West Bengal government offers Rs 2 lakhs compensation and jobs to families of electrocution victimsFollowing the electrocution deaths of ten people in Bengal due to torrential rains, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced Rs 2 lakh comp...
24 Sep, 2025, 09.44 PM IST
India records 1.1 lakh electrocution deaths in a decade; Kolkata tragedy highlights crisisKolkata faces severe flooding, highlighting infrastructure issues. Electrocution deaths are a major concern. Nine deaths occurred on Tuesda...
23 Sep, 2025, 11.06 PM IST
Kerala explores AI to prevent electrocutions from snapped wiresKerala’s Electricity minister, K Krishnankutty, said the government is looking into advanced technologies like AI to prevent deadly acciden...
17 Sep, 2025, 11.29 AM IST
Man dies of electrocution in Delhi's Dwarka; police suspect wife, her partner of murderA 36-year-old man, Karan Dev, was electrocuted in Delhi’s Dwarka on July 13, with police suspecting his wife and her partner, the son of Ka...
18 Jul, 2025, 09.03 PM IST
Lethal injection, electrocution, now firing squads. Look at US execution methodsSouth Carolina is set to execute a man by firing squad, a method unused in the US for nearly 15 years. The article reviews the various exec...
03 Mar, 2025, 12.29 PM IST
NHRC notice to Delhi govt, HR & UP authorities over deaths due to drowning, electrocutionThe NHRC issued notices to the Delhi government and authorities in Haryana and UP after 13 deaths due to drowning and electrocution in Delh...
03 Aug, 2024, 04.06 PM IST
Balasore Train Crash: 'Electrocution may have killed 40 in Coromandel Express'According to a supervising police officer involved in the rescue operation, around 40 bodies recovered from the derailed carriages of the C...
07 Jun, 2023, 01.36 PM IST
Bengaluru electrocution case: Electricity supply company Bescom denies any compensationAccording to reports, Bescom has put the entire blame on GS Media Advertisement Agency and said that the woman died due to negligence of th...
07 Sep, 2022, 01.30 PM IST
Ten pilgrims dead, 16 others injured from electrocution in West BengalThe pilgrims were from Cooch Behar and were heading toward Jalpesh Shiva temple when the incident took place around 12 midnight on Sunday.
01 Aug, 2022, 07.40 PM IST
Tiger deaths increased to 127 in 2021 from 106 in 2020, says government in Rajya SabhaAs reported by states, the tiger mortality stood at 127 during 2021. Last year, the maximum 42 deaths were reported in Madhya Pradesh, foll...
10 Feb, 2022, 03.47 PM IST
Govt showing negligence in feeder improvement programme: Sachin PilotFour persons were electrocuted in Alwar recently and more than a dozen were also electrocuted in Alwar last year.
27 Jun, 2016, 09.01 PM IST
- Tusker found dead in Dooars
Villagers at Milanpalli on the outskirts of Baikunthapur forest, some 30km from Jalpapiguri, found a tusker lying dead in a paddy field.
19 Sep, 2015, 02.41 AM IST
Steady rise in casualties in SAIL plants: Steel Minister Beni Prasad VermaThe number of casualties due to fatal accidents such as fall from height, explosion, fire etc. rose consistently in SAIL plants between 201...
20 Feb, 2014, 05.09 PM IST
- Trap for neelgais may have killed lioness
Officials of the forest department believe that the lioness found dead on Friday in a 35-ft-deep well in a village in Savarkundla municipal...
24 Nov, 2013, 01.09 AM IST
Gentle giants face threat from wormsThe elephant deaths in the Sathyamangalam forest reserve stand out because Tamil Nadu has a reasonably good record in conservation.
16 Jun, 2013, 02.49 AM IST
- National Tiger Conservation Authority seeks plan to stop animal deaths due to electrocution
Both Maharashtra and MP recorded 13 to 15 deaths of tigers last year, perhaps highest ever during a year.
09 Mar, 2013, 04.35 AM IST
Electrocution of tigers seizes Maharashtra government's attentionPoachers have been found lowering the 11 kw high tension power lines of the State Electricity Board (MSEDCL) with hooks in the tiger sanctu...
02 Feb, 2013, 10.11 AM IST