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Yemeni govt, Houthis clash in Taiz, causing multiple casualties

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Aden: Clashes broke out between government forces and Houthi militia in Yemen’s southwestern governorate of Taiz, resulting in multiple casualties, a government military official said to Xinhua.
The conflict, which lasted for several hours, was triggered by an attempted infiltration by Houthi fighters into positions held by Yemeni government forces on the eastern outskirts of Taiz province, said the local military source, who requested anonymity, on Saturday.
The government forces successfully repelled the Houthi assault, resulting in the death of four Houthi fighters and injuries to five others, the official confirmed, adding that two soldiers from the government side lost their lives during the fighting, Xinhua news agency reported.

The Houthi group has yet to respond to the conflict.
The recent fighting in Taiz coincides with attempts of regional and global powers to make headway in diplomatic endeavours towards restarting negotiations between the warring factions in Yemen, with the aim of renewing a prior humanitarian truce that was facilitated by the UN.
Yemen has been embroiled in a civil war since late 2014, when the Houthi rebel fighters invaded a number of northern provinces and drove the Yemeni government out of the capital city of Sanaa.
The years-long military conflict has resulted in a dire humanitarian situation in Yemen, with millions needing assistance and access to basic necessities.
(Except for the headline, the story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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May 7, 2023
Telangana: TSRTC bus gutted in fire at Suryapet; no casualties

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Hyderabad: Narrow escape for passengers after a TSRTC bus caught fire in the Suryapet district in the early hours of Wednesday.
Twenty passengers, who were travelling on the bus escaped immediately after they were alerted of a short circuit in the engine of the bus.
According to the passengers, the bus had left Khammam depot and reached crossroads in Suryapet when the incident took place.
However, the fire was doused by the fire engine that reached the spot. However the bus was gutted till then.
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March 29, 2023
4-story building collapses in Delhi, no casualties reported

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New Delhi: A four-storey building collapsed in Delhi’s Vijay Park on Wednesday afternoon, a Delhi Fire Service official said.
No casualty has been reported so far, they said.
#WATCH | Delhi: A building collapsed in Vijay Park, Bhajanpura. Fire department present at the spot, rescue operations underway. Details awaited
(Video Source – Shot by locals, confirmed by Police) pic.twitter.com/FV3YDhphoE
— ANI (@ANI) March 8, 2023
Atul Garg, Director, DFS, said around 3 pm, a call was received about a building collapse in Vijay Park area near the Sai Baba temple here.
Delhi | A building collapsed in Vijay Park, Bhajanpura. The fire department is present at the spot, and rescue operations are underway. Further details awaited. pic.twitter.com/vd7K77gOYZ
— ANI (@ANI) March 8, 2023
Four fire tenders were rushed to the spot, he said, adding debris are being cleared.
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March 8, 2023
Fire at laboratory in JNU, no casualties

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New Delhi: A fire broke out in a laboratory at Jawaharlal Nehru University on Tuesday morning but no casualties were reported, an official said.
The incident occurred in a laboratory at the School of Physical Sciences and it was the result of a shot circuit, the official said.
“No one suffered injuries,” a senior police official said.
The JNU student union has written to Vice Chancellor Santishree D Pandit expressing concerns over “loopholes” in the security department and the “negligence” of the administration in saving the lives of the students.
It claimed there are no smoke alarms or fire extinguishers inside the laboratories.
“Upon observing the fire, a student immediately reported it to a security guard. But the guard was incapable of helping him since he knew nothing about fire safety. The only thing he could do was call the fire brigade as the fire became intense,” the JNUSU said in a statement.
“There is no proper training given to students on fire safety. Students don’t even know how to operate fire extinguishers. Proper ventilation is not available in science schools and no emergency exits have been made,” it claimed.

