Chamarajnagar: 35 women devotees who were on their way to Sulawadi Maramma Temple in Chamarajnagar district had landed at another Maramma Temple in Rampura after the driver took them there by mistake. Earlier more than 90 people were admitted to hospital after eating the poisonous Prasad. 14 people have reportedly[Read More…]
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Death toll in MP protests rises to 7
Bhopal: With the death of one more person, the toll in the police action during protests against the Supreme Court’s dilution of a law aimed at preventing atrocities against Dalits and tribes has risen to seven, officials said on Tuesday. Police said three deaths each had been reported from Gwalior[Read More…]
NTPC boiler blast: Death toll reaches 26; Rahul Gandhi meets injured
The death toll in the NTPC boiler blast in Uttar Pradesh rose to 26 on Thursday, with more injured workers succumbing to their burn injuries, officials said. Doctors warned that the toll was likely to rise further as more than a dozen contractual labourers were battling for life with more[Read More…]
Amarnath accident: 17 Amarnath pilgrims killed; death toll may rise
At least 17 Amarnath pilgrims, including 14 men and two women, killed when a bus falls into a gorge in J&K’s Ramban district. The bus carried 46 persons, including the driver. Most of the passengers were from Rajasthan, Bihar, Haryana, and MP. The toll may rise as several of the[Read More…]
Assam floods: Death toll rises to 44; Center monitoring the situation, says PM
Death toll reaches to 44 with five more people being killed due to flood in Assam on Wednesday. As per the state disaster management authority, one death each was reported from Majuli, Sivasagar, Dhemaji, Golaghat and Nagaon districts. Growing water levels in rivers and low lying areas have affected more[Read More…]
Latur factory mishap: Death toll rises to nine; probe on
Four persons were arrested on Tuesday in relation to the mishap at an oil mill in Maharashtra’s Latur district. The death toll in the incident that took place on Monday has climbed to nine with two more bodies being recovered from a tank in the plant. The State Labour Minister[Read More…]
Kashmir avalanche: Four more bodies recovered, death toll reaches 14
The bodies of four army personnel who went missing after avalanches struck an army camp and patrol in Gurez area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district have been recovered. It took the total death toll to 14 with army spokesman Rajesh Kalia saying that the search operation had been stopped.[Read More…]
Mexico fireworks market blasts: Death toll rises to 35
The death toll from a massive explosion at a Mexican fireworks market on Tuesday has risen to 35, according to government authorities. The toll rose as two females, a woman and a minor, died in the hospital, the government of the state of Mexico said on Thursday. Of the 60[Read More…]
Haiti death toll rises to 339; Hurricane Matthew hits Florida
Hurricane Matthew closed in on Florida after killing at least 339 people in Haiti on its destructive march north through the Caribbean. Carrying extremely dangerous winds of 215 km per hour (kmph), the storm pounded the northwestern part of the Bahamas en route Florida’s Atlantic coast, the US National Hurricane[Read More…]