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National Safety Day 2025: Know history, significance, theme and more

National Safety Day 2025 is observed every year on March 4, 2025, to spread awareness and prioritise safety and precautionary measures

National Safety Day 2025: Know history, significance, theme and more
Updated On : 04 Mar 2025 | 10:59 AM IST

Gunfire leaves 3 killed, 8 injured after Mississippi school's football game

Three people were killed and eight others were injured in central Mississippi early Saturday when at least two people opened fire into a group of several hundred people who were celebrating a school's homecoming football win at an outdoor trail several hours after the game had ended, authorities said. The gunfire was proceeded by a fight between some of the men at the celebration, but deputies hadn't yet learned what sparked the fight, said Holmes County Sheriff Willie March. Anywhere from 200 to 300 people were on the trail celebrating, and the gunfire sent them fleeing, the sheriff said in a phone interview. It was chaos, to tell you the truth, March said. The shooting just started and people started running. The shootings about 3 kilometres outside of Lexington, Mississippi, followed a football game several hours earlier at the Holmes County Consolidated School's homecoming celebration. After the victory, scores of young people headed to the trail to celebrate. Lexington is loc

Gunfire leaves 3 killed, 8 injured after Mississippi school's football game
Updated On : 20 Oct 2024 | 7:10 AM IST

How ICORN, a Norway-based network of safe cities, is helping the persecuted

ICORN is like a vessel. It takes a troubled writer, artist or journalist from the heated pot and gives them a chance to live a normal life, says Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury

How ICORN, a Norway-based network of safe cities, is helping the persecuted
Updated On : 13 Dec 2019 | 9:42 PM IST

Safety remains a grave concern in Indian cities

The paradox that one of Delhi's busiest, best-lit crossings should be hostage to hoodlums, is scary

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Updated On : 23 Jun 2017 | 11:07 PM IST