The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck Nepal on Saturday has risen to 688, a senior home ministry official told Reuters, with 181 people killed in the capital Kathmandu.
The quake measuring 7.9 is the strongest to hit the country in 81 years.
At least 26 people are also known to have died in India, including 17 in the eastern state of Bihar, while buildings in the capital New Delhi had to be evacuated.
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Zak
Apr 25, 2015 05:58pm
Tragic , life is so fragile and instead of making best use of our lives to help people and ensure peace and prosperity , we fight over trivial matters and act in self interest.
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Rohan, Mumbai
Apr 25, 2015 06:35pm
@Zak, Nice to see your views are changing slowly. I have reiterated similar thoughts on a related article. I have decided to invest my time on something productive and meaningful, rather than engaging in India-Pakistan debates to prove who is better than whom. This may be one of my last comments here on Dawn. Hope few years from now people from both sides of the borders will learn to at least tolerate each other if not become friendly.
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asim
Apr 25, 2015 07:23pm
@Rohan, Mumbai
Nice to ser your views are changing too.
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asim
Apr 25, 2015 07:24pm
@Rohan, Mumbai
Nice to see your views are changing too.
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Ostrich
Apr 25, 2015 07:55pm
@Rohan, Mumbai This one is from a duplicate Zak.
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aryastan
Apr 28, 2015 07:36pm
Yeah loss of life is tragic, but keep faith in Karma and be stoic.
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Shah Karez
Apr 29, 2015 10:57am
Terribly shocking, God save all from such a tragedy. Our hearts bleed with Nepal.
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