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Meerut (UP), February 24 Six people, including women and children, were killed in a fire that broke out at a house in the Lisadi Gate area of Meerut, police said on Tuesday."The incident took place on Monday night. The injured members of the family were rushed to the civil hospital, where...

Bijapur, February 23 An Indian Police Service (IPS) soldier was injured on Monday when a pressure-activated improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites detonated in Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh, a police official said.The incident occurred when security personnel were conducting...

Kathmandu, February 23 – At least 17 people died after a bus traveling from western Pokhara to the capital Kathmandu plunged into the Trishuli River in the central district of Dhading early Monday, a senior official at the District Administration Office, Dhading, said."We have sent 17 people...

Budaun (UP), February 22 Three people were killed and 15 others were injured when a private bus carrying a wedding party collided head-on with a state-run bus on the Bareilly-Mathura highway early Sunday morning, police said.The accident occurred around 5 am near the Jarolia village...

Sonbhadra (UP), February 17 A woman and a teenage girl drowned after they slipped while crossing a river in a village under the Pipri police station limits here on Monday, police said.The bodies of the deceased were recovered on Tuesday following a search operation, they said.Circle Officer...

Hamirpur (HP), February 17 Three people sustained serious burn injuries following an LPG cylinder explosion inside a shop in the town of Bhota in the Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday morning, police said.According to eyewitness Purushottam Chand, he arrived at his sweet shop...

Jaipur, February 16 – A judicial inquiry has been ordered following a devastating fire at a chemical and firecracker factory in the Khushkheda Industrial Area of Bhiwadi, in Rajasthan's Alwar district, which claimed seven lives on Monday, leaving the state in shock.The fire, which broke out...

New Delhi, February 16 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed his condolences for the deaths of factory workers in a fire accident at a chemical factory in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, and prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured.The fire incident in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, is a tragic and...

Jaipur, February 16 Seven people were killed in a fire at an illegal firecracker manufacturing factory in the town of Bhiwadi, in the Khairthal-Tijara district of Rajasthan, officials said on Monday."Seven people have died in the incident. It was a garment factory, but firecrackers were being...

In China, eight people were killed and two others sustained minor burns following an explosion and fire at a fireworks shop, in the lead-up to the Lunar New Year. According to the statement, the blast, which occurred last afternoon in a village in Jiangsu province, was caused by a resident...