cution' of the Brahmins in the regime of Adityanath, a Rajput, accused of pandering to his caste's interests. Radhika Ramaseshan reports.
The second day of the 2016 Olympic rowing regatta was called off on Sunday due to problems caused by rough weather, organisers said.
Three persons are still feared missing after the KTDC boat, pressed into service just one month back, sank after cruising five km from the boarding point in Thekkady from where it had set out around 4 pm, a district administration official said.
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At least eight persons were killed and 18 others feared drowned in two separate boat mishaps in Bihar's Purnia and adjoining Supaul districts on Wednesday, officials said.
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The mishap occurred when the boat was ferrying people from Patwaria Ghat to Darbe Bhador area on the other side of the river. It was caught in the swirling current and capsized immediately.
The boat was carrying labourers from Singhighat, about 20 km from the district headquarters, when it lost balance and\n\ncapsized.
Over 50 people were feared to have drowned when a country boat capsized in midstream of the Ganga in Samastipur on Monday evening.
After identification by bereaved families, bodies are being buried on the river banks by officials.
England captain Michael Vaughan said on Wednesday his comments about all-rounder Andrew Flintoff's behaviour at the World Cup have been "blown out of all proportion".
Michael Vaughan has blamed Andrew Flintoff for upsetting team spirit and derailing England's World Cup campaign.
A bitter court battle almost forced Varsha Gautham to quit but perseverance helped her to tide over the crisis and clinch a silver medal in sailing at the ongoing Asian Games.
rew Flintoff said he had cleared the air with Michael Vaughan who was quoted in a newspaper interview as criticising his drunken antics.
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The dhow carrying 137 people capsized off the coast of Bahrain, killing at least 57 people on March 30, 2006.
Maharashtra: 6 drown as trawler hits ship
An overcrowded boat capsized midstream in Kosi River off Jauri village in Bihar's Saharsa district.
Over 30 people, mostly women and children, are missing after a boat ferrying over 50 people capsized in the Ganga in Patna district on Thursday.
Branson was cycling with his two children on the British Virgin Islands when he hit a hump in the road.
Eighteen people drowned in a boat capsize in the Kiling river in Morigaon district on Sunday evening. Another person drowned in Karimganj.
Three children who were marooned on a deserted Australian island for a week survived on coconuts and shellfish after swimming through waters infested by sharks and crocodiles.
Deputy Secretary (Relief) Upendra Sharma said one Indian Air Force chopper and a column of the army comprising around 60 men with motorboats were pressed into service Saturday morning to provide relief and evacuate people.
The boat capsized midstream while sailing to the other side from Duba Ghat, possibly following a sudden discharge of water from a barrage in upper Nepal, officials said.
The worst-hit Sitamarhi district accounted for 22 deaths.
The Mumbai attack mastermind had indicated about a week before his arrest that he might launch Tehreek Azadi Jammu and Kashmir (TAJK) to 'expedite the freedom of Kashmir'.
Nine Indian sailors, who were rescued from an ill-fated 'dhow' that sank nearly 90 nautical miles southeast of Al Mukalla coast in Yemen, have safely reached Oman, according to a report.
Parvati was waiting on the banks of Mahanadi river for her uncle to come for fishing when a motorised boat capsized.
The boat was carrying 42 persons, mostly pilgrims, from Katpar to Jageshwar.
The nine-member crew cited 'unprecedented storm-like weather conditions' as the reason for the ship to capsize.
Seventeen went missing when a boat capsized in Kankai River in Kishanganj district.
Sixteen deaths in rain and flood-related incidents have been reported from western Maharashtra in the last seven days, while the toll in Karnataka rose to five since Sunday.
An overcrowded ferry with up to 250 passengers onboard sank on Monday in the Padma river in central Bangladesh, officials said.
Residents in Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra continue to struggle as floods leave them in a watery hell.
At least 312 people have died and over two million affected due to rains and devastating floods in Pakistan, even as swelling waters continued to ravage the country's southern Punjab province, officials said on Monday.
Typhoon Meranti, stated to be the world's strongest typhoon so far this year, made landfall in east China's Fujian Province early Thursday, causing widespread destruction.
A spokesman from Libya's Red Crescent said that 85 bodies were detected near Libya's capital of Tripoli while another 10 bodies were found near the coastal city of Sabartha.
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