Police official says 43 people killed in landslide in northern India

September 24th, 2009 4 killed, 1 missing in Turkish floodsANKARA, Turkey — The state-run news agency says heavy rains in northeast Turkey have triggered floods and a landslide that killed 4 people. One person is reported missing.

September 4th, 2009 Landslide kills 12 people in Mumbai slumMUMBAI, India — Heavy rain triggered a landslide in a densely populated Mumbai slum killing at least 12 people and injuring 25 others, a police official said Friday. Around 20 tin-roofed shanties were buried under mud and rocks after a heavy downpour forced a nearby hillside to collapse late Thursday night in Sakinaka, a northeast Mumbai suburb, police constable Babu Uttam Pawar said.

September 3rd, 2009 MUMBAI - At least 10 people were killed and 25 injured after a landslide triggered by heavy rains hit Saki-Naka area of northeastern Mumbai, authorities said Friday morning. According to fire brigage officials, the landslide, which occurred around 11.30 p.m.

September 1st, 2009 KATHMANDU - At least 14 people were missing and presumed dead after a landslide hit a remote village in western Nepal, police said Tuesday. The landslide hit the village of Jaleswor in Khotang district, about 120 km east of Kathmandu, early Tuesday.

August 10th, 2009 LUCKNOW, India —Landslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 43 people in three remote villages in northern India, a police official said. Twenty bodies were pulled from the debris Sunday after the landslide buried the villages in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand state a day earlier, said S.M.

July 23rd, 2009 China media says at least 53 missing in landslideBEIJING — Chinese state media says at least 53 people are missing after a landslide hit a county in Sichuan province in the country's southwest. The official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday that the landslide was triggered by heavy rain in Kangding county.

July 23rd, 2009 China media say 4 dead, 53 missing in landslideBEIJING — A landslide triggered by heavy rain hit a county in southwestern China's Sichuan province early Thursday, killing at least four people and leaving 53 others missing, state media said. The official Xinhua News Agency said the Ministry of Civil Affairs confirmed four people were killed and 53 others were missing in Kangding county, but gave no additional details.

June 28th, 2009 12 China officials jailed for deadly landslideBEIJING — A Chinese court has jailed 12 officials for a mine accident last year that triggered a landslide which swept through a northern village and killed at least 277 people, an official said Sunday. The officials were sentenced to one to five years on charges of negligence and abuse of power, said an official with the Xiangfen county government in Shanxi province who would only give his surname.

June 24th, 2009 Bus plunge into gorge kills 25 in northern IndiaJAMMU, India — A passenger bus plunged into a gorge in northern India early Wednesday, killing at least 25 people. An additional 40 people were injured in the accident near Panthal, a town about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Jammu, a major city in Jammu-Kashmir state, senior police official Anand Jain said.

June 24th, 2009 25 killed as bus falls into gorge in north IndiaJammu, India — Police in India say a passenger bus has plunged into a gorge in the mountainous northern parts of the country, killing at least 25 people. Senior police officer Anand Jain says an additional 40 people were injured in the accident that occurred early Wednesday near Panthal, a town about 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Jammu, a major city in India's Jammu-Kashmir state.

June 6th, 2009 Landslide in Chinese mining region buries 78BEIJING — Rescuers searched for 78 missing people Saturday after a landslide buried an iron ore plant and several homes in a valley in southwestern China. Seven people were rescued, three of which were seriously injured, said an official with the propaganda office in the city of Chongqing, who would only give her surname, Zhu.

June 6th, 2009 Report: 26 people dead in China from landslideBEIJING — China's state television says 26 people have died in a landslide that buried an iron ore plant and several homes in a valley in southwestern China. CCTV said Saturday that seven people have been rescued, three of which were seriously injured but in a stable condition in the hospital.

June 6th, 2009 Report: 26 people killed in China from landslideBEIJING — A landslide buried an iron ore plant and several homes killing 26 people and leaving dozens missing in a valley in southwestern, state television said Saturday. CCTV reported that 19 miners and seven staff from a mobile phone company were killed in the landslide Friday in Wulong county, about 90 miles (150 kilometers) from Chongqing city.

June 6th, 2009 Report: 26 people killed in China landslideBEIJING — A landslide buried an iron ore plant and several homes, killing at least 26 people and leaving dozens missing in a valley in southwestern China, state television said Saturday. CCTV reported that 19 miners and seven staff from a mobile phone company were killed in the landslide Friday in Wulong county, about 90 miles (150 kilometers) from Chongqing city.

June 5th, 2009 Landslide in Chinese mining region buries 59BEIJING — At least 59 people were buried by a landslide Friday in the southwestern Chinese iron mining region of Chongqing, safety officials said. Those buried included 50 miners and nine residents of remote Tiekuang, or "iron mine," township, said an official with the Chongqing work safety supervision bureau, who would give only his surname, Dong, because he was not authorized to speak to media.