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J&K gas cylinder blast: Two more succumbed, toll rises to six
India | Nov 30, 2019, 04:02 PM ISTTwo critically injured minor siblings succumbed to burn injuries at a hospital on Saturday, raising the death toll in a gas cylinder blast at a house in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir to six.
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Several injured as explosion hits Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar
India | Nov 26, 2019, 02:03 PM ISTAccording to the police, the explosion was reported close to the Kashmir University at the parking. Police teams have reached the spot and have started an investigation.
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IED explosion in Kabul's PD9; one killed
World | Nov 24, 2019, 09:24 PM ISTOne foreign national was killed in an IED explosion in Kabul’s PD9 on Sunday. The blast targeted a United Nations (UN) vehicle.
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Suspected IED blast in J&K's Akhnoor sector; one army soldier dead
India | Nov 17, 2019, 07:15 PM ISTA suspected IED blast occurred in Jammu and Kashmir's Akhnoor sector on Sunday. One of the three injured Army personnel has succumbed to his injuries, at the Military Hospital in Udhampur.
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4 injured in Anpara turbine blast in UP
India | Nov 14, 2019, 10:20 AM ISTFiretenders from Anpara A and B and Anpara C plants, run by the private Lanco Power, were rushed to the accident site. The fire was brought under control after nearly four hours. Chief General Manager of Anpara D thermal power station, Heeraman Prasad Singh, said he was out of station and so was unable to comment.
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Minor blast at railway station in Hubli
India | Oct 21, 2019, 03:29 PM ISTSo far no casualty has been reported. Initial reports say that an explosion took place in a box that was being carried by youth from Andhra Pradesh.
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Afghanistan: 62 killed in two blasts inside mosque
World | Oct 18, 2019, 11:45 PM ISTAn explosion rocked a mosque in eastern Afghanistan as dozens of people gathered for Friday prayers, causing the roof to collapse and killing 62 worshippers, provincial officials said. The attack underscored the record-high number of civilians dying in the country’s 18-year war.
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23 students injured in Afghan university blast
World | Oct 08, 2019, 05:05 PM ISTThe explosion took place around 9.40 a.m. inside a classroom of the Literature Faculty in the University of Ghazni while a session was underway, the provincial governor's spokesperson, Arif Noori, told Efe news.
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Loud blasts rock Pokhran as Army detonates old ordnance
India | Oct 02, 2019, 06:44 AM ISTA panic gripped across Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district after loud explosions were heard as the Indian Army destroyed its old ordnance on Tuesday evening.
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Indian expat killed in Dubai building blast
World | Sep 30, 2019, 12:30 PM ISTThe explosion took place on Saturday in the sixth floor of the apartment in the Al Ghurair Building in Mankhool while a mechanic was trying to repair a gas leak, the Khaleej Times reported.
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15 wounded in blast at southern Afghanistan polling station
World | Sep 28, 2019, 12:13 PM ISTAt least 15 people were wounded Saturday when a bomb exploded at a polling station in southern Afghanistan on Saturday. The blast occurred hours after the voting began for the Presidential elections.
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6 killed in firecracker factory blast in UP's Etah
India | Sep 21, 2019, 05:05 PM ISTAt least six people were killed while dozens were left injured after a blast at a firecrackers factory in Uttar Pradesh's Etah on Saturday. The incident took place in Mirehachi town's Takiya locality. An illegal firecrackers factory was being run out of a house which was owned by Niresh Jatav.
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Suicide bomb targets government office in east Afghanistan
World | Sep 18, 2019, 04:42 PM ISTAt least 10 people have been wounded. The injured people have been taken to a nearby hospital following the suicide attack. Meanwhile, the gunmen are fighting the security forces in Jalalabad.
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Batala blast: Rescue operations under way
India | Sep 05, 2019, 10:59 AM ISTRescue operations on Thursday continued at a firecracker factory site where 23 people were killed and 27 injured in a powerful explosion here, officials said. Teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were trying to find out any person still trapped under the debris.
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Rescuers sift through rubble at Punjab blast site
India | Sep 05, 2019, 08:24 AM ISTTwenty-three people were killed and 27 got injured in the explosion in Batala town. Scattered shoes, broken glass panes and vehicles were seen all over the accident spot, as security personnel and rescuers were sifting through the rubble in search of survivors.
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One killed, five injured in blast at Kancheepuram's Manampathi temple
India | Aug 25, 2019, 11:39 PM ISTOne person was killed and five others injured in Tamil Nadu's Kancheepuram district on Sunday when an unidentified object they found in a temple pond suddenly blew up, police said. Police, however, said the incident was not connected with the current alert in the state.
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Five killed in remote-controlled blast in Pakistan
World | Aug 18, 2019, 08:39 PM ISTFive persons were killed and six others were injured in a remote-controlled blast in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, police said.
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1 killed, 11 injured in steel furnace blast in Ludhiana
India | Jul 26, 2019, 02:06 PM ISTB.C. Steel factory deals in remodeling hot iron and several employees were on the job when the blast occurred. All the injured are reportedly migrant labourers from Bihar and UP.
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West Bengal: Bomb hurled, bullets fired at residence of BJP MP Arjun Singh in North 24 Parganas
India | Jul 25, 2019, 09:20 AM ISTUnknown miscreants had hurled a bomb at the residence of Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Barrackpore, Arjun Singh, in West Bengal. The miscreants had also fired bullets outside Arjun Singh's residence. Any injuries or casualties were not reported in the incident. A case has been registered and further investigation in underway.
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9 killed, 33 injured in blast outside Kabul University
World | Jul 19, 2019, 01:20 PM ISTNine people were killed and 33 others sustained injuries as a blast hit the southern gate of Kabul University in Kabul on Friday, news agency Xinhua reported.