Asphyxiation
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Delhi: Retired IAS officer dies from asphyxiation after AC blast sparks fire at his Hauz Khas home
Delhi | May 28, 2026, 11:46 PM ISTThe victim, identified as Dhanender Kumar, was rescued from the house and shifted to AIIMS Trauma Centre along with his son. Kumar later succumbed to smoke inhalation during treatment, while his son remains under medical care and is stated to be out of danger.
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Gujarat: Three migrant labourers killed during illegal mining operation, two arrested
Gujarat | Feb 16, 2024, 09:08 PM ISTAll of the labourers hailed from Rajasthan and were working in Gujarat's Carbocell mine when they died, according to officials. After the incident, the police swung into action and arrested two people accused of illegal occupation of the mines.
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Delhi: 6, including 4 of family die after inhaling fumes of coal braziers in 2 separate incidents
Delhi | Jan 14, 2024, 07:58 PM ISTDelhi is reeling under severe cold conditions as the minimum temperature dropped to 3.5 degrees Celsius -- this winter's lowest -- on Sunday morning. The chilling weather compels people to use angithi for the heat.
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Maharashtra: 6 family members die of asphyxiation in Chandrapur
India | Jul 13, 2021, 12:48 PM ISTSix members of a family, including three minors, died of asphyxiation apparently caused by emission of carbon monoxide from a power generator at their home in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district on Tuesday, police said.
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On cam: Police put hood on Black man killed by asphyxiation in New York
World | Sep 03, 2020, 08:47 AM ISTA Black man who had run naked through the streets of a western New York city died of asphyxiation after a group of police officers put a hood over his head, then pressed his face into the pavement for two minutes, according to video and records released Wednesday by the man’s family.
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Three sanitation workers die of asphyxiation in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar
India | Aug 06, 2017, 08:11 PM ISTThree sanitation workers died allegedly due to asphyxiation while cleaning a drain in southeast Delhi's Lajpat Nagar today.
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US policeman won't be charged for chokehold death
World | Dec 04, 2014, 11:28 AM ISTNew York: A grand jury in New York's Staten Island borough declined to indict a white police officer caught on videotape applying a chokehold while trying to detain a black man who ultimately died of