Blast at Health Centre in Kanpur Explosion 4 Person Dead

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Explosion at health centre in Kanpur; 4 dead (Watch: Kanpur blast - Eyewitness account) The children rescued are between seven and ten years of age. They have been rushed to a government hospital.
A high intensity blast ripped apart the staff quarters of a government public health centre in Kalyanpur. Three persons were confirmed dead and 15, including children, were feared trapped in the debris. The PHC building packed with patients escaped the impact of explosion. The police ruled out any

terror angle and suspect that the explosion is result of cylinder blast or due to illegal fire crackers that were stored in one or more of quarters.

Kalyanpur and surrounding areas are infamous for storage and making of fire crackers that is accelerated ahead of Diwali. In the last one week five persons lost theirs lives following explosion in units churning out fire crackers illegally.

District Magistrate Mukesh Meshram said the rescue operations were on and four critically injured were shifted to LLR hospital. The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) however has been rushed to scene of blast to assist the local police.

The blast was so intense that it tore down six of nine staff quarters on the PHC campus.

"The sound was deafening. A whistling sound kept ringing and utensil fell around people standing and watching the scene in utter shock," said Aditya Tripathi who informed the police control room.

Sushant Pandey, a B Tech student at HBTI Kanpur, and Aditya Tripathi were first to reach the staff quarters and found several persons trapped.

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The preliminary analysis of fire department suggests the blast occurred in the quarter of a ward boy Rajesh who was storing fire crackers.

Three;killed in explosion in Kanpur Sushant Pandey, a B Tech student at HBTI Kanpur, and Aditya Tripathi were first to reach the staff quarters and found several persons trapped.
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Three civilians killed in firing in Kashmir's Baramulla

Three persons were killed and 14 others injured as security forces allegedly opened fire on a stone-pelting mob that had attacked a senior police officer's convoy in Baramulla district in Kashmir Valley today.

Three persons were killed and 14 others injured as security forces allegedly opened fire on a stone-pelting mob that had attacked a senior police officer's convoy in Baramulla district in Kashmir Valley today.  Police initially used batons to chase away a group of youths who had blocked the Srinagar-Baramulla National Highway at Palhalan in Pattan area, 30 kms from here, police sources said.  The protesters started pelting stones, leading to clashes between the two sides. A convoy of a senior police officer was targeted by the stone pelters, prompting the security forces to open fire, they said.  At least 17 persons were injured in the firing. One of the injured, Feroze Ahmad Malik, died while being shifted to a hospital, Mohammad Ramzan Mir and Noor-ud-Din Tantray succumbed to injuries in different hospitals, they said. The condition of three of the injured is stated to be very critical.  A police spokesman said an inquiry has been initiated into the incident to fix responsibility.

"Senior police officers have taken a serious view of the firing incident and an enquiry has been initiated. Ammunition of the policemen is being checked to fix responsibility," the spokesman said, adding those found involved shall face action as per the law.  Elsewhere in the Valley, people thronged markets for the second day today to prepare for Eid-ul-Fitr to be observed later this week. The hardline Hurriyat faction led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani had called for a break in the ongoing agitation in view of the festivities.  While private and a few public transport vehicles were plying since this morning, Srinagar city and other major towns of the Valley were agog with activity in the afternoon.  Schools and other educational institutions remained closed, while work in government and semi-government offices, banks, courts and other establishments was partially affected.

Traffic jams were witnessed at many intersections in the city as shoppers flocked to shops and bakeries.  Residents of Batmaloo in central Srinagar staged a sit-in in their area demanding removal of CRPF picket.  Senior police officers visited the spot and assured the protesters that their complaints would be looked into, persuading them to call off their 'dharna', police said.  However, a group of youth among the protesters started pelting stones at the security forces leading to clashes between the two sides.  With the fresh deaths, the toll in the ongoing turmoil, which began with killing of a 17-year-old youth during protests in Rajouri Kadal area of the city on June 11, in Kashmir valley has now gone up to 68. 

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Bihar hostage crisis over, Maoists release 3 abducted cops

Bihar's Director General of Police Neelmani confirmed that the three policemen have been freed by the Maoists and they are safe and healthy.

The hostage crisis in Bihar finally came to an end with the Maoists releasing the three Bihar policemen on Monday, eight days after they were abducted from Lakhisarai district.  Bihar's Director General of Police Neelmani confirmed that the three policemen have been freed by the Maoists and they are safe and healthy. "All the three kidnapped policemen have been released by the Maoists from the Kajra-Chanan forest in Lakhisarai district after the police sealed the escape routes of the ultras in the forests and hills," he said.  The three policemen -- sub-inspectors Rupesh Kumar and Yadav, BMP havildar Ehtesham Khan -- were released in Lakhisarai district of Bihar. The policemen were found in a Tata Safari at 6.30 am on Monday in Lakhisarai. They have been escorted to Patna.

The release comes three days after the bullet-riddled body of Lucas Tete, another abducted policemen, was found near a forest in Lakhisarai district. He had been killed by the Maoists. The Maoist had on August 29 kidnapped the four Bihar policemen, including Tete after the encounter in Kajra police station area which left eight policemen dead. The bullet-riddled body of Tete was on Friday recovered from Lakhisarai as the Maoist deadline for killing three remaining hostages expired with security forces intensifying operations to rescue them. A leaflet too had been recovered from near the body in which Maoists claimed to have killed the havildar and threatened that the other three held captive by them would also meet the same fate if the state government failed to release eight of their jailed colleagues, official sources had said.

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