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 practical India-focused response guide for threatening police, court or agency video calls: how to break contact, protect accounts, report quickly and preserve evidence.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A car left Mumbai’s elevated Coastal Road near Lotus Jetty on 20 September. Reporting records three deaths and one critically injured occupant. This review separates the documented outcome from preliminary explanations and identifies the evidence still needed.

An overnight sleeper bus caught fire near Dayanatpur in Jewar while travelling from Noida toward Mahoba. Nine deaths were reported, survivors described smoke and crowding, and the cause remained under investigation.

Three men died in the Sai River near Jabraila Bridge during a Ganesh idol immersion. The sequence shows how one drowning can become three when bystanders enter deep, fast-moving water without flotation or a controlled rescue plan.

A late-night fire and dense smoke entered the Special Newborn Care Unit at RIMS Adilabad. Three infants died, staff evacuated the ward, and Telangana ordered an inquiry and wider hospital fire-safety audits.