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Eighty-eight people have died across 14 districts of flood-battered Kerala while 40 are missing, authorities said on Tuesday. (Photo: File)

88 dead, 40 missing in Kerala; CM to visit flood-affected areas today

Heavy rainfall has wreaked havoc in several areas across the state in past few days with daily lives of residents taking a hit.

13 Aug 2019 11:55 AM

At least five children, including four siblings, were killed in a fire that broke out at a daycare facility in Pennsylvania on Sunday (local time). (Representational Image)

5 children killed in fire at Pennsylvania daycare facility

The children who died were between 8 months to roughly 8 years old, the fire chief said.

12 Aug 2019 1:24 PM

CRPF soldier Jitendra Kumar went into coma five years ago after he was caught in a Maoist-triggered IED blast in Chhattisgarh, but his boss and CRPF DIG Yogyan Singh didn't lose hope all this while, believing he would recover someday and 'we would then send him to his home in Bihar'. (Representational Image)

CRPF soldier injured in Maoist attack dies after 5 years in coma

5 CRPF troops were killed along with 2 civilians in blast by Maoists targeting forces returning after poll duty in the Maoist-hotbed.

12 Aug 2019 12:42 PM

The Madhya Pradesh police on Sunday registered a case against six of its police personnel in connection with the custodial death of a man in Bel Garha district of Gwalior. (Representational Image)

Madhya Pradesh Police file case against 6 officers after man dies in custody

The complainant alleged that his brother was beaten up after he refused to give the money.

12 Aug 2019 11:23 AM

As of Saturday morning, Gujarat had received 77.80 per cent of annual average rainfall, with south Gujarat receiving 98.31 per cent rainfall, Met department data showed. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

16 killed after heavy rain including wall collapses in Gujarat, thousands rescued

Rajkot collector Rahul Gupta said 1,425 people were shifted to safer places after release of water from Aji, Nyari and other dams.

11 Aug 2019 7:59 AM

At least four people died after a three-storey apartment building in Pragatinagar in Gujarat’s Nadiad collapsed on Friday night. (Photo: ANI)

4 dead, 5 injured as three-story building collapses in Gujarat due to heavy rains

The building, located in Pragati Nagar area of the town in Kheda district, collapsed late Friday night, Kheda Superintendent of Police said.

10 Aug 2019 10:18 AM

As Kerala continues to battle the torrential downpour lashing its shores, death toll has risen to 42 in rain related incidents, including flooding and landslides, with over one lakh people moved to relief camps, officials said on Saturday. (Photo: File)

42 killed in Kerala floods, over one lakh evacuated

Train services have also been disrupted due to flooding and trees falling on rail tracks.

10 Aug 2019 9:59 AM

Authorities said that near the hanging bodies was a banner bearing the initials of the notoriously bloodthirsty Jalisco drug cartel and a threat to a rival gang. (Photo: ANI)

19 killed in Mexico gang war

Mexico security analyst Alejandro Hope said the slaughter was also meant to send a message to the authorities.

09 Aug 2019 3:58 PM

Two persons died, while three sustained injuries when a railway parcel service building at Coimbatore railway station collapsed in the early hours of Thursday due to the incessant rains. (Photo: ANI)

2 dead, 3 injured as Coimbatore station building collapses

According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the city is likely to receive heavy rainfall in the next five days.

08 Aug 2019 10:57 AM

Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, were wanted over the murders of an Australian man and his American girlfriend, as well as of a Canadian university professor. (Photo: AFP)

Canadian police finds 2 bodies, believes to be teen murder suspects

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the bodies had been found in dense brush in the central province of Manitoba.

08 Aug 2019 9:47 AM

A woman and her daughter travelling from Delhi to Kota were killed allegedly after being pushed off a train for resisting robbery in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, the Railway Protection Force said on Saturday. (Representational Image)

UP woman, daughter killed while chasing robbers in Delhi-Kota train

An RPF official said one ambulance was rushed to the spot soon after they were informed about the incident.

04 Aug 2019 12:28 PM

K Muhammed Basheer, 35, who was the Thiruvananthapuram bureau chief of Malayalam daily Siraj. (Representational Image)

IAS officer sent to custody after Kerala journalist dies, charged with rash driving

The police said he would be taken to jail when the doctors allow him to be discharged after treatment.

04 Aug 2019 11:10 AM

A bloody clash between two prison gangs on Monday left at least 57 inmates dead with 16 of them decapitated, authorities in the state of Para said, the latest deadly clash as Brazil's government struggles to control the country's overcrowded jails. (Photo: AFP)

At least 57 inmates killed, several beheaded in bloody clash in Brazil prison

Most of the dead died in the fire, they said, while two guards were taken hostage, but later released.

30 Jul 2019 9:20 AM

Rajkumar, who hails from Etah's Asrauli village, was in an inebriated condition when he bit the snake. (Photo: ANI)

Drunk UP man bites snake into pieces after it bit him

Rajkumar's family cremated the snake after the incident.

29 Jul 2019 12:58 PM

Senior Congress leader and former Union minister S Jaipal Reddy died at a hospital here in the early hours of Sunday, sources close to him said. (Photo: File)

Former Union minister Jaipal Reddy dies at 77

Veteran Congress leader has been a parliamentarian for several decades and held key portfolios in various governments.

28 Jul 2019 8:53 AM

Authorities added that thousands of people have been affected in the districts while rising water levels of the major rivers left people stranded in water-logged areas, putting them at risk of water-borne diseases. (Photo: ANI)

114 killed, 95 drowned in Bangladesh floods

Bangladesh is regularly flooded during the June-September monsoon as hundreds of rivers that feed into the Bay of Bengal burst their banks.

27 Jul 2019 8:22 AM

Four workers are feared dead and nine have been injured in a landslide at a Coal India Ltd mine in Odisha, a company spokesman said on Wednesday. (Representational Image)

4 feared dead, 9 injured in landslide at coal mine in Odisha

India is one of the most dangerous countries to be a coal miner, with one worker dying every seven days on average.

24 Jul 2019 11:55 AM

As many as 32 people were killed in Uttar Pradesh due to lightning on Sunday, said officials. (Representational Image)

35 killed as lightning strikes in Uttar Pradesh

Among three who died earlier, one was killed due to lightning in Deoria, while one lost his life to snake bite on in Kushinagar on Saturday.

22 Jul 2019 9:51 AM

A 14-month old girl died and her mother got severely injured after a slab collapsed in Sitaphalmandi here on Sunday. (Representational Image)

14-month-old dies after slab collapses in Hyderabad

The baby has succumbed to her injuries and Swati is undergoing treatment in the hospital, police officials stated.

22 Jul 2019 9:13 AM

A 20-year-old man allegedly hanged himself in Maharashtra's Pune while trying to complete a task in a Blue Whale-like online game, police said Friday. (Representational Image)

20-yr-old Pune man kills self to complete task in online game: Police

The handwritten note, in Marathi and English, has a drawing of a black panther along with a line 'sun will shine again', official said.

20 Jul 2019 9:11 AM

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