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Maha bus fire: Mass cremation to be held of 24 bodies, 1 to be handed back

As most of the victims of bus fire tragedy in Maharashtra's Buldhana district have been charred beyond recognition, efforts are on to convince their families for mass cremation of the bodies instead of their DNA analysis, a senior official said on Sunday. The DNA testing is a lengthy procedure which may take days to ascertain the identity of the deceased, as per sources. Twenty five passengers were charred to death as the private bus they were travelling in caught fire after hitting a divider on the Nagpur-Mumbai 'Samruddhi Expressway' in eastern Maharashtra's Buldhana district in the early hours of Saturday, police earlier said. The deceased included 11 male and 14 female passengers. Ten of the victims were from Wardha, seven from Pune, four from Nagpur and two each from Yavatmal and Washim. Eight persons, including the driver and 'cleaner' (driver's assistant) survived the horrific accident. Family members of the 25 deceased have reached Buldhana, according to local ...

5 killed, including four minors as truck falls into river in MP's Datia

Four minors and a woman were killed and several others injured when a truck in which they were travelling overturned and fell into a river in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district on Wednesday, state Home Minister Narottam Mishra said. The accident took place in the wee hours near Buhara village in Datia district when some people from Gwalior were going to Jatara in Tikamgarh district for a marriage ceremony, Mishra told reporters. The truck carrying the people, belonging to Khatik community, overturned and fell into the Buhara river, he said. A 65-year-old woman, a boy aged 15 and three other children were killed in the accident, he said. Many others were injured. Most of them were rescued and undergoing treatment in hospital, the minister said. Rescue operation was underway at the spot, he added.

India's June heat wave deaths likely just a foretaste of what is to come

The World Bank has flagged India is likely to be one of the first places in the world where heat waves breach the human survivability threshold

Shooting leaves 3 people dead, 5 injured in Kansas' Missouri: Report

Police were called to the area near 57th St. and Prospect Ave. around 4:30 am local time on Sunday because initial reports suggested there was a sizable crowd of individuals in a parking lot, it said

Tornado, severe weather kill 3, knock out power in multiple US states

A tornado struck an Indiana home, killing a man and injuring his wife, while two people died in Arkansas after a tree fell onto a house, as severe weather rumbled through several central states. The tornado that hit the home Sunday evening was part of a storm system that pushed through a rural, wooded area of southern Indiana's Martin County. The injured woman was flown by helicopter to a hospital, said Cameron Wolf, Martin County's emergency management director. The newer, log cabin-style house was leveled as a storm that also had large hail and other strong winds raked the area about 85 miles (140 kilometers) southwest of Indianapolis. The home that was totally destroyed, just a few feet away they had a shop building that is perfectly good, Wolf said. I mean, didn't even touch it. Another tornado touched down Sunday afternoon the suburban Indianapolis communities of Greenwood and Bargersville, officials said. Bargersville Fire Chief Erik Funkhouser said at least 75 homes suffere

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Russian air strikes kill 9 in Syria's Idlib in one of the deadliest attacks

The attack on Jisr al-Shughur on Sunday is the deadliest to have occurred in northwest Syria so far in 2023, reported CNN

1 killed, over 30 admitted to hospital after inhaling ammonia gas in Bihar

According to the fire department, several fire tenders rushed to the spot after receiving the information and the situation was brought under control later

Assam flood situation grim, death toll at 3, over 4 lakh people hit

The flood situation in Assam remained grim on Saturday with the death toll rising to three and over 4 lakh people across 15 districts reeling under the deluge, an official bulletin said. Most of the rivers in the state continued to be in spate, it said. The flood waters claimed the life of a man in Nalbari district, taking the total toll to three so far, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) said in its report. The water level of the Brahmaputra river was flowing above the danger mark at Tezpur and Nematighat in Jorhat. Altogether, 4,07,771 people, including 1,67,538 women and 53,119 children, are reeling under the impact of the deluge, the report said. The affected districts are Bajali, Baksa, Barpeta, Chirang, Darrang, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Nalbari and Tamulpur. Bajali is the worst-affected district with 2,21,58 people suffering from the deluge, followed by Nalbari with 40,068 and Lakhimpur with 22,060. Altogethe

An explosion at a Chinese steel mill kills 4 and injures 5, says city govt

An explosion at a steel mill in China's northeast killed four people and left five hospitalised with injuries, the city government said on Friday. A blast furnace exploded Thursday morning at the Yingkou Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. in Yingkou, east of Beijing in Liaoning province, the city's Emergency Management Bureau said in a statement. The cause was under investigation, but experts believe an equipment malfunction was to blame, the announcement said. Phone calls to the Yingkou government on Friday weren't answered. The disaster occurred less than 12 hours after an explosion Wednesday evening blamed on cooking gas killed 31 people in a barbecue restaurant in Yinchuan, a city in China's northwest.

