Four person died at Dard Harie Kralpora in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Wednesday after they fell in the well.They were rescued from the well under unconscious state, and shifted to hospital where they were declared dead. Officials told news agency—Kashmir...

At least five persons including two minors were killed in a road accident that took place in Raggi Nallah area of Doda district on Friday.Police officials told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a vehicle bearing registration number (JK19-6674)...

The vehicular movement on Jammu-Srinagar national highway was restricted temporarily after a truck loaded with liquified petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders caught fire, triggering explosions that rattled the entire area at Tikri near Udhampur.Officials told news...

A 55-year-old man, injured in a house collapse following encounter at Kanimazar Nawa Kadal here last week, succumbed to burn wounds at SMHS hospital here, officials told GNS on Sunday. They said the man identified as Manzoor Ahmad Khan from Hawal Srinagar...

A massive fire broke out in several residential houses in Gamroo village of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday late afternoon.An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that fire emanated from a residential house of Ali Mohammad...

Fire broke out in a quarter at Police Training Centre Manigam here in Central Kashmir's Ganderbal district.Sources told KNT that smoke started coming out from a quarter and without no time flames engulfed the quarter. The fire which has not been controlled...

One person was killed and four others were rescued while fate of two others is unknown as massive landslide buried 9 vehicles including some trucks at Seri Ramban along the  jammu-Srinagar highway on Saturday.SSP Ramban Haseeb-ur-Reman, who is supervising...

A two-storey residential house was gutted in a fire mishap in north Kashmir’s Sopore this evening.Reports reaching Kashmir Despatch said a residential house of Ishtiyaq Ahmad  Nadroo was gutted in an accidental fire at Naseem Bagh B in Sopore town...

Two persons died on Tuesday after they slipped from a mountain in Nagbal Khag area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district.Station House Officer (SHO) Khag Gowhar Gul told GNS that the duo namely Mushtaq Ahmad Wani (45) son of Ghulam Hassan Wani and Abdul Rashid...

Four children were among six persons injured in a blast near encounter site at Lower Munda on Monday afternoon and one of them was referred to SMHS Srinagar hospital while three others require “surgical intervention.”Official sources told GNS that the blast...

"A fire incident at village mullanpur took place yesterday afternoon but the prompt and speedy action taken by the District Administration resulted in the fire being brought under control within a few hours."Disclosing this here today, the Deputy Commissioner...

A 25-year-old youth died and three others were injured seriously in a solar battery blast at Khrew area of Pampore in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday evening.Reports reaching GNS said that the blast took place inside a residential house of...

Two paramilitary CRPF men were killed in a fratricidal firing incident in Dalgate area of Srinagar City on Tuesday.The incident took place inside water wing of CRPF at Dalgate, a police officer told GNS.He said that the two paramilitary troopers of 144 battalion...

Three persons died and another was critically injured when a minibus they were travelling in met with an accident in Ramnagar area of Udhampur district on Thursday.Reports said that three passengers were killed and another was injured when a minibus bearing...

A 75-year-old man died on the spot while as three others were injured when two fast moving vehicles collided head-on at Batote area of Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.Station House Officer (SHO) Batote, Niyaz Ul Hussain told GNS that one...

Two teenaged boys drowned in river Chenab in Ramsu area of Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.Station House Officer (SHO) Ramban Javid Iqbal told GNS over  phone that the boys namely Abid Ahmad Manhas (15) son of Mushtaq Ahmad Manhas and...

One person died while six others were injured after a gas cylinder exploded at a house in Wadwan village of Central Kashmir's Budgam district.According to wire service—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the sound of explosion was heard at a radius of one kilometre...

A casual labour of the Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Ltd (erstwhile Power Development Department) died of electrocution in Zakura area of Srinagar city on Wednesday.A police officer told GNS Tariq Ahmad Dar son of Ghulam Rasool received an electric...

Six shops were gutted in a blaze that broke in Zadibal area in Srinagar city on Monday night.Reports reaching said at least six shops were gutted in an accidental fire at Alamgari Bazar in Zadibal area on Monday night.Fire tenders rushed to the spot and...

Five members of a family including three minor girls,a boy and a lady were killed after a residential house was hit by a boulder in Barmeen Khein Udhampur district during night, the police said.Official sources told wire service— Kashmir News Observer (KNO)...

