NEW DELHI: At least 41 people were killed on Wednesday after a fire broke out in a building housing workers in the city of Mangaf in southern Kuwait.The incident was reported to authorities at 6:00 a.m. local time (0300 GMT), Major General Eid Rashed Hamad said.“The building in which the fire occurred was used to…
PUDUCHERRY: Three people — including a mother-daughter duo and a 16-year-old girl — died of asphyxiation after inhaling toxic gas that leaked from underground sewer lines connected to their houses at Reddiarpalayam in Puducherry on Tuesday morning.The deceased are Senthamarai (80), her daughter Kamatchi (45), and a class 11 student A Selvarani (16).Police said toxic…
BHUBANESWAR/ JAIPUR: The countrywide toll of suspected heatstroke deaths touched 219 with Odisha reporting six fresh casualties and Rajasthan two in the last 24 hours even as the southwest monsoon advanced to some more parts of south India on Monday.The toll so far in Odisha has reached 147, though only 30 are confirmed sunstroke casualties,…
GUWAHATI/AIZAWAL/SHILLONG: Floods and landslides triggered by continuous rain from Cyclone Remal’s impact and the onset of monsoon claimed six more lives Thursday in the North-East, increasing the death toll to 45 across the region.In Meghalaya‘s East Khasi Hills district, four people are feared dead due to a landslide, with one body found so far. One…
NEW DELHI: Soaring heatwave across the northern plains on Thursday claimed 8 lives in Bihar. According to the IMD data, the mercury reached 44 degrees Celsius in many parts of the state.The disaster management department confirmed the number of deaths. However, cause of death could not be ascertained since many bereaved families have declined post-mortem…
NEW DELHI: Chaos erupted in the tranquil community of Hainault in east London after a man brandishing a sword launched a violent attack on people in public and two police officers before being arrested by authorities.The incident is not being treated as terror-related.The 36-year old man was arrested after police were called to reports of…
