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  • Nine injured in twin blasts amid heightened safety in Jammu

    By PTI

    JAMMU: Just two days earlier than Congress chief Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra is scheduled to achieve Jammu, two back-to-back explosions rocked a busy locality on the outskirts of the town on Saturday, leaving 9 folks injured, officers stated.

    Police suspect that IEDs have been used to hold out the dual explosions in an SUV parked in a restore store and in a car at a close-by junkyard at Transport Nagar space of Narwal.

    Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha strongly condemned the incident and known as for pressing steps to take motion towards these accountable.

    “A blast occurred in an old, parked Bolero (Sports Utility Vehicle) around 11 am resulting in injuries to five people who were standing nearby. They were evacuated to hospital and their condition is stable,” Additional Director General of Police, Mukesh Singh informed reporters close to the scene of the explosion.

    He stated the entire space was instantly cleared of the folks however within the meantime one other blast occurred 50 metres away, inflicting minor accidents to at least one extra one that was additionally shifted to hospital.

    “Further investigation is on,” the officer stated.

    However, a complete of 9 individuals have been introduced with splinter accidents to Government Medical College (GMC) hospital following the blasts.

    “We have received nine patients with one having abdominal injuries and two others fractured legs. The condition of all of them is stable,” a health care provider on the hospital stated.

    The blasts have been triggered by suspected terrorists at a time when safety businesses within the area are on excessive alert within the wake of the continued Bharat Jodo Yatra of the Congress and the upcoming Republic Day celebrations.

    The Yatra entered J-Ok’s Kathua district on Thursday night by way of Punjab and is tenting in Chadwal, about 70 km from right here.

    After a day’s break on Saturday, the yatra, which commenced from Kanyakumari on September 7, is scheduled to renew from Hiranagar on Sunday and attain Jammu on January 23 after ranging from Vijaypur in Samba district.

    #WATCH | J&Ok: Six folks injured in two blasts that occurred in Narwal space of Jammu. Visuals from the spot. Police personnel are current on the spot. pic.twitter.com/eTZ1exaICG

    — ANI (@ANI) January 21, 2023

    The first blast occurred round 10.45 am, adopted by one other explosion, an official stated, including that the entire space was cordoned off and a search operation underway.

    WATCH |

    An official recognized the injured as Suhail Iqbal, Vishav Partap, Vinod Kumar, Arjun Kumar, Amit Kumar, Rajesh Kumar and Aneesh – all residents of Jammu – and Sushil Kumar of Doda.

    The officers stated the entire space was cordoned off by joint groups of police and CRPF instantly after the primary explosion which was adopted by one other blast quarter-hour later.

    A radical sanitisation operation was carried out and forensic consultants, bomb disposal squad and sniffer canine have been additionally pressed into service to search for clues, they stated.

    Jaswinder Singh, an eyewitness, stated the primary blast occurred in a car that was at a workshop for restore.

    About quarter-hour later, one other explosion happened within the space affected by broken components and rubbish, stated Singh, president of the Motor Spare Parts Association.

    Raj Kumar stated he was engaged on one other car when the blast ripped aside one other parked car.

    “We initially thought that the petrol tank of some vehicle exploded but the blast was so powerful that it blew up the vehicle,” he stated.

    An official spokesman stated senior police officers briefed the Lt Governor.

    “Such dastardly acts highlight the desperation and cowardice of those responsible. Take immediate and firm action. No efforts should be spared to bring the perpetrators to justice,” the Lt Governor stated.

    Sinha additionally introduced help of Rs 50,000 to the injured. The Lt Governor stated that the administration would guarantee the absolute best remedy and prolong each assist required by the households.

    Congress MP and AICC inchage J-Ok Rajani Patil strongly condemned the dual blasts.

    Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir AAP state coordination committee Harsh Dev Singh accused the BJP of full failure in enhancing the safety scenario within the Union Territory.

    “The day the BJP government took over, the situation in J&K is getting from bad to worse. Terrorism is increasing with each passing day and is returning to 1990s,” Singh alleged.

    “They were stating that not a bird was killed after the abrogation of Article 370 but the reality is that innocent men, women and children are getting killed. The BJP has to give answers not only to J-K but to the entire nation,” he informed reporters.

    JAMMU: Just two days earlier than Congress chief Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra is scheduled to achieve Jammu, two back-to-back explosions rocked a busy locality on the outskirts of the town on Saturday, leaving 9 folks injured, officers stated.

