Rains bring relief in Delhi and UP
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS): After a long, hot and humid spell, rains brought relief to the people in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi on Wednesday. The minimum temperature fell two notches below the season’s average and was recorded at 26 degrees Celsius in national capital. The maximum temperature in Lucknow on Tuesday was 35.3 degrees Celsius, which was five degrees less than normal, and the night temperature also plummeted to 28.4 degrees Celsius.
India, Somalia agree to transfer prisoners
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS): India and Somalia have agreed to transfer each other’s prisoners to jails in their own country. The union cabinet gave its approval for the ratification of the agreement on transfer of sentenced persons between India and Somalia. The cabinet meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India has similar bilateral agreements with several agreements including the United Kingdom, Mauritius, France, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Bangladesh, the UAE and Australia.
8 killed in Himachal wall collapse
Shimla, June 7 (IANS): Eight people, including four children, were killed on Wednesday after a boundary wall of a factory collapsed amid a storm on their makeshift homes in Himachal Pradesh’s Baddi town, officials said. The 12 others who were injured have been referred to the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh. The eight died instantly in the disaster in Saraj Majra village, some 120 km from here. The incident took place around 1 a.m., an official told IANS.
Three children, two women drown in Maharashtra
Raigad (Maharashtra), June 7 (IANS): Two women and three children (two boys aged 7 and a girl aged 11) drowned in Balganga river near Khalapur in this coastal Konkan district of Maharashtra on Wednesday, police said. According to Inspector E. Pawar, the two women along with their children had gone to the river. When the women were washing clothes, the children slipped into the river and were swept away. The women tried to save their children but they too were swept away and drowned.
8 dead, 10 injured in fire at cracker factory in MP’s Balaghat
Balaghat (MP), June 7 (PTI): Eight workers were charred to death and 10 others were injured after a fire broke out in a cracker factory at Bhatan village in the district this afternoon, an official said.The blaze started around 3 pm in the factory located around 10 kms from the district headquarters in the Kotwali police station limits. “What exactly triggered the fire is not yet known. It is possible that someone might have thrown a burning beedi,” district collector Bharat Yadav said.
18 dead, 10 injured in MP firecracker factory blast
Bhopal, June 7 (IANS): At least 18 persons were killed and 10 others injured in a powerful explosion in a firecracker factory in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday, police said. “An explosion in the firecracker factory in Katera village in Kotwali police station jurisdiction around 3.30 p.m. was so powerful that even factory walls collapsed due to the impact,” Additional Director General of Police G. Janardan told IANS. “More bodies could be lying under the debris,” the ADGP added.
Ghaziabad police has arrested five members of a gang of Bawarias -- a tribal community notorious for committing robberies and other criminal activities. Acting on a tip-off, police raided the hideout of the criminals near the Hamdard factory. They recovered from their possession an expensive Ganesh idol which they had stolen from Badalpur in Gautam Budh Nagar. According to police, Rs 3,700 in cash, looted from Badalpur area, was also recovered from them.
