Woman gives birth to triplets in railway station, one survives
Bhubaneswar, Nov 15: A 29-year-old woman travelling in a train gave birth to three premature babies on Friday in Odisha's Bhadrak railway station but two of them died and one survived, an official said.
The woman, residing in Assam, has been identified as Munzila Khatuna, railway official said.
She developed labour pain on-board the Bangalore- Guwahati train near Bhadrak and got down at the station.
She gave birth to three babies at the same time, the official said.
She was attended by railway doctors and additional chief medical superintendent, Bhadrak along with nursing and paramedical staffers, the official said.
"Of the three babies, one survived and two others died as the woman delivered babies at seven month of her pregnancy," a doctor said.
The mother and her child were shifted to the district headquarters hospital at Bhadrak.
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RCB beat MI by 18 runs after batters fire
Mumbai (PTI): Royal Challengers Bengaluru skipper Rajat Patidar, Phil Salt and Virat Kohli blasted half-centuries as the defending champions beat Mumbai Indians by 18 runs in an Indian Premier League match here on Sunday.
Salt (78 off 36 balls) and Kohli (50 off 38 balls) stitched together a 120-run stand for the opening wicket before Patidar scored a rapid 53 off just 20 balls as RCB posted 240 for 4.
In response, Mumbai Indians were restricted to 222 for 5, with RCB spinner Suyash Sharma (2/47) putting the skids on the home side with a double strike in the eighth over, from which they could not recover.
Sherfane Rutherford top-scored for MI with an unbeaten 71 off 31 balls.
While opener Rohit Sharma appeared to be struggling with a hamstring issue and had to retire hurt on 19, his partner Ryan Rickelton made 37, while Suryakumar Yadav (33) and Hardik Pandya (40) were the other contributors for MI.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru 240 for 4 in 20 overs (Phil Salt 78, Virat Kohli 50, Rajat Patidar 53, Tim David 35 not out).
Mumbai Indians: 222 for 5 in 20 overs (Sherfane Rutherford 71 not out, Ryan Rickelton 37, Hardik Pandya 40; Suyash Sharma 2/47).
