Thirteen persons died in Villupuram district between May 13 and 15, and eight persons were arrested in connection with the deaths and illicit brewing of liquor
The president of Turkey’s disaster and emergency management agency, Yunus Sezer, said the number of earthquake deaths in the country has grown to 40,642, which takes the combined toll in Turkey and Syria to 44,330
Countries around the world dispatched teams to assist in the rescue efforts, and Turkey's disaster management agency said more than 24,400 emergency personnel were now on the ground.
President Felix Tshisekedi has declared a national day of mourning on Monday to honor the victims, and the central government is sending a crisis management team to South Kivu to support the provincial government.
The recovery count increased by three in the last 24 hours to touch 11,35,515, leaving the city with an active caseload of 31, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official said.
The state's coronavirus recovery rate stood at 98.17 per cent, while the case fatality rate was 1.82 per cent.
Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) were carrying out the search and rescue operation
The recovery count increased by eight to touch 79,88,656, leaving the state with an active caseload of 67, it said.
The recovery count increased by one and reached 11,63,628, leaving the state with three active cases, he added.
Tons of snow and ice collapsed onto the mouth of the tunnel on Tuesday evening, trapping drivers in their vehicles. Many of them were headed home for China's...
Peru's top human rights agency called for an investigation into the deaths, 12 of which took place amid clashes between security forces and protesters...
On Monday, a civic official said Mumbai reported four Covid-19 cases, which took the tally here to 11,55,161, while the death toll stood unchanged at 19,746,
The death toll in the terrorist attack on Dhangri village of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri has risen to seven with one more civilian succumbing to injuries at...
Dangri Sarpanch said it was after a long time that targeted killings were carried out in the area. He termed the incident as a major security lapse.
Scores of people died of spurious liquor earlier in the month in Saran district of Bihar, where sale of liquor is banned. The Police is investigating seven...
More than 56,000 people were still in emergency shelters after bad weather disrupted Christmas celebrations in the eastern, central and southern Philippines.
Many parts of Japan reported three times their average snowfall for the season, which also caused a blackout on Christmas day in the northern and western...
The cause was not immediately determined but news reports said the building was heated by stoves.
The Bihar government has confirmed 38 deaths in the Saran hooch tragedy. However, the figure has been contested by the BJP which has claimed that more than 100...
China only counts deaths from pneumonia or respiratory failure in its official Covid-19 death toll, a Chinese health official said
With the Taliban taking control of neighbouring Afghanistan, incidents of terror have increased in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces.
Some 12 million people live in the 24 neighborhoods of Kinshasa hit by floods and landslides, which were triggered by heavy rains Monday night. The damage...
India logged 114 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases dipped to 3,845, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday.
The IMD's statement on Sunday read, 'Rainfall warning: Heavy rainfall at isolated places very likely over Tamil Nadu, South Interior Karnataka & south Coastal...
While returning from a picnic in Lonavala, the driver of the bus lost his control over the vehicle in the ghat terrain near Khopoli due to the failure of...
