Air India, Jet Airways planes in near miss over Tamil Nadu (Third Lead)

CHENNAI - A mid-air collision was averted Saturday afternoon by alert pilots as a Jet Airways and an Air India plane came “dangerously close” on the same flight path over Tamil Nadu, officials said.

Mid-air collision averted over Tamil Nadu (Second Lead)

CHENNAI - A mid-air collision was averted Saturday afternoon by alert pilots as a Jet Airways and an Air India plane came “dangerously close” on the same flight path over Tamil Nadu, officials said.

BP CEO repeats promise to pay all ‘legitimate’ claims following warning from Obama

BP CEO repeats promise to pay oil spill claims

Mid-air collision averted over Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI - Alert pilots averted a mid-air collission over Tamil Nadu when a Jet Airways and an Air India aircraft came on the same flight path near Tiruchchirappalli Saturday, officials said.

Police probe into stray bullet ends speculation: Ravi Shankar

BANGALORE - The Karnataka Police has put an end to speculation behind the firing incident May 30 by tracing the stray bullet to a gun owned and fired by a farm owner, Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said late Saturday.

Farm owner’s stray bullet injured Sri Sri devotee: Police (Second Lead)

BANGALORE - The week-long mystery over a firing incident at the Art of Living complex ended Saturday with the police saying a farm owner had fired two rounds to scare away stray dogs but one of them went off track and injured a devotee of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.

Ex-Haryana top cop Rathore complains of chest pain

CHANDIGARH - Disgraced former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore, who has been convicted of molesting teenager Ruchika Girhotra and is currently lodged in Burail Jail here, is likely to be shifted to a premier city hospital after he complained of acute chest pain and breathlessness Saturday.

Spreading slick stains beaches, tourists even as cap begins collecting oil

Foreigners held in UAE for $14.4 bn fraud

Abu Dhabi, June 5 (IANS/WAM) An Iranian and a US citizen of Iranian-origin were arrested in Abu Dhabi for illegally transferring $14.4 billion from Germany through the UAE Central bank.

Andhra to seek Rs.1,357 crore for cyclone relief

HYDERABAD - Andhra Pradesh Saturday decided to seek assistance of Rs.1,357.42 crore from the central government for reconstruction work in areas hit by last month’s cyclone Laila.

11 Africans on hunger strike against detention freed

NEW DELHI - Eleven Africans who had gone on a hunger strike to demand their release from detention centres have been freed but now face uncertainty over their stay in India.

Court documents show possible safety violations at NH gun plant where 2 died in explosion

Possible violations found at site of NH explosion

Man arrested for duping people with ‘magic pen’

NEW DELHI - A youth was arrested for posing as a bank employee and allegedly duping customers using a pen with a special ink that would disappear soon after writing, police said Saturday.

NYC architects offer octagonal shelters for Haitians displaced by January earthquake

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Some oil spill events from Saturday, June 5, 2010

Coast Guard: Containment system over oil leak in Gulf captures over 250K gallons

Three killed in Agra wall collapse

AGRA - Three people were killed Saturday after a wall collapsed on them due to strong winds in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra district, police said.

Jharkhand municipal election observer missing

RANCHI - Albert Murmu, a municipal election observer, went missing Saturday from a railway station while going to Ranchi from Deoghar district in Jharkhand, police said.

Over a dozen hurt in Srinagar’s anti-blasphemy protests

SRINAGAR - Over a dozen people were injured as Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar was Saturday rocked by protests over alleged blasphemous sketches against Islam, police said.

Over 100 shops gutted in Madhya Pradesh fire

BHOPAL - Property worth lakhs of rupees was gutted in a fire that razed to the ground over 100 shops in a market in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior city Saturday, police said. No casualty has been reported in the incident.

Spreading slick stains beaches, tourists while cap collects fraction of oil

Bangladesh mourns deaths of 117 people in deadliest fire, flags lowered to half-staff

Bangladesh mourns 117 killed in massive fire

Britain puts surveillance cameras in Muslim areas

LONDON - Britain’s anti-terrorism authority has installed hundreds of surveillance cameras in two Muslim-dominated areas to track people’s movements and check crime.

Court orders Rs.6 lakh relief for kin

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court has awarded a compensation of over Rs.6 lakh to the widow of a man who died in the Tihar Jail here in 2007.

Goa minister resigns over companion’s death

PANAJI - Goa Tourism Minister Mickky Pacheco, accused of bigamy by his first wife, resigned from the cabinet Saturday over the mysterious death of his third alleged woman companion.

Obama: Oil spill ‘brutally unfair’ to people in Gulf Coast whose lives are now in turmoil

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Obama promises to stand with the people of the Gulf ‘until they are made whole’

One killed in Delhi fire

NEW DELHI - One person was burnt to death and three people were injured Saturday when a fire enveloped a market here, the fire brigade said.

Cell sought to punish Bhopal disaster guilty

BHOPAL - Survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy Saturday demanded a special cell to punish the foreigners responsible for the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster that killed thousands.

Two held with explosives in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW - Two people were arrested Saturday with a huge cache of explosives in Maoist-infested Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh, police said.

11 Africans on hunger strike against detention released

NEW DELHI - Eleven Africans who had gone on a hunger strike to demand their release from a detention centre have been freed, civil rights activists and officials said Saturday.

Bomb outside governor’s office in southern Afghan city of Kandahar kills 1, wounds 14

Bomb at Afghan governor office kills 1, wounds 14

Thunderstorms kills 37 in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - At least 37 people were killed and dozens more were injured when heavy thunderstorms hit Pakistan’s Punjab province, media reports Saturday said.

Bomb outside governor’s office in southern Afghan city of Kandahar wounds 6

Farm owner’s stray bullet injured Sri Sri devotee: Police

BANGALORE - A farm owner was detained Saturday after it was found that he had fired two rounds to scare away stray dogs but one of them had strayed into Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s ashram complex and injured a devotee, a top police officer said.

Oil pours from cap over gusher in Gulf; BP says tens of thousands of gallons being collected

Punjab man in Canada jailed for life for honour killing

TORONTO - A 48-year-old Indian Canadian man has been jailed for life by a city court for killing his daughter-in-law for allegedly having an affair with another man.