The Colombo-bound bus tried to beat an express train at a crossing near Polgahawela, 80 km northeast of Colombo, the police said.
A wing of the building, located in Kurla, collapsed around midnight, officials said, adding that its another wing was also likely to crash and was vacated.
The agency also recovered an electronic circuit used in making explosives from the rented flat of the terror suspects in Pune's Kondhwa area along with 500 GB data from the devices, he said.
Modi assured to extend all required assistance to the state to face the situation, the Chief Minister's office said.
Over 2.26 lakh people have been rescued in Jammu and Kashmir so far as the rescue and relief operations in the flood-ravaged state entered 14th day on Monday.
The deceased Dhairya Lalani, 26, and Vishwa Lalani, 23, and their aunt Pramila Kenia had gone to the pub on Thursday night to celebrate Khushbu's 29th birthday, a close friend of the Lalani family said.
'2,665 children killed. 2,665 cheeky smiles, 2,665 dreams of tomorrow, 2,665 favourite cartoon characters, 2,665 favourite meals, 2,665 someone's everything.'
Wailing relatives of coronavirus patients who perished in the blaze at a Bharuch hospital in Gujarat gathered outside the building in the wee hours on Saturday, blaming the facility administration for the tragedy.
Extreme heat conditions fuelled many fires in Kuwait City.
Seven days after a 11-storeyed under construction building collapsed in Chennai, rescuers called off their massive non-stop operations today as the death toll was put at 61 with no survivor or body being found during the day.
The fire broke out on Sunday afternoon at the Ycua Bolanos supermarket during its peak shopping hours.
Both Israel and Hamas claimed that gunfights were ongoing at numerous locations within Israeli territory.
English Premier League leaders Manchester City and Chelsea slugged out a magnificent 4-4 draw at Stamford Bridge.
A summary of the Euro 2024 qualification matches played on Saturday.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday.
Four persons were killed and seven others suffered injuries after a single-storey house collapsed in Shivaji Nagar area of Govandi in eastern Mumbai early on Friday, a civic official said.
Spain's late substitute Joselu struck two quick-fire goals on his debut to seal a 3-0 win over Norway
Ten teachers questioned by the police claimed they were the first to spot the smoke and had made efforts to douse the fire.
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.
The governor of the Luhansk region, Serhiy Hayday on Sunday said that the two bodies were found in the debris and the chances of finding anyone still alive inside the school are very bleak.
The local police force where Rishi Sunak filmed a social media video in a moving car without a seatbelt on Friday fined the British Prime Minister for the legal breach.
IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
On Friday night, Taliban attackers detonated a car bomb outside the guesthouse and stormed the building, and then exchanged fire with security forces, officials said.
Eyewitnesses of the Nepalese passenger plane crash have said that they had a close shave as the Yeti Airlines plane, with 72 onboard, including five Indians, crashed near their settlement and a bomb-like blast was heard.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that the war in Ukraine is just beginning.
According to civic officials, some drilling work was in progress on the sixth floor.
The system lay centered at 5.30 am over Southeast Bay of Bengal, about 450 km west-northwest of Car Nicobar (Nicobar Islands), 380 km west of Port Blair (Andaman Islands), 970 km southeast of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and 1030 km south-southeast of Puri (Odisha).
The draw, Goa's sixth on the trot, helped the Gaurs climb to the third spot on the table.
A gas cylinder explosion is suspected to be the cause of fire.
India eked out a 4-2 win via penalty over Great Britain in the FIH Hockey Pro League on Saturday.
A fact-finding team of MPs and MLAs from the Left parties and the Congress, which arrived in Agartala on Friday to look into post-poll violence in Tripura, was attacked in Sepahijala district, police said.
As the G-7 leaders convened in Munich, Germany on Sunday, June 26, 2022, Vladmir Putin sent them a terrifying message as Russian forces rained missiles on Kyiv, Bakhmut, Kharkiv and Donetsk in the Ukraine.
Gunmen allegedly shot dead two women in southwest Delhi's RK Puram in the early hours of Sunday over a suspected financial dispute with their brother, police said.
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.
Barcelona's Luis Suarez has come to the rescue of under-fire teammate Neymar and added it was important to get back to winning ways against Deportivo after Barca suffered three consecutive league defeats for the first time since 2003, allowing Atletico Madrid to draw level on points with them and Real Madrid to move one behind.
Heavy downpour continued in various parts of Gujarat on Tuesday and six people died in rain-related incidents in the last 24 hours, raising the toll to 69 since June 1, officials said.
Recent statistics show that the situation is no different across the country with several hospitals lacking the infrastructure to manage a breakout of a blaze.
While Ekta Bhardwaj, 31, died Thursday night, the body of Sunita Srivastava was recovered on Friday, officials said, adding that operations by rescue personnel at the incident site are still on.
Since September 2019, Australia's raging bushfire crisis has killed 24 people, reduced to ashes hundreds of homes and pushed many species towards extinction. The bushfires continued to pose serious threat in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia.
Two workers have also been killed; their identities are yet to be established.
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