 | Told to clean well in school by warden, 14-year-old boy drownsAccording to Srikar’s classmates, hostel warden Naveen ordered four students to clean garbage and algae from the well. |
 | Boy dies after delay in treatment at PHC, parents bring body to JDS rallyHowever, District Health Officer Dr DN Manjunath clarified that the PHC has two doctors and three staff nurses working in shifts round the clock. |
 | Three children drown in water body near ORR in Hyderabad's GachibowliInformed by them, a team of police arrived at the spot and fished out the bodies with the help of expert swimmers. |
 | Two students feared drowned at Bhimili beach, Navy, Coast Guard join rescue operationsThe missing students have been identified as 19-year-old Kuditi Sai of Madhurawada and Yemala Surya of Pendurthi. |
 | Boy drowns in rainwater in open pit dug up for bus stop near Vijayamanagaram in TN“The boy went out of his home to play with friends in the afternoon. After nearly an hour, villagers found his body floating in rainwater in the pit,” police said. |
 | Five students, teacher drown in a lake at Malkapuram in HyderabadThe police shifted the bodies to Gandhi Hospital for autopsy, registered a case and began investigation. |
 | Four teens from same family drown in Vijayanagara district in KarnatakaPolice said all four did not know how to swim and there was nobody near the lake who could help them. |
| 53 people drown in Bihar during four-day Chhath festivitiesExpressing grief, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh each for the next of kin of each deceased. |
 | A spate of drownings: Classes help Black Americans learn to swimA tragedy in August 2010 brutally illustrated the situation. During a barbecue with friends in Shreveport, Louisiana, DeKendrix Warner, a Black teenager, waded into shallow water in the Red River. |
| Spike in drowning cases on beaches of Andhra, a cause of concernAs many as six boys drowned in Suryalanka beach on October 4; fortnight later, four more boys swept away at Ramapuram beach |
 | Cop dad drowns in J&K after rescuing his two children from riverThe two children had slipped into the Ujh river while taking a bath in Jasrota area on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, officials said. |
| Six children drown in a pond in GurugramThe bodies of the children, all boys aged between 8 and 13, have been recovered. |
 | Hyderabad: Three washed away while crossing submerged bridge in WanaparthySantoshamma, 35, and her daughter Parimala, 18, residents of Koukuntla village of Devarkadra mandal, had gone to the former’s sister’s house at Kothakota to celebrate the Dasara festival. |
 | Six pilgrims drown in river in Thanjavur, 2 bodies recoveredThey were part of 40-member group who went on a pilgrimage to Poondi Matha Basilica, ventured into the Kollidam river to take bath this morning. |
 | 73 dead in migrant shipwreck off Syria after leaving LebanonAround 150 people, mostly Lebanese and Syrians, were on board the small boat that sank Thursday in the Mediterranean Sea off the Syrian city of Tartus. |
| Three swept away as rains pound OdishaIncidents reported from Ganjam, Boudh, Angul |
 | Pedakakani man kills children by drowning them in canalHe pushed the children into Buckingham canal in Kunchanapalli and fled the scene. |
| Two 16-year-old boys from Kerala drown in Northern IrelandA third boy was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. |
 | Five Delhi youngsters drown after immersing idol in river YamunaAfter immersing the idol, they started taking bath but due to increased water level in the river, they all drowned. |
 | Three youngsters missing in swollen Krishna riverFive of a group of six rescued from drowning near Ibrahimpatnam |
