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Four die as north India continues to burn

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June 3, 2012

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New Delhi, June 3: The heat wave sweeping north India continued unabated today claiming 4 lives, even as parts of Uttar Pradesh and the national capital got light showers. Three persons died due to heatstroke in Haryana's Ambala district, while a 38-year-old man succumbed to the scorching sun in Muzafarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.

Delhi continued to remain in the grip of the heat wave with the maximum temperature settling at 44.2 degree Celsius even though some parts of the national capital received light rains. The minimum in Delhi was recorded at 33.2 degree Celsius.

Uttar Pradesh bore the brunt of scorching sun with Allahabad recording a maximum of 47.7 degree Celsius. The temperatures were above normal in Varanasi, Faizabad, Lucknow, Bareilly, Moradabad, Jhansi, Agra, Meerut and Kanpur division.


Rajasthan also continued to reel under intense heat wave conditions with Sriganganagar being the hottest place at 47 degree Celsius. State capital Jaipur recorded maximum of 42 degree Celsius.

Blistering heat wave also continued to sweep northern states of Punjab and Haryana. Chandigarh braved a hot day with maximum settling at 44 degree Celsius, up by four notches. Amritsar recorded 45.5 degree Celsius, an increase of four degrees. Patiala and Ludhiana recorded also scorched at 45.1 degree Celsius and 45 degree Celsius respectively. Sweltering heat prevailed in Ambala, which recorded a high of 43.9 degree Celsius.

In Haryana, Hisar and Rohtak recorded identical highs of 45 degree Celsius while the maximum in Karnal settled at 44 degree Celsius, up by four notches.

Himachal Pradesh's lower hills also sizzled while mid-hill regions received light showers. Una in lower hills was hottest with a high of 44 degree Celsius, six degree above normal, while state capital Shimla recorded maximum at 30.1 degree Celsius, six degree above normal.

Several places in Jharkhand experienced temperatures three to five degrees above normal with the mercury soaring to 46.5 degree Celsius in Garhwa.

The minimum temperature also remained above normal across the state with state capital Shimla recording a low of 22.1 degree Celsius, seven degree above normal, while Nahan and Dharamsala recorded minimum temperatures at 28 degree Celsius and 26.7 degree Celsius, six degrees above normal.

Keylong in tribal Lahaul and Spiti district was coldest in the region with a low of 6.9 degree Celsius, while Kapla and Manali were pleasant with minimum temperatures at 10 degree Celsius and 11.6 degree Celsius respectively.



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News Network
May 28,2020

Hyderabad, MAY 28: A three-year-old boy who accidentally fell into a newly drilled open borewell in Telangana's Medak district was found dead in the early hours of Thursday, police said.

The kid's body was retrieved at around 4 am after a nearly 10 hours' long rescue operation involving different agencies, they said.

"He died a while before we evacuated him, most likely due to the mud that covered him from the top sealing off necessary oxygen supply, " Medak District Superintendent of Police Chandana Deepti told PTI.

The boy had accidentally slipped into the 120- feet borewell at around 5 pm on Wednesday in an agricultural field located in Papannapet mandal of the district when he was walking with his grandfather and father, police earlier said.

As part of rescue efforts, a parallel trench was dug along the borewell hole with the help of earth excavating machines and oxygen was supplied into it, but the efforts went in vain as the boy's body was found stuck at a depth of around 25 feet, the police said.

Apart from the police, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel were also involved in the rescue operation.

The borewell into which the child fell was one among the three dug by the family since Tuesday night to try and find water for their fields. But none of them yielded any water, police had said.

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July 19,2020

Thane, Jul 19: A 34-year-old man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly killing his wife after picking up a fight as he did not like the food she cooked, Thane police said.

Sachin Godane, a resident of Gaikwad Pada in Ambernath, locked his two children and an aunt in one room of the house on Friday afternoon and brutally beat up his wife Chandrakala (28) with a log and then strangled her, said Assistant Inspector JB Bhoyer of Shivajinagar police station.

Godane has been remanded in police custody for four days, he added. 

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Agencies
July 31,2020

Amaravati, Jul 31: Nine people have died after allegedly consuming sanitiser in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh today, the police said.

Prakasam district Superintendent of Police Siddharth Kaushal said the people had been consuming sanitiser for the past few days, mixing it with water and soft drinks.

"We are also investigating whether they laced the sanitiser with any other toxic substances," the official said.

"Their family members say these people have been consuming sanitiser for the past ten days. We are sending the sanitiser stocks, being sold in the area, for examination," he added.

Kurichedu in Prakasam district has been under lockdown due to rise in coronavirus cases and hence, liquor shops have also been shut since the past few days.

Habitual drinkers were said to be consuming sanitisers that have alcohol content, apart from illicitly distilled arrack.

The police said two beggars near a temple were the first to fall victim on Thursday night. While one of them was found dead at the spot, another died in the government hospital in Darsi town, they said.

A third person was also taken to the Darsi hospital late on Thursday night after he fell unconscious but he was declared brought dead. Six others who fell ill after allegedly consuming sanitiser, died this morning.

Others who fell ill after consuming sanitiser are undergoing treatment at their residences in the village, the police added.

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