Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Advertisement
  1. You Are At:
  2. News
  3. Topic
  4. Blast

  • Motor mechanic dies due to blast in air compression machine

    Motor mechanic dies due to blast in air compression machine

    India | December 10, 2019 16:26 IST

    A motor mechanic died in Mahoba district near here as the air compressor at his tyre puncture-mending workshop exploded, police said on Tuesday.

  • Six Indians killed in blast in ceramic factory in Sudan

    Six Indians killed in blast in ceramic factory in Sudan

    World | December 06, 2019 19:07 IST

    MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said a total of 58 Indians were working in the factory at the time of the blast and 33 were safe. He said the government is in touch with the families of the deceased Indians.

  • J&K gas cylinder blast: Two more succumbed, toll rises to six

    J&K gas cylinder blast: Two more succumbed, toll rises to six

    India | November 30, 2019 16:02 IST

    Two 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.

  • Srinagar blast

    Several injured as explosion hits Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar

    India | November 26, 2019 14:03 IST

    According 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.

  • IED explosion in Kabul's PD9; one killed

    IED explosion in Kabul's PD9; one killed

    World | November 24, 2019 21:24 IST

    One foreign national was killed in an IED explosion in Kabul’s PD9 on Sunday. The blast targeted a United Nations (UN) vehicle.

  • Suspicious blast in J&K's Akhnoor sector; one army soldier dead (Representational image)

    Suspected IED blast in J&K's Akhnoor sector; one army soldier dead

    India | November 17, 2019 19:15 IST

    A 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.

  • 4 injured in Anpara turbine blast in UP

    4 injured in Anpara turbine blast in UP

    India | November 14, 2019 10:20 IST

    Firetenders 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.

  • Minor blast at railway station in Hubly 

    Minor blast at railway station in Hubli

    India | October 21, 2019 15:29 IST

    So 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.

  • Afghanistan: 62 killed in two blasts inside mosque

    Afghanistan: 62 killed in two blasts inside mosque

    World | October 18, 2019 23:45 IST

    An 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.

  • 23 students injured in Afghan university blast

    23 students injured in Afghan university blast

    World | October 08, 2019 17:05 IST

    The 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.

  • Loud blasts rock Pokhran as Army detonates old ordnance

    Loud blasts rock Pokhran as Army detonates old ordnance

    India | October 02, 2019 6:44 IST

    A panic gripped across Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district after loud explosions were heard as the Indian Army destroyed its old ordnance on Tuesday evening.

  • Indian expat killed in Dubai building blast

    Indian expat killed in Dubai building blast

    World | September 30, 2019 12:30 IST

    The 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.

  • 15 wounded in blast at southern Afghanistan polling station

    15 wounded in blast at southern Afghanistan polling station

    World | September 28, 2019 12:13 IST

    At 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.

  • 6 killed in firecracker factory blast in UP's Etah

    6 killed in firecracker factory blast in UP's Etah

    India | September 21, 2019 17:05 IST

    At 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.

  • Suicide bomb targets government office in east Afghanistan

    Suicide bomb targets government office in east Afghanistan

    World | September 18, 2019 16:42 IST

    At 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.

  • Several factory workers, some family members of the factory owner and a few passerby were killed in

    Batala blast: Rescue operations under way

    India | September 05, 2019 10:59 IST

    Rescue 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.

  • Rescuers sift through rubble at Punjab blast site

    Rescuers sift through rubble at Punjab blast site

    India | September 05, 2019 8:24 IST

    Twenty-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.

  • One killed, five injured in blast at Kancheepuram's

    One killed, five injured in blast at Kancheepuram's Manampathi temple

    India | August 25, 2019 23:39 IST

    One 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.

  • Pakistan blast

    Five killed in remote-controlled blast in Pakistan

    World | August 18, 2019 20:39 IST

    Five persons were killed and six others were injured in a remote-controlled blast in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday, police said.

  • 1 killed, 11 injured in steel furnace blast in Ludhiana

    1 killed, 11 injured in steel furnace blast in Ludhiana

    India | July 26, 2019 14:06 IST

    B.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.