As per reports, the massive explosion took place near a gravel and boulder crushing facility at a stone mining quarry in Shivamogga. The police has not ruled out the possibility of further explosions at the stone quarry near the village of Abbalagere as some of the dynamite sticks have not been deactivated.Read News

At least 19 people, including five women have lost lives in a major road mishap in Tamil Nadu's Avanashi town in Tirupur district, 40 kms from Coimbatore on Thursday. The accident took place when a Kerala state government bus collided head-on with a container lorry.Read News

Two ships carrying Indian, Turkish and Libyan crew members have caught fire in the Kerch Strait separating Crimea from Russia, killing at least 11 persons, media reports said on Tuesday.Read News

A major fire broke out on Monday at a Mumbai hospital killing at least five people, disaster management officials said. About 100 people have been rescued so far.The fire brigade got a call around 4 pm about the blaze at the government-run ESIC Kamgar Hospital located at Marol in suburban Andheri, the official from the city civic body's disaster management cell said.Read News

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh ordered a magisterial inquiry into the Amritsar train accident after visiting injured and kin of those killed in the tragedy.Read News

A massive fire broke out at central Kolkata's wholesale hub Bagri Market in the wee hours of Sunday. At least 30 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to contain the fire as it began to spread across the congested market in Canning Street. Read News

A portion of Majerhat Bridge, connecting Behala with New Alipore, at Taratola in south Kolkata collapsed on Tuesday afternoon. At least five people are feared to have been killed and several trapped under the debris, according to unconfirmed sources.Read News

The findings of the probe into the apparent technical snag that Rahul Gandhi's chartered plane from New Delhi to Hubli had developed on April 26 reveal that the Congress president's plane was merely 20 seconds away from crashing.Read News

Four people were killed and at least 16 injured in a major fire at the Crystal Tower residential apartments near Hindmata Cinema in Mumbai's Parel area on Wednesday, officials said.Read News

Five persons are reportedly injured as a portion of a footover bridge collapsed on the tracks near Andheri railway station following heavy rains in Mumbai. Gokhale Bridge, connecting Andheri East to West, reportedly collapsed during wee hours.Read News