Exact count of dead in Uttarakhand may remain unknown; lack of travel records impedes search efforts

The exact number of people who have died in flood-ravaged Uttarakhand may never be known even as the state government put the number of missing at 3,000 with rescue operations entering the final phase....

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Bypass fire: death toll rises to 35

The death toll from Saturday night’s fire which broke out following an accident involving a fuel tanker and another car at Namungoona, on the Northern Bypass has climbed to 35. On Sunday, police...

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Presidential Commission on Matale mass grave to commence sittings

The Presidential Commission of Inquiry appointed to probe the Matale mass grave will commence sittings within the next two weeks, Head of the Commission retired Supreme Court Judge Justice S.I. Imam...

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South Korea’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission uncovers thousands of killings in 1950

With US military officers sometimes present, and as North Korean invaders pushed down the peninsula, the southern army and police emptied South Korean prisons, lined up detainees and shot them in the...

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8 killed as car plunges into ravine in E. Afghanistan

Eight people were killed as a car plunged into ravine in eastern Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday night, said authorities on Monday morning. "A Mercedes Benz car with eight people aboard was travelling...

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11 killed in Ibadan auto crash

No fewer than 11 people were yesterday burnt to death in an auto crash which occurred at the Macmillan area, few metres before Soka bus stop on Ibadan/Lagos Expressway. It was learnt that the commercial...

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Arizona wildfire kills 19 firefighters

Nineteen firefighters died Sunday while battling a fast-moving wildfire northwest of Phoenix, the worst firefighter loss of life in a wildland blaze since 1933. The firefighters went missing while...

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Kin of missing persons still hopeful

On entering a large hall at the Police Lines, visitors looking for missing relatives make a beeline for the notice boards set up on one side. But a grim reality hits home as the boards, besides other...

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