    Police suspect that IEDs have been used to hold out the dual explosions in an SUV parked in a restore store and in a car at a close-by junkyard at Transport Nagar space of Narwal.

    Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha strongly condemned the incident and known as for pressing steps to take motion towards these accountable.

    “A blast occurred in an old, parked Bolero (Sports Utility Vehicle) around 11 am resulting in injuries to five people who were standing nearby. They were evacuated to hospital and their condition is stable,” Additional Director General of Police, Mukesh Singh informed reporters close to the scene of the explosion.

    He stated the entire space was instantly cleared of the folks however within the meantime one other blast occurred 50 metres away, inflicting minor accidents to at least one extra one that was additionally shifted to hospital.

    “Further investigation is on,” the officer stated.

    However, a complete of 9 individuals have been introduced with splinter accidents to Government Medical College (GMC) hospital following the blasts.

    “We have received nine patients with one having abdominal injuries and two others fractured legs. The condition of all of them is stable,” a health care provider on the hospital stated.

    The blasts have been triggered by suspected terrorists at a time when safety businesses within the area are on excessive alert within the wake of the continued Bharat Jodo Yatra of the Congress and the upcoming Republic Day celebrations.

    The Yatra entered J-Ok’s Kathua district on Thursday night by way of Punjab and is tenting in Chadwal, about 70 km from right here.

    After a day’s break on Saturday, the yatra, which commenced from Kanyakumari on September 7, is scheduled to renew from Hiranagar on Sunday and attain Jammu on January 23 after ranging from Vijaypur in Samba district.

    #WATCH | J&Ok: Six folks injured in two blasts that occurred in Narwal space of Jammu. Visuals from the spot. Police personnel are current on the spot. pic.twitter.com/eTZ1exaICG
    — ANI (@ANI) January 21, 2023
    The first blast occurred round 10.45 am, adopted by one other explosion, an official stated, including that the entire space was cordoned off and a search operation underway.

    WATCH |

    An official recognized the injured as Suhail Iqbal, Vishav Partap, Vinod Kumar, Arjun Kumar, Amit Kumar, Rajesh Kumar and Aneesh – all residents of Jammu – and Sushil Kumar of Doda.

    The officers stated the entire space was cordoned off by joint groups of police and CRPF instantly after the primary explosion which was adopted by one other blast quarter-hour later.

    A radical sanitisation operation was carried out and forensic consultants, bomb disposal squad and sniffer canine have been additionally pressed into service to search for clues, they stated.

    Jaswinder Singh, an eyewitness, stated the primary blast occurred in a car that was at a workshop for restore.

    About quarter-hour later, one other explosion happened within the space affected by broken components and rubbish, stated Singh, president of the Motor Spare Parts Association.

    Raj Kumar stated he was engaged on one other car when the blast ripped aside one other parked car.

    “We initially thought that the petrol tank of some vehicle exploded but the blast was so powerful that it blew up the vehicle,” he stated.

    An official spokesman stated senior police officers briefed the Lt Governor.

    “Such dastardly acts highlight the desperation and cowardice of those responsible. Take immediate and firm action. No efforts should be spared to bring the perpetrators to justice,” the Lt Governor stated.

    Sinha additionally introduced help of Rs 50,000 to the injured. The Lt Governor stated that the administration would guarantee the absolute best remedy and prolong each assist required by the households.

    Congress MP and AICC inchage J-Ok Rajani Patil strongly condemned the dual blasts.

    Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir AAP state coordination committee Harsh Dev Singh accused the BJP of full failure in enhancing the safety scenario within the Union Territory.

    “The day the BJP government took over, the situation in J&K is getting from bad to worse. Terrorism is increasing with each passing day and is returning to 1990s,” Singh alleged.

    “They were stating that not a bird was killed after the abrogation of Article 370 but the reality is that innocent men, women and children are getting killed. The BJP has to give answers not only to J-K but to the entire nation,” he informed reporters.

  • Maharashtra: 53 passengers injured as bus overturns in Latur

    By PTI

    LATUR: Fifty three passengers had been injured when a bus overturned in Maharashtra’s Latur district on Tuesday, police mentioned.

    The accident befell close to Borgaon Kale village at round 8.30 am when the bus belonging to the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) was heading in the direction of Pune from Nilanga through Latur, head constable Ratan Shaikh mentioned.

