The family of the fire-fighter who was killed in the massive fire that engulfed a 22-storeyed commercial building in Mumbai on Friday has refused to take his body, CNN IBN reported.
The toll from the 6.5-magnitude devastating earthquake that jolted southwest China's Yunnan province has now risen to over 380.
A wildfire that is raging across the province of Alberta is due to become Canada's costliest natural disaster later on Sunday, after reaching the size of Warwickshire, about 488,000 acres.
MSN.com recently came up with a list of 15 most congested cities of the world.
Security forces launched the operation in Macchil sector in north Kashmir's Kupwara district following information about presence of terrorists in the area.
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'One of R&AW's greatest achievements is in projecting itself as benign.' 'This work -- done in tandem with the Diaspora and the MEA -- sells a story of India as mostly the victim.'
At least 29 people have died so far in the fast-moving wildfire which began in California on November 8. The numbers are expected to rise.
Further, 110 people have been arrested in connection with the incident at Pulakeshi Nagar in Bengaluru. Scores of persons, including around 50 policemen, were injured in the violence that erupted on Tuesday night and continued till the wee hours of Wednesday, apparently prompted by the 'communally sensitive' online post.
Several of the injured are said to be critical and rescue workers are searching for more casualties in the scorched area.
The DGCA pointed to cracks on the runway, water stagnation and excessive rubber deposits among other lapses in its show-cause notice. The DGCA conducted the inspection after an Air India Express flight coming from Dammam in Saudi Arabia had a 'tail strike' while landing at the Calicut (Kozhikode) airport on July 2 last year, an official said.
The biggest storm -- Typhoon Hagibis -- to hit Japan in decades left deaths and destruction in its wake, as it battered the central and eastern parts of the country. The storm flooded rivers and caused secondary weather patterns like tornados that destroyed homes and public property in areas east of Tokyo. Hagibis hit the capital, where streets were largely deserted and people were bunkered down, moving past the city by midnight, but not before flooding some sections. Reports state that the storm killed as many as 33 people and injured 186 others.
a look at the devastation caused by the twin blasts reportedly caused by combustible and explosive goods stored in containers at a warehouse in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin
No ONGC employee was on the drillship when the accident occurred.
"The blaze started on the 10th floor of the building, Sargam Society (G+16), located near Ganesh Garden in Tilak Nagar.
Following the incident, some long distance trains, including Konark Express, Kanyakumari Express, Nandigram Express and Pragati Express were rescheduled.
Three months after a fire ravaged the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, a rare glimpse inside the burned masterpiece revealed it to be eerily empty and with rubble still littering the nave.
A small explosion occurred in a baggage handling area at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in the baggage claim area, injuring a baggage handler.
On December 7, the BMC wrote back to Kashalkar saying that on inspection, no unauthorised extensions had been found in the Kamla Mills area.
Thirty fire tenders have been pressed into service to douse the fire in the building that houses over 400 business establishments at the wholesale market.
The two building blocks, constructed under a government housing scheme about two decades back, collapsed around 8 pm on Sunday after rains in the city, trapping five people who were residing there despite the AMC's warning.
The first encounter took place when a police team was approaching to arrest Vikas Dubey, a history-sheeter facing 60 criminal cases, in Dikru village under the Chaubeypur police station on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, police said.
Fire at the factory was still not doused completely more than 48 hours after the tragedy struck ahead of Eid festival.
A fire broke out in a room of the South Block, which houses the PMO and offices of defence and external affairs ministry, but no one was injured, police and fire officials said.
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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and South Western Army chief Lt Gen Alok Kler paid tributes to Col Sharma at Jaipur Military Station's 61, Cavalry Ground.
The incident that claimed 43 live and left 16 injured brought back tragic memories of the Uphaar cinema hall blaze in 1997.
Biocon chairperson and managing director Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is in a firefighting mode, as the company she founded was forced to call off a blockbuster deal with global pharmaceutical major Pfizer.
Finance ministry orders probe.
At least four people were killed and 40 others injured when a passenger train derailed in the Bronx area of New York City on Sunday.
The fire sent flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the Paris sky as stunned Parisians and tourists watched on in sheer horror.
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An airplane crashed into a residential area in Tokyo on Sunday, setting fire to several houses and reportedly killing three people.
Thick smoke was seen billowing out of the windows of the building, housing several government offices.
For over 10 days now, 3,700 firefighters have been battling the massive wildfire near California's Yosemite National Park. The Rim Fire has scorched 134,000 acres, an area approximately the size of Chicago. The fire continues to grow in size, but firemen claim to have been making progress. As of now, 20 per cent of it has been contained. So huge is the fire that NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg is keeping track of it from outer space. A look at the biggest wildfire on record in California's history, in pictures.
At least 55 people were killed on Monday in a major fire accident at a poultry processing plant in northeast China, charring the entire facility.
The Massachusetts State Police said in a tweet that residents in the affected areas who have gas service from Columbia Gas 'should evacuate their homes immediately if they have not done so'.
Thirty-one army personnel too have been awarded the Sena (gallantry) medal.
Tom Latham led New Zealand out on the field in Sydney on Friday in the absence of unwell Kane Williamson. Australia won the toss and decided to bat first. IMAGES from Day 1 of the 3rd Test between Australia and New Zealand in Sydney on Friday
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