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Mumbai, March 11 A 38-year-old man, who reportedly became upset over the removal of a statue of Lord Vishwakarma from his hometown, has been arrested after he attempted to set himself on fire in south Mumbai on Wednesday, police said.The incident took place at Usha Mehta Chowk in the Nariman...

Jammu, March 11 A single-story municipal council office and two residential houses were completely destroyed in a fire in Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday.The fire broke out in the municipal council building in the densely populated town of Kishtwar around...

Kolkata, March 10 – A fire broke out in the Anandapur area, on the southern outskirts of Kolkata, according to police on Tuesday.This time, the fire occurred in the factory of a well-known cake manufacturing company. However, there have been no reports of any injuries. An investigation into...

Thane, March 9 A massive fire destroyed a chemical manufacturing unit and partially damaged two adjacent factories in the Ambernath area of Maharashtra's Thane district on Monday, officials said, adding that two tankers were also completely destroyed.No casualties were reported, according to...

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...

New Delhi, March 9 Two people were killed and another was injured after a speeding DTC bus crashed into multiple vehicles in Delhi's Nihal Vihar on Monday, police said.The incident triggered protests during which an angry mob vandalized the bus involved in the accident and set another DTC bus...

Bengaluru, March 9 A man has been arrested for allegedly setting his partner and her parents on fire after she refused to give him her motorcycle, police said on Monday.The accused, identified as Panduranga (32), a resident of Nandini Layout, has been taken into custody.Sumalatha (27), a...

New Delhi, March 9 A Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) bus was vandalized and set on fire by angry locals in the Nangloi area of outer Delhi on Monday after it allegedly ran over a pedestrian, police sources said.The incident triggered chaos in the area as residents gathered at the spot...

Gurugram, March 9 A massive fire broke out in an open scrap yard in Kankrola village here on Monday morning, a fire officer said.Responding to a call regarding the incident, a fire services team from IMT Manesar has arrived at the spot and is engaged in firefighting operations, he said...

New Delhi, March 6 Two cars and a motorcycle were set on fire in southwest Delhi's Uttam Nagar on Friday, following the death of a 26-year-old man in a clash during Holi celebrations, police sources said.The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said it received a call at 2:02 pm regarding a fire...

Ghaziabad (UP), March 6 A couple died from burn injuries on Friday, three days after a fire broke out in a five-story residential building in the Sangam Vihar area here, police said.The victims, identified as Rajendra Prasad (54) and his wife Meenu Prasad (52), were among the 22 people rushed...

Jaipur, March 6 A major fire broke out on Friday morning at a plastic cooler manufacturing factory in the Bindayka industrial area here, police said.No casualties have been reported.The three-story factory building also had several gas cylinders stored on the upper floor, which posed a...

Ghaziabad, March 6. Panic spread in the area after a major fire broke out on Thursday night in a paint factory and a scrap warehouse in the Mainapur Industrial Area, located on Meerut Road in Ghaziabad. The fire was so intense that thick black smoke could be seen from a distance.As soon as the...

New Delhi, March 5 Just two weeks before Eid, when many families in a slum settlement in northwest Delhi's Rithala had begun buying new clothes and making preparations for the festival, a devastating fire early Thursday reduced their homes and belongings to ashes, leaving dozens of migrant...

Dibrugarh (Assam), March 5 A major fire broke out on Thursday at the railway mechanical workshop in the Dibrugarh district of Assam, officials said.There have been no reports of any injuries so far, they added.The incident occurred at the first mechanical railway workshop in Northeast India...

Shimla, March 5 Four rooms in a residential building were destroyed after a fire broke out in the Eidgah Colony area in the heart of Shimla city on Thursday afternoon, officials said.However, no casualties or injuries were reported.A fire officer told

Mumbai, March 5 The Maharashtra government on Thursday decided to allocate land in Mumbai's Deonar to 436 slum dwellers affected by a fire in Dharavi, offering them relief 27 years after the tragedy.The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.A...

Hyderabad, March 5 A fire broke out at a warehouse in the Katedan area here on Thursday, although no one was injured in the incident, police said.The fire was reported around 4:30 am, and four fire tenders were deployed, and the fire was extinguished by 7:30 am, a police official at the...

New Delhi, March 5 A fire broke out at a cargo warehouse in Delhi’s Rangpuri area near the airport on Thursday, an official of the Delhi Fire Services said.No casualties were reported in the incident, he said, adding that a call regarding the blaze was received around 10.10 am, following which...

New Delhi, March 5 An electric bus belonging to the Delhi Transport Corporation caught fire near a hospital on the Mehrauli-Badarpur Road in south Delhi on Thursday afternoon, officials of the Delhi Fire Services said.All passengers were safely evacuated in time, with no injuries reported...