Two labourers were killed and as many others were injured in a mysterious blast inside an army camp at Khundroo area of Achabal in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday. Khundroo houses army’s biggest ammunition depot in Kashmir.Reports reaching GNS...

A pall of gloom descended in Khanyar locality of Srinagar’s Old City area on Saturday when three of the family members including a married couple and their three-year-old daughter were charred to death in a blaze that broke out in the intervening night...

In a swift move, the district administration Srinagar has announced payment of Rupees 15 lakh compensation in favour of Next of Kin (NoK) of Khanyar fire victims.Talking to GNS, the District Development Commissioner Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary told GNS that...

A couple and their daughter were burnt alive after their  house was gutted in a fire incident in Khanyar area of old city in Srinagar district on Friday night.Station House Officer (SHO) Khanyar Parvaiz Ahmad told that the incident occurred at Sheeshgari...

At least nine persons were killed while five others sustained injuries on Saturday evening after the passenger vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Kathua district of Jammu region.The accident took place in remote Mallar village in...

At least two houseboats and a residential hutment were gutted in the world famous Dal Lake on Monday in a deadly blaze leaving more than three families homeless. The tentative loss figure figured out by the House Boat Owners Association (HBOA) is more than...

Five persons were killed on Wednesday when a vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge along the Jammu-Kishtwar highway on Wednesday, police said.According to wire service—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), police officials...

Three fire men were charred to death while six others including three firemen and three civilians sustained injuries in a massive blaze that broke out in a building in Talab Tillo area of Jammu region.According to wire service—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) officials...

Three persons including husband-wife duo sustained injuries while a house got damaged in gas cylinder blast in Gassi Mohalla area of Safa Kadal in Srinagar on Friday  morning.According to wire service—Kashmir News Service (KNO), the gas cylinder exploded...

At least 11 persons including for Army men and were killed in separate snow avalanches across Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said.According to wire service—Kashmir News  Observer (KNO), four soldiers were killed after an avalanche hit Machil sector...

Clashes rocked Nowgam area of Srinagar after a class 10 student was killed and a girl critically injured after a police vehicle collided with a private vehicle in the area on Tuesday  morning. Two others sustained fire-arm injuries after police resorted...

At least nine persons were killed while 38 others have sustained injuries in a deadly mishap that took place along Srinagar-Jammu highway on Thursday evening.According to the wire service—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), officials in the district administration...

Sixteen passengers died while as only one survived in a deadly accident in Doda district of Jammu on Tuesday after a vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge.According to wire service Kashmir News Observer (KNO), a passenger...

Two Army porters from north Kashmir’s Baramulla district were on Monday killed after they were hit by a fresh snow avalanche in the morning.Officials told the wire service –Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that two Army porters identified as Ishfaq Ahmad and...

Barely an hour after the season’s first snowfall in Kashmir, power supply went off while as road and air traffic was suspended across the region. The entire region including Srinagar city got enveloped under the white carpet due to the season’s first snowfall...

At least 25 shops were damaged in a mysterious blaze at Batamaloo in Srinagar while as another shop got damaged in the fire incident at Habba Kadal area on Tuesday.Witnesses told wire service—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that fire broke out late on Monday...

Two houses were gutted in S R Gunj area of Srinagar that created fear psychosis in the area leaving morning markets deserted in the nearby areas.According to wire service—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the fire incident took place at late hours of Thursday...

Fire has gutted eleven residential houses, with seven houses completely damaged in Dunikhud Buchwara area of Dalgate, Srinagar.According to wire service—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), property worth lakhs of rupees was gutted in the incident, with minor injuries...

At least six persons were killed in Mumbai and Satara as rains continued to clobber large stretches of Maharashtra, especially the coastal Konkan region, on Sunday, hitting train  services badly.IAF helicopters rescued 58 people in Thane and boats...

Twelve labourers were killed and six others injured when a truck hit an overcrowded autorickshaw in Telangana’s Mahabubnagar district on Sunday, police said.The accident  occurred near Kothapalle village in Midjil ‘mandal’ of Mahabubnagar, about 100 km...

