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Tuesday, February 24, 2026
TopicDeath toll

Topic: Death toll

Bamboo scaffolding, 2,000 housing units: What we know of Hong Kong’s deadly fire

The blaze killed at least 44 residents and left hundreds missing in Hong Kong’s worst residential fire in more than half a century.

NaMo-asana, recommended for Trump & vegan food trucks ‘behind enemy lines’

NaMo-asana, recommended for Trump & vegan food trucks 'behind enemy lines'

The other ‘Operation Sindoor’ making waves in Bihar & Yamraj doesn’t want you to share your OTP

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

At least 184 dead after nightclub roof collapses in Dominican Republic nightclub

The roof collapsed during a Rubby Perez concert, killing the famed singer. The Ministry of Culture will honor him Thursday as a merengue icon and national artistic figure.

Washington plane crash: Fire chief says no survivors likely, 28 bodies pulled out of Potomac River

DC fire chief John Donnelly said he was confident that all bodies would be recovered, though it would take a little bit of time and may involve more equipment.

30 people died in Maha Kumbh stampede, 60 others injured, says UP Police

The tragedy took place when massive crowds gathered to take a holy dip on Mauni Amavasya.

More than 7 killed, 10 injured in stampede at Mahakumbh

PM is closely monitoring the situation & is in contact with state govt. Video & photos after stampede show bodies being taken away on stretchers, people sitting on the ground crying.

Bandhavgarh elephant deaths: 3 more succumb, forest officials suspect fungus-laden crops were cause

Forest officer says elephants are believed to have consumed millet crops that had gathered fungus as villagers stacked them near the fields for several days. Post-mortem report awaited.

Doda, Kathua, Poonch: Security forces lost 51 men in Jammu since 2021, walking into repeated ambushes

This year alone, 11 personnel lost their lives — four Army soldiers in Doda, five soldiers in July in Kathua, one IAF personnel in May in Poonch district and a CRPF personnel in June.

Assam flood toll swells to 46 as eight more dead, 80% of Kaziranga park submerged

Floodwaters of the rain-swollen Brahmaputra & its tributaries have affected over 11 lakh people in 28 districts, inundating roads, villages, embankments & farmlands.

On Camera

After being toppled by Gen Z, Nepal’s old guard is now chasing the youth vote

Free internet, $10,000 cards, diaspora voting rights — Nepal’s parties are pitching big ideas ahead of polls. Will this election truly break the cycle?

FY23 chosen as new base for India’s GDP as it was 1st ‘normal economic year’ in a while—MoSPI secy

FY 2022-23 was the first normal economic year in recent years, said Saurabh Garg, Secretary of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, in an interview with ThePrint.

IAF’s Tejas fleet undergoes ‘maintenance check’, decision on airframe yet to be taken

The 7 February incident involving Tejas aircraft caused severe damage to its frame. IAF and HAL are working together as part of the Board of Inquiry (BoI) to probe the incident.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.