Tag: Explosion

Paris: A powerful explosion at a bakery rocked central Paris on Saturday, injuring at least 20 people, the police said. The blast, which took place at 9.10 a.m. (local time), was preceded by a fire that was apparently caused by a gas leak, the BBC reported citing preliminary reports. Cars were wrecked and other buildings […]

Guwahati: At least four people were injured on Saturday in a blast here, police said. The explosion took place near Sukreswar temple in the city’s highly secured Pan Bazaar area that houses the High Court building, Deputy Commissioner’s Office and many other important buildings. “Four persons received minor injuries in the explosion. They were rushed […]

Baghdad: At least 14 people were killed and over 90 injured on Wednesday by a huge explosion in Iraq’s Baghdad, an official said. “The latest report said that 14 people were killed and more than 90 others were wounded by the huge explosion of an explosive cache in eastern Baghdad,” Xinhua quoted an Interior Ministry […]

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 […]

Washington: Two men were injured in the Texas state capital of Austin in an explosion that came less than a week after police said three package blasts that occurred over 10 days were connected, the media reported. The police were called to the scene at 8.32 p.m., on Sunday, reports CNN. The two injured men […]

London: An explosion jolted a London Tube train carriage during morning rush hour on Friday, leaving several people injured in what Metropolitan Police said was a “terror incident”. Neil Basu, Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner and the senior national coordinator for counter-terrorism policing, said some hours after the incident that it was a terrorist incident, […]

London: An explosion was reported from a carriage of a London Tube train on Friday, causing injuries as panicky passengers tried to escape from the scene, witnesses and officials said. The Metropolitan and British Transport police forces were at the scene at Parsons Green station in south-west London, the Guardian reported. But no one could […]

Srinagar: Three army soldiers were injured late on Sunday in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district. According to the Defence Ministry sources, the three soldiers were injured in Keran sector of Kupwara district. “The soldiers were on routine patrolling when the explosion occurred. The injured soldiers have been shifted […]

Kabul: A huge explosion rocked the Afghan capital on Wednesday, causing dozens of casualties and wounding over 60, according to local media. The suspected car bomb took place around 8.30 a.m. close to the Zanbaq square in the 10th police district of the city, according to Khaama News which quoted Ministry of Interior spokesman Najib […]

Damascus: At least 14 people were killed in a car bomb explosion in the rebel-held city of al-Bab in northern Syria on Saturday, a war monitor reported. The car bomb exploded at a parking lot in al-Bab, a city that is controlled by the Turkish forces and Turkey-backed rebels in the northeastern countryside of Aleppo […]

Bhubaneswar: A loud explosion ripped through a petrol pump station near Raj Bhawan in the State capital today noon. As many as three fire tenders have been pressed into service to douse the flames at the spot after a huge fire spit out from the spot following the explosion. Many people have suffered serious injuries […]

Bhubaneswar: A major explosion at a CNG station near Raj Bhawan in Bhubaneswar Wednesday afternoon has left many injured apart from destroying massive property and a number of vehicles. As per latest reports, nine persons who sustained burn injuries have been shifted to hospital for treatment while two of them are stated to be critical. […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after an explosion in an underground CNG tank of a fuel station nearby Raj Bhawan here, one of the nine persons injured in the incident has succumbed. SCB Medical Emergency Officer Bhubanananda Maharana informed about the demise of the patient undergoing treatment at the hospital. As per reports, two persons critically injured […]