Boat capsize leaves eight dead in Bihar
NEW DELHI, Apr 30: With bodies being fished out of a river Monday morning, eight people are now confirmed dead after their boat capsized in the eastern Indian state of Bihar Sunday, police said. The mishap happened in Kosi river in the state's Bhagalpur district. "The boat carrying 15 people, more than its loaded capacity, capsized in the river late Sunday evening after it overturned. While seven people swam to safety, eight people went missing. Now most of the bodies have been fished out of water," a police official said. Local TV channels reported that the boat was meant for fishing but some people got into it while returning from a marriage function. — Xinhua
Nine die in China landslide
BEIJING, Apr 30: A landslide killed nine people in a village in northern China on Monday. The disaster occurred in the village of Caijiazhuang shortly before 5:00 am, Luliang municipal government in Shanxi province said on its official social media account. More than a hundred firefighters, medical workers and rescuers-some using earth-moving machinery-were sent to the site to search for survivors trapped under fallen earth. The cause of the landslide has not been confirmed. — AFP
Armenian opposition supporters nominate Pashinyan for PM
YEREVAN, Apr 30: Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan on Monday was formally nominated for the post of prime minister by his supporters, inching closer to victory after two weeks of mass protests that transformed the country's political landscape. The leader of the protest movement that ousted the country's veteran leader Serzh Sarkisian last week, Pashinyan is the only candidate in the running for the premiership and insists that only he can rid Armenia of corruption, poverty and nepotism. — AFP
Italian climber dies on Nepal peak
KATHMANDU, Apr 30: An Italian climber has died on Nepal's rugged Mount Dhaulagiri, officials said Monday, the first fatality of the busy spring climbing season. Simone La Terra, 37, was blown off the 8,167-metre (26,795-foot) mountain -- the world's seventh highest peak -- by a strong gust of wind on Sunday. His body was found Monday. Dambar Parajuli of Prestige Adventure, which organised the Italian's expedition, said La Terra was inside a tent at 6,900 metres when he was swept off the mountain. His team members searched for him on foot while a rescue helicopter struggled against bad weather to search higher up the mountain, Parajuli said. "His body was found this morning at 800 metres below the spot (where he had been camped)," he said. — AFP
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