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Jodhpur, March 18 The driver was killed after a tanker carrying a flammable substance overturned and caught fire on a section of National Highway-68 in Jalore district of Rajasthan on Wednesday afternoon.The incident occurred around 2 pm near the Sinwada overbridge in the Sanchor area, with...

Indore, March 18 Eight members of a family were killed after a fire broke out at a local businessman's three-story house following an explosion at an Electric Vehicle (EV) charging point outside the building in Indore city of Madhya Pradesh early on Wednesday, officials said.Investigators said...

Kathmandu, March 18 A helicopter operated by a private airline crashed in Nepal on Wednesday, carrying six people. One person suffered critical injuries, while five others sustained minor injuries, authorities said.According to the information officer at the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal...

Indore, March 18 Seven people were killed after a fire broke out at a house in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, early on Wednesday, police said.The fire erupted at the house located in the Brajeshwari Annex Colony between 3:30 am and 4:30 am, according to Assistant Commissioner of Police Kundan...

Nagpur, March 17 A six-year-old boy died after falling into an open sewage drain in the Wathoda area of Nagpur city on Tuesday afternoon, police said.Danish Fayyaz Ansari was playing near his house in Sharda Nagar when he fell into the drain, allegedly dug by a neighbor, around 3:30 pm. Family...

New Delhi, March 17 Hundreds of students on their way to school had crossed the 60-foot iron bridge over a drain in north Delhi's Roop Nagar on Tuesday morning, shortly before it collapsed, killing one woman, locals said.The tragedy could have been much bigger, they said. The bridge, which...

Srinagar, March 17 – A marine commando (MARCOS) from the Indian Navy was critically injured during a rescue operation on the Jhelum River in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday and was taken to an army hospital for treatment, officials said.Officials said that a joint rescue...

New Delhi, March 17 A 60-foot iron overbridge over a 'nala' (drain) collapsed in north Delhi's Roop Nagar area on Tuesday morning, killing a woman, according to a Delhi Fire Service (DFS) official.The woman, who was reportedly around 50 years old and a beggar, died when the structure collapsed...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 Ten people were killed after a major fire broke out in an ICU at the Odisha government-run SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack in the early hours of Monday, officials said.Around 11 hospital staff members suffered burn injuries while evacuating patients to safety...

Jammu, March 14 A junior commissioned officer (JCO) died after he slipped and fell on the ground during an anti-terrorist operation in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, the Army's White Knight Corps said."While operating in the challenging and rugged terrain during...

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...

Bhaderwah/Jammu, March 13 A Jammu and Kashmir Police head constable and his wife were killed, while their two children were injured after their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a stream in the Doda district on Friday, officials said.The accident occurred around 9 am when the four...

Noida, March 12 A fire broke out at an electric meter manufacturing factory in Sector 4 here on Thursday morning, leaving 26 people injured, police said.The injured were among nearly 240 workers who were trapped inside the factory, Capital Power System Limited, in the Phase 1 police station...

Bhagalpur, March 11 Three young men from a family drowned in the Ganga river in Bhagalpur district of Bihar on Wednesday morning while trying to save their aunt, officials said.The incident occurred around 9:30 am near a ghat in the Ghogha police station area, where the family had gathered for...

Jaipur, March 10 – A major tragedy occurred near the Rajasthan-Haryana border when a section of soil collapsed during excavation work at a residential society under construction in the Kapariyawas area near Bhiwadi. Seven labourers were killed after being buried under the debris, while four...

New Delhi, March 10 – At least seven workers died after a major soil mound collapse at a construction site in Gurugram, while four injured workers were rescued and rushed to the hospital. Rescue operations by the police and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), along with civil defence teams...

Colombo, March 8 At least 22 Iranian sailors from the IRIS Dena, the Iranian ship that was torpedoed by the US, have been discharged, hospital authorities said on Sunday.“They were transported by ambulance to the Sri Lanka Air Force facility at Koggala, outside Galle, under heavy security,”...

Chandigarh, March 7 Four women workers were killed and at least 11 others were injured after a fire broke out at a 'gulal' (powdered colour) manufacturing unit in Jind district, Haryana, on Saturday, police said.The fire allegedly erupted at the entrance of the factory – located in a...

Sonbhadra (UP), March 5 Two men died while fishing in the Dhandhraul Dam here on Thursday, according to police.The incident occurred in the Pannuganj area when Dashmi (30) and Ramraj (48) had gone fishing in the dam in the afternoon.Pannuganj Station House Officer Kumud Shekhar Singh said...

Vetlapalem (Andhra Pradesh), March 5 The death toll from the explosion at the firecracker unit in the Kakinada district has risen to 28, an official said on Thursday.As many as 20 people, including nine women, were killed, while nine others sustained critical injuries in a powerful explosion...