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Vetlapalem (Andhra Pradesh), February 28 As many as 21 people were killed and 8 others critically injured in the cracker unit blast here in the Kakinada district on Saturday, Andhra Pradesh Minister Kandula Durgesh said.Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is expected to visit the site, he said...

In Vetlapalem (Andhra Pradesh), on February 28, Minister Kandula Durgesh stated that as many as 21 people were killed and 8 others were critically injured in the cracker unit explosion in Kakinada district on Saturday.Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is expected to visit the site, he said...

Amaravati, February 28 – At least 20 people were killed and 15 others were injured in a massive explosion at a firecracker manufacturing unit near Samarlakota in the Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday.The incident occurred around 2 p.m. at Suryashri Fireworks, located near the...

Haringhata (West Bengal), February 27 – The National Capacity Building Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) and Collapsed Structure Search and Rescue (CSSR) Competition 2026 concluded successfully on Friday.The competition was hosted by the 2nd Battalion of the NDRF at its campus in Haringhata, in...

Almora, February 26 Three people, including a woman and an 11-month-old child, were killed and five others were injured when their car fell into a gorge near Basauli in Almora district, Uttarakhand, on Thursday, police said.According to police, the incident occurred on the Almora-Takula motor...

Meerut (UP), February 24 A tragedy struck the family of a cloth trader here when six members, including four-month-old twin sisters and three other children, died in a fire caused by a suspected electrical malfunction at their three-story house, officials said on Tuesday.The incident occurred...

New Delhi, February 24 – Jharkhand Health Minister Irfan Ansari on Tuesday described the Chatra air ambulance crash as a "very tragic" and "major" incident, confirming that all seven people on board were killed after the aircraft crashed in a forested area of the district.Arriving in Chatra...

Bhubaneswar, February 24 Several shops were completely destroyed in a fire at a market complex in the Dhauli area of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, officials said on Tuesday.There have been no immediate reports of injuries or fatalities due to the fire, which broke out around 11 pm on Monday and quickly...

Kozhikode, February 23 – Three construction workers were killed and five others were injured on Monday after a concrete slab from an old building collapsed in Valiyangadi, one of Kozhikode’s busiest commercial areas in Kerala.The deceased have been identified as Jabbar, from Kinasheri, Ashraf...

February 23, New Delhi – At least 17 people, including two foreigners, were killed in a bus accident near Charaundi in the Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality of Dhading along the Prithvi Highway on Monday.The bus, traveling from Pokhara to Kathmandu, plunged into the Trishuli River. Among the...

Kolkata, February 23 Indian Army troops have rescued 46 tourists stranded due to heavy snowfall in the high-altitude areas of Sikkim's East district, a defence statement said on Monday.Several tourist vehicles got stuck along vulnerable road stretches in East Sikkim district on Sunday during...

Kathmandu, February 23 At least 18 people were killed when a passenger bus fell into the Trishuli River near Gajuri in the Dhading district of Nepal early Monday morning.Twenty-six passengers were injured in the accident, which occurred when a bus traveling from Pokhara to Kathmandu plunged...

New Delhi, February 22 An LPG cylinder exploded while fire and police personnel were trying to extinguish a house fire in northwest Delhi's Majlis Park on Sunday, leaving 13 injured, officials said.The cylinder blast injured six police and fire personnel deployed at the house where a fire...

New Delhi, February 22 An LPG cylinder exploded while fire and police personnel were trying to extinguish a house fire in northwest Delhi's Majlis Park on Sunday, leaving 13 injured, officials said.The cylinder blast injured six police and fire personnel who were deployed at the house where a...

Mehsana, February 21 – Five members of a family from Ahmedabad were killed and six others were injured when their car collided with a barrier on the Unjha-Mehsana highway near Unava in northern Gujarat on Saturday morning, police said.The family was returning from a wedding in Rajasthan to the...

Lunglei, February 19, 2026: A mock earthquake exercise was successfully conducted today in Lunglei by the Lunglei District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) in collaboration with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to enhance disaster preparedness and coordinated response.The...

Karachi, February 19 – At least six people were killed after a gas explosion caused a partial building collapse in Karachi, Pakistan, local media reported on Thursday, citing officials.The blast occurred at a house in the Gul Rana Colony area of Soldier Bazar, where a suspected gas leak is...

Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma, in a statement to the Assembly today, said that the February 5 explosion at Mynsngat–Thangsko was caused by illegal mining involving explosive materials. The death toll from the illegal coal mine explosion in the East Jaintia Hills has risen to 33. Rescue...

Jaipur, February 16 – Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan expressed his deep concern on Monday regarding the devastating fire at a chemical manufacturing unit in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, which resulted in the loss of seven lives earlier that day.According to authorities, two others were also feared...

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...