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Six dead, dozens missing in Achham flood; Two dead, two missing in Bajura landslides

At least six people died while a dozen others went missing after the flooded Kailash Khola entered several settlements of Ramaroshan Rural Municipality in Achham on Tuesday. Four dead bodies were recovered from Koseda area in Darna of Bannigadi Jayagad Rural Municipality while two other bodies were found at Lamatna and Seri of Mangalsen Municipality, […]

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LANDSLIDES: 18 bodies recovered, 21 still missing in Sindhupalchowk; three dead in Baglung; six succumb in Kalikot

As many as 18 dead bodies have been recovered as of yet after more than three dozen houses were buried by a landslide in Lidi of Jugal Rural Municipality, Sindhupalchowk on Friday. A total of 21 people are still missing, according to DSP Madhav Prasad Kafle. “The bodies of 10 children, four women and four

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Landslides kill 10 in Nepal as heavy rains take toll in South Asia

KATHMANDU/DHAKA, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Heavy rain in Nepal triggered landslides on Monday that killed eight labourers at a construction site and two members of a family, taking the toll in floods and landslides to 177 since late May. Elsewhere in South Asia, the annual rainy season brought more misery with at least 135 people

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Cyclone kills at least 82 in India and Bangladesh, flooding lowlands

KOLKATA/DHAKA, May 21 (Reuters) – The most powerful cyclone to strike eastern India and Bangladesh in over a decade killed at least 82 people, officials said, as rescue teams scoured devastated coastal villages on Thursday, hampered by torn down power lines and widespread flooding. Mass evacuations before Cyclone Amphan made landfall undoubtedly saved countless lives, but the

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Train kills 14 migrant workers while chemical plant toxic gas leak claims 11 lives in India

An Indian train killed 14 migrant workers who had fallen asleep on the track on Friday while they were heading back to their home village after losing their jobs in a coronavirus lockdown, police said. Thousands of people have been walking home from India’s big cities after being laid off because of the lockdown since late March.

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At least seven killed, 150 hurt in violence in Indian capital Delhi

At least seven people were killed and about 150 were injured in clashes in the Indian capital during protests over a new citizenship law, a senior hospital official told Reuters on Tuesday. “Some of the people brought in had gunshot wounds,” Dr Rajesh Kalra, additional medical superintendent at the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, said of Monday’s

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