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...

The death toll from the monsoon floods and landslides in Nepal and northeastern India has increased to 59, while the number of affected people stands at around 2.6 million, officials said Sunday.In Nepal, a total of 55 people died, while 30 others are listed...

Six soldiers and a civilian were killed and 35 rescued after a four-storey building collapsed due to rain at Kumarhatti town of Himachal Pradesh, rescuers said on Monday.It is believed that six-eight people are still tapped in the debris.While 23 soldiers...

In a freak accident, at least three people were killed and 30 others injured when a roller-coaster ride collapsed at the public park around the sprawling Kankaria Lake here on Sunday evening.Officials said there were around 40 persons on the 'Discovery'...

One soldier and a civilian were killed and 12 other soldiers got trapped when a four-storey building collapsed due to rain at Kumarhatti town of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday.While 18 soldiers and five civilians were pulled out from the debris, the rescue operations...

At least 10 people were pulled out from the debris while 20 were still trapped inside after a roadside three-storey eatery caved in owing to heavy rains in Kumarhatti in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district on Sunday.Deputy Commissioner K.C. Chaman told the...

Over 200 sheep and goats were killed by lightning in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district, officials said on Sunday.Lightning struck a large flock of sheep and goats on Saturday evening in pastures of Poshkar Wangat area, officials said."Over 200 sheep...

Three families lost their breadwinners as three labourers were killed in a massive fire that broke out in a three-storey building in Jhilmil Industrial Area in east Delhi on Saturday.The victims who died due to suffocation and burn injuries, included two women...

The flood situation in Assam continued to worsen with new areas flooding every day even as the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on Saturday said that 25 districts of the state are under water and seven people have been killed so far in flood-...

Five people were killed while three were injured in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district on Saturday.Police said that a taxi carrying passengers from Ukhral village to Alinbass went out of the driver's control and dropped into a deep gorge.Three...

Three persons, including two women, were killed in a major fire that engulfed a packaging factory in Delhi on Saturday, an official said. The incident took place around 9 a.m. at Jhilmil Industrial Area near Dilshad Garden.According to fire officials, a short-circuit...

The flood situation in Assam continued to be grim with three more people dying in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll in floods and landslides to six, even as over eight lakh people were marooned by the floods till Friday evening.Officials of...

Eight people, including two children, were crushed to death and over half a dozen persons were injured by a truck in Bihar's Lakhisarai district, police said on Thursday.This incident took place late on Wednesday night near the Halsi block when all the victims...

At least three persons have died in the last 24 hours in floods and landslides in Assam and over two lakh people have been affected, officials said on Wednesday.Two people died due to floods and one person was killed in a landslide here. The situation is...

A person was killed and two others were injured on Wednesday after incessant rains triggered landslides here in Assam's capital city.One Narayan Shah died after stones and mud from adjacent hillock caved in on his house in Gorchuk area, officials of the...

The much-talked about Lucknow-Agra Expressway is turning into a killer expressway. According to the data made available by the UP Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA), between August 2017 and March 2018 there have been 858 accidents causing...

The Yamuna Expressway which was billed as the pride of Uttar Pradesh has turned out be a 'highway to hell' for commuters due to its high accident rate that has claimed over 8,000 lives in over 5,000 accidents since it was inaugurated in 2012.From August...

"We were all in deep sleep when the bus toppled twice before falling in the nallah (drain). Screams were heard for about a minute after which there was silence. Some passengers climbed on top of bodies to make their way out of the bus," said Rishi Yadav,...

At least 29 people were killed on Monday when a passenger bus fell into a gorge on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway.The bus, after hitting the divider, fell into the 40-feet-deep gap between two flyovers on the Yamuna Expressway near Milestone 161 (Jharna nallah)...

At least 11 persons were killed while one was found alive and another 12 are still missing after a small dam burst near Bhendewadi hamlet in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district, following Tuesday's torrential downpour, officials said here on Wednesday."A report...

At least 12 people, including three women, died on Wednesday in a head-on collision between a private bus and a goods carrier van on a state highway in Karnataka's  Chikkaballapur district, police said."The mishap occurred around 12.30 p.m. at Murugamalla...

At least 39 persons were killed across Maharashtra as relentless rain created mayhem and left Mumbai paralysed with the country's commercial capital being pounded by record rainfall on Tuesday, officials said.Offering no respite, heavy showers are expected...

Three people were killed and four injured on Tuesday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district.The accident took place at 1 a.m. when a van travelling to Ghagwal from Samba town rammed into an army vehicle at Sandh Bari on the highway."Three...

At least 13 persons were killed in a wall crash in Malad, north-west Mumbai and another seven perished in a wall collapse in Pune, early on Tuesday as rains continued to wreak havoc in large parts of Maharashtra.In the wake of the incessant rainfall, the...

A man was electrocuted in Mumbai and three others were killed in Solapur in a lightning strike as rains clobbered several parts of Maharashtra for the fourth consecutive day, disrupting normal life besides hitting air, road and rail traffic, officials...

Two school children and the driver of a bus were killed and five others injured when a state-run bus of a private school rolled down into a gorge in the Himachal Pradesh capital on Monday, police said.The injured were admitted to the Indira Gandhi Medical...

Thirty three people were killed and 22 injured on Monday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, an official said.The accident took place at 8.40 a.m. when a mini bus travelling from Keshwan area to Kishtwar town went out of the driver's...

Five members of a family were killed in an accident between a car and a truck in Haryana's Sirsa district, the police said on Monday.The victims, identified as Vikas Bansal, his wife and daughter, his brother Ghanshyam and his wife Ekta, were travelling in...

At least ten people have died after a small aircraft crashed at an airport in Dallas, Texas.All ten people on board were killed after it crashed at Addison Airport at 9:10 a.m local time on Sunday, Mary Rosenbleeth, spokeswoman for the city of Addison,...

At least 15 people, mostly labourers hailing from West Bengal and Bihar, were killed and three others injured when a boundary wall of a posh building collapsed here early on Saturday, officials said.Taking a grim view of the tragedy, Chief Minister Devendra...

Seven persons were killed and two dozen injured in a road accident early on Friday on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, police said.Fifty passengers from different parts of Bihar were headed in a sleeper bus for Rajasthan, when the bus rammed against a sand carrying...

With monsoon hitting Jharkhand there has been some relief, but at least 20 people have also been reported dead due to lightning in different parts of the state over the last three days, police said.Nine people died on Thursday, seven on Wednesday and rest...

Eleven students of a private computer training institute were killed while seven others were injured on Thursday in a road accident on Mughal Road in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.Police sources said 11 students, including nine girls, were killed and...

At least 30 people were killed and over a dozen others injured in incidents of lightning strikes across Bihar in the last 24 hours, an official said here on Thursday.The deaths occurred in Bhagalpur, Begusarai, Saharsa, Purnea, Araria, Katihar, Jamui, Khagaria,...

Four part-time municipal sweepers hired by a private company to clean a septic tank died of asphyxiation on Wednesday here in Haryana after inhaling toxic fumes, the police said.The company had not provided gas masks or safety belts to the sweepers.The police...

All the six members of a family were killed on Wednesday when the roof of their house in Bidar district in Karnataka collapsed.The police said that the mud roof of the house collapsed over them while the family was asleep.According to police sources, the...

At least three persons were killed when the Howrah-Jagadalpur Samaleshwari Express' engine caught fire after the train rammed into a tower car engaged in repair work between Singapur Road and Keutguda in Odisha's Rayagada district on Tuesday, authorities...