Tag: Blast

Lucknow: Seven persons were killed and six critically injured when a stockpile of crackers exploded at a firecracker factory in Budayun district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday evening, police said. The tragedy took place at Rasoolpur in a house where the firecrackers were being manufactured ahead of Diwali. The explosion led to many neighbouring houses […]

Bhilai (Chhattisgarh): At least nine people were killed and several others injured on Tuesday in a blast at a gas supply pipeline in Bhilai Steel Plant, the flagship unit of Indias largest steel maker in public sector. “It was a major incident. Nine people have died so far,” Vijay Mairal, the spokesperson of the Bhilai […]

Lamu (Kenya): At least five Kenyan soldiers were killed and 10 seriously injured in a blast in Kenya’s Lamu region early on Wednesday, officials said. Kenya Defence Force (KDF) spokesman Paul Njuguna confirmed the incident which took place at around 8 a.m. The incident took place after the soldiers, who were on a humanitarian civil […]

Jalalabad (Afghanistan): At least two people were killed and four others wounded in a suicide attack during a protest near the Election Commission office in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province on Saturday, officials said. The attack occurred around 11.20 a.m. when an attacker blew himself up during the protest in the provincial capital of Jalalabad, Nangarhar governor’s […]

Kabul: At least eight people were killed and 43 wounded in three consecutive explosions during a cricket match in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, media reported on Saturday. The blasts occurred around Friday midnight at Jalalabad’s Spinghar cricket stadium where hundreds of people had gone to watch a match between local teams, Efe news reported quoting Attaullah […]

Peshawar: A powerful bomb blast ripped through a busy market outside a religious seminary in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, killing at least 25 people and injuring over 35 others, officials said. The explosive material was planted in the Friday Market (Juma Bazar) near an imambargah, a Shia religious place, in Aurakzai tribal […]

Islamabad:At least 33 people have been killed in a powerful bomb blast at a Shia mosque in southern Pakistan, officials say. Some 33 people were killed and many injured in the blast, Dawn reported citing the district health officer of Shikarpur, Munir Jokhio. Police said at least 55 people were wounded in the attack after […]

Satara (Maharashtra): At least three people were killed and four injured in a suspected gelatin blast in a wind power generation plant here Friday, officials said.

Srinagar: Twenty-eight students were injured on Wednesday in a powerful but mysterious explosion in a tuition centre in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, triggering clashes between civilians and security personnel. The tuition-cum-coaching centre was being run in a private school called ‘Falai-e-Millat’ in Narbal village near Kakapora town, about 30 km from Srinagar. Doctors at […]

Srinagar: An explosion destroyed a car on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Banihal district on Saturday, sparking panic and slightly damaging one of the CRPF vehicles moving as part of a convoy, authorities said. The police said the explosion occurred inside a private car at Tethar area of the highway near Bannihal town […]

Srinagar: Two minor boys were injured on Wednesday while fiddling with an explosive device in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police sources said. The boys identified as Shahid, 12, and Eiklaq, 11, were injured in Damhal Hanjipora village. “Both were shifted to hospital where doctors said their condition was stable,” sources said. Security forces have advised […]

Herat (Afghanistan): At least four civilians were killed and 14 people, including a district chief, were wounded in a bomb attack in Afghanistan’s Herat province on Saturday, officials said. “The incident occurred near the Obe district administrative office after a bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded when the vehicle of district chief was passing by […]

Kabul:  At least six people of a family were killed in a roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province on Tuesday, officials said. The blast occurred at 9 a.m. in Dand district when a civilian vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb planted by militants. Two women, two young men and two children died on […]

Kabul: At least nine people were killed and 33 others injured after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car near a gate of Kabul University here on Friday, officials said. The blast occurred around 7.10 a.m. (local time) near the southern gate of the university when a number of students gathered at the campus for […]

Cairo: At least 17 people were killed and 32 others injured in an explosion involving several vehicles in front of the National Cancer Institute in Cairo, an Egyptian Minister has confirmed. Health Minister Hala Zayed said at a press conference on Sunday night that among the injured, five remain in critical condition and that at […]