Superintendent of Police (SP) Vikash Kumar confirmed that an explosion had taken place inside an illegal coal mine, and several persons were suspected to be trapped, with 18 bodies recovered from the incident site during the rescue operation.
Bombay High Court on Thursday denied permission to underworld gangster Abu Salem to visit his native place in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh to mourn the death of his brother Abu Hakim Ansari.
Those who have been injured in the incident in the Thangskai area of East Jaintia Hills district will be given ex-gratia of Rs 50,000 each, the PMO announced.
The arrest follows the complaints filed by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The police had registered two separate FIRs against the Al Falah University Chairman in the matter.
An explosion struck a residential building in the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, resulting in the death of a minor girl and caused damage of to an eight-storey structure and homes nearby, Fars News Agency reported on Saturday.
At least five people were injured in a mysterious explosion that occurred in Molakera village, Humanabad taluk, in the Bidar district this afternoon. The injured have reportedly been admitted to Breams Hospital in Bidar.
Shivayogi Bali, surgeon at BIMS Hospital, elaborated that the incident critically injured two male adults, namely 18-year-old Anwar and 65-year-old Jabbar. The victims suffered head and eye injuries along with crush injuries on limbs.
An explosion struck the Jaffar Express in Pakistan's Sindh province on Monday, derailing four coaches of the train, officials said, after a Baloch armed outfit claimed responsibility for the assault, according to a report by The Balochistan Post (TBP).
"The tricolour will fly in every village of Bastar, even the remotest ones," he said, adding that security forces have enabled access to areas that were earlier under Naxalite influence.
At least 11 security personnel were injured in multiple IED blasts at Karregutta Hills in Bijapur on Sunday. As per Bilapur Police, all injured personnel were evacuated and airlifted to Raipur for treatment. Their condition is reported to be stable.