameroon to neighboring Equatorial Guinea sank off the coast of Tiko, an official said. Five bodies were retrieved by deep-sea...

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