Death toll rises to 8 in Belagavi sugar factory explosion
Belagavi (PTI): The toll from the boiler explosion at a sugar factory here climbed to eight following five more deaths on Thursday, police sources said. Three company executives have been booked in connection with the fatal incident.
The explosion took place at Inamdar Sugar Factory at Marakumbi in Belagavi district on Wednesday, in which two people were killed on the spot, and another died later.
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The incident had left five others wounded, all of whom succumbed to their burn injuries on Thursday.
Police have booked three executives including the general manager and technical head of the company.
Police said investigation is on and that they will book more people who were responsible for the accident.
The Marakumbi village in Bailahongal Taluk fell into an eerie gloom after the incident.
Family members who lost their dear ones in this tragedy were inconsolable at the mortuary where the postmortems were performed.
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Trump tells Fox News he's no longer sending Witkoff, Kushner to Pakistan for Iran talks
Islamabad (AP): President Donald Trump says he told top US envoys not to travel to Pakistan to negotiate with Iran, telling Fox News that "they can call us anytime they want.”
In a brief phone interview Saturday, Trump told Fox News that he told US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner “you're not going to be making any more 18 hour flights to sit around talking about nothing.”
Trump also said of the US side “we have all the cards.”
His comments came after the White House said Friday that Witkoff and Kushner would be heading to Pakistan for another round of negotiations with Iran.
