The police officials have stated that in Las Vegas, a two year old infant girl is in grave condition, post being shot at by her four year old brother. The Vegas police have pointed out that the boy came across a laden 9mm handgun within the residence. He was apparently amused by what he had found, and while playing around with it, the gun went off, hitting his younger sister in her upper body.

The Vegas police have mentioned in their reports that the father was present at home during the time, pointing out that the gun seemed to be inadequately locked. A full scale investigation is on way to probe into this accidental shootout, though no charges have been filed against anyone.

This unfortunate incident has occurred lesser than a week after a five year old boy accidently shot himself on the head that lead to his immediate demise. The boy had got his hands on the handgun while he was seated in his father’s car as they were parked outside a Las Vegas pharmacy. In this case, the father has been indicted on charges of imperilling the child’s life.

According to the latest reports an Iranian official, Deputy Transport Minister Ahmad Majidi said that there were no problems with the aircraft pilot and he was not to blame for the crash thus suggesting that there could have been a technical snag that resulted in the crash. The flight data recorder has been recovered but it is badly damaged. The tapes had actually come out of the black boxes and now it would be sent to Russia, the manufacturer of the aircraft for further investigation.

Caspian Airlines Russian built Tupolev-154 had crashed shed on Wednesday leaving all 168 people on board dead. The plane had crashed in a farmland in the Qazvin province 120 kilometers North West of the Iranian capital Tehran.

According to witnesses the Russian made Tu-154 which has been in service for 22 years, node dived from the sky with its tail on fire. The impact created a large crater and the wreckage lay scattered in a large area.

Most of the passengers on board were Iranian and there were also some Armenian and Georgian passengers. It is also reported that to identify the remains the Iranian authority would do DNA testing.

This is the third deadly crash of a Russian made Tu-154 in Iran. As there is a trade embargo on Iran, they only have aircrafts of Russian origin. Most of the fleet is aging and there have been issues related to maintenance in the past.

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, the state run broadcaster reported on Sunday that 152 bodies recovered from the crash site have been handed over to family members. There are also reports that a Russian team has arrived in Iran to investigate the crash of the Caspian Airlines aircraft. The aircraft had gone down in a field near the Iranian city of Qavzin on 15th July, killing all 168 people on board.

The flight data recorders have been recovered are currently being studies by a joint investigation of Iranian and Russian experts. Other focus of investigation is wreckage aircraft parts recovered from the crash site. These could give vital clues to determine the cause of the crash. The aircraft fell from the sky and disintegrated into pieces with huge blast and created a large crater at the site of crash.

It is also being reported that onboard the flight were the ten members of the Iranian youth judo team including eight athletes and two coaches. This is the fifth major crash this year after crashes of aircrafts of carriers Colgan Air, Turkish Airlines, Air France and Yemenia Airways.

The Tupolev 154 has had a good track record although it is banned in the west as it does not clear the European noise and pollution regulations. This is the first crash in the history of Caspian Airlines since its inception in 1993.

A second person has reportedly died due to the mishap caused by the roof of the stage collapsing pulling down a crane, at the Velodrome stadium – the venue for Madonna’s forthcoming ‘Sticky and Sweet’ tour to take place in Marseilles, France. The second person who has died is recognised as a 23-year old British and a highly placed police officer. The British Foreign Office has stated that the immediate kin have been notified. There have been eight gravely injured and thirty others with minor injuries.

Earlier on Thursday, an elderly French worker was killed instantly when a crane hoisting a massive metallic bind that is used to hang lights on at the stage, disintegrated and gave way. Another person was believed to be critical along with two others who were hospitalised and in need of surgical intervention at the Marseille Hospital.

Madonna was deeply anguished when she heard the devastating news. She was in Udine, Italy when she came to know of the mishap. She expressed her heartfelt condolences and said that her prayers go out to those injured and their kin.

This mishap has led to, in any case, one of the five scheduled concerts being called off. A detailed investigation is on to delve into the reason for the mishap.

In Marseille, the fire department is a component of the Navy, with close to 27 fire engines and 80 fire-fighters were on the site to tend to matters, when the mishap took place at close to 11:15 a.m. ET.

Madonna was due to perform on Sunday at the 60,000 capacity Stade Velodrome, the second biggest sports ground in France.

Natalya Estemirova, a resident of Grozny, was amongst the key Caucasus-based activists working for Memorial, a prominent Russian rights group that has garnered global approbation for its able efforts of bringing to light rights misuses and detailed facts of warped Russian history. Natalya was brave to live and work in the rife-torn Chechnya. Her slain remains were recovered on Wednesday just hours following her forced seizure by four unidentified men near her residence in the wee hours of morning as she was heard screaming for help saying that she was being taken hostage.

Her cadaver riddled with close range bullet wounds on the head and the chest region was discovered near a highway in Ingushetia that borders Chechnya. Her killing was the most recent in a string of massacres of many human right supporters and journalists in Russia, following the much hyped shooting of reporter Anna Politkovskaya in 2006.

Natalya’s violent end ensues just hours post human rights groups submitting a comprehensive report stating that Vladimir Putin along with other officers must be put on trial in an international court for the misdoings committed at the time of the two wars that debilitated Chechnya.

The Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev has condemned the murder, asking for a top-level investigation into the heinous crime. Natalya’s work was a major source of discontent among Chechen authorities. She had incensed Chechen authorities by blaming security personnel for engaging in capricious slaughter of a suspected rebel on 7th July.

The fatality count due to moonshine seems to be constantly ticking with count touching a massive 102 on Friday, making it amongst the most sordid calamities to occur in the history of Gujarat. Ironically, the state has proscribed liquor in reverence to Mahatma Gandhi who firmly detested intoxication.

This has lead to flourishing of the covert liquor trade that grosses an annual trade of Rs 100 million with public from all strata involved in this trade. Several cheap liquors are coyly available in dens making it the viable choice amongst the poor masses.

Close to 170 affected are still admitted in the four hospitals in Ahmedabad. A humiliated Gujarat government is trying hard to salvage the grim situation by requesting the Principal Secretary, Mr. Amarjit Singh to individually follow up with the progress of the affected people lodged in the hospitals.

A Congress incited general strike stirred a lack lustre response in Odhav, Amraiwadi and Nikol located in east Ahmedabad, which are hot beds for such infamous activities. The prime kingpin Harishankar Kahar, a.k.a, Hari was taken in custody by the Crime Branch on Wednesday night, following several raids at his den in Odhav, with hundreds of litres being held.

Though the original dealer of the toxic drink is still unclear, Hari seems to be furnishing crucial clues towards the investigation, though he is still mum regarding the truth of the original provider.

The Gujarat assembly bore witness to mayhem that compelled Speaker Ashok Bhatt to suspend the whole batch of Congress legislators excluding the opposition leader Shaktissinh Gohil for interrupting the session over the liquor disaster issue.