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  4 girls washed away in Yamuna

  India | June 16, 2021 11:34 IST

  The deceased have been identified as Kirti and Tanu.

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  5 children drown to death in Bihar's Saharsa

  India | June 12, 2021 17:55 IST

  The children had gone to take bath in a pond when they slipped into deep water and drowned. All the children were aged between 8 and 14 years.

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  Six more bodies found floating in Ganga in UP's Fatehpur

  India | May 31, 2021 13:28 IST

  Six more bodies of suspected COVID-19 victims were found floating in the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh, an official said on Monday.

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  Uttar Pradesh: Brothers drown while fishing in Moradabad

  India | August 24, 2020 12:35 IST

  Two minor boys drowned while fishing in the swollen Gagan river in Moradabad. Their bodies were taken out on Sunday. According to the police, three siblings -- Shivam, 18, Gaurav, 17, and Aman, 12 -- along with a friend, Vansh, had gone for fishing in the river near Kaanha Gaushala in Transport Nagar on Saturday afternoon.

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  Tamil Nadu: Women remove sarees to save youth drowning in Kottarai dam

  India | August 10, 2020 11:22 IST

  Three women removed their own sarees and threw them to save four young men who were about to drown Tamil Nadu's Perambalur district. Unfortunately, they managed to save two of the youth as the other two drowned. 

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  Cop jumps in Mithi river to save drowning woman in Mumbai

  India | July 30, 2020 14:21 IST

  Displaying exemplary courage, a Mumbai cop jumped into the swirling Mithi river near Borivali to save a woman grappling for her life in the 30-feet deep water, officials said here on Thursday.

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  Mysterious drowning death of 6-year girl leaves Kerala shocked

  India | February 28, 2020 16:55 IST

  Devananda, a six-year-old girl, died due to drowning, revealed the report of the primary autopsy done at the Medical College hospital here on Friday. The girl went missing from her house near Kollam on Thursday morning.

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  Five-year-old boy found dead at Bandra shore

  India | November 07, 2019 19:04 IST

  Pictures of the body have been circulated to police stations across the city to find out if the boy had been reported missing by his parents, the officer said.

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  Picnic turns tragic as two couples drown in waterfall in Chattisgarh

  India | July 23, 2019 13:18 IST

  The mishap took place on Monday at Bagnachcha waterfall in Badkapahar village, around 150 km from neighbouring Korba district, Kelhari police station house officer (SHO) Janak Ram Kurre said.

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  Punjab: Three minor siblings die after slipping into pit filled with rainwater

  India | July 22, 2019 7:06 IST

  Three minor siblings died after they slipped into a pit filled with rainwater. The incident was reported from Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib district, where the three children were playing on a heap of sand. The incident came to light after an alarm was raised by some children who were also playing nearby. 

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  Two BTech students rescued from drowning in Kangra

  India | July 21, 2019 13:34 IST

  Two bachelor of technology (BTech) students have been rescued from drowning in Neugal Khad in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district on Saturday evening, an official said. Nirmal (20) and Vikas (19) of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh respectively came to visit Palampur's Saurabh Van Vihar but suddenly water flew from the hills, engulfed them and swept them into Neugal Khad, a tributary of river Beas.

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  Indian-origin man convicted by US court for drowning his wife in bathtub 12 years ago

  India | July 16, 2019 19:59 IST

  An Indian-origin man extradited from India has been convicted by a US court for killing his estranged wife 12 years ago when she asked for a divorce, according to media reports.

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  Jharkhand: Three children drown in Bokaro's pond

  India | June 01, 2019 17:55 IST

  It is being assumed that the three children went to the pond for bathing and would have gone deep into the water. Police is also of the opinion that they children might have tried to save each other too.

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  2 Tamil Nadu tourists drown while clicking selfies on Goa beaches

  India | June 19, 2018 12:56 IST

  A firm appointed by the Goa government to provide lifeguards at beaches had recently said that red flags will be put up at beaches in the state to warn people about dangers of wading or swimming in the sea during the monsoon

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  9-year-old boy drowns in swimming pool of Goa hotel

  India | June 07, 2018 18:45 IST

  Drowned in the swimming pool of a hotel in Calangute

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  Delhi storyteller Ankit Chadha dies in drowning incident near Pune, cremated in Delhi

  India | May 11, 2018 19:44 IST

  He was cremated on Friday at the Lodhi Cremation Grounds in Delhi. He was 30.   

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  40-year-old man dies while saving drowning cow in Madhya Pradesh

  World | August 09, 2016 16:19 IST

  A 40-year-old man lost his life while trying to save a cow from drowning in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. As per Times of India Report, the deceased man identified as Raju Jogi,

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  Drowning: An unknown public-health disaster

  India | July 24, 2015 11:16 IST

  It is reasonably well known that India has the world's deadliest roads, with traffic accidents accounting for 53% of unnatural deaths in 2014. What isn't as well known is the second major cause of unnatural deaths:

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  Karnataka Minister jumps into lake to save 6 people from drowning

  India | September 18, 2013 11:44 IST

  Bangalore: A 61-year-old Karnataka minister on Tuesday became hero by jumping into a cold lake along with his guards to save a family of six trapped in a sinking car near Beguvalli, 20km from Thirthahallli.