Death toll rises
- Chennai
Virudhunagar blast: Toll climbs to 25, bodies charred beyond recognition
Virudhunagar: With most bodies charred beyond recognition, identification remains difficult, police said on Monday, April 20, as the toll in the massive explosion at a fireworks unit near Kattanarpatti in Tamil Nadu…
- World
Death toll in Bangladesh Air Force jet crash reaches 34
Dhaka: The death toll from the tragic Bangladesh Air Force jet crash has climbed to 34, following the death of another child on Saturday morning, local media reported. According to Shawon Bin…
- Middle East
Palestinian death toll in Gaza exceeds 23,000: Health Ministry
Gaza: The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip exceeded 23,000, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said. The Ministry said on Monday in a press statement that the…
- World
128 killed, 195 missing in Japan’s quake-hit Ishikawa prefecture
Tokyo: The death toll reached 128 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa, six days after a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck the prefecture and its vicinity, authorities…
- World
Death toll in China’s earthquake rises to 131
Beijing: The death toll in the powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted a mountainous region of northwestern China late Monday night has risen to 131, local authorities said on Wednesday. A total of…
