Itanagar: Twenty-eight people died and one went missing in floods and other rain-related incidents in Arunachal Pradesh this year, state Water Resources Development Minister Newlai Tingkhatra told the Assembly on Saturday. Sixteen people died in two consecutive floods that hit the state since June this year, while seven landslide-related death cases have been reported in the state during the year. Three persons died due to lightning, while two died in...
03:42 PM, Sep 29, 2012
Pune: A four-storeyed building collapsed in the Sahakar Nagar area of Pune on Monday afternoon, killing six people on the spot. The building was residential in nature and reportedly under construction. Several people are feared trapped in its debris. The cause of the building collapse is not known yet. Rescue operations are in full swing. The building is reportedly owned by former corporator Sanjay Lande. (Details awaited) ...
03:14 PM, Sep 24, 2012
A religious gathering at the Thakur Anukul Chand Samaadhi in Deogarh turned into a tragedy after nine people were killed and 24 injured in a stampede. ...
02:01 PM, Sep 24, 2012
Two women died early on Sunday as massive crowds thronged the Radha Rani temple in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district. ...
01:48 PM, Sep 23, 2012
Mathura: Two women died early on Sunday as massive crowds thronged the Radha Rani temple in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said. "Two female pilgrims died separately, one of a heart attack, and another of injury caused by slipping on the stairs," Senior Superintendent of Police (Mathura), Padmja, told IANS. Thousands of pilgrims thronged the holy shrine in Barsana village on the birthday of Radha Rani, celebrated as Radha-Ashtmi all...
10:53 AM, Sep 23, 2012
New Delhi: Nearly 21 people were killed in Sikkim, three in Arunachal Pradesh and more than 7 lakh people affected in Assam after days of incessant rainfall triggered landslides and flash floods in the region on Sunday. In Assam, 13 districts are said to be affected, the worst-hit being Tinsukhia. The Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger mark and the Kaziranga and Dibru-Saikhowa national parks are under water. Nearly 60...
09:41 AM, Sep 23, 2012
New Delhi: Heavy rains triggered massive landslides in Sikkim on Sunday, resulting in the deaths of three civilians and one General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) personnel, the state government said. The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) said that seven of its workers had died in the landslides and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) claimed that 11 of its personnel were missing. The entire north Sikkim is said to be cut off...
08:37 AM, Sep 23, 2012
New Delhi: Accidental igniting of crackers on board the Tamil Nadu Express caused the fire that claimed 32 lives and injured 28 people in July this year, said official sources on Thursday. "The fire was caused due to accidental igniting of crackers being carried in the S-11 coach of the train," said the preliminary inquiry report submitted by Commissioner Railway Safety (South Central Circle) Dinesh Kumar Singh to the railway...
10:16 PM, Sep 13, 2012
New Delhi: The second shooter involved in the Swaroop Nagar shooting incident died on Monday, taking the death toll to five. Manish succumbed to his gunshot injuries at a hospital in Delhi. Manish and his friend Rajbir went on a killing spree on the weekend, killing three people, one of whom was Rajbir's brother, another Manish's love interest and the third a relative of one of the victims. Reports said...
01:42 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Kolkata: The death toll from the Bankura bus accident has now reached three, after the body of a three-year-old girl was recovered on Friday morning. A bus carrying around 50 passengers fell into the Bhairabanki river in Bankura on Thursday after the driver lost control over the vehicle as it crossed a flooded bridge. While 45 of the passengers were rescued, five were said to be missing. Police say the...
11:15 AM, Sep 07, 2012
Kannur: With four more persons succumbing to their burns on Saturday, the toll in Monday's LPG tanker explosion here rose to 15, police said. One victim died at a private hospital in neighbouring Kozhikode district, another at Manipal medical college hospital in Karnataka while others at the medical college hospital here, police said. Seven more persons with severe burns were battling for life at different hospitals, they said. Thirty five...
10:02 PM, Sep 01, 2012
Kochi: The death toll in the landslide at Kadavoor in Ernakulam district rose to five on Saturday with the recovery of the body of a man, police said. Heavy rains lashing parts of Central Kerala on Friday had claimed four lives in the region - three in a landslip and another who died of a heart attack after witnessing the incident. Police, fire force and Naval personnel are engaged in...
02:32 PM, Aug 18, 2012
Dubai: Two powerful earthquakes killed 250 people and injured around 1,800 in northwest Iran, where rescue workers frantically combed the rubble of dozens of villages throughout the night and into Sunday as medical staff desperately tried to save lives. Thousands huddled in make-shift camps or slept in the streets after Saturday's quakes in fear of more aftershocks, 40 of which have already struck. Casualty figures are expected to rise, Iranian...
01:43 PM, Aug 12, 2012
An estimated 20 thousand people have been affected and 34 killed in the flash floods in Uttarakhand. ...
01:16 PM, Aug 07, 2012
New Delhi: The fire in Tamil Nadu Express was the fourth such incident since last year but there are no effective measures including installation of fire and smoke detection alarms in trains. The fire claimed 32 lives including six women and three children. Though the Railways launched a pilot project installing fire alarm system in Bhubaneswar Rajdhani two years ago, the system could not be replicated in other trains. However,...
08:10 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Nellore: A major fire engulfed one of the coaches of the Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh on Monday morning. Thirty-two people died in the incident and 25 people were said to be injured. The 32 bodies have been recovered. Out of those, 19 are said to be of males, 6 of females, 3 of children and four are said to be unrecognisable, according to Sambasiva Rao, CPRO,...
03:10 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Nellore: A major fire engulfed one of the coaches of the Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh on Monday morning. Thirty two people were said to have died in the incident and 25 people were said to be injured. The death toll is likely to rise further. The Chairman of the Railway Board and Railway Minister Mukul Roy are expected to reach the site shortly. An ex-gratia relief...
12:26 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Additional DG Railways VSK Komdi has said that efforts are on to identify those who died in the fire in the S-11 coach of the Chennai-bound Tamil Nadu Express in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. ...
10:48 AM, Jul 30, 2012
Nellore: A major fire broke out in one of the bogies of New Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express near Nellore in Andhra Pradesh on Monday morning. While 30 people are feared dead in the incident, 25 are said to be injured out of whom 12 have suffered burn injuries. The death toll is expected to rise further. The incident occurred at around 4:30 am when the Nellore station manager noticed the...
09:22 AM, Jul 30, 2012
Nellore: A major fire broke out in one of the bogies of New Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express near Nellore in Andhra Pradesh on Monday morning. Five people are said to have died in the incident and the toll is expected to rise. The incident occurred at around 4:30 am when the Nellore station manager noticed the fire in one of the bogies of the train, officials said. The train was...
07:07 AM, Jul 30, 2012
