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5-year-old girl dies after falling from 10th floor in Delhi's Kalkaji, family flags safety lapses

Delhi | Jun 28, 2026, 08:08 PM IST

The tragedy occurred around 10.30 pm at Asha Kiran Apartments, a 14-storey residential complex developed by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). According to police, the child had gone to sleep earlier in the evening but woke up while her parents were busy with household chores.

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Centre mandates rigorous 'cough syrup' testing after child deaths from toxic batch

India | Oct 09, 2025, 12:02 AM IST

Cough syrup deaths: Amid growing public anger, the Madhya Pradesh government has taken disciplinary action, suspending two Drug Inspectors and a Deputy Director while transferring the State Drug Controller over charges of negligence.

UP shocker: Man takes dead newborn to DM office, blames doctor's negligence; hospital sealed

Uttar Pradesh | Aug 23, 2025, 09:04 AM IST

Acting on his allegation, the District Magistrate ordered a probe and the Chief Medical Officer visited the hospital to gather information on the matter.

MP Shocker: Family forced to carry newborn son's corpse in bag after govt hospital denied hearse

Madhya Pradesh | Jun 17, 2023, 04:42 PM IST

The family claimed that they were unable to afford any other mode of transportation, so they had to wait nearly five hours at the bus stop with the bag in father's lap.

Health officials suspended after children's death in Madhya Pradesh

India | Jan 16, 2020, 06:48 AM IST

Madhya Pradesh Health Minister Tulsiram Silavat on Wednesday suspended Chief Medical Officer Rajesh Pandey and Civil Surgeon Umesh Namdev pending investigations into the death of six children in the district hospital on January 12.

Mumbai Rains: 7-yr-old boy drowns in drain; Third such death in a week

India | Jul 16, 2019, 10:46 AM IST

Sumit Munnalal Jaiswar along with his brother was playing near the drain at the Rajiv Gandhi Colony in Dharavi, a sprawling slum colony in the heart of the city. He fell into the drain. His brother and other friends alerted police about the incident, after which they rushed to the spot.

Indian-American adoptive father of Sherin Mathews sentenced to life

World | Jun 27, 2019, 06:31 AM IST

Wesley Mathews, the Indian-American foster father of three-year-old Sherin Mathews, was sentenced to life in prison by a judge in Dallas on Wednesday for the death of the Indian toddler in 2017.

Nut pierces five-year-old's skull in Bihar, removed surgically

India | Jan 06, 2019, 11:09 PM IST

A flying nut from a water pump on Sunday pierced the skull of a five-year-old boy and reached close to his brain, but the doctors managed to remove it through a prompt surgery at a hospital in Bihar's East Champaran district.

Infant dies after ambulance gets stuck in Haryana Congress

Shocking! Infant dies in Haryana after ambulance gets stuck in state Congress chief’s cycle rally

India | Aug 22, 2018, 11:32 PM IST

Speaking to India TV, the Congress leader claimed that the ambulance was stuck due to bad road conditions and not the rally. However he promised to help out the family through necessary means.