    The bus was on a slim bridge when its driver misplaced management over the wheels whereas making an attempt to forestall hitting one other automobile coming from the alternative aspect. As a end result, the bus overturned, he mentioned.

    Some villagers current on the spot instantly dialled ‘108’ emergency medical service quantity. All the injured passengers had been taken to a rural hospital in Murud for remedy.

    Later, 16 of them rushed to a authorities hospital in Latur for additional remedy, the official mentioned.

    LATUR: Fifty three passengers had been injured when a bus overturned in Maharashtra’s Latur district on Tuesday, police mentioned.

    The accident befell close to Borgaon Kale village at round 8.30 am when the bus belonging to the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) was heading in the direction of Pune from Nilanga through Latur, head constable Ratan Shaikh mentioned.

    The bus was on a slim bridge when its driver misplaced management over the wheels whereas making an attempt to forestall hitting one other automobile coming from the alternative aspect. As a end result, the bus overturned, he mentioned.

    Some villagers current on the spot instantly dialled ‘108’ emergency medical service quantity. All the injured passengers had been taken to a rural hospital in Murud for remedy.

    Later, 16 of them rushed to a authorities hospital in Latur for additional remedy, the official mentioned.

  • Three injured after police automotive smashes into home in UP

    By PTI

    BALLIA: Three individuals of a household, together with a three-year-old boy, have been critically injured after an uncontrolled police car smashed into their dwelling in UP, police stated.

    The incident happened in Singhanchvar village below the Garhwar police station space, police stated on Monday.

    According to the police, the ill-fated police car was from the Phephana police station.

    SHO of Garhwar police station, Raj Kumar Singh stated that on Sunday evening, a police car from Phephana police station rammed right into a tin shed dwelling in Singhanchvar village.

    The injured have been recognized as Digvijay Ram (28), his spouse Chanda (23) and their son, Rishabh (3).

    He stated that the injured have been admitted to a district hospital, and added that no case has been registered up to now.

    BALLIA: Three individuals of a household, together with a three-year-old boy, have been critically injured after an uncontrolled police car smashed into their dwelling in UP, police stated.

    The incident happened in Singhanchvar village below the Garhwar police station space, police stated on Monday.

    According to the police, the ill-fated police car was from the Phephana police station.

    SHO of Garhwar police station, Raj Kumar Singh stated that on Sunday evening, a police car from Phephana police station rammed right into a tin shed dwelling in Singhanchvar village.

    The injured have been recognized as Digvijay Ram (28), his spouse Chanda (23) and their son, Rishabh (3).

    He stated that the injured have been admitted to a district hospital, and added that no case has been registered up to now.

  • 20 individuals injured as bus overturns in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj

    By PTI

    BARIPADA: At least 20 individuals have been injured after a bus by which they have been travelling overturned in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district on Friday, police stated.

    The bus was on its means from Khiching to Baripada when the mishap occurred on NH 18 close to Kuliana chowk, they stated.

    On being knowledgeable of the mishap the police rushed to the spot.

    All the injured passengers have been shifted with the assistance of locals to Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital, Baripada.

    BARIPADA: At least 20 individuals have been injured after a bus by which they have been travelling overturned in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district on Friday, police stated.

    The bus was on its means from Khiching to Baripada when the mishap occurred on NH 18 close to Kuliana chowk, they stated.

    On being knowledgeable of the mishap the police rushed to the spot.

    All the injured passengers have been shifted with the assistance of locals to Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital, Baripada.

  • Gujarat: Seven harm in assault on Garba occasion; cops thrash suspects by holding them in opposition to electrical pole

    By PTI

    KHEDA: Seven individuals, together with a policeman, had been injured in an assault on a Garba occasion by a mob consisting of members from the Muslim group who objected to holding of the programme close to a mosque in Gujarat’s Kheda district, police stated on Tuesday.

    Police baton-charged the suspected attackers arrested within the case by holding them in opposition to an electrical pole within the village sq. in full public view.

    Video clips purportedly confirmed three individuals arrested for allegedly pelting stones on individuals on the Garba celebration on Monday night time in Undhela village of the district being introduced out of a police van close to the occasion’s venue.

    They had been then taken in the direction of an electrical pole and held in opposition to it by a policeman who pulled their fingers. Another policeman is seen hitting them under the waist with a baton.

    The pictures confirmed the alleged attackers apologised to the general public gathered on the spot with folded fingers after policemen requested them to take action. People current in a big quantity on the web site cheered the police motion.

