Udupi (Karnataka), June 11 (IANS) In a tragic incident, a one-and-a-half-year-old boy died after a coconut fell from a tree and struck him while he was being carried by his mother in Karnataka’s Udupi district, police said on Thursday. The deceased child has been identified as Daksha, the second son of Prashanth and Suchitra. The incident occurred on Tuesday in Heranjalu village of Chantara in Brahmavar taluk.According to the police, Suchitra was on her way to a school to drop off her six-year-o…
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Bhubaneswar, March 19 (IANS) As many as 416 persons lost their lives due to fire accidents across Odisha during the last three years, informed Revenue and Disaster Management minister Suresh Pujari through a written reply in the state assembly on Thursday. Data reveals that 192 people lost their lives in fire accidents across Odisha in 2022-23. The toll gradually declined in the following years, with 118 fatalities in 2023-24 and 106 in 2024-25, indicating a slow but steady improvement in fire-r…
Prayagraj, Jan 14 (IANS) In a tragic incident on Wednesday morning that sent shockwaves through Kusua village in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj district, four children drowned in a pond under the Puramufti police station limits, officials said.According to police, the victims — three minors and a 19-year-old youth — had gone to bathe in a pond located around a kilometre away from the village.They are believed to have accidentally ventured into a deeper portion of the water body, leading to the dr…