An Indian state government on Monday ordered a probe into the collapse of a portion of an under-construction bridge over the Ganges River over the weekend, the second time the structure has crashed in a year. No casualties were reported with no
Rescue efforts have ended for India’s worst train accident in more than two decades, which left at least 261 people dead, officials said Saturday. A passenger train derailed and hit another one on Friday in the eastern district of Balasore in Odisha
Dozens of people are feared dead in India Friday after a passenger train reportedly collided with a freight train in the eastern part of the country. The Hindustan Times is reporting at least 50 deaths following the collision involving the Coromandel Express
Ten people have been killed at least 100 people are feared to have been injured after a train derailed in India after colliding with a goods train in Odisha’s Balasore. The accident reportedly occurred near Bahanaga station in Balasore on Friday evening.
On a hot summer afternoon, 23-year old Nizamudin Abdul Rahim Khan is playing cricket on a muddy, unpaved road in the Rafiq Nagar slum in India’s financial capital, Mumbai. Here, there is scant evidence of India’s fast-growing economy. Bordering what was once
A bus carrying Hindu pilgrims to a shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir skidded off a highway bridge into a Himalayan gorge Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 55, police said. The bus was on the way to Katra town from the
As temperatures breach normal levels, weather officials have issued a heat wave alert for several states of India. Some parts of India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh suffered blackouts that lasted more than 12 hours. Hundreds of Indian residents blocked roads over
Mithilesh Chaudhary, 21, coughs weakly as he struggles to his feet after spending the night outside the state-run All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. “We have been sleeping on the footpath for two nights,” said his grandfather Bhim
A boat with more than 30 passengers capsized in southern India Sunday evening, leaving at least 22 people dead, officials said. The deceased included children, who were on the double-decker boat for a school vacation, Sports Minister V. Abdurahiman told the Press
Eleven people died and four more were hospitalized after a gas leak Sunday in northern India’s Punjab state, local media reported. The incident occurred at an industrial area in Ludhiana city, but the source of the gas leak is still unclear, police