Beijing, May 28 (IANS) Thirteen people have been confirmed dead and three others injured after an overloaded passenger van rear-ended a semi-trailer truck on an expressway section in central China’s Henan Province early Thursday morning, according to local authorities.The crash took place at around 2:40 a.m. Thursday at the section in Nanyang City. The nine-seat passenger van carried 16 people at the time of the accident, reports Xinhua news agency.The Ministry of Public Security has dispatched …
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Beijing, May 25 (IANS) Nine people were killed and another 11 were unaccounted for as of Monday afternoon after heavy rain, which started on Saturday night, battered Yongchuan District in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, local authorities stated.Rescue and response efforts are still underway, Xinhua news agency reported. A sudden and extreme catastrophic rainstorm struck Yongchuan, triggering flash floods and geological disasters in multiple areas of this district, from Saturday night t…
Beijing, May 24 (IANS) More than 10 people were unaccounted for after heavy rain battered Yongchuan District in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, said local authorities. According to the meteorological department, torrential rains struck parts of central and western Chongqing between 11 p.m. on Saturday and 12 a.m. on Sunday. Guankouwan and Hanjiagou Village in the district logged 296.7 mm and 256.9 mm of extraordinary rainstorms, respectively.Given the short interval between the current…
Beijing, May 23 (IANS) The death toll from heavy rainfall in Shimen County, central China’s Hunan Province, rose to seven, with 14 others still missing, local authorities said. Among the missing, five were added following further investigation, according to the county’s emergency management and production safety committee. Search and rescue operations are underway, reports Xinhua news agency.The severe downpour started at 7 a.m. Sunday. It is the first round of torrential rain to hit the county …
Changsha, May 12 (IANS) A fire at a residential building in central China’s Hunan Province has left five people dead and two others injured, according to the local emergency management bureau.The blaze occurred around 3 a.m. Tuesday in Yanfeng District of Hengyang City. The injured are receiving medical treatment. The cause of the fire is under investigation.Earlier on May 5, Chinese President Xi Jinping had ordered an investigation after an explosion ripped through a fireworks factory in centra…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Following the recent detention of a Chinese national by Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) for illegally entering India from Nepal, the Chinese Consulate General in Kolkata has once again advised its nationals to strictly avoid inadvertently crossing into Indian territory without valid travel documents.In a statement issued on Monday, the consulate reminded Chinese nationals that they must obtain an Indian visa before entering India. It noted that the Nepal-India border is an open …
Changsha, May 5 (IANS) The fireworks plant explosion in central China’s Hunan Province has left 21 people dead and 61 others injured, authorities said Tuesday.The explosion occurred at around 4:43 p.m. Monday at the plant of Huasheng fireworks manufacturing and display company in Liuyang, a county-level city under Changsha, capital city of Hunan.More than 480 rescuers in five teams have been mobilised for the rescue, with three rescue robots deployed.As the explosion site is located near two bla…
New York, March 25 (IANS) Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based advocacy group, on Wednesday called on the Chinese authorities to immediately overturn the conviction of prominent human rights lawyer Xie Yang and release him unconditionally, citing serious procedural violations and years of persecution. According to the leading rights body, a court in China sentenced the prominent human rights lawyer Xie Yang to five years in prison on March 23 on “politically motivated” charges of “inciting…