The Global News Desk 115

A Local source told the Global News Desk 115 on Monday that a blaze at a hotel near the Tarapith temple in Birbhum district killed at least 7 devotees and left many others wounded. The blaze broke out at dawn on the ground floor of the hotel in the temple town of Tarapith, when the rest of the devotees were sleeping. Firefighters put out the blaze as soon as they reached the  scene.  The  injured were quickly taken to the Government Medical College and Hospital for treatment. The medical hospital preliminarily informed that five worshipers had lost their lives in the fire incident. However, the police finally confirmed the 7 deaths.  The hotel manager asserted that a short circuit triggered the deadly blaze.

August, 16 - (The Global News Desk 115) –  A tourist bus crashed in Hungary  after it veered off the main road and plunged into a  ravine,  bringing  about 12 deaths and injuring several others. A dozen tourists lost their lives, and many more were wounded after a bus crashed on a motorway in Hungary on Sunday. Police preliminary report revealed that as soon as the driver fell asleep, the bus crashed into a ditch. The same source reported that a Polish tourists' bus was heading east near Mezokeresztes when it went out of control on the M3 motorway, about 140 kilometers east of Budapest, Hungary's capital, at about 1 a.m. on Sunday.  The Disaster Management Service of Hungary said that in the rescue operation, 35 people were saved. Lamentably, there were several others who got stuck underneath and couldn't be rescued.  Péter Magyar, the Prime Minister of Hungary, confirmed the death toll. He sent heartfelt condolences to the families of vict...

August, 16 - (The Global News Desk 115) – BNPB reported in its fresh statement that at least 47 people were killed after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake and several strong jolts rattled eastern Indonesia yesterday. Rescue teams faced difficulties reaching Nagekeo, the area nearest to the epicenter, due to landslides and earthquake devastation that cracked roads, destroyed communication systems, and damaged houses, officials said. A person living in Talibura village said, "The quake was really horrifying, and the shock was so solid." "There were more than a dozen of our family in the house, and we all left the residence very quickly to save lives." Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency reported the first earthquake felt at 4:59 AM local time on Saturday, with a depth of 9 miles in the Flores area. After a few hours, a second earthquake of magnitude 6.1 shook northern Sumatra, Indonesia; however, during 2nd Earthquake, no casualties were reported...

August, 16 - (The Global News Desk 115) – The provincial government authorities informed the media on Friday that as many as 7 laborers were killed in a tunnel collapse in Uttarakhand province in the northern part of India.   The rescue operation for 3 missing workers is still continuing, the provincial government said in a statement. The landslide occurred at midnight, causing a rush of water and rubble into a tunnel under construction by Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Limited (THDC) in Pipalkoti. The government officials reported that there were 22 workers in the tunnel when the disaster occurred. The deadly incident took place in the Chamoli district. Wounded workers were transported to the hospital for speedy recovery.  The provincial CM visited the site of the incident on Friday and examined the rescue team's efforts.

.  Multiple Mini trucks ferrying workers crashed on Tuesday. . The accident took place on August,11, 2026. . At least 18 people were killed, including children August, 13 - (The Global News Desk 115) -  At least 18 workers were killed in a deadly accident on a connecting road in Al-Dawawis, Ismailia province, on Tuesday morning, August 11.  Two mini trucks, which were conveying agricultural workers, were involved in the accident. A hospital chief told newspapers, "The majority of those who died were youngsters".  The youngest victim was about 11 or 10  years old.  At least 1.3 million children in Egypt are doing child labor because of poverty, and a large number of youngsters are not completing high school in backward areas.  Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi ordered an investigation into the deadly accident. The initial reports revealed that the accident took place due to overspeeding.  

August, 12 - (The Global News Desk 115)- Local authorities reported that at least 44 people sank after an  overcrowded   boat   capsized in Zimbabwe.  The heart-wrenching accident happened on the world's largest artificial lake, Kariba, in Zimbabwe on Tuesday.  The boat was manufactured for 90 people, but it had more than 112 passengers, five crew members, and an unknown number of children, CPUearlier broke the news on Wednesday, based on ticket sales. One of the eyewitnesses informed the foreign media outlets that 153 people were on the boat when it turned over on Tuesday after being trapped in massive waves. 44 corpses were retrieved from the lake. The police updated the death toll on Wednesday evening through X, a social media platform.