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Patna:  Four teenaged girls drowned in a river while bathing in Bihar's Nalanda district on Tuesday. The quartet hailed from Kajichak under Sarmera police station. The deceased were identified as Sonam Kumari, Rakhi Kumari, Sharda…

Phulbani: In a tragic incident, two minor girls drowned in a pond at Silikisitaguda village under Marlanga gram panchayat in Kandhamal district. The deceased have been identified as Chandini Paltasingh and Arfa Chalanseth. Both were aged…

Nagpur:  At least five youths from Maharashtra's Yavatmal, who had come to Nagpur on a pilgrimage, drowned when they went for a swim in the swollen Kanhan River on Sunday morning, police officials said. The youngsters, part of a…

New Delhi: Three minor boys, aged between 15 to 16 years, drowned in the Yamuna river in North Delhi's Wazirabad area on Sunday morning. Four boys from Brijpuri area in Northeast Delhi had left their homes around 5 a.m. for a morning…

Patna:  Five persons died and five others were missing after a boat capsized on the Gandak river in Bihar's Gopalganj district on Monday, officials said. The dead included two minor children and one woman. They are identified as Akash…

Patna: Two children drowned to death after falling in a pit dug for the four-laning of a national highway in Patna district on Monday. The tragic incident took place on the Patna-Bakhtiyarpur National Highway near Pandarak village at…

Saharsa (Bihar):  A pall of gloom descended on Bihar's Saharsa district on Saturday morning after five children died due to drowning in the Basti area of the district. The children had gone to take bath in a pond when they slipped into…

Guwahati:  The week-long Rongali Bihu festivities in Assam started on a disastrous note on Wednesday with 10 persons, including a girl and a minor, drowning while taking bath in rivers as part of the celebrations, officials said.…

Hyderabad:  The Diwali festival turned gloomy for the kin of at least six youths who drowned in two incidents in Telangana, police said on Sunday. Four youths drowned in the Godavari river while swimming while two others met a watery…

Four of a family including three cousins and their nephew drowned while taking bath in a pond at Gobindpur village under Sadar police limits of Dhenkanal district on Monday.