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.
Nineteen people were killed and 32 others were injured when a fire broke out in the Salang Tunnel on the Salang Pass near Parwan province in Afghanistan, according to Khaama Press.
"The house was of four rooms, four people who were buried due to the collapse of the roof of two rooms have been reduced. A woman named Baby Verma died due to the collapse," said Varanasi District Magistrate (DM) S Rajalingam.
"Next day (14 December) we learned about the incident. Immediately deployed a JCB to break the boulders. At around 230 pm today, we broke the boulders, rescued him, got him out of the cave, and sent him to the hospital. The victim's friend informed that Raju went inside to find his mobile wh
The accused has been identified as Shivdas Manikpuri, a resident of Bhanwar Village, Janjgir Champa. The police also rescued the minor girl from the possession of the accused.
A female bear and its cub entered a villager's house after wandering off the forest in Kulhariya village of Kedai range of Katghora forest division in Chhattisgarh's Korba district on Sunday, a forest official said on Monday.
According to ITBP, the trekker is a resident of Delhi and was reported to have suffered a leg fracture while trekking at Gorson Bugyal (11,500 ft) with a group.
The NF Railway CPRO also said that, in an incident on December 8, RPF staff of Rangapani while checking Train no. 15709 UP (Malda Town - New Jalpaiguri Express) at Chatterhat station rescued one runaway minor boy and girl.