    Police have arrested 13 individuals up to now after a First Information Report (FIR) was registered on the Matar police station, stated Deputy Superintendent of Police V R Bajpai.

    Police had been deployed in massive quantity on the village following the incident, he added.

    “The village Sarpanch (head) had organised Garba (a popular Gujarati folk dance) at a temple. A mob from the Muslim community tried to stop it from taking place,” Bajpai informed reporters.

    The mob pelted stones and a minimum of seven individuals, together with a Gram Rakshak Dal (GRD) jawan and a policeman, had been injured, he stated.

    “The FIR says a mob of 150 people, including women, attacked the group performing Garba by pelting stones. As per the FIR, 43 of the accused have been identified by their name,” the official stated.

    The arrested accused had been booked underneath sections of the Indian penal Code (IPC) associated to try to homicide, rioting, illegal meeting and voluntarily inflicting harm, amongst others.

    “The Sarpanch had organised the Garba event at the village temple on ashtami (eighth day of Navratri), but a mob tried to stop the function,” DySP Bajpai stated.

    “A group of people led by two men identified as Arif and Zahir entered the Navratri Garba venue and started causing trouble. They even threw stones,” stated Kheda Superintendent of Police Rajesh Gadhiya.

    “We have deployed police force in the village to main peace,” he stated.

    As per the FIR, members from the Muslim group within the village objected to the Garba being organised close to the mosque which is situated throughout the temple.

    A gaggle of individuals gathered on the venue at round 11:30 pm and began hurling abuses on the revellers and requested them to pack up.

    More folks joined them and the mob began pelting stones when the revellers continued to play Garba, stated the FIR. Some of them had been armed with sharp weapons, sticks they usually pelted stones on the temple, stated the FIR.

    KHEDA: Seven individuals, together with a policeman, had been injured in an assault on a Garba occasion by a mob consisting of members from the Muslim group who objected to holding of the programme close to a mosque in Gujarat’s Kheda district, police stated on Tuesday.

    Police baton-charged the suspected attackers arrested within the case by holding them in opposition to an electrical pole within the village sq. in full public view.

    Video clips purportedly confirmed three individuals arrested for allegedly pelting stones on individuals on the Garba celebration on Monday night time in Undhela village of the district being introduced out of a police van close to the occasion’s venue.

    They had been then taken in the direction of an electrical pole and held in opposition to it by a policeman who pulled their fingers. Another policeman is seen hitting them under the waist with a baton.

    The pictures confirmed the alleged attackers apologised to the general public gathered on the spot with folded fingers after policemen requested them to take action. People current in a big quantity on the web site cheered the police motion.

    Police have arrested 13 individuals up to now after a First Information Report (FIR) was registered on the Matar police station, stated Deputy Superintendent of Police V R Bajpai.

    Police had been deployed in massive quantity on the village following the incident, he added.

    “The village Sarpanch (head) had organised Garba (a popular Gujarati folk dance) at a temple. A mob from the Muslim community tried to stop it from taking place,” Bajpai informed reporters.

    The mob pelted stones and a minimum of seven individuals, together with a Gram Rakshak Dal (GRD) jawan and a policeman, had been injured, he stated.

    “The FIR says a mob of 150 people, including women, attacked the group performing Garba by pelting stones. As per the FIR, 43 of the accused have been identified by their name,” the official stated.

    The arrested accused had been booked underneath sections of the Indian penal Code (IPC) associated to try to homicide, rioting, illegal meeting and voluntarily inflicting harm, amongst others.

    “The Sarpanch had organised the Garba event at the village temple on ashtami (eighth day of Navratri), but a mob tried to stop the function,” DySP Bajpai stated.

    “A group of people led by two men identified as Arif and Zahir entered the Navratri Garba venue and started causing trouble. They even threw stones,” stated Kheda Superintendent of Police Rajesh Gadhiya.

    “We have deployed police force in the village to main peace,” he stated.

    As per the FIR, members from the Muslim group within the village objected to the Garba being organised close to the mosque which is situated throughout the temple.

    A gaggle of individuals gathered on the venue at round 11:30 pm and began hurling abuses on the revellers and requested them to pack up.

    More folks joined them and the mob began pelting stones when the revellers continued to play Garba, stated the FIR. Some of them had been armed with sharp weapons, sticks they usually pelted stones on the temple, stated the FIR.

