Tag: Blast
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Blast at Bhilai Steel Plant kills nine, injures 14
Police said that more than 20 employees were working at the spot when the blast happened.
October 9, 2018 -
Grenade blast at Ethiopian PM rally kills 1, injures 154
A grenade blast at a crowded rally in support of Ethiopia's new reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Saturday killed at least one person and injured over 154 others.
June 23, 2018 -
Blast kills 2 BSF troopers in Manipur
A powerful explosion triggered by suspected militants killed two Border Security Force (BSF) troopers on the Imphal-Dimapur road in Manipur on Wednesday, officials said. The BSF said in a statement that an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off around 1.30 p.m. inside a store situated on the roadside near the BSF headquarter campus. The deafening …
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May 9, 2018 -
Blast during voter registration process kills 31 in Kabul, injures 56
The blast occurred at around 10 am in front of a school where a voter registration site was located in Kabul's Qala-e-Nazir area.
April 22, 2018 -
Blast at Indian camp office in Nepal being probed
After an explosion at the camp office of the Indian Embassy in Nepal on Monday night, a senior official here said on Tuesday that the incident is being probed.
April 17, 2018 -
Sukma blast: Seven Maoists arrested, probe underway
Seven Maoists were arrested in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Sunday in connection with the blast targetting an anti-landmine vehicle of the CRPF earlier this month that left nine troopers dead, a senior police official said. According to Deputy Inspector General of Police, Bastar, P. Sundarraj rpt Sundarraj, the insurgents were arrested in a sweep operation …
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March 25, 2018 -
Three injured in blast at courier office in Ahmednagar
Three persons were injured in a blast at the office of a courier service company in the city Tuesday night, police said Wednesday. The blast occurred around 10 pm when the staff at the private courier company’s office in Maliwada area of the city was handling a parcel that had been brought there for delivery …
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March 21, 2018 -
Blast in Leicester in Britain triggers police alert
Police have declared a “major incident” after reports of an explosion in Leicester in Britain. Emergency services were called on Sunday to reports of a blast in the Hinckley Road area in Leicester. They were conducting a search and rescue operation at the scene, BBC reported. Carlisle Street and part of Hinckley Road have been …
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February 26, 2018 -
Cochin Shipyard blast toll rises to 5, Gadkari orders probe
Union Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday ordered an inquiry into the blast at Cochin Shipyard in Kerala in which five persons were killed. The Minister, however, confirmed the death of four persons. “Shocked by the unfortunate blast at Cochin Shipyard where four people have died. My heartfelt condolences to bereaved families,” Gadkari tweeted. “I …
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February 13, 2018 -
4 die in blast onboard an ONGC ship at Cochin shipyard
In a tragic incident, at least four people have died in a blast onboard a ship that was under repair at the Cochin shipyard, officials said on Tuesday. According to reports, the blast occurred on the ‘Sagar Bhushan’ ship owned by the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) of India and has left at least …
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February 13, 2018 -
Two injured in blast at army depot in J&K
Two labourers were injured in an explosion inside an army field ammunition depot in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday, police said. Police sources said two injured in the explosion at the Khundroo field ammunition depot was taken to the hospital. “The cause of the explosion is being ascertained,” a police source said. Four people …
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January 16, 2018 -
18 killed in blast targeting rebels’ position in Syria
At least 18 people were killed on Sunday by a blast that targeted a rebels’ position in Idlib, Syria, a monitor group said. Civilians were among those killed and wounded by the car bomb that targeted a position of Agnad al-Caucaus rebel group, Xinhua reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the blast was …
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January 8, 2018 -
Man dies in Stockholm metro station blast
A man was killed and a woman injured in an explosion on Sunday outside a metro station in Stockholm, Sweden, police said. Police said the apparent attack was not aimed at these two people. They added that there were no indications that the incident was related to terror. The area where the explosion took place …
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January 8, 2018 -
Two injured in Manipur grenade blast
Two persons were injured when a grenade was lobbed inside a grocery shop in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Saturday night, police said on Sunday. Police said that two unidentified persons came near Raj grocery and lobbed the grenade inside the shop despite the fact that there were some persons buying various items. Anish and Bijoykumar …
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January 8, 2018 -
Three held as five die in Bihar boiler blast
Three persons were arrested on Thursday after five workers died and eight others were injured in a boiler blast at a sugar mill in Bihar’s Gopalganj district, officials said. The arrested include the mill’s owner Mahmud Ali and his two sons, said a district police official. Taking note of the incident, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar …
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December 21, 2017 -
New York subway bombing suspect arraigned from hospital bed
A Bangladeshi immigrant accused of setting off a pipe bomb in the New York subway system made his first court appearance on Thursday via video from the hospital room where he is recovering from burns sustained in the blast. Akayed Ullah, 27, who migrated from Bangladesh some six years ago on a family visa, was presented with …
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December 14, 2017 -
Blast in New York, Bangladeshi-origin man reportedly arrested
A bomb exploded at the start of Monday morning rush hour at the city’s transportation hub and a man, said to be of Bangladeshi-origin, was arrested as a suspect, according to media reports. Retired New York detective, Wally Zeins, told WNYW Fox TV that according to his contacts in the police department, the suspect was …
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December 11, 2017