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February 28, 2023
5.3-magnitude earthquake rocks Indonesia, no casualties reported

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Jakarta: A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province on Tuesday, but did not leave damages or casualties, the country’s weather agency said.
The Indonesian Agency for Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysics reported that the earthquake happened at 13:02 p.m. local time (0602 GMT) with its epicentre located 30 km southeast of Parigi Moutong district and a depth of 87 km under-land, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The tremors of the quake did not potentially trigger a tsunami, it added.
The jolts of the quake were felt weakly in parts of Central Sulawesi province, and so far there were no reports of damages or casualties, including in the hardest-hit area, said Riki Hapri, an officer of the emergency unit of the provincial disaster and mitigation agency.
Indonesia sits on a vulnerable quake-hit zone, the Pacific Ring of Fire.
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February 14, 2023
Russian casualties highest since first week of Ukraine war

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London: Russian soldiers are dying in “greater numbers in Ukraine this month than at any time” since the first week of the invasion, according to Ukrainian data.
The Ukrainian data shows 824 Russian soldiers dying per day in February.
The figures were highlighted by the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD). The figures cannot be verified – but the UK says the trends are “likely accurate”, BBC reported.
The increase comes amid talk of a spring offensive by Russian forces in the east of the country.
Last week, Ukraine’s outgoing defence minister, Oleksiy Reznikov, said they were anticipating a new Russian offensive around 24 February – the anniversary of the full-scale invasion.
But some local politicians, including the governors of Luhansk and Donetsk, claimed the offensive had already begun, the media outlet reported.
Some of the fiercest fighting has been around Bakhmut in the east of the country.
On Sunday, the head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary force said the group had seized a settlement near the devastated city.

Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Telegram: “Today, the settlement of Krasna Hora was taken by assault detachments of the Wagner PMC.”
Prigozhin also gave his group credit for the offensive on Bakhmut, downplaying the Russian army’s role: “Within a radius of 50 km, plus or minus, there are only Wagner PMC fighters,” he wrote.
According to the Ukrainian data, highlighted by the UK, 824 Russian losses a day is more than four times the rate reported in June and July, when around 172 Russian soldiers died each day.
The Ukrainian military claims 137, 780 Russian military deaths since the full-scale invasion began.
The UK’s MoD pointed out the recent increase could be due to “a range of factors, including lack of trained personnel, coordination, and resources across the front”.
Ukraine “also continues to suffer a high attrition rate”, the UK’s MoD was quoted as saying by the media outlet.
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February 12, 2023
Hyderabad: Fire at a welding shop in Hakimpet, no casualties

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Hyderabad: Panic prevailed at Hakeempet road in Tolichowki when a fire broke out in a welding shop on Sunday. No casualties were reported.
Fire officials from Punjagutta fire station rushed to the spot and doused the fire in ten minutes.
“The workers in the welding shop were filing gas from big cylinders to smaller ones. Suddenly there was fire and two LPG cylinders located nearby exploded. No injuries were reported,” said one of the fire officials.
AIMIM MLA Kausar Mohiuddin later visited the spot and enquired about the mishap.
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January 22, 2023
US: Multiple casualties reported after shooting in California

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Washington: Police were responding to reports of a shooting that resulted in multiple casualties in California’s Monterey Park on Saturday night, Los Angeles Times reported citing a law enforcement source.
The shooting took place near the site of a Chinese Lunar New Year celebration after 10 pm (local time), as per the news report. Tens of thousands of people had gathered on Saturday for the start of a two-day festival. It is one of the largest Lunar New Year events in the area, as per the Los Angeles Times report.
Internal police communications have revealed that there have been some fatalities.
Earlier in the day, people were enjoying skewers and shopping for Chinese food and jewellery. The New Year festivities were scheduled from 10 am to 9 pm.
Videos that have surfaced on social media showed the presence of police and fire units on Garvey Avenue and treating victims. Injured people were moved to multiple hospitals in the region, Los Angeles Times reported.
Seung Won Choi, who owns the Clam House seafood barbecue across the street from where the shooting took place said that three people rushed into his restaurant and told him to lock the door, Los Angeles Times reported.
As per the news report, the three people told him that there was a man with a machine gun in the region. According to Choi, people also told him that the shooter had multiple rounds of ammunition on him.

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January 22, 2023