  • 27 devotees returning after ‘mundan’ ceremony killed in street mishap in UP’s Kanpur

    Express News Service

    KANPUR: At least 27 folks had been killed and two dozen damage after a tractor-trolley they had been travelling in fell right into a pond in Ghatampur space of Kanpur Dehat late on Saturday night. While 22 individuals died on spot and 5 extra succumbed to the accidents throughout therapy in hospital. According to police sources, the demise toll could also be even greater as docs said the situation of some others to be crucial.

    All the devotees, who had been residents of Kortha village, had been returning dwelling after attending a ‘mundan’ ceremony from the Chandrika Devi temple in neighbouring Unnao district. Prime Minister Narednra Modi expressed condolence on the deaths and introduced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh every to the kin of the lifeless from the PM’s aid fund.

    “Distressed by the tractor-trolley mishap in Kanpur. My thoughts are with all those who have lost their near and dear ones. Prayers with the injured. The local administration is providing all possible assistance to the affected,” Modi mentioned in a tweet.

    Distressed by the tractor-trolley mishap in Kanpur. My ideas are with all those that have misplaced their close to and expensive ones. Prayers with the injured. The native administration is offering all potential help to the affected: PM @narendramodi

    — PMO India (@PMOIndia) October 1, 2022

    Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath additionally expressed condolences to the households of the deceased and introduced monetary help of Rs 2 lakh to the following of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the severely injured. He additionally instructed district and police officers to succeed in the spot with rescue measures on the earliest and to make sure correct therapy for the folks injured within the accident. 

    After the accident, CM Yogi additionally requested folks to desist from utilizing tractors for conveyance.

    According to police, one Raju Nishad, a resident of Kortha village, had gone for the mundan ceremony of his one-year-old son on Saturday together with 35-40 folks, together with his household, at Chandrika Devi Temple at Buxar Ghat in Unnao. It was when Nishad together with others was returning to his native place on Saturday evening that the tractor-trolley went uncontrollable, overturned and fell right into a pond between Saadh and Gambhirpur villages. 

    Some of these injured within the mishap claimed that the driving force was underneath the affect of alcohol. By 9 pm, police had retrieved 25 our bodies. The search continues to be on for extra our bodies. Senior district and police officers from Kanpur had additionally reached the spot and helped the rescue and aid operations.  Several district and police officers had additionally reached Kanpur’s Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital to make preparations upfront for these critically injured.

    A dozen ambulances had reached the spot and from there the injured had been despatched to close by CHCs and LLR Hospital.
    ALSO READ: Four lifeless, 8 injured after tractor collides head-on with truck in UP

    Kanpur Outer SP Tej Swaroop Singh mentioned that the police personnel together with the native residents try to rescue those that fell into the pond. “It is difficult to tell how many people are still trapped in the pond right now,” he added.

    KANPUR: At least 27 folks had been killed and two dozen damage after a tractor-trolley they had been travelling in fell right into a pond in Ghatampur space of Kanpur Dehat late on Saturday night. While 22 individuals died on spot and 5 extra succumbed to the accidents throughout therapy in hospital. According to police sources, the demise toll could also be even greater as docs said the situation of some others to be crucial.

    All the devotees, who had been residents of Kortha village, had been returning dwelling after attending a ‘mundan’ ceremony from the Chandrika Devi temple in neighbouring Unnao district. Prime Minister Narednra Modi expressed condolence on the deaths and introduced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh every to the kin of the lifeless from the PM’s aid fund.

    “Distressed by the tractor-trolley mishap in Kanpur. My thoughts are with all those who have lost their near and dear ones. Prayers with the injured. The local administration is providing all possible assistance to the affected,” Modi mentioned in a tweet.

    Distressed by the tractor-trolley mishap in Kanpur. My ideas are with all those that have misplaced their close to and expensive ones. Prayers with the injured. The native administration is offering all potential help to the affected: PM @narendramodi
    — PMO India (@PMOIndia) October 1, 2022

    Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath additionally expressed condolences to the households of the deceased and introduced monetary help of Rs 2 lakh to the following of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the severely injured. He additionally instructed district and police officers to succeed in the spot with rescue measures on the earliest and to make sure correct therapy for the folks injured within the accident. 

    After the accident, CM Yogi additionally requested folks to desist from utilizing tractors for conveyance.

