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A driverless Delhi Metro train on Tuesday rammed into a wall during its trial run after brakes were not applied in time. The train running on the Magenta line, which is expected to be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on December 25, broke through the boundary at Kalindi Kunj depot. There were no passengers onboard when the accident happened.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met fishermen who were affected by Cyclone Ockhi in Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari. He also visited coastal villages ravaged by the cyclone in Lakshadweep and Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram where it damaged properties. Hundreds of fishermen are reported to have died and several others missing after Ockhi struck the southern coast on November 30.

At least four people were killed and nine injured when a boiler in a sugar factory in Bihar's Gopalganj district exploded on Wednesday. Police have arrested the owner of the factory, even though the reason behind the blast is yet to be ascertained. The injured were admitted to a civil hospital and are said to be in a critical condition.

At least 26 people have died and 24 have been injured after a bus fell off a bridge in Banas river in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur on Saturday. While the injured were rushed to a hospital, rescue operations are still underway. Preliminary reports suggest the bus was overcrowded and the driver lost control of the bus due to fog.

The bus that fell into Banas river in Rajasthan on Saturday was being driven by a 16-year-old bus conductor who was not trained, according to police. The driver of the bus was sleeping at the time of the accident, the police added. Around 33 people, including the driver and the conductor, have died in the incident.

The fire at a rooftop restaurant in Mumbai's Kamala Mills Compound on Thursday night claimed the life of a 28-year-old woman celebrating her birthday, the victim's grandfather said. Most of the victims killed in the accident were women attending the birthday party, according to the police. At least 14 people were killed and 14 were injured in the fire.

Post-mortem reports of the victims of the Mumbai restaurant fire have revealed that suffocation is the cause behind all the deaths. The victims, mostly women gathered for a birthday party, locked themselves in the washroom after the fire broke out, and lost their lives inside. The fire in the rooftop restaurant claimed the lives of at least 14 people.

Expressing condolence at the death of 14 people during a fire at Mumbai's Kamala Mills Compound, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday tweeted, "My thoughts are with the bereaved families in this hour of grief." President Ram Nath Kovind tweeted, "Wishing the injured an early recovery. Commend the valiant efforts of fire-fighters and those in rescue ops."

BJP MP Hema Malini on Friday blamed the rising population of Mumbai for the fire at a restaurant in Kamala Mills Compound, which killed 14 people. "Each city should have a limit on population. After that, they should not be allowed...let them go to another city," she said. She further added that authorities should introduce restrictions to control the population.

TV actress Renuka Shahane, slammed the mere suspension of five civic body officials following the fire in Mumbai which led to the death of 14 people while tweeting, "They should be held for culpable homicide." She added, "Unfortunately that never happens...If it happened, it would deter other BMC officials to play with people's lives while earning out of flouted rules!"

A day after a fire killed 14 people at Mumbai's Kamala Mills, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started demolishing illegal structures at the site. The '1 Above' pub, where women celebrating a birthday died during the fire, had been served notices in the past for alleged violations and unauthorised constructions. Five BMC officials have been suspended over the incident.

A 36-year-old non-resident Indian was killed on Saturday during a celebratory firing at the sangeet function ahead of his wedding in Haryana's Kaithal town. The groom, who was settled in Australia for the past 12 years, was rushed to a hospital where he was declared dead. The police have sought video footage of the function for scrutiny.

Police have arrested two managers employed with '1 Above', a pub located in Mumbai's Kamala Mills Compound, after a fire at the pub claimed 14 lives and injured 21 people. Stating that the managers did not open the emergency exits after the fire broke out, a police official said that the duo had fled the site.

A Netherlands national lost his life on Tuesday after he jumped from a moving train in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur district. The deceased and his friend were supposed to board a train to Agra but boarded the wrong train. They panicked after realising their mistake and jumped off the moving train. The deceased's friend has sustained minor injuries.

A MiG-29K fighter jet of the Indian Navy overshot the runway and caught fire at the Goa airport on Wednesday. The trainee pilot flying the fighter jet managed to eject safely on time. Emergency teams were pressed into service immediately and flight operations were halted for almost two hours at the airport.

Four people were killed and at least seven people were injured after a fire broke out on the second floor of a residential building in Mumbai's Andheri East on Wednesday night. The fire, which broke out at 2 am, was brought under control after three hours. Fourteen people were killed in a fire in Kamala Mills Compound last week.

1 Above restaurant owner's relative has written to PM Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind, seeking an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Kamala Mills fire incident in Mumbai last week. The owners of the restaurant have also accused the police of being biased and destroying the evidence to favour the owners of Mojo's Bistro.

Five children and a bus driver were killed after a school bus collided with a truck in Madhya Pradesh's Indore on Friday. Reports said that the steering wheel malfunctioned because of which the driver lost control of the vehicle. Expressing grief over the crash, Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bhupendra Singh ordered a probe into the incident.

At least nine people went missing and are feared dead after an avalanche hit the Kupwara-Tangdhar road in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. Those missing include six tourists who were swept away by the avalanche in the cab they were travelling in. A search and rescue operation has been launched, and mountaineer rescue teams have been rushed to help.