A blast occurred near Gate 1 Red Fort Metro station in the national capital, and eight people died before reaching the hospital, while seven are injured, three of them seriously, a senior Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital official told ANI on Monday.
The fire broke out at around 8:40 am (local time) at a marketplace that sells vegetables and other essential goods. Firefighters, along with emergency response and medical teams extinguished the fire by 10:10 am (local time), Xinhua News Agency reported.
Eight people lost their lives in a fatal train accident when it collided with a pick-up truck in Thailand on Friday, reported Al Jazeera. Adding to that, four people suffered injuries in the accident.
New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): Amid the rising fuel prices across the country, leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress leader Mallikharjun Kharge satirically called for increasing the fuel prices in one go instead of hiking it in parts.
Accra [Ghana], October 30 (ANI/Xinhua): At least eight people have died of suspected yellow fever infection in the northern Savannah Region of Ghana, a statement from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) said late on Friday.
Chitral [Balochistan], May 31 (ANI): At least eight passengers have died after a passenger van plunged into Yarkhun River in Chitral district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in the wee hours of Sunday.
Nellore (Andhra Pradesh), March 28 (ANI): At least eight people died and six were injured after a tempo hit a lorry near Damaramadugu village in Buchirajupalem Mandal of Nellore district on Sunday.