Seven passengers were charred to death when a luxury bus caught fire after colliding with a diesel tanker in the wee hours of Wednesday on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway.
The government on Tuesday announced that only four terrorists had entered the Pathankot Air Force station to carry out the strike that left eight people dead. This is contrary to a statement made by Home Minister Rajnath Singh on March 4 when he had said that charred remains, apart from four bodies of terrorists, were found at the debris after security forces searched the Pathankot airforce station when the operation ended.
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The police has registered a case against six persons, including members of temple managing committee and associates of firework contractors, on attempt to murder and other charges in connection with the Putttingal Devi temple fire tragedy, even as the toll rose to 109.
In a tragic incident, a newborn girl was charred to death in fire after an explosion in the CNG kit of an ambulance, an official said on Friday.
At least 23 people including two children have died after a fire broke out in an air-conditioned compartment of the Nanded Bangalore Express in Anantpur, Andhra Pradesh in the wee hours of Saturday. Ten others are have been injured in the mishap.
A case has been registered against temple authorities as permission for firecrackers was denied.
In the Cyberabad incident, all the four accused were killed at one go in an exchange of fire. Police in both the cases claimed that the suspects 'snatched' their weapons and opened fire at them forcing them to retaliatory action 'in self-defence'.
The fire broke out in the Lord Krishna School located in Kasiraman Street in Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district.
The plane went up in flames as it crashed with an explosion and thick smoke billowed from the spot, leaving passersby and residents living around the airport in a shock.
Three tests were conducted by the AIIMS forensic department to prove that the charred remains were of Sheena.
73 bodies of militants were recovered. Eight of the bodies were charred beyond recognition.
In a major breakthrough in the serial killings case, the Goa Police arrested two persons who fled to Mumbai for allegedly murdering a 16-year-old girl and later burning her body.
"Labourers were working on the tanker when the blast took place. Soon, the tanker caught fire that killed five labourers and their bodies were charred. Two persons, who were seriously injured in the incident, were admitted to a local hospital," Bhavnagar SP Mahendrasinh Pawar told PTI.
Several of the injured are said to be critical and rescue workers are searching for more casualties in the scorched area.
In one of the worst fire tragedies in Tamil Nadu, 54 persons were charred to death and 50 others injured on Wednesday when a devastating blaze swept through a cracker factory complex at nearby Mudhalipatti.
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Two persons were charred to death and seven others suffered severe burns when a bogie of Solapur-bound passenger train from Hyderabad caught fire during its halt at the station in Gulbarga on Tuesday, the police said.
While some people congratulated the police and raised slogans in favour of them like 'Telangana police zindabad', others distributed sweets to police personnel.
The couple was first lynched in a village in Gaya district of Bihar and then set on fire by the enraged villagers.
At least 10 people were charred to death and another 12 got injured when a gas tanker caught fire and exploded after being hit by a truck on a highway near Beelpur village, 35 kilometres from Jaipur, late Saturday night.
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"63 pilgrims travelling in the private bus that was returning from Jai Gurudev Ashram in Mathura have been killed in the mishap that occurred on Tuesday evening," district magistrate, Firozabad, Amit Gupta said.
The harrowing tragedy struck Pakistan's Punjab province on Sunday just a day before Eid celebrations when a tanker carrying 40,000 litres of petrol overturned and burst into flames as hundreds of villagers had gathered to collect the fuel spilled over on the highway at the Ahmedpur Sharqia area of the Bahawalpur district, some 400 km from Lahore.
The wife and two children of general manager of Taj Hotel Karambir Kang were killed in the terrorist attack.
The fire engulfed a cluster of jhuggis at Biman Nagar under the jurisdiction of Yerawada police station.
The five passengers, who escaped with burn injuries, are undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Hyderabad.
A person was arrested in connection with the massive fire that killed ten Indians and a Bangladeshi in Dubai, as focus shifted on the illegal practices that had led to the disaster.The agent who had rented out the villa illegally has been arrested and the police is searching for another person who was involved in sub-letting the complex, sources said. However, there was no independent confirmation of the arrest.
Through the night, private vehicles and ambulances ferried the wounded and dead to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Aga Khan University Hospital and others where utter chaos prevailed as doctors struggled to attend to the hundreds of victims.
No untoward incident has been reported from the district over the past three days.
Mudasir Ahmed Khan alias 'Mohd Bhai, an electrician with a graduate degree and a resident of Pulwama, arranged the vehicle and explosives used in the terror strike.
Eight persons were charred to death and three others seriously injured in a fire that broke out in three timber scrap godowns in the powerloom town of Bhiwandi near Thane, police and fire officials said.
Hospital authorities said of the deceased at the GTB, at least nine received gun shots. One of the deceased is also a woman, they said.
There where nearly 15 guests staying in the hotel at the time of the mishap.
The three men -- aged 30, 24 and 22 -- were unable to escape from the front bedroom as the blaze spread quickly and there was little the fire fighters could do to save them, Fire Brigade authorities said.
Villagers from Pandharwada and Lunavada were also among the co-accused for participating in the matter.
Three bodies were found in the cracker shop, while two more were recovered from neighbouring shops.
The CM has announced an ex gratia of Rs 4 lakh each to the kin of those killed.
