ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON—An Air India plane flying from Delhi to San Francisco was forced to divert and land at an airport in Russia’s Far East after it developed a technical issue with one of its engines, the airline said on Tuesday. The 216 passengers and 16 crew onboard were being offered support on the ground and accommodated…
Air India Plane From Delhi to San Francisco Lands in Russia After Engine Problem
Over 100 Bodies Remain Unclaimed After Indian Rail Disaster
BALASORE, India—Indian authorities made fervent appeals to families on Tuesday to help identify over 100 unclaimed bodies kept in hospitals and mortuaries after 275 people were killed in the country’s deadliest rail crash in over two decades. The disaster struck on Friday, when a passenger train hit a stationary freight train, jumped the tracks and…
Close Call: Chinese Ship ‘Cuts Off’ US Destroyer
In a dangerous encounter at sea, a Chinese vessel cut in front of a U.S. warship, coming as close as 150 yards in the Taiwan Strait. But tensions are not limited to the region’s waterways. A Chinese fighter jet earlier cut in front of a U.S. aircraft’s nose mid-flight. The American plane’s cockpit shook under…
India Among Top Actors for Foreign Interference in Canada: National Security Adviser
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser says India is among the top sources of foreign interference in Canada. Jody Thomas says “a number of state actors and non-state proxies” are conducting foreign interference in Canada, and at a conference last week she listed three countries that Ottawa has frequently cited: China, Russia and Iran….
Two Full-Capacity Passenger Trains Collide With Goods Train in India, Leading to ‘Monumental Tragedy’
NEW DELHI—Over 275 people lost their lives and over 1,000 more were injured in Balasore in Odisha, on the East coast of India, on June 2 In a tragic three-way accident between two passenger trains and a goods train. The state government said death figures were at 275 while the BBC and some Indian media…
Indian Railways Official Says Error in Signaling System Led to Crash That Killed 275 People
BALASORE, India—The derailment in eastern India that killed 275 people and injured hundreds was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, officials said Sunday. Authorities worked to clear the mangled wreckage of the two passenger trains that derailed Friday…
Error in Signaling System Led to Train Crash That Killed 275 People in India, Official Says
BALASORE, India—The derailment in eastern India that killed 275 people and injured hundreds was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, officials said Sunday. Authorities worked to clear the mangled wreckage of the two passenger trains that derailed Friday…
India Train Crash Kills Over 280, Injures 900 in One of Nation’s Worst Rail Disasters
BALASORE, India—Rescuers found no more survivors in the overturned and mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds in one of the country’s deadliest rail crashes in decades, officials said Saturday. Chaotic scenes erupted on Friday night as rescuers climbed atop the wrecked trains…
US Bipartisan Leaders Invite India’s Modi to Address Congress
Congressional leaders in the United States have invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a joint meeting when he visits Washington on June 22 as the U.S. works to strengthen ties with India. In a letter on Friday, the Congressional leaders said the address would provide an opportunity for Modi to share his vision…
More Than 230 Killed and 900 Hurt After 2 Trains Derail in India; Hundreds Still Trapped
NEW DELHI—Rescuers waded through piles of debris and wreckage to pull out bodies and free people after two passenger trains derailed Friday night in India, killing more than 230 people and leaving hundreds of others trapped inside more than a dozen mangled rail cars, in one of the country’s deadliest train crashes in decades. The…
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