Two dozen students and four teachers were on a picnic and taking a boat ride in the Harni lake when the tragedy occurred in the afternoon, they said.
The Grandmaster won on time basis against Prathamesh Mokal to emerge sole leader in the men's National 'A' chess championship.
Virat Kohli and Shakib Al Hasan have engaged in a mutual display of respect and admiration for each other's cricketing abilities.
Napier is a lucky venue for the Kiwi skipper and hopes his team wrap up the ODI series win over Pakistan.
Australian pacer Ben Hilfenhaus was modest after claiming a five-wicket haul in India's first innings in the first Test, in Melbourne, on Wednesday. He said he was "the lucky one who came away with the rewards".
'As it happens in any society, when progress happens, hate also comes out.' 'There is always a bit of a risk and possibility of rejection, particularly by an orthodox section of society.'
'He has made batting look easy.' 'When you look at his footwork and the balance, it was pretty amazing.'
'We were up to the mark in three departments'
A challenging phase on personal front behind him, which sidelined him for a few assignments, India seamer Deepak Chahar is ready for a comeback and has set his sights on the T20 World Cup to be jointly hosted by the United States and West Indies later this year.
'We were lucky, in many ways, that we got the disease late.'
Yash was seen batting in the nets, defending, flicking, coming down the track to Ravichandran Ashwin.
Ackermann, who bowls off-spin, said the Netherlands would be cautious against sixth-placed Afghanistan's spin trio of Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Mohammad Nabi.
Contrary to many Aussie greats, former captain Mark Taylor feels opener Matthew Hayden was lucky to get away with just a reprimand for his "obnoxious little weed" remark about Harbhajan Singh.
'Bazball' has changed the dynamics of England's batting approach in Test cricket and their Kiwi coach Brendon McCullum is very clear that irrespective of outcome, his team won't deviate from its aggressive tactics against India in the five-Test series, where most tracks will offer substantial turn.
Nagal got the Chinese engaged in baseline fight from the beginning and drew the first blood in the very first game of the match.
Wearing nothing but loin clothes, around 9,000 men took part in Hadaka Matsuri, or Naked Festival at Saidaiji Temple in Japan Okayama. They crammed into the temple and battled to grab the sacred talisman thrown into the crowd by priests.
At least 3,787 people were killed and more than five lakh were affected physically after a toxic gas leaked from the pesticide factory on the intervening night of December 2 and 3, 1984.
The no-confidence motion moved by the Opposition against the National Democratic Alliance government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was defeated by voice vote in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
'Two things that keep us close are friendship and food.'
'I will always be a gypsy and a global citizen.'
Arjun Singh and Sunil Singh Salam clinched a historic bronze medal in men's canoe double 1000m event at the Asian Games.
The home-chef put Indian cuisine on the world map with her cooking experiments on MasterChef Australia.
Neha and Mohnish Kharkar are school sweethearts whose friendship blossomed into a beautiful marriage.
'I consider myself very lucky that I'm not as affected physically by chronic kidney disease as other people who are affected by the same thing.'
'He can be in one corner of the room and I will be in another corner, but I know if something were to happen to me, he would be the first person to come across because that's the connection we have.'
IMAGES from the Australian Open Men's semi-finals played on Friday.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar feels that Indian coach Duncan Fletcher is lucky to have been handed a contract extension.
Skipper Kane Williamson says New Zealand are looking forward to a World Cup semi-final with India if the are fortunate enough to make it.
A step away from nuclear weapons being used in conflicts, warns Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
By conventional yardsticks, Das was an audacious choice by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP president Amit Shah, like Devendra Fadnavis was in Maharashtra and Manohar Lal Khattar in Haryana. Will his choice pay off in the elections next month?
Jia Min was happy to execute her plan but acknowledged that her opponent was not at her best shape.
Carlos Alcaraz beat lucky loser Jan-Lennard Struff in the Madrid Open final on Sunday to defend last year's title and win his fourth ATP Tour trophy of the year
Smriti Mandhana hit a fluent half-century as India continued to hold the upper-hand against Australia, on Day 2 of the one-off Test.
Swara Bhasker was treated to a surprise baby shower, hosted by husband Fahad Ahmad and close friends Samar Narayen and Lakshita.
Here's your chance to help the selectors pick India's squad for the World Cup.
England were lucky to escape unpunished from a ball-tampering controversy in their third Test against South Africa, according to former captain Michael Vaughan.
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