 | Fire breaks out at chemical plant in Surat: 24 workers injured after explosionThe blaze erupted at the chemical factory located in Sachin GIDC industrial area at around 2 am following an explosion in a large tank after leakage of inflammable chemicals stored in it. |
 | Six injured as five houses collapse after gas cylinder explosion in Mumbai; 11 rescued"A gas cylinder exploded in a house, leading to the collapse of five two-storey structures," a civic official said. |
 | Assam: Grenade blast outside Army camp in TinsukiaThe blast took place in front of the gates of an Army camp at Dirak on Wednesday evening, a police officer said. However, there was no report of any casualties. |
| Seven, including five of family, hurt in LPG blast in BengaluruThe injured have been admitted in the burns ward of the Victoria Hospital. The gas cylinder exploded around 5.30 am on Wednesday when one of the family members switched on the light. |
 | One killed, two critical in furnace plant explosion in OdishaState vice-president of CITU Jehangir Ali attributed the fire mishap in Subh Ispat to a lack of maintenance and non-adherence to workplace safety measures. |
 | Special teams keep cracker units in check in Andhra PradeshNTR police sends teams for ground-level verification & inspection of manufacturing units to check their licenses and safety protocols |
 | Landmine explosion near LoC in J-K's Pooch, three Army personnel injuredThe soldiers were patrolling the Phagwari Gali area in the Mendhar sector when the landmine got activated, the officials said quoting preliminary information. |
 | Kazakhstan mourns for 42 dead in ArcelorMittal mine disasterThe death toll overtook a 2006 accident that killed 41 miners at another ArcelorMittal site. It also came just two months after another incident killed five miners. |
 | A roadside bomb kills two soldiers and troops kill one militant in northwest PakistanA military statement said an intelligence-based operation was conducted in the Tirah valley of Khyber district late Friday night. One militant was killed and two others were wounded and arrested. |
 | Blast kills at least four people and injures others in a Shiite neighbourhood of the Afghan capitalThe Dashti Barchi area of Kabul has been targeted in the past by the Islamic State group affiliate in the country, which has carried out major, horrific assaults on schools, hospitals and mosques. |
 | Revenue department officials seal six firecracker shops in SivakasiSattur Town Police, who held inspections on Wednesday, booked three people under the Explosives Act for manufacturing crackers illegally at a building near a cracker shop in Mettamalai. |
 | Kanishkar Fireworks blast victims’ kin demand higher solatium, land and jobsLabour Welfare Minister CV Ganesan said strict action would be taken against government officials if such accidents were found to be caused by their negligence. |
 | Hosp whodunit: Charges fly. Not Israel, says USWhile you feel that rage, don’t be consumed by it. After 9/11, we were enraged... While we sought justice and got justice, we also made mistakes,” the US president added. |
 | Two single mothers' dreams of better lives for their children reduce to ashesAmong the 13 victims in the explosion at Rengapalayam, were Muneeswari and Tamilselvi, single mothers who had dreams of building better lives for their children were reduced to ashes along with them. |
 | Two cracker unit blasts in Sivakasi: 14 charred to deathOfficials sources said the explosion is suspected to have occurred during sample testing of crackers near the unit. |
 | Five killed in blast at illegal soap factory in MeerutEquipment used in soap manufacturing was found at the spot, which indicated that either soap was manufactured in the unit or its packaging was being done here, said the district magistrate. |
| Jawan hurt in LoC landmine explosionHe was taken to a nearby military hospital from where he was airlifted to Udhampur for specialised treatment. |
 | 10 killed in firecracker unit explosion in Tamil Nadu's Ariyalur districtMore than 30 people from Sivakasi, Tiruvaiyaru and surrounding villages were working at the unit, Deepam fireworks, when the blast started. |
 | CRPF personnel among two injured in blast outside Manipur minister’s houseWhile the minister and his family members escaped unscathed, the CRPF personnel guarding the house was injured. |
 | Karnataka govt hands over fire tragedy investigation to CIDThe toll in the tragedy, which was 12 at Saturday midnight, increased to 14 as two more bodies were found in the early hours of Sunday. |
