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23 Aug

Tanker-Rolls Royce collide head-on near Gurugram, both in truck dead

Priyanka Bhowmickaccident, Indiaindia

The collision was so strong that both vehicles caught fire, the oil tanker overturned and the driver and passenger were trapped and unable to escape. Two people died and four were critically injured when a speeding oil tanker collided with a luxury sedan on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Urmi village of Nuh around 2 pm on Tuesday, police officials said. According to the police, the collision was so strong that both cars caught fire, the oil tanker overturned and the driver and passenger were trapped and could not escape. They burned in the fire, police said. According to the SP,…

17 Jul

1 killed, 3 injured in cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh’s Kullu

Priyanka Bhowmickaccident, Indiaindia

One person lost his life in a cloudburst at Kias village in Kullu, DSP headquarters Rajesh Thakur said, adding that three people were injured and nine vehicles were damaged in the rain-related incident on Monday. “One person was killed, 3 injured and 9 vehicles damaged in a cloudburst at Kias village in Kullu, Thakur told news agency ANI. Rains in Himachal Pradesh have wreaked havoc in the hill state, causing cloudbursts, landslides and floods that have so far killed 108 people, according to government data released last week. Among all the affected states in North India, Himachal Pradesh has been…

29 Jun

7 including 2 children die of electrocution during Rath yatra in Tripura

Priyanka Bhowmickaccident, India, Tripuraindia, Tripura

Seven people, including two minors, were killed and 18 injured when a chariot caught fire during a Rath Yatra procession after it touched a high-tension wire at Kumarghat in Tripura's Unokoti district on Wednesday evening. The condition of six of the injured is said to be critical. They have been referred to Agartala Government Medical College.The incident took place in Kumarghat area around 4:30 pm during the 'Ulta Rath Yatra' festival of Lord Jagannath. The festival marks the return of the deities – Lord Balabhadra, Goddess Subhadra and Lord Jagannath – to their sacred abode after a week of Rath…

23 Jun

OLX Group fires 800 employees after shutting down OLX Autos in several regions

Priyanka Bhowmickaccident, India, InternationalBusiness, india

In the last few years, many big and small companies around the world have retrenched employees. In this series, the online marketplace OLX Group has announced plans to reduce its workforce globally and has laid off a large number of employees. The group has laid off around 800 employees worldwide. Let us tell you that OLX Group has business in 30 countries, including India, and its headquarters are in Amsterdam. According to a report in TechCrunch, after searching for potential buyers and investors, the company has started winding down operations of its automotive unit, OLX Auto, in the market. A…

23 Jun

All 5 on Titanic Submarine are dead, US Coast Guard says

Priyanka Bhowmickaccident, Internationalindia

All the fears came true and the submarine Titan was destroyed. The fate of submarines is similar to that of visiting the wreck of the famous ship Titanic. According to the sources of the USA Cost Guard, the submarine collapsed shortly after diving under the water. Five people in the submarine died. The wreckage of the submarine was found around noon on Thursday US time. Incidentally, the submarine Titan was missing since last Sunday. In a press conference on Thursday, the US Navy said that the submarine Titan had broken down very close to the wreckage of the Titanic. The…

16 Jun

Conman Sukesh Chandrashekar Offers Rs 10 Cr Donation for Odisha Train Accident Victims

Anshu Rayaccident

Conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, the prime accused in a Rupees 200 crore extortion case who has been put behind bars in Delhi's Mandoli Jail, has provided Rs 10 crore to Indian Railways to help the victims of horrific train accident in Odisha's Balasore district. He has also written a letter to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw seeking his permission to accept the amount and claimed that the fund is from his "legitimate source" of earning. In his letter, Sukesh said the provided fund can be used for the education of children who lost their parents in the accident. Terming the train accident…

10 Jun

Road accident death rate has dropped in Kerala after AI cameras became operational

Priyanka Bhowmickaccident, India, Tech Byteindia

Kerala Transport Minister Antony Raju has claimed that since the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) cameras, the death rate in road accidents has come down in the state. The AI cameras installed across the state became operational on June 5. "Kerala reports an average of 12 road accident deaths per day, but since the introduction of AI cameras, the number has come down to 5-8," Minister Raju said on Friday. In the first four days since installation, 3,52,730 traffic violations were detected by the cameras. The minister said that Keltron has uploaded 19,790 cases to the Integrated Transport Monitoring System,…

19 Apr

Fire breaks out in buildings of business park in Thane’s Kapurbawadi

Priyanka Bhowmickaccident, Indiaindia

A major fire broke out at a commercial complex in Maharashtra's Thane city on Wednesday morning and was brought under control after 10 hours, officials said. Thane Municipal Corporation Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) chief Avinash Sawant said at least 15 cars parked in the building were burnt and many offices were destroyed. He said that no casualty was reported. The fire broke out around 8.30 pm on Tuesday at the ground-plus-five-story Orion Business Park building, which houses around 90 shops and offices, including a private blood bank, and is located next to Cine Wonder Mall on Ghodbunder Road, officials…

17 Apr

Couple behead themselves for sacrificial ritual in Gujarat’s Rajkot

Priyanka Bhowmickaccidentindia

A man and his wife died after allegedly beheading themselves using a guillotine-like device to offer their heads for a sacrificial ritual in Gujarat's Rajkot district, police said on Sunday. Hemubhai Makwana (38) and his wife Hansaben (35) committed suicide by cutting their heads with a device blade in a hut on their farm in Vinchia village, said Indrajitsinh Jadeja, sub-inspector of Vinchia police station. Sub-inspector ID Jadeja of Vinchhiya police station said the couple lifted the heavy blade on the guideway with the help of a rope and placed its head near the yajna kund and then unlatched the…

12 Apr

4 Army Jawans killed in firing at Bathinda military station

Priyanka Bhowmickaccident, Indiaindia

At least four army jawans were killed in a firing incident inside Punjab's Bathinda military station in the early hours of Wednesday. The state police rejected the terror angle in the case and called it a "fratricidal incident", as the attack was not from outside. The firing was reported at 4:35 am, after which the station's rapid response teams were activated and the area was cordoned off and sealed, the Army said in a statement. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has sought full details of the incident. “It has been confirmed that in the unfortunate incident, four Army jawans of an…