A practical plan for families, organisers and local authorities: choose a notified site, control access, prepare flotation and call trained rescuers instead of creating a second victim.
A caller says you are under digital arrest: stop, verify and protect your money
A practical India-focused response guide for threatening police, court or agency video calls: how to break contact, protect accounts, report quickly and preserve evidence.
Sonbhadra digital-arrest fraud: how a bank warning interrupted a ₹2.36 crore scam
A retired official in Sonbhadra was allegedly pressured into transferring about ₹2.36 crore during a prolonged digital-arrest scam. Bank staff noticed unusual transfers, alerted police and helped interrupt the operation.
Gujarat drowning cluster: nine deaths across three separate water incidents
Nine people died in three separate drowning incidents in Surat, Amreli and Morbi over 24-25 September 2026. The cases involved a capsized fishing boat, bathing at a check dam and an idol-immersion emergency in which two people were rescued.
Neelkanth Mahadev exhibition fire: a seven-minute warning about temporary structures
On 6 December 1981, fire consumed a tall jute, cloth, grass and timber Himalayan display outside a temple in Asarwa, Ahmedabad. Parliament recorded 49 deaths, while contemporary reports cited totals from 46 to at least 60.
Lakshmi Touring Talkies fire: how a temporary cinema became a mass-casualty trap
On 29 July 1979, fire swept through the thatched Lakshmi Touring Talkies at Lourdammalpuram near Tuticorin. Archival reporting records 78 deaths, including 32 children, and 88 injured, while differing historical summaries require careful attribution.