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Gurugram, March 20 A major fire broke out at a five-story guesthouse in Sector 28 on Friday afternoon, causing panic and chaos.Police, firefighters, the Haryana State Disaster Response Force (HSDRF), and local residents rescued four people, including three women, who were trapped in the...

Noida (UP), March 19 A five-year-old boy drowned after falling into a water-filled pit near his home in Greater Noida, police said on Thursday.The incident took place in Preet Vihar, in the Chhapraula area, on Wednesday.According to police, the child, identified as Devraj, was playing near...

New Delhi, March 19 A day after a devastating fire killed nine members of a family in southwest Delhi's Palam, investigators suspect that a short circuit in an electrical board near the building's entrance likely caused the fire, police said on Thursday.The police also said that asphyxiation...

Surat, March 19 Two people were killed and nine others sustained burn injuries after a fire in a building housing an embroidery unit in Surat, Gujarat, triggered gas cylinder blasts on Thursday, officials said.The incident occurred around 5:30 am when two cylinders exploded following the fire...

New Delhi, March 18 In a desperate attempt to escape the deadly fire that claimed nine lives in Palam, a one-and-a-half-year-old girl survived a fall from the third floor after overhead wires prevented her from falling – a split-second intervention that likely saved her life – even as her father...

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...

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...

Panaji, March 17 Five people were rescued from drowning at various beaches and the Dudhsagar waterfall in Goa over the weekend, a rescue agency said on Tuesday.Three others received immediate medical assistance after being bitten by stray dogs at a beach in South Goa, it said.A 29-year-old...

Mumbai, March 17 Actress Sonakshi Batra, who plays the titular role in the television show ‘Jagadhatri’, has shared her experience of filming a particularly risky scene for the show.The scene in question is a Holi celebration, where the drama intensifies as Tapasya’s (played by Yesha Harsora)...

Itanagar, March 16 Four labourers died and three others were injured on Monday after a wall collapsed during a landslide at Niti Vihar in Itanagar, police said.The landslide, triggered by heavy rain, buried seven people working at the site under debris, Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) SP Jummar...

Saharanpur (UP), March 16 Two people were killed after a tin shed, under which they had taken shelter to escape heavy rain, collapsed, police said on Monday.The incident took place on Sunday night, and the deceased have been identified as Jaipal Saini (55), a former village head, and Ramkesh...

Mangaluru/Udupi, March 11 A woman from Maharashtra, who was found in a distressed state on a national highway in the Udupi district about a month ago, has been reunited with her family after recovering from a mental health episode, officials said on Wednesday.The 45-year-old woman is from the...

Shimla, March 11 An 18-year-old student in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district defended himself against an attack by a leopard by using his bare hands and smashing the animal's jaws with stones, killing it.The second-year student at the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) was rushed to the Arki...

Pune, March 10 Police in the Pimpri Chinchwad area of Pune have arrested five people for allegedly kidnapping a businessman and demanding a ransom of Rs 50 lakh, officials said on Tuesday.The accused, all from Uttar Pradesh, allegedly abducted the businessman from the Rahatani area on Monday...

Ayodhya (UP), March 10 A 55-year-old devotee died and two others were injured after a swarm of bees attacked people who had gathered at a temple complex during a weekly fair in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar district on Tuesday, police said.The incident occurred at the Aughad Baba temple in...

Jhansi (UP), March 9 A 20-year-old man, who had been kidnapped, was rescued on Monday, with the arrest of four accused, including two juveniles, after a brief encounter, officials said.The accused later demanded a ransom of Rs 2 lakh from the victim's family for his release, they said.Police...

Morena, March 9 A fully grown crocodile was rescued after it wandered into a wheat farm, causing panic among villagers in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh, a forest official said on Monday.The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon in Masoodpur village in the Sarai Chola area when some...

Bhubaneswar, March 8 Two Class-7 students who had run away from their homes here to avoid the annual examinations were rescued from the house of a relative of one of them in Angul district, Odisha, the police said on Sunday.The two girls had left their homes in the Maitri Vihar police station...

New Delhi, March 7 The NHRC said on Saturday that its intervention in a case involving six Indian workers who were allegedly "tortured while in captivity" by their employer in Thailand over the past several months has resulted in their rescue.The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) had...

New Delhi, March 7 – The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said on Saturday that its independent intervention has resulted in the swift rescue of six Indian workers from Kendrapara district in Odisha, who were allegedly being held captive by their employer in Thailand for several months...