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Kanpur (UP), March 19 A small LPG cylinder caught fire along the busy Delhi-Prayagraj railway route, causing panic at the Kanpur Central railway station, officials said.The incident occurred in the Cantonment area around 7:30 pm on Wednesday, about two km from the station, where a five-kg...

Bhopal, March 18 Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said on Wednesday that, given the seriousness of the incident, officials have been instructed to conduct a thorough investigation into the fire at a building in Indore that claimed eight lives.Officials and experts from Bhopal have...

Thane, March 18 A seven-year-old boy has died after coming into contact with a live power pole in Thane district, Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday.The incident occurred on Sunday morning in the Jijai Nagar locality of Gograswadi, in the Dombivli area.A power pole is a structure used to...

Kozhikode (Kerala), March 18 Three medical students died in a road accident near Koyilandy here in the early hours of Wednesday, police said.The three were travelling on a motorcycle when their scooter hit an electric pole around 2 am, an officer of the Koyilandy police station said.The...

Thane, March 17 An 89-year-old woman admitted to the ICU of a government-run hospital in Thane district, Maharashtra, died after allegedly being bitten by a rat, officials said on Tuesday.The woman, identified as Suhasini Mathekar, was admitted to the Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Hospital in Mira...

New Delhi, March 17 A foot overbridge collapsed in the Roop Nagar area of north Delhi on Tuesday morning, with a woman falling into a drain beneath the structure, officials said. Rescue teams are on the scene to locate her.The Delhi Fire Service said it received a call regarding the collapse...

Mumbai, March 17 – A 17-year-old resident of Dubai, who was visiting Mumbai, is alleged to have been involved in a fatal road accident in the Chandivli area after the rental SUV he was driving collided with a scooter, killing a 15-year-old passenger, police said on Tuesday. The minor fled the...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 16 Two brothers were killed after the motorcycle they were riding on crashed into an electric post and fell into a ditch near Kilimanoor on Monday, police said.The deceased were identified as Abhi (22) and his brother Abhishek (20), residents of Koduvazhannoor near...

Moscow, March 15 – A collision between two trams in the Russian capital, Moscow, left 22 people injured, the city's traffic police said on Sunday."Seventeen people were injured in the traffic accident, including five children," the statement read.The accident occurred on Vodnikov Street, and...

Jetpur (Gujarat), March 15 The thrill of speed and obsession with social media popularity turned fatal when a sedan driven by a 20-year-old man, allegedly at a speed of 150 km/hour, crashed into the wall of a farmhouse in the Rajkot district, killing him and another occupant.The incident...

Jamshedpur, March 15 Two boys died after being hit by the wheels of a speeding truck in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, a police officer said on Sunday.The incident took place on Saturday evening in the Kudada area, which falls under the Sundarnagar police station, he said.The deceased, aged between...

Barasat, March 14 Two people died in a motorcycle collision in Basirhat, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, on Saturday, according to police.Two others were also injured in the accident when the two motorcycles collided in the Dighari Park area in the morning, they said.The deceased...

Latur, March 13 One person was killed after a state transport bus caught fire while it was being refuelled in Latur district, Maharashtra, police said on Friday.The incident occurred at the Nilanga bus depot around 8 pm on Thursday, according to an official.A bus belonging to the Maharashtra...

Chatra, March 13 Four teenage boys were killed when their motorcycle collided head-on with a car in Chatra district, Jharkhand, police said on Friday.The accident occurred on the Piparwar-Tandwa Road in the Chiraiyatand area, they said.The boys were between 14 and 17 years old, and residents...

Jaipur, March 13 – A massive fire broke out on a private bus near the Rajasthan-Gujarat border on Friday, leaving one passenger seriously injured and raising serious concerns about passenger safety. Fortunately, other passengers were quickly evacuated, averting a major disaster.According to...

Kolkata, March 9 A fire broke out at a confectionery firm's plant in the Anandpur area of Kolkata on Monday evening, officials said.Three fire tenders were able to extinguish the flames after over an hour, they said.The fire erupted around 8:15 pm, and employees present inside the facility...

Rajouri/Jammu, March 9 Three people, including a woman and her newborn baby, were killed and three were injured in two separate road accidents in the districts of Rajouri and Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said.Shanaz Akhtar (40), a resident of Mandi Poonch, and her...

In New Delhi, on March 9, two people were killed and two were seriously injured when a speeding DTC bus, allegedly racing against another bus, hit pedestrians and several vehicles on a busy road in Nihal Vihar, Delhi. This incident led to a crowd vandalizing vehicles and setting a bus on fire...

Union Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu stated that the government is closely monitoring the evolving situation in West Asia and has taken steps to ensure the safety of civil aviation operations. Responding during the question hour in the Rajya Sabha, the Minister said that the DGCA has...

Dibrugarh, March 7 – A mini truck collided with a moving train near Laipuli in Assam’s Tinsukia district on Saturday afternoon, causing panic in the area and causing severe damage to the vehicle, officials said.The incident occurred around 2 p.m. near Laipuli, close to Vivekananda Kendra...