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Friday 30 October 2020
Cyclone Nisarga is expected to make landfall around 100km from Mumbai this afternoon.
The flight from Mumbai to New York landed safely at 10.15am in London.
The flight crew “has been taken off scheduled duties pending investigation”, the company said.
Vinod Moorjani was arrested just before boarding a flight to the Indian capital.
Police said they were investigating the cause of the fire.
The building collapse comes during the worst monsoon season in decades.
At least five people, including two children, have been killed in Mumbai since yesterday.
A factory accused of dumping dye into a river in Mumbai where several dogs turned blue has been shut down.
India’s far-right BJP government presides over a population that remains one of the poorest in the world.
Police said the man took his own life after slitting the throats of family members.
It’s not the first time that Indian police have resorted to using the fruit in such a manner.
The bombs were packed into pressure cookers and then placed in bags and hidden on the train.
Over 40 people are being treated in hospital.
It’s over 45 degrees today.
The girls say their mother would beat and burn them whenever they complained or refused their brothers’ demands.
The man has been named as Brendan Devenney.
Three men have been sentenced to death, a fourth to life in prison.
The 22-year-old was raped in an abandoned mill where she had gone to take photographs.
There were 22 families living in the five-story building, owned by the city’s civic administrative body.
The crime reignited anger about women’s safety in India following a similar attack last year.
Photographer taking pictures for a magazine story was raped in a secluded part of an upmarket area of India’s financial centre, Mumbai.
An angry crowd went on a “rampage” after a crowd crossing a train track were killed.
Eighteen crewmen were on board the submarine when it exploded and sank, but the navy says some bodies may never be found because of the high temperature of the fire.
No signs of life have been found on board by divers who entered the vessel. A board of enquiry will investigate what happened.
The girl was found unconscious by her parents on 18 April after being dumped at a farm.
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The seven-storey building collapsed yesterday evening into a mangled heap of steel and concrete about eight metres high.
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A far-right political party is distributing thousands of knives to women in a western Indian state to help them protect themselves, in the wake of a fatal gang-rape which horrified the country.
25-year-old Mohammed Kassab was hanged for his role in the attacks which killed 166 people in 2008.
Mohammad Kasab is expected to lodge a final appeal for clemency with the new President of India Pranab Mukherjee.
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The attacks were the worst terror strike in the country since the siege of Mumbai that killed 166 people in 2008.
MEMBERS OF THE Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) yesterday voted to take industrial action unless the government addresses several issues related to Covid-19 in schools by 30 October.
The issues in question include the need for a comprehensive testing programme, rapid testing and turnaround times, along with resources for schools to ensure continuation of learning if schools are closed or people are self-isolating.
The ASTI president Ann Piggott said: “ASTI members are clearly stating that they want schools to remain open for students during this pandemic.”
She said teachers are “demanding that the government step up” and provide solutions to these issues.
So, today we want to know: Would you support teachers striking over Covid-19 safety concerns?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
The goalposts – and polling analysis – have shifted since 2016, Noel Rock writes.
Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers
Max: 12 °C
Min: 8 °C
Windy; a little a.m. rain, then a shower
Max: 14 °C
Min: 7 °C
Very windy; occasional rain
Max: 12 °C
Min: 9 °C
