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Video: Festive fun turns frightening as swing ride malfunctions at Cuttack's Bali Jatra
India | Nov 13, 2025, 06:50 AM ISTCuttack Deputy Commissioner of Police Khilari Rishikesh Dnyandeo rushed to the spot with a team of senior officers to take charge of the rescue operation. Soon after, Fire Service personnel arrived with a hydraulic lift and began the delicate task of bringing down each stranded rider safely.
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15 killed, 19,000 trapped as heavy rains batter Sri Lanka, schools shut for today
World | Jun 03, 2024, 12:13 PM ISTHeavy rains in Sri Lanka exceeding 300 mm have triggered floods, caused landslides and uprooted trees in several parts, trapping thousands of people. The government has suspended electricity supply in some areas and schools have been shut in the wake of this situation.
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Taiwan earthquake: Six miners rescued via helicopter as injuries cross 1,000, ten dead
World | Apr 04, 2024, 04:26 PM ISTTaiwan suffered a 7.2 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday, its most powerful tremor in 25 years, along with 300 aftershocks. At least ten people have been killed while closer to 1,070 people have been wounded.
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Japan earthquakes: Death count rises to 64 as survivors face freezing rain, possible landslides
World | Jan 03, 2024, 02:52 PM ISTHeavy rains were forecast in the quake-hit areas on Wednesday raising fears of landslides, authorities said, which could further hinder efforts to free many more trapped under rubble. Access to the remote location of the hardest-hit areas has been complicated due to damaged infrastructure.
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Pakistan: 6 children among 8 stuck mid-air in cable car, rescue operations underway
World | Aug 22, 2023, 08:56 PM ISTWhile the locals and the school children were on their way to the school, the wires of the cable car snapped and is now dangling in the middle of a ravine surrounded by mountains.
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Major fire breaks out in Hong Kong building, dozens trapped
World | Dec 15, 2021, 01:41 PM ISTThe fire started in the early afternoon at the World Trade Centre on Gloucester Road in the city’s popular Causeway Bay shopping district, according to a govt notice.
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Greater Noida: Six-storey building crashes into another in Shah Beri village, 3 bodies recovered
News | Jul 18, 2018, 04:52 PM ISTA six-storey under-construction building collapsed into a near-by four-storey building Greater Noida's Shah Beri village under Bisrakh police station limits on Tuesday night.
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Greater Noida: Six-storey building crashes into another in Bisrakh area
News | Jul 17, 2018, 11:48 PM ISTThe incident took place at around 09:30 pm on Wednesday when a six-storey building, which was recently completed and was housing 10 to 12 families, crashed into an under-construction building nearby.
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Fire Under Control, Toll 24, Missing 29
India | Mar 24, 2010, 08:43 PM ISTEight more bodies were recovered from the 150-year-old heritage building on upscale Park Street raising the toll in the devastating fire that swept the complex to 24 with another 29 reported missing as the blaze