Five men lost on Titanic sub were bound by their love of exploration

Coming from different backgrounds, they converged in St. John's, Newfoundland, a Canadian city on the easternmost tip of North America, bound by a common dream of seeing the remains

Tornadoes, hail and hurricane-force winds tear through west Texas, kills 4

A line of severe storms produced what a meteorologist calls a rare combination of multiple tornadoes, hurricane-force winds and softball-sized hail in west Texas, killing at least four people, injuring nine and causing significant damage around the town of Matador, a meteorologist said Thursday. The storms produced strong winds that swept across Texas, from the Panhandle to Houston, causing damage north of the city, weather officials said. Gov. Greg Abbott added six counties in the region to a disaster declaration on Thursday. The declaration was first issued June 16 and amended three times in response to severe weather. His statement said the declaration will help state authorities respond swiftly to devastated communities. Storms were forming again Thursday afternoon, and National Weather Service meteorologist Alex Ferguson in Amarillo said they were possible into the night, with a chance of more large hail up to 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) in diameter and winds up to 70 mph (113

Heatwave death toll in Ballia reaches 68 after 14 more patients succumbed

With 14 more patients succumbing to heat-related ailments in the last 24 hours, fatalities due to heatwave in Uttar Pardesh's Ballia district has mounted to 68 since June 15

At least 5 dead, 28 missing in rain-induced landslides in Eastern Nepal

At least 5 people were killed following rain-induced landslides in four districts of Eastern Nepal on Monday, Police officials said

2 killed, more than 10 injured as speeding bus overturns in MP: Police

Two persons were killed and more than 10 others injured when a speeding private bus overturned in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district, police said on Monday. The accident took place at around 9 pm on Sunday near Sikroda bridge between Joura and Kailaras towns when the bus was going to Sabalgarh from Morena, according to an official. The bus driver lost control over the wheels at a road turn following which the vehicle overturned in a pit, Joura police station in-charge OP Rawat said. Two passengers died on the spot, he said. More than 10 others were injured and undergoing treatment at a hospital in Kailaras, he said. Two of the seriously injured passengers were shifted to Morena for further treatment, the official said.

Parking lot party shooting leaves 1 dead and 22 hurt in suburban Chicago

At least 23 people were shot, one fatally, early Sunday during a gathering in a parking lot that drew hundreds of people in suburban Chicago, authorities said. TV news video showed the strip mall lot in Willowbrook filled with debris and police tape, about 20 miles (32.1 kilometres) southwest of Chicago. The DuPage County Sheriff's Office described it as a peaceful gathering to celebrate Juneteenth that suddenly turned violent as a number of people fired multiple shots into the crowd. We know of 22 victims injured and one victim killed by gunfire. Several other victims were also injured while attempting to flee the area, the sheriff's office said in a statement. Police were there monitoring the gathering but were called away because of a nearby fight, the sheriff's office said. They heard gunshots and immediately returned to the scene," the sheriff's office said. A motive for the attack wasn't immediately known, and no one was arrested by early afternoon. "We transported numerou

Scorching heatwave continues in Bihar; death toll mounts to over 40

A searing heatwave continued to sweep Bihar which has recorded over 40 deaths since May 31, this year

Heatwave death toll rises to 54 in UP's Ballia, doctors to take stock

As the toll in deaths due to heat goes up to 54 in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district, deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, who also holds the health portfolio, said that the govt has sent two doctors

16 dead, 31 missing in flooding from Nova Kakhovka dam collapse in Ukraine

At least 16 people are dead and 31 are missing in flooding from the Nova Kakhovka dam collapse, Ukraine's Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Saturday, CNN reported

Eight including adolescents shot at party in California, says police

At least eight people, including adolescents, were shot at a party in Southern California, local media reported, citing police