Kolkata, Sep 3 (IANS) A total of 1,459 lightning deaths have been reported in West Bengal from 2018 till July 31 this year, according to a state government report submitted in the Assembly recently.
Pilibhit (UP), Sep 3 (IANS) Four persons have died and two are seriously injured in a collision between a car and a pick-up van on the Pilibhit-Sitapur highway.
Johannesburg, Aug 31 (IANS) At least 63 people were killed and 43 others injured on Thursday after a massive fire ripped through a five-storey building in Johannesburg, according to the South African city’s emergency services.
Manila, Aug 31 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed in a fire that gutted a house in Manila on Thursday, the Philippines' Bureau of Fire Protection said.
Mumbai, Aug 28 (IANS) Two Kenyan NRIs hailing from Gujarat, planning to get married soon in Nairobi, were among the three whose lives were snuffed out in Sunday’s major fire in a hotel in Mumbai's Santacruz east, officials said.
Patna, Aug 27 (IANS) Two women, including a newly-wed and her sister-in-law, were charred to death after a refrigerator exploded in Dumri Parmanandpur village in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district on Sunday.
Imphal, Aug 26 (IANS) A vital one day session of the Manipur assembly, which is expected to discuss the prevailing ethnic situation in the state, will be held on Tuesday.
Pavagadh (Gujarat), August 26 (IANS) A cable dislodged from the aerial ropeway connecting the revered Kalika Mata temple in Gujarat's Pavagadh, leaving more than 40 passengers suspended in 10 cabins at an altitude of 763 meters, triggering a dramatic rescue operation that lasted over 30 minutes.
Chennai, Aug 26 (IANS) At least nine people were killed and 20 others injured on Saturday after a fire erupted inside the coach of a passenger train at the Madurai railway station in Tamil Nadu.
Kathmandu, Aug 24 (IANS) Seven people, including six Indian pilgrims, were killed in a road accident in Nepal in wee hours on Thursday, local media reported.
