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Jammu, April 6 Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday refused to engage in a debate about whether a judicial or magisterial inquiry should be ordered into the Ganderbal encounter, and justified the inquiry ordered by the lieutenant governor, stating that a prompt inquiry was...

Ranchi, March 26 – The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday expressed serious concern over the 437 deaths reported in judicial and police custody across the state since 2018, highlighting major gaps in mandatory judicial investigations.This figure was disclosed in an affidavit filed by Vandana...

New Delhi, March 23 The initial report from the fire department states that "highly flammable" materials were stored in the basement of the building in Palam, where a recent fire incident occurred, Delhi Home Minister Ashish Sood said on Monday.Sood accused the AAP of playing a "blame game"...

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 18 Chief Minister Rekha Gupta ordered a magisterial inquiry into the fire incident at a multi-story residential building in southwest Delhi's Palam on Wednesday, and announced financial assistance for the victim families.In a post on X, Gupta expressed her distress over the...

New Delhi, March 18 Delhi Lt Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu, who chaired his first Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) meeting on Wednesday, directed a comprehensive fire audit across the city.The directive came in the wake of a fire in a multi-story building in southwest Delhi's Palam...

A fire broke out in a multi-story building in the Palam area of the National Capital today. The Delhi Fire Service has reported 7 casualties in the incident. The department stated that 31 fire engines were deployed at the scene after a call was received at 7 am. Further details are pending.In...

New Delhi, March 18 Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said a magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the fire at a multi-story residential building in Delhi's Palam area, in which several people from a family have died.Gupta, in a post on X, said she was extremely distressed to learn about the...

Ranchi, March 5 – A man accused of kidnapping and murdering a 12-year-old boy allegedly committed suicide inside the lockup of the Namkum police station in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, police said on Thursday.The deceased has been identified as Jagay Munda, 45, a resident of the Khunti...

Raipur, February 26 The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly was in disarray on Thursday after the government disclosed that 66 inmates had died in the state's prisons over the past 13 months, with the Congress demanding a House committee investigation into the death of a tribal leader while in...

Jaipur, February 16 – Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan expressed his deep concern on Monday regarding the devastating fire at a chemical manufacturing unit in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, which resulted in the loss of seven lives earlier that day.According to authorities, two others were also feared...

Jaipur, February 16 – A devastating fire at a chemical manufacturing unit in Bhiwadi, Rajasthan, claimed the lives of seven workers on Monday morning, while two others are feared to be trapped inside the premises, officials said.Authorities confirmed that approximately 25 workers were present...