Tag: Death Toll

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Kerala flood toll 368, over 58,000 rescued, red alert in 3 districts

Thiruvananthapuram: The death toll due to rains and floods in Kerala has gone up to 368, as 33 more deaths were reported on Saturday even as around 58,000 people were rescued in different parts of the state, and red alert is now there in just three districts, down from 11. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, while […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Assam flood: Death toll reaches 21, situation improves

Guwahati: Three more persons died due to floods in two districts of Barak Valley in Assam, taking the death toll in the first wave of floods this year to 21, even as the overall flood situation improved in the state on Friday. Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) officials said that three people died: one […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Toll in Nicaragua protests reaches 155

Managua: The death toll in Nicaragua from protests against President Daniel Ortega’s rule has increased to 155 after a 15-year-old boy was shot dead, authorities said. The Catholic Church on Thursday mourned the death of the young altar boy, who fell victim to a surprise attack by “paramilitaries” of the government, reports Efe news. “The […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
Death toll from Kenya floods climbs to 112

Nairobi: The death toll from more than a month of flooding across much of Kenya has reached 112, while upwards of 260,000 people have been displaced, the Red Cross said on Friday. More than $4.78 million is needed to address the immediate needs of victims, Xinhua quoted the Kenya Red Cross Society head Abbas Gullet […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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234 killed, 400 injured in Yemen clashes: ICRC

Sanaa: Death toll from week-long clashes in the Yemeni capital Sanaa has increased to 234 people, while 400 others were wounded, including 383 severely injured, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for the Middle East said on Tuesday. “Our ICRC teams are now doing all they can to supply hospitals with medicines, surgical […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
California wildfires toll reaches 40

San Francisco: The toll from massive wildfires raging across California has increased to 40 with thousands more ordered to evacuate from Santa Rosa city as a new blaze threatened the area, police said. The police said evacuations were ordered on Saturday for areas in northeastern Santa Rosa, a city of about 175,000 people roughly 50 […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Death toll from Las Vegas concert massacre rises to 58

Washington: The death toll from the mass shooting at a Las Vegas country music concert has risen to at least 58, with more than 515 people listed as wounded, police said on Monday. Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old Nevada resident, opened fire with automatic weapons on concertgoers from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Mumbai stampede death toll rises to 23

Mumbai: The toll in Friday’s stampede climbed to 23 with a 35-year-old critical injured victim succumbing at the KEM Hospital here on Saturday afternoon, officials said. The victim, who passed away during treatment, has been identified as Satyendra Kanojia. Other details are awaited. On Friday morning around 10 a.m., in an unprecedented stampede on the Mumbai […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Dera violence death toll rises to 36

Chandigarh: The death toll in the violence following the conviction of Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim has risen to 36, officials of the Haryana government said on Saturday. Thirty deaths have been reported in Panchkula, while six persons have died in Sirsa town, where the headquarters of the Dera sect is located.

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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China quake toll reaches 20

Beijing: The death toll in an earthquake measuring 7 on the Richter scale that struck China’s Sichuan province has gone up to 20 with 431 injured, authorities said on Thursday. Among the injured, 18 are in serious condition, according to the provincial government authorities. Seventeen of the seriously injured have been transferred to the cities […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Sweltering heat back in Odisha, Angul hottest

Bhubaneswar:  After a day’s respite, sweltering heat revived in Odisha on Monday with the mercury climbing to 43.5 degree Celsius at Angul, making it the hottest place in the state. However, in some of the coastal areas the temperature dropped marginally. In Bhubaneswar the maximum temperature fell to 38.4 degree celsius from 40.6 degree C […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Japanese Encephalitis under control, claims Odisha government

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government today claimed that Japanese Encephalitis was well under control even as the death toll in the tribal-dominated Malkangiri district touched 93 in a span of two months. Health and family welfare minister Pradip Kumar Amat told reporters here that 93 children had died in Malkangiri district, of which 32 were suferring […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
Death toll exceeds 6,300 in Nepal

The death toll in last week's devastating earthquake in Nepal has exceeded 6,300 with over 14,000 people being injured in the Himalayan nation's 26 affected districts, officials here said today

  • Tuesday, 22 June 2021
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UP hooch tragedy toll climbs to 29

Lucknow: With the death of one more person on Saturday, the death toll in the Uttar Pradesh hooch tragedy has climbed to 29, officials said. The victim, Ravindra from Kushinagar district, died on Saturday morning at a hospital where he was being treated for the past two days, an official told IANS. With this death, […]

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
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Uttar Pradesh hooch tragedy: Death toll climbs to 47, police arrest 175 persons

Lucknow: The death toll in the hooch tragedy in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand went up to 47 on Saturday evening even as raids continued across the state. As many as 175 persons have been arrested so far in connection with the tragedy while 297 cases were registered against the hooch trading mafia, officials said. Thousands […]

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
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