Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed grief after 7 people died and others were injured following lightning strikes in Gaya and Nalanda and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh each to the families of the deceased.
A devastating incident occurred in Bopkhel, Pimpri-Chinchwad, on Wednesday afternoon, leaving a community in grief. A 3.5-year-old girl, Girija Ganesh Shinde, died on the spot when a heavy iron gate fell on her while she was playing with friends.
A woman and her three-year-old son drowned in a waterlogged drain in the Ghazipur area of East Delhi, while a 12-year-old boy died of electrocution in the Bindapur area on Wednesday as heavy rains lashed parts of the national capital.
Owner of a cloth showroom died as the building's roof collapsed on Thursday near Subzi Mandi police station, police said. The owner, identified as Anil Gupta was taken to St. Stephen Hospital where he succumbed to injuries.
At least 10 people have died and the concrete bridge and footbridge on the Kedarnath route have been damaged, following heavy rain in the area informed Uttarakhand State Disaster Secretary Vinod Kumar Suman on Thursday.
In early June this year, an outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) began in Gujarat, in children under 15 years of age and as of July 31, 140 AES cases were reported in the state out of which 59 have died.
"On reaching the above incident spot, it was found that Tanuja and her child Priyansh, who were going to the weekly Budh Bazaar held in the Ghazipur Police Station area, East Delhi, fell into a waterlogged semi-constructed drain and drowned," said the police.
"Two children Aas Mohammed (10) and Nagma (8) died in the incident and three others that were critically injured and are undergoing treatment. The remaining people are also hospitalised but are out of danger. This old house was in a dilapidated state, and heavy rain caused it to collapse," s
The number of people who died in the landslides that struck the hilly areas of Meppadi in Wayanad district on Tuesday following incessant rainfall has gone up to 167, the Kerala Revenue Department said today.
The Directorate of Education of Delhi Government issued safety guidelines to all principals and heads of government, government-aided, and unaided private recognised schools on Wednesday after the tragic deaths of three UPSC aspirants who died due to flooding in the basement of a coaching in
The cubs were rescued from Midghat track, Budhni in Sehore district and brought to Van Vihar National Park where one cub died on Tuesday morning and another one on Wednesday.