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Suri (WB), March 28 A fire broke out at a corner of a stage shortly after a political rally by senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee in Birbhum district of West Bengal on Saturday, officials said.Banerjee and other leaders had left the stage in Labhpur and were on their way out of the venue when...

Ayodhya, March 28 A major fire broke out at the venue of a 'yagya' organized by Uttar Pradesh Transport Minister Dayashankar Singh in Ayodhya on Saturday, police said.No casualties were reported in the incident, they said.Local participants in the rituals said the fire started when coconuts...

Mumbai, March 24 A gas pipeline leak was reported inside the premises of the Sion Hospital, a hospital run by the local civic body, in Central Mumbai late on Tuesday night, officials said.According to information received from the Mumbai Fire Brigade, the incident occurred near Gate No. 1...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and Police Commissioner of Delhi in connection with the tragic fire in Palam, southwest Delhi. The incident resulted in the deaths of nine people. Taking the matter suo motu, the NHRC has requested a detailed...

New Delhi, March 24 The NHRC said on Tuesday that it has issued a notice to the Delhi government and the city's police chief over the death of nine members of a family in a fire incident in the Palam area earlier this month, and has sought a detailed report on it within two weeks.According to...

Prayagraj, March 23 At least nine workers were injured after a cold storage facility collapsed in the Phaphamau area here on Monday afternoon, triggering a leak of ammonia gas, officials said.Deputy Commissioner of Police (Ganga Nagar) Kuldeep Gunawat said the structure suddenly collapsed...

New Delhi, March 20 – Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Friday condemned the political rhetoric and tactics employed by Aam Aadmi Party's Delhi convener Saurabh Bharadwaj regarding the tragic deaths in a fire in Uttam Nagar.Sachdeva stated that Bharadwaj's incitement of violence at a...

New Delhi, March 19 Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited the site of the Palam fire incident on Thursday to meet with the families of the victims and alleged that BJP workers were "creating disturbances and behaving inappropriately."Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva accused...

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...

Jaipur, March 18 One person was killed after a tanker carrying a flammable substance overturned and caught fire on a section of National Highway-48 in Jalore district of Rajasthan on Wednesday, police said.The incident occurred near the Sinwara overbridge on the Jaisalmer-Jamnagar highway when...

Kasganj (UP), March 16 Traffic on the Mathura-Kasganj-Bareilly highway was halted on Monday after an 18-tonne gas-laden tanker overturned near Nagla Dukariya, triggering fears of a possible gas leak, officials said.The tanker, which was travelling from Gujarat to Bareilly, allegedly lost...

Surat, March 11 – A massive fire broke out at a chemical warehouse in the Sachin industrial area of Surat on Wednesday, triggering a series of explosions and initiating a large emergency response, officials said.The blaze erupted at a warehouse belonging to Aether Industries, located in the...

Kolkata, March 9 A fire broke out at a confectionery firm's plant in the Anandpur area of Kolkata on Monday evening, officials said.Three fire tenders were able to extinguish the flames after over an hour, they said.The fire erupted around 8:15 pm, and employees present inside the facility...

Pratapgarh (UP), March 5 At least three girls are feared to have drowned while bathing in the Sharda canal in the Sangramgarh area here on Thursday. Search operations for the bodies are underway, police said.Additional Superintendent of Police (West) Brijnandan Rai said that Aanchal (14) and...

Thane, March 5 Six four-wheel vehicles, including two scrapped vehicles, were completely destroyed after a fire broke out at an auto garage complex in Thane city, Maharashtra, in the early hours of Thursday, an official said.No one was injured in the fire, which erupted around 1 am in the open...

Pune, March 4 A highly hazardous and flammable Mono-methylamine (MMA) gas leak was reported after a tanker got stuck in soft soil at a diversion along the Pune-Solapur Highway on Wednesday, causing panic among locals, officials said.No one was injured in the incident.Officials said the...

Surat, March 4 Seven people, including a 95-year-old man and children, were rescued after a fire broke out in a bungalow in the Surat district of Gujarat in the early hours of Wednesday, fire brigade officials said.No injuries were reported.Seven people were safely evacuated after a fire...

Kolkata, March 4 One person died after a fire broke out in a cluster of shops near the Madhyamgram railway station in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday, officials said.The body of an employee from a sweetmeat shop was recovered from the damaged shop after fire service...

Kolkata, March 4 A fire broke out in a cluster of shops near the Madhyamgram railway station in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday, officials said.There were no reports of any injuries or fatalities due to the fire, which erupted around 2 pm, they said."A total of eight to...

Thane, March 4 A car was completely destroyed, while a sports utility vehicle (SUV) parked nearby sustained partial damage after they caught fire on an open ground on Ghodbunder Road in Thane city, Maharashtra, on Wednesday, an official said.No one was injured in the incident that occurred...