    According to police, one Raju Nishad, a resident of Kortha village, had gone for the mundan ceremony of his one-year-old son on Saturday together with 35-40 folks, together with his household, at Chandrika Devi Temple at Buxar Ghat in Unnao. It was when Nishad together with others was returning to his native place on Saturday evening that the tractor-trolley went uncontrollable, overturned and fell right into a pond between Saadh and Gambhirpur villages. 

    Some of these injured within the mishap claimed that the driving force was underneath the affect of alcohol. By 9 pm, police had retrieved 25 our bodies. The search continues to be on for extra our bodies. Senior district and police officers from Kanpur had additionally reached the spot and helped the rescue and aid operations.  Several district and police officers had additionally reached Kanpur’s Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital to make preparations upfront for these critically injured.

    A dozen ambulances had reached the spot and from there the injured had been despatched to close by CHCs and LLR Hospital.ALSO READ: Four lifeless, 8 injured after tractor collides head-on with truck in UP

    Kanpur Outer SP Tej Swaroop Singh mentioned that the police personnel together with the native residents try to rescue those that fell into the pond. “It is difficult to tell how many people are still trapped in the pond right now,” he added.

  • 27 devotees returning after ‘mundan’ ceremony killed in highway mishap in UP’s Kanpur

    Express News Service

    KANPUR: At least 27 folks have been killed and two dozen damage after a tractor-trolley they have been travelling in fell right into a pond in Ghatampur space of Kanpur Dehat late on Saturday night. While 22 individuals died on spot and 5 extra succumbed to the accidents throughout therapy in hospital. According to police sources, the dying toll could also be even greater as medical doctors said the situation of some others to be important.

    All the devotees, who have been residents of Kortha village, have been returning dwelling after attending a ‘mundan’ ceremony from the Chandrika Devi temple in neighbouring Unnao district. Prime Minister Narednra Modi expressed condolence on the deaths and introduced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh every to the kin of the lifeless from the PM’s reduction fund.

    “Distressed by the tractor-trolley mishap in Kanpur. My thoughts are with all those who have lost their near and dear ones. Prayers with the injured. The local administration is providing all possible assistance to the affected,” Modi stated in a tweet.

    Distressed by the tractor-trolley mishap in Kanpur. My ideas are with all those that have misplaced their close to and pricey ones. Prayers with the injured. The native administration is offering all doable help to the affected: PM @narendramodi

    — PMO India (@PMOIndia) October 1, 2022

    Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath additionally expressed condolences to the households of the deceased and introduced monetary help of Rs 2 lakh to the following of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the critically injured. He additionally instructed district and police officers to succeed in the spot with rescue measures on the earliest and to make sure correct therapy for the folks injured within the accident. 

    After the accident, CM Yogi additionally requested folks to desist from utilizing tractors for conveyance.

    According to police, one Raju Nishad, a resident of Kortha village, had gone for the mundan ceremony of his one-year-old son on Saturday together with 35-40 folks, together with his household, at Chandrika Devi Temple at Buxar Ghat in Unnao. It was when Nishad together with others was returning to his native place on Saturday evening that the tractor-trolley went uncontrollable, overturned and fell right into a pond between Saadh and Gambhirpur villages. 

    Some of these injured within the mishap claimed that the motive force was underneath the impression of alcohol. By 9 pm, police had retrieved 25 our bodies. The search remains to be on for extra our bodies. Senior district and police officers from Kanpur had additionally reached the spot and helped the rescue and reduction operations.  Several district and police officers had additionally reached Kanpur’s Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital to make preparations prematurely for these critically injured.

    A dozen ambulances had reached the spot and from there the injured have been despatched to close by CHCs and LLR Hospital.
    ALSO READ: Four lifeless, 8 injured after tractor collides head-on with truck in UP

    Kanpur Outer SP Tej Swaroop Singh stated that the police personnel together with the native residents are attempting to rescue those that fell into the pond. “It is difficult to tell how many people are still trapped in the pond right now,” he added.

    KANPUR: At least 27 folks have been killed and two dozen damage after a tractor-trolley they have been travelling in fell right into a pond in Ghatampur space of Kanpur Dehat late on Saturday night. While 22 individuals died on spot and 5 extra succumbed to the accidents throughout therapy in hospital. According to police sources, the dying toll could also be even greater as medical doctors said the situation of some others to be important.

