Posted by uspostVideoTuesday, September 21st, 2010
A footbridge under construction near the Commonwealth Games main stadium in New Delhi collapsed Tuesday, injuring at least 27 people — four of them critically, police said. The suspension bridge was being built over a highway to connect a parking lot with the main Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium ahead of the Games, scheduled Oct. 3-14. CBC’s [...]
A pedestrian bridge under construction for next month’s Commonwealth Games here collapsed Tuesday, adding to concerns raised about India’s preparedness for the international sporting event. The bridge near Jawarharlal Nehru Stadium came down while workers were laying a concrete slab, said Rakesh Mishra, engineer-in-chief for New Delhi’s Public Works Department. The bridge, designed as a [...]
The death toll remained uncertain. Railway officials said 13 people were killed and 15 injured in the crash. But the top administrative official of Mathura, where the collision occurred, put the number of dead at 21, with about as many injured. The Goa Express slammed into the stationary Mewar Express apparently because the driver overshot [...]
Local Tv report : Raising security concerns ahead of the Commonwealth Games, two men on a motorbike fired several rounds on a tourist vehicle near the historic Jama Masjid in the walled city, injuring two Taiwanese nationals. Two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire at a group of tourists near one of India’s biggest mosques today, [...]
A hospital in London and another in Nottingham have confirmed they have treated patients with the new ‘superbug’, which is resistant to the most powerful antibiotics.There are fears that without vigilance the enzyme that allows any bacteria to become a superbug could become widespread in NHS hospitals.It has infected around 50 Britons so far, many [...]