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New Delhi, March 19 Delhi Congress president Devender Yadav wrote to Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Thursday, demanding the constitution of a committee to investigate the Palam fire incident, which claimed nine lives.According to an official statement, Yadav said in his letter...

New Delhi, March 19 A relative of the nine family members who died in a fire in a multi-story building in the Palam area here said on Thursday that many of them died due to suffocation, as there were no visible injuries on their bodies.Ramesh Soni, whose nephew owns a jewelry shop next to the...

New Delhi, March 19 Delhi Home Minister Ashish Sood has ordered a third-party mapping and fire safety audit of all establishments across the capital, including those operating in residential areas, to expedite safety checks following the fire at a building in Palam on Wednesday, which claimed...

New Delhi, March 19 The Delhi government will take strict action against those found responsible for alleged lapses in firefighting operations in southwest Delhi's Palam, where a devastating fire claimed nine lives, official sources said on Thursday.An inquiry has been ordered to identify any...

New Delhi, March 19 A confrontation over a fatal fire in southwest Delhi's Palam escalated into a physical scuffle between BJP MLA Kuldeep Solanki and AAP Delhi unit president Saurabh Bharadwaj on Thursday.The clash occurred a day after a fire claimed the lives of nine people, with leaders...

New Delhi, March 19 While fire-related calls declined by 19% in the first two and a half months of 2026, data from the previous year and recent incidents in Palam highlight the persistent safety gaps.According to data from the Delhi Fire Services (DFS), 2,716 fire calls were received between...

New Delhi, March 19 A day after a devastating fire claimed nine lives in southwest Delhi's Palam, a grieving father returned to the charred remains of his home on Thursday, alleging that systemic negligence had taken away everything he held dear.Rajender Kashyap, who lost nine members of his...

New Delhi, March 19 A fire broke out at the Trade and Taxes building in central Delhi's ITO on Thursday morning, prompting authorities to dispatch six fire tenders to the scene, according to an official from the Delhi Fire Services.So far, there have been no reports of casualties or injuries...

Kanpur (UP), March 19 A small LPG cylinder caught fire along the busy Delhi-Prayagraj railway route, causing panic at the Kanpur Central railway station, officials said.The incident occurred in the Cantonment area around 7:30 pm on Wednesday, about two km from the station, where a five-kg...

Washington, March 19 – A tense hearing in the US Senate for Homeland Security Secretary nominee Markwayne Mullin underscored growing concerns over domestic security, law enforcement powers, and rising threats – issues that have direct implications for Indian-American communities in the United...

New Delhi, March 18 In a desperate attempt to escape the deadly fire that claimed nine lives in Palam, a one-and-a-half-year-old girl survived a fall from the third floor after overhead wires prevented her from falling – a split-second intervention that likely saved her life – even as her father...

New Delhi, March 18 – The chaos of exams had just ended, and some family members had only just returned from trips. The Kashyap family was expecting a quiet morning, but tragedy struck before dawn on Wednesday.In the smoke and panic, family and friends believe that everyone tried to help each...

Thane, March 18 A major fire broke out on the seventh floor of a residential building in the Manpada area of Thane city on Wednesday evening, according to a civic official, who added that no one was reported injured in the incident.The fire started in the Snowdrop Building, located within the...

Jodhpur, March 18 The driver was killed after a tanker carrying a flammable substance overturned and caught fire on a section of National Highway-68 in Jalore district of Rajasthan on Wednesday afternoon.The incident occurred around 2 pm near the Sinwada overbridge in the Sanchor area, with...

Bhubaneswar, March 18 The regional passport office in Bhubaneswar received a bomb threat via email on Wednesday, which later turned out to be a hoax, police said.According to police, passport officials received an email warning that a bomb had been planted on the premises.Acting swiftly...

Indore, March 18 Eight members of a family were killed after a fire broke out at a local businessman's three-story house following an explosion at an Electric Vehicle (EV) charging point outside the building in Indore city of Madhya Pradesh early on Wednesday, officials said.Investigators said...

Aizawl, March 18 The Department of Disaster Management and Rehabilitation in Mizoram has issued an advisory, asking all deputy commissioners to be on alert, following hailstorms and heavy rain that affected several parts of the state in the last few days.The department has mandated the...

New Delhi, March 18 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed deep sorrow over the fire incidents in Indore and in Delhi's Palam, and announced an ex gratia of ₹2 lakh from the PM National Relief Fund for the next of kin of each deceased, and ₹50,000 for those injured.A total of 17...

New Delhi, March 18 As a fierce fire in a residential building claimed the lives of nine members of his family on Wednesday, a man along with his one-and-a-half-year-old daughter jumped from the third floor in a desperate attempt to save themselves after a rescue ladder could not reach them...

New Delhi, March 18 Neighbours of the family that got trapped in a fire in Delhi's Palam area said they made frantic attempts to get them out by trying to break windows and a portion of the building's wall, while others alleged that the malfunctioning equipment of firefighters delayed their...