Five people were killed while several others were injured after a four-wheeler collided with a tree on Jatara Road in Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday, the police said.
The victims include pilot Rufino James Crisostomo Jr, crew member Joel Martin, and Australian technical consultants Simon Chipperfield and Karthi Santhanam.
According to Khaama Press, Rahman Zahid, a disaster management official in a video said that 168 individuals have died due to extreme weather conditions and gassing in 24 provinces of the country.
The impact of the intense cold wave has got worse in Afghanistan as it has claimed the lives of more than 175 people, Khaama Press reported on Wednesday.
Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday expressed shock at the stampede at his public meeting in Andhra's Guntur which claimed the lives of 3 people and announced Rs 5 lakh financial assistance to each bereaved family.
As many as eight people died in a road accident in which a pickup truck rammed into an approaching motorcycle and truck on the Palsana Road of Rajasthan's Sikar on Sunday, police said.