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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...

New Delhi, March 18 Seven members of a family, including three children, died after a fire broke out in a multi-story residential building in southwest Delhi's Palam area on Wednesday morning, officials said.Two people jumped from the building in an attempt to escape the flames and were...

New Delhi