Shillong: Five persons, including two siblings, died due to suffocation from toxic gases inside a well at a private construction site in the Lapalang area of Shillong on Friday evening, police informed on Saturday.The victims included two brothers who tried to rescue workers who were trapped inside the flooded well.East Khasi Hills SP Vivek Syiem…
Ahmedabad: A second sanitation worker has died after three contract cleaners were allegedly made to enter a drain without adequate safety measures at UN Mehta Hospital in Asarwa earlier this week.Shahibaug police said Sahil Nadiya, who had been undergoing treatment after the incident, died on Friday night. His co-worker, Roki Mekwan, had died earlier during…
Mohammed Abuzar, the 13-year-old boy Bhiwandi/Navi Mumbai: A 13-year-old boy, Mohammed Abuzar, was swept away in a stormwater drain while playing with friends in Bhiwandi on Monday. This was the third such tragedy involving minors in Bhiwandi in the last three days. The other victims are still missing.According to the civic body, Abuzar lost his…
Hazaribag: The father of an eight-year-old girl was killed, and four members of her family sustained injuries as they attempted to save her from getting electrocuted on Monday. The incident took place in Brahmoriya village under Chauparan police station limit of the district.Isha Kumari, 8, came in contact with a overhead live wire, a part…
Gurgaon: Two labourers drowned in a pond outside a village on Wednesday evening. The incident took place in the Bajghera police station area when one of them entered the water for a bath and the other tried to rescue him.Forty-five-year-old Ranjit Rai from Bijrauli village in Bihar’s Vaishali district and Mahendra Pal, 35, from Bijwasan…
Kanpur: A 17-year-old boy is feared to have drowned while trying to save a girl who was drowning in the Yamuna river in Kanpur Dehat’s Musanagar area on Sunday morning.According to police, at around 9.30 am, two girls, identified as Bhoori Devi (12) and Jyoti Devi (15), went to bathe in the Yamuna river. However,…
Lucknow: The devastating highway accident in Gonda that claimed five lives has left behind shattered families, with the deaths of two real brothers exposing the loss suffered by those involved.Hasan Mohammad (40) and Imtiyaz Ali (27), among the victims of Wednesday night’s crash, were brothers whose family had already endured repeated tragedies. Relatives said the…
Jaisalmer: A 23-year-old married woman and her one-and-a-half-year-old daughter died after allegedly jumping into a water tank in Barmer district Friday.According to police, the woman identified as Dhudi, a resident of Booth Rathoran village, allegedly threw her daughter into a water tank outside her house before jumping in herself.Chauhtan DSP Jetharam said the woman was…
Accused, Monindra, and his brother Narendra NOIDA: A delivery executive who earlier drew public attention for trying to save engineer Yuvraj Mehta when he plunged into a water-filled construction pit in January, was arrested on Thursday for allegedly running an extortion racket.According to police, the accused, Monindra, and his brother Narendra, targeted restaurant owners and…
Varanasi: A man and his son were electrocuted while trying to save his wife at Pyarepur Mishra Moiddinpur village under the Rampur Belauli police station limits of Mau on Thursday morning.Mau ASP Anoop Kumar said Meena Devi (45) had gone to switch on the water pump at her house when she came in contact with…
