Himachal Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority (HPSDMA) on Monday reported fresh disruptions in public utilities across the state due to rain even as the monsoon death toll rose to 448.
The death toll rose to 10, and several others were injured in the Pimpri-Chinchwad accident, claims DCP Shivaji Pawar, Pimpri-Chinchwad Police, Pune. On Monday, a pick-up van fell 25-30 feet down a slope in Papalwadi village under the Mahalunge MIDC police station area in Maharashtra.
As the death toll rose to 10 in the tragic Meerut building collapse, District Magistrate Deepak Meena said that financial assistance of Rs. 4 lakh per deceased and Rs. 1.20 lakh for the re-construction is being given to the victims' family members.
The heavy rains accompanied by thunderstorms have lashed several parts of the country in the past few days, resulting in a total of 39 deaths, out of which 12 occurred on Sunday: six in KP, four in Punjab and two in Balochistan, officials said.
As the death toll rose to 261 in the three-way rail accident that occurred on Friday evening involving Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Coromandel Express and a goods train on separate tracks at Bahanaga Bazar Station in Balasore district, AAP minister Saurabh Bhardwaj took a jibe
While referring to the recent Bihar Hooch tragedy in Saran where the death toll rose to 72 (as on December 18), Jha said that the deaths due to the consumption of illicit liquor disturbed everyone and alleged that NHRC has not made any visits to the place where these hooch tragedies occurred
Noney (Manipur) [India], July 2 (ANI): Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday termed the landslide in Noney district in which the death toll rose to 20 till now, the worst incident in the history of the state.
Rio De Janeiro [Brazil], May 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The death toll rose to 56 from the heavy rains in the northeastern state of Pernambuco, authorities said on Sunday.