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Motihari, March 4 Six children, including five girls, died while taking a bath in a water-filled pit in the East Champaran district of Bihar, police said on Wednesday.The incident occurred late Tuesday at Lohargava village, under the jurisdiction of the Kesariya police station.The deceased...

Hyderabad, March 3 Two teenagers drowned in a lake here on Tuesday after celebrating Holi, police said.The deceased, both first-year Intermediate students, aged 17, were swimming in 'Panthulu Cheruvu' located in the Vishwakarma Colony at around 2:30 PM, but they were not strong swimmers and...

Jaipur, March 3 A fire broke out in an apartment on the sixth floor of a 10-story building in Jaipur's Shyam Nagar area on Tuesday morning, according to police.No casualties have been reported.Upon receiving information, Shyam Nagar police arrived at the scene and, with the help of...

Ranchi, March 2 Two individuals were allegedly assaulted in the districts of Deoghar and Koderma in Jharkhand on Monday, after rumors spread among locals suspecting them to be child kidnappers, police said.In the Deoghar district, an unidentified 35-year-old man was reportedly apprehended by a...

Indore, March 2 Two municipal workers died from asphyxiation due to toxic gas while cleaning a sewage chamber on Monday in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, a police official said.The two were cleaning a sewage chamber in front of the Devi Ahilyabai Holkar fruit and vegetable market, Additional Deputy...

Khunti, March 2 A sub-adult elephant, which fell into a 20-foot well, was rescued after a three-hour operation in Khunti district, Jharkhand, on Monday, a forest department official said.The incident occurred at the Serengdih village, under the Sadar police station, around midday."After a...

Ranchi (Jharkhand), March 2 Two people were allegedly attacked in the districts of Deoghar and Koderma in Jharkhand on Monday after rumors spread among locals suspecting them of being child kidnappers, police said.In the Deoghar district, an unidentified 35-year-old man was reportedly...

Buxar (Bihar), March 1 Two people drowned and one was critically injured after they got trapped in a pit in the riverbed while fishing in Buxar district of Bihar on Sunday afternoon, officials said.The incident occurred at Ramrekha Ghat, within the Town police station area of the district...

Haveri (Karnataka) March 1 A newly married couple was killed instantly, and two others were seriously injured after a car they were in crashed into a parked truck on National Highway-48 in this district on Sunday morning, police said.The deceased have been identified as Karthik (34), a...

Pilibhit (UP), February 28 A man died after falling asleep inside a warehouse following a fire that broke out due to a short circuit in a village on Saturday, police said.It is suspected that the man died from suffocation as the warehouse in Kankor village was engulfed in flames and toxic...

Koderma/Medininagar, February 28 Three children are alleged to have drowned in a pond in the Koderma district of Jharkhand on Saturday, according to police.The children had gone to catch fish in the pond in Kosmadih village, which falls under the Jainagar police station area, when they went...

Sant Kabir Nagar (UP), February 27 Three young men were killed and three others were injured after a car in which they were travelling crashed into an electric pole in the Mehdawal police station area here on Friday morning, police said.The accident occurred near Achiya mohalla between 2 am...

Bilaspur, February 27 Four people were killed and one was injured after a trailer truck veered into the wrong lane and collided with an SUV in Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh, in the early hours of Friday, police said.The fatal accident occurred around 2 am near the Sambalpuri village under...

Sri Vijaya Puram, February 26 A joint team from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) conducted an on-site investigation into the Pawan Hans helicopter crash near Mayabunder in North and Middle Andaman on Thursday.The team...

Shimla, February 26 The Himachal Pradesh SDRF has won the regional-level collapsed structure search and rescue operation competition in Ghaziabad, according to an official statement issued here on Thursday.The competition, organized by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), was held from...

Mathura (UP), February 26 A 17-year-old boy and his friend drowned while bathing in a pond near a temple here, police said on Thursday.According to police, Saksham (15), Ravi, and Kartik, all 17, residents of Kosi Kalan, had gone to Barsana to celebrate Lathmar Holi. While returning in the...

New Delhi, February 25 Three people were safely rescued after they were trapped inside a lift at an apartment complex in southwest Delhi, a fire services official said on Wednesday.According to the Delhi Fire Services, the incident, which took place at Akshardham Apartments in Dwarka...

Bhubaneswar, February 25 The death toll from the collapse of an unauthorized advertisement board in Bhubaneswar's Khandagiri area rose to two after another injured person succumbed to injuries in the hospital, police said on Wednesday.Two others, including a woman, are in critical condition...

Gangtok, February 25 Over 2,700 tourists stranded due to heavy snowfall near Tsomgo Lake in East Sikkim were rescued, officials said on Wednesday morning.Heavy snowfall in the higher reaches of Sherathang and adjoining areas led to road blockages, leaving 541 tourist vehicles stranded between...

Bhubaneswar, February 24 The massive fire at a market complex in the Lingipur area here was brought under control after 19 hours of operation, officials said on Tuesday.There were no reports of any injuries or fatalities due to the fire, which broke out around 10 pm on Monday night and spread...