Shehbaz Sharif tweeted, "The reports of the drowning of over two dozen Pakistanis in a boat tragedy in Italy are deeply concerning & worrisome. I have directed Foreign Office to ascertain facts as early as possible & take the nation into confidence."
Five students of Badaun's Government Medical College drowned while taking baths in Ganga on the occasion of Mahashivratri on Saturday. Out of which, two were rescued by the divers while three are still missing.
Officials said that the trio had come to Mavelikkara along with five others from Chettikulangara for the ongoing Maramon convention. They have been identified as Merin (18), Mefin (15), and Abin (24).
Five MBBS Students of the Badaun government medical college of the 2019 batch were drowned while taking a bath in the Ganga here in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district. While two students were rescued safely, Efforts are on to find the missing 3 students, police said on Saturday.
Initially, one of the students drowned due to the strong currents in the Kaveri river. Following this, the three others tried to help but drowned one by one, police said.
Both victims from Gujarat, who hailed from Ahmedabad went to Piha Beach on Saturday, one of the most dangerous spots to enter and lost their lives. Their family said that they did not know how to swim.
Chinese-invested Hongshi Cement Industry, which is Nepal's largest cement company, has reached a stage of "drowning due to its internal disputes", EPardafas reported, adding that Nepalese investors left the board of directors after the economic situation of the industry was in crisis due to
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Two children, including a three-year-old girl from Karnataka, were among 14 persons who were rescued from drowning off Goa's beaches and a river over the weekend, which witnessed heavy tourist footfalls ahead of the festive week.