A seven-member family from Karnataka's Dharwad, including two senior members proceeding for the Haj pilgrimage, were killed in a major  road accident in this Maharashtra district on Wednesday, police said.According to investigating officer Suryakant...

The railway services on the Samastipur-Darbhanga route were suspended on Sunday as it got submerged in the flood, which has affected as many as 13 districts in  Bihar.According to Chief PRO of East-Central railway Rajesh Kumar, 10 trains have been cancelled...

Four kanwarias from Haryana were killed and eight others injured when a boulder fell on their vehicle in the Tehri district of Uttarakhand on Sunday, the police said.The accident took place at Bagardhar when the Tata Sumo carrying 12 kanwarias was hit by...

A 24 year-old man died while three others were injured after a truck rammed into another truck in West Delhi, the police said on Saturday.According to the police, they got to know about the accident near Sagarpur bus stand through a PCR call at 2.41 a.m.,...

Two more bodies of coal workers, who were trapped in a coal mine in Odisha's Talcher, have been recovered as the death toll in the incident has reached to three, an official said on Friday.One person continues to remain trapped under the debris.The accident...

At least seven people have been killed as torrential rains continue to batter Pakistan.According to rescue officials, one woman along her one-year-old boy died as rainwater flooded their house's basement in Rawalpindi. Another young boy drowned while swimming,...

Two labourers were killed and 12 others injured in a blast in an iron furnace unit in Punjab's Ludhiana town, police said.The injured, most of them migrant workers, were rushed to hospitals here with 25 to 30 per cent burns. Two of them have been shifted...

A team of expert divers from the Army on Thursday fished out the body of a boy who had drowned in the Jhelum river.Two brothers, 15-year-old Muhammad Shafi and eight-year-old Muhammad Kafeel, had gone missing in the Jhelum river on Wednesday, police said."Help...

Four pilgrims have died during the past 24 hours taking the toll of pilgrims killed during this year's Amarnath Yatra to 26.Officials of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), that manages the affairs of the annual Hindu pilgrimage, said three pilgrims died...

At least 32 people, including women and children, were killed and over a dozen injured in incidents of lightning strikes across Bihar in last 24 hours, an official said on Wednesday.Eight deaths were reported in Jamui, seven in Aurangabad, five in Banka,...

Mounting one of the biggest rescue operations in recent years, Mumbai firefighters saved a total of 84 persons trapped on the terrace and upper floors of the burning Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. exchange building at Bandra here on Monday evening.Fireman Sagar...

Thirty five persons have been killed due to lightning in various parts of Uttar Pradesh as heavy rains lashed across the state.Thirteen others were also injured due to lightning in the state till late on Sunday evening.According to official reports, seven persons...

One person was killed and another critically injured while 13 others were rescued from a fire that broke out in a four-storeyed building in Mumbai on Sunday afternoon.According to the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)...

Three people were killed and four injured on Saturday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district.Police said that the incident happened when a taxi went out of the driver's control and fell into a gorge near Ukhriyal Link Road in Banihal area...

Eight people, including seven children, were killed in Bihar's Nawada district on Friday when they were struck by lightning, officials said. All the victims belonging to the Mushahar community, poorest of the poor Dalits.Eight other children were injured in...

 One person was killed and nine others injured on Thursday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, police said.A vehicle, carrying people to the Sakhi Maidan festival, went out of the driver's control and skidded off the road at Saloni...

Two persons were killed and another injured on Wednesday when a truck loaded with potatoes rammed into an ATM booth in Jammu and Kashmir's Jammu city.Police said that the incident happened in the Channi Himmat area in Jammu city on Wednesday."The driver...

At least 10 people, including four women and a infant, were killed when a four-storied residential building came crashing down in south Mumbai while 10 injured persons were rescued from the debris, BMC Disaster Control officials said.Another 10-odd families...

The death toll from the monsoon floods and landslides in Nepal has increased to 67, while 32 people were reported missing and over 40 others injured, officials said on Monday.The Nepal Police said in a statement late Monday that the victims comprised 41...

Thirteen soldiers and a civilian were killed and 28 others rescued after a four-storey "unsafe" building in Himachal Pradesh's Kumarhatti town where Assam Rifles troopers were holding a party collapsed due to rain, officials said on Monday.Deputy Commissioner...