    All the devotees, who have been residents of Kortha village, have been returning dwelling after attending a ‘mundan’ ceremony from the Chandrika Devi temple in neighbouring Unnao district. Prime Minister Narednra Modi expressed condolence on the deaths and introduced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh every to the kin of the lifeless from the PM’s reduction fund.

    “Distressed by the tractor-trolley mishap in Kanpur. My thoughts are with all those who have lost their near and dear ones. Prayers with the injured. The local administration is providing all possible assistance to the affected,” Modi stated in a tweet.

    Distressed by the tractor-trolley mishap in Kanpur. My ideas are with all those that have misplaced their close to and pricey ones. Prayers with the injured. The native administration is offering all doable help to the affected: PM @narendramodi
    — PMO India (@PMOIndia) October 1, 2022

    Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath additionally expressed condolences to the households of the deceased and introduced monetary help of Rs 2 lakh to the following of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the critically injured. He additionally instructed district and police officers to succeed in the spot with rescue measures on the earliest and to make sure correct therapy for the folks injured within the accident. 

    After the accident, CM Yogi additionally requested folks to desist from utilizing tractors for conveyance.

    According to police, one Raju Nishad, a resident of Kortha village, had gone for the mundan ceremony of his one-year-old son on Saturday together with 35-40 folks, together with his household, at Chandrika Devi Temple at Buxar Ghat in Unnao. It was when Nishad together with others was returning to his native place on Saturday evening that the tractor-trolley went uncontrollable, overturned and fell right into a pond between Saadh and Gambhirpur villages. 

    Some of these injured within the mishap claimed that the motive force was underneath the impression of alcohol. By 9 pm, police had retrieved 25 our bodies. The search remains to be on for extra our bodies. Senior district and police officers from Kanpur had additionally reached the spot and helped the rescue and reduction operations.  Several district and police officers had additionally reached Kanpur’s Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital to make preparations prematurely for these critically injured.

    A dozen ambulances had reached the spot and from there the injured have been despatched to close by CHCs and LLR Hospital.ALSO READ: Four lifeless, 8 injured after tractor collides head-on with truck in UP

    Kanpur Outer SP Tej Swaroop Singh stated that the police personnel together with the native residents are attempting to rescue those that fell into the pond. “It is difficult to tell how many people are still trapped in the pond right now,” he added.

  • 4 injured in drive-by capturing close to Chicago highschool

    Four youngsters have been injured, one critically, in a drive-by capturing Wednesday afternoon close to a highschool on Chicago’s Northwest Side, police stated.

    The capturing occurred at about 2:45 p.m. exterior an ice cream store throughout the road from Carl Schurz High School. Deputy Chief Roberto Nieves stated police imagine a darkish SUV pulled as much as a gaggle of individuals and somebody inside opened hearth earlier than the automobile sped off.

    A 15-year-old boy was shot within the face and the neck and was reported in essential situation, he stated. A second 15-year-old boy was shot within the again and was in good situation, whereas a 17-year-old boy was in good situation and was being handled for a graze wound to his leg and an 18-year-old man was shot within the leg and was additionally in good situation.

    Nieves stated no arrests have been made and detectives haven’t but decided a motive for the capturing of the 4 teenagers that he described as highschool college students. He didn’t know if any or the entire teenagers attended Carl Schurz High School. He stated detectives are analyzing footage from surveillance cameras within the hopes of figuring out suspects.

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    Chicago Public Schools issued an announcement saying a capturing occurred simply earlier than a highschool’s dismissal bell however wouldn’t affirm the varsity identify. Later, Nieves stated he believed some college students had been dismissed earlier than the capturing as a result of the varsity releases college students for the day on a staggered schedule.

    The college went on a lockdown whereas police responded. That lockdown was later lifted and college students have been launched, the assertion stated.

    “Due to privacy concerns and student confidentiality, the District typically does not confirm the identity or school affiliation of any victims,” the assertion stated.

    The new college yr began Monday in Chicago.

    Nieves stated the police division would beef up patrols close to the varsity Thursday morning and afternoon.

    Mily Garcia, a father or mother who was ready exterior the varsity to select up her daughter, advised the Chicago Sun-Times that she noticed somebody in a passing SUV open hearth at a gaggle of individuals exterior La Michoacana ice cream store. She stated the varsity had been locked down and she or he was nonetheless ready for her daughter to be launched from college at 3:30 pm.

    The incident comes amid widespread gun violence in a metropolis that has lately seen extra homicides than any metropolis within the United States. While the town has seen a discount within the variety of homicides and capturing incidents in comparison with the identical interval final yr, the totals stay excessive. According to the police division’s statistics, the town has seen 425 homicides as of Aug. 22, down from 519 for a similar interval final yr. Also, there have been 1,828 capturing incidents, in comparison with 2,239 throughout the identical interval in 2021.

    The space of the varsity within the metropolis’s Old Irving Park neighborhood has seen gun violence earlier than, together with in 2019 when a 17-year-old boy in his automotive was shot close to the varsity.

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  • 41 killed in electrical fireplace throughout mass at Cairo Coptic church, say officers

    An electrical fireplace swept by means of an Egyptian Coptic Christian church throughout Mass on Sunday, inflicting a stampede and killing not less than 41 folks, most of them kids and lots of affected by smoke inhalation.

    The blaze began simply earlier than 9 am within the Abu Sifin church within the metropolis of Giza the place about as much as 1,000 folks had gathered.

    The fireplace blocked an entrance to the church, inflicting the stampede, the 2 sources stated, including that the majority of these killed have been kids.

    “People were gathering on the third and fourth floors, and we saw smoke coming from the second floor. People rushed to go down the stairs and started falling on top of each other,” stated worshipper Yasir Munir.

    “Then we heard a bang and sparks and fire coming out of the window,” he stated, saying he and his daughter have been on the bottom ground and in a position to escape.

    Electrical fires aren’t uncommon in Egypt. In late 2020, a hearth at a hospital treating Covid-19 sufferers killed not less than seven folks.

    In an announcement, the Interior Ministry stated a forensic examination confirmed that the fireplace started within the second ground air con on account of {an electrical} malfunction.

    Smoke inhalation was the principle reason for demise, it stated. Families of those that died will obtain 100,000 Egyptian kilos ($5,220), in keeping with a cabinet assertion.

    Giza, Egypt’s second-largest metropolis, lies simply throughout the Nile from Cairo.

    “I offer my sincere condolences to the families of the innocent victims that have passed on to be with their Lord in one of his houses of worship,” stated Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a tweet.

    Maher Murad stated he left his sister on the church after prayers.

    “As soon as I got away from the church by only 10 metres, I heard the sound of screaming and saw thick smoke,” he stated.

    “After the firefighters doused the fire, I recognised my sister’s body. The bodies were all charred, and many of them are children who were in a nursery room in the church.”

    “I don’t know if it was an electrical fire or what happened, but there were kids and old people, we saved whom we could save,” stated Kirollos, who was talking from a hospital the place he was being handled for accidents.

    A funeral was held for these killed within the fireplace late on Sunday at a cemetery in Giza.

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  • Bomb blast at busy Kabul market injures a minimum of 22

    At least 22 folks have been injured after a bomb exploded in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, on Saturday.

    The blast occurred in Kabul’s western district (Photo: File | Representative)

    A bomb exploded in a busy purchasing road in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday and a minimum of 22 folks have been injured, hospital officers and witnesses stated.

    The blast occurred in a western district of the town the place members of the minority Shi’ite Muslim neighborhood often meet.

    Video footage posted on-line confirmed ambulances dashing to the scene, which can also be close to bus stations.

    A spokesman for the Taliban inside ministry stated an investigation group was on the blast web site to assist the wounded and assess casualties.

    No militant group instantly claimed accountability for the assault, which got here forward of Ashura, a commemoration of the martyrdom of Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, which is marked primarily by Shi’ite Muslims.

    On Friday, a minimum of eight folks have been killed and 18 injured in a blast in Kabul carried out by Islamic State, a Sunni Muslim militant group.

    IS doesn’t management any territory in Afghanistan however does have lethal sleeper cells which have been concentrating on spiritual minorities within the nation, in addition to Taliban patrols.

    Sunni Muslim Taliban authorities, who took over Afghanistan in August final yr after a two-decade insurgency, have stated they would offer extra safety for Shi’ite mosques and different services.

    Sayed Kazum Hojat, a Shi’ite spiritual scholar in Kabul, stated the Taliban authorities had ramped up safety forward of Ashura however ought to enhance vigilance for any threats.

    No up-to-date census knowledge exists, however estimates put the dimensions of Afghanistan’s Shi’ite neighborhood at between 10-20 per cent of the 39 million inhabitants, together with Persian-speaking Tajiks and Pashtuns in addition to Hazaras.

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