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Bihar: CM Nitish Kumar announces Rs 4 lakh ex gratia to families of childr
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh each for the families of the three students who drowned in an 'aahar' (pond) in Bihar's Gaya.
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Uttarakhand: SDRF rescues 6 Kanwariyas in drowning incidents at Haridwar
Updated : 8 months ago IST
The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) rescued around six Kanwariyas from drowning in separate incidents at Kangra Ghat in Haridwar, according to an official statement by SDRF.
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Himachal monsoon toll reaches 95; 56 rain-related, 39 road accident fatali
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Out of these, 56 deaths have occurred due to rain-related incidents such as landslides, flash floods, cloudbursts, lightning, electrocution, snakebites, drowning, and other natural causes. The remaining 39 fatalities have been attributed to road accidents, which have surged due to slippery c
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Pakistan: Systemic failures, delayed response led to Swat River tragedy, s
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM ordered action against officials after 14 people drowned in a Swat River flood. A probe found major lapses by multiple departments, poor coordination, and weak safety enforcement. Authorities will take disciplinary steps, launch awareness drives, and clear river encroac
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Monsoon fury claims 85 lives in Himachal: 54 die in rain-related disasters
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
In its cumulative loss report, the SDMA confirmed that natural calamities such as landslides, flash floods, cloudbursts, and drowning incidents have been responsible for the bulk of the fatalities. Mandi district remains the worst-hit, reporting 17 deaths from rain-related causes.
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"AIADMK alliance like murky pond, DMK's flowing like a clear river": Tamil
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
"Edappadi is unaware of history. He is drowned in the darkness of ignorance. AIADMK alliance is like a murky pond; you cannot catch fish in it. DMK alliance, on the other hand, is flowing like a clear river," Babu told reporters here.
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Himachal Pradesh: Monsoon death toll reaches 85, 54; 31 dead in road acci
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
The death toll from the ongoing monsoon fury in Himachal Pradesh has climbed to 85, with 54 people losing their lives due to rain-triggered disasters like landslides, cloudbursts, flash floods, and drowning incidents, while 31 people have died in road accidents, said State Disaster Managemen
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Pakistan: Neglect, mismanagement leave Sindh drowning in climate chaos
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Climate change is no longer a distant threat, its effects are devastating communities across Pakistan, especially in Sindh, where extreme weather events, food insecurity, and health crises are growing with alarming intensity.
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Pakistan's institutional failure turns picnic into death sentence for Sial
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
During a court hearing, officials appeared before the PHC to update the ongoing inquiry into the drowning of tourists in the Swat River.
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Pakistan: Negligence by several departments uncovered in Swat drowning inc
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The head of the inquiry committee investigating the recent drowning tragedy in Swat river in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province informed the Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday that several government departments were found to have shown negligence in the incident, as reported by Geo N
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Agra: Two children aged 10-12 years feared drowned in Yamuna River, search
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The incident occurred after four children went to bathe in the River Yamuna earlier in the day. While two of them were rescued, the other two--both aged between 10 and 12 years--remained missing and are feared to have drowned.
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Uttar Pradesh: Three children drown in Hardoi, police launch probe
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Out for playing, three children died after allegedly drowning in a "deep" pit in the middle of a plot in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district, a senior police officer said
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