Goregaon fire tragedy live updates: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde announces fire audit of all Slum Rehabilitation Authority buildings

The human toll in Wednesday's glacial lake outburst flood caused by the high-altitude South Lhonak reservoir in North Sikkim imploding into a giant cascade down the Teesta basin soared to 38 on Thursday, including four of the 22 Army personnel reported missing since the catastrophe.

North Sikkim’s South Lhonak glacial lake, the epicentre of the massive flash flood that ravaged the region on Wednesday, had been literally bursting at the seams after more than tripling in size from 0.42 sq km to 1.35 sq km in less than three decades.

An eight-year-old boy died, and six others, including two children, were injured when a mortar shell they had collected from the Teesta riverbank exploded at their Chapadanga home in Jalpaiguri's Kranti block on Thursday morning.

A fire broke out in a saree shop located in the Sadar Bazaar area of Haryana district on Friday. Five fire tenders quickly responded to the scene and the blaze was brought under control within an hour, officials said. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, they said.

Power supply will be suspended in and around Pallavaram and Thiruvottiyur on Friday from 9am to 2pm for maintenance.

Dog bite cases have risen sharply in Karnataka this year. The state has seen an average of 596 dog bites daily in the first nine months of the year. This figure accounts for over 34% and 37% increase compared to 2022 (445 cases daily) and 2021 (436 daily), respectively.

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H) are developing an Urban Flood Information System (UFIS) to minimise the effects of urban flooding in Hyderabad.

Delhi Jal Board (DJB) in inspections done in August and September found out that there were 246 hotels in the Karol Bagh-Paharganj area allegedly extracting groundwater illegally.