Joint rescue operation of the Indian Army, Assam Rifles, NDRF, SDRF teams and other agencies continued on Friday to rescue 8 people who have been trapped in a coal mine at 3 Kilo, Umrangso area since January 6.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Wednesday started removing water at the Dima Hasao coal mine to rescue 8 people who have been trapped since Monday.
Eight people including a 2-year-old girl child lost their lives on Friday after the speeding bus met with an accident in Bathinda in Punjab as the driver lost control of the vehicle, officials said.
"A state transport bus met with an accident in Gondia district. The bus was en route from the Bhandara depot to Gondia when the bus lost control near Bindravana Tola village on the Gondia-Arjuni road and overturned on the side of the road. 8 people have died and around 30 people are injur
A search operation is underway in Bahraich on Friday morning to hunt the remaining two wolves and end the menace of the man-eater that has already killed 8 people in the area including seven children and a woman and injuring 15 others in the past two months, Divisional Forest Officer Bahr
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar condoled the deaths of 8 people in lightning strike incidents in four districts of the state and announced ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh each to the kin of the deceased.
Telangana police have arrested 8 people for allegedly committing the offences of abduction, confinement and theft. And the police have seized 84 laptops, 4 four-wheelers, 1 bike 18 phones, and three passports from them.
The situation in Assam worsened after 8 people including three children died after drowning in flood waters in the state in the last 24 hours and the death toll in this year's flood mounted to 66.
Train services resumed on Tuesday in the railway line in the Phansidewa area of the Darjeeling district where the Kanchenjunga Express train met with an accident on Monday, killing 8 people and leaving around 25 people injured.
In a tragic incident, 8 people have been killed after an explosion took place at a firecracker manufacturing unit near Sivakasi in Virudhunagar district, an official said.