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Health and Safety Executive to investigate after dash cam shows man pop out of unmarked manhole

The Health and Safety Executive have confirmed that they are going to be carrying out an investigation after a man was spotted clambering out of a manhole cover on a main road. Alastair McCulloch was driving through the small town of Coleford in Gloucestershire when he spotted the man wearing a high visibility jacket exiting the manhole cover, but the cover had no safety barriers or warnings around it.

Mar 15, 2017

Goa power struggle: Here are the 3 floor tests that shook India

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who took charge on March 14, will have to prove his majority on the floor of the House on Thursday, March 16.

Mar 15, 2017

Marine A: Sgt Alexander Blackman has conviction reduced from murder to manslaughter

The Royal Marine has had his conviction reduced from murder to manslaughter, after killing a wounded Taliban fighter in Afghanistan in 2011.

Mar 15, 2017

Fatwa against Indian Idol singer Nahid Afrin from Assam is not a fatwa at all

A so-called fatwa has been issued by 46 Muslim clerics against singer Nahid Afrin as "singing is an anti-Sharia act".

Mar 15, 2017

World's best airports for 2017: Singapore Changi Airport tops the list; Indian airports fail to make it to top 50

Singapore Changi Airport has been adjudged as world's best airport for 2017 at the Skytrax World Airport Awards.

Mar 15, 2017

Pros and cons of new BJP-led government in Manipur: A look at an unhealthy marriage

BJP leader Nongthombam Biren Singh was sworn in as the chief minister of Manipur on Wednesday.

Mar 15, 2017

Kamal Haasan's controversial comment on Mahabharata gambling episode; HMK, AHM file complaints

Superstar Kamal Haasan is facing the wrath of Hindu Makkal Katchi and Akila Hindu Mahasabha for his controversial comments on the gambling episode of Mahabharata in a recent interview.

Mar 15, 2017

Spanish police seize more than 10,000 firearms in huge counter-terrorism raid

Spanish police have released striking new images, showing thousands of rifles, machine guns, pistols, revolvers, shells and grenades that were seized in a huge counter-terror raid. The weapons were apparently “ready for sale to terrorist groups and organised crime” before being seized in January 2017. Five people were also arrested in the raid.

Mar 15, 2017

Muslim clerics issue fatwa against Indian Idol Junior singer Nahid Afrin; here are a few other cases of fatwas issued against women and celebrities

The fatwa issued against Indian Idol Junior singer Nahid Afrin is not the first one in India. Here are the other cases of fatwas issued against women and celebrities.

Mar 15, 2017

In desperate times, Aam Aadmi Party reaches for controversial alliances

Even though Arvind Kejriwal blamed faulty EVMs after losing in Punjab, serious charges of the AAP's hobnobbing with disruptive elements was a big reason behind the debacle. But the AAP has always been desperate to prove a point.

Mar 15, 2017

British cruise ship damages Indonesian coral reef

A British cruise ship ran aground and damaged a coral reef near the Raja Ampat island in western Indonesia on 4 March. The 4,290-tonne Caledonian Sky, owned by Noble Caledonia, caused more than 17,000 square feet of damage. The reef is one of the world’s most diverse marine environments.

Mar 15, 2017

Kerala gold tycoon Atlas Ramachandran could soon be freed from Dubai jail

Kerala gold tycoon Atlas Ramachandran was arrested in 2015 after his company failed to repay about Dirham 500 million (Rs 1,000 crore), a collective loan that involved 15 different banks.

Mar 15, 2017

14-year-old Philadelphia girl sues motel for being forced into sex trade with 1,000 men

The girl, in her lawsuit, accused the roadside motel, Roosevelt Inn, of being the 'local epicenter of human trafficking.'

Mar 15, 2017

South Korea: Controversy continues to dog impeached President Park Geu-hye

The Busan Korea Alliance for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals (Busan Kapca) said Park may have violated animal protection laws by abandoning her nine dogs.

Mar 15, 2017

Time-lapse video shows snowstorm hitting New York

Time-lapse footage from New Yorks famous Times Square captured the late season snowstorm roll into New York on 14 March. Snow ploughs from the citys department of sanitation worked throughout the night to keep the streets clear, as a blizzard swept through the heavily-populated north-eastern United States.

Mar 15, 2017