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Belagavi (Karnataka), April 11 A fire broke out at a hotel here on Saturday, causing panic among guests and staff, officials said.The incident occurred at the hotel located on Club Road this afternoon, they said.The fire is suspected to have been caused by a short circuit. As soon as smoke...

Mathura, April 11 – After at least 10 people were killed and several were injured when a boat carrying devotees capsized in Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh, on Friday, a search operation is still underway to locate five people who are still missing, police said on Saturday.Addressing...

Gurugram, April 9 Factory workers on strike in Manesar set fire to a police motorcycle on Thursday during a protest demanding a wage increase.Police used batons to disperse the striking workers.The district administration had imposed prohibitory orders in Manesar on Wednesday.A large...

Mumbai, April 8 A fire broke out in a 25-story residential building in the Goregaon (East) area of Mumbai on Wednesday evening, officials said.No injuries have been reported.The fire was contained to the 9th and 10th floors of the 25-story Emerald No. 1 building, located in the Royal Palms...

Mumbai, April 7 A non-air-conditioned sleeper coach was partially damaged in a fire at a major workshop of the Central Railway (CR) in Mumbai on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.No one was injured in the incident, which occurred at 3:10 pm at the CR's workshop in Matunga, they said.The fire...

Durg, April 7 Seven workers were injured after a fire broke out at a unit of the Bhilai Steel Plant in the Durg district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, officials said.The incident occurred around 10 AM in the STG (Steam Turbo Generator) -4 turbine unit of the plant, located in the city of Bhilai...

Pune, April 2 A 60-year-old woman was killed on Thursday in the Sinhagad Road area after a tree fell on her as the city was hit by unseasonal rains, a Fire Brigade official said.The deceased has been identified as Ranjana Navnath Giri, a resident of Anandnagar in the Sinhagad Road area, who...

Chandigarh, April 2 The Punjab and Haryana High Court received a bomb threat email on Thursday, with officials stating that no suspicious activity was found.Following the threat, police, fire brigade officials, a bomb squad, a dog squad, and an ambulance were dispatched to the high court...

Mumbai, March 31 A fire broke out in the X-ray department of the civic-run Sion Hospital in central Mumbai on Tuesday, officials said.There were no reports of any casualties, they said.The fire started in an air conditioning unit on the ground floor of the hospital's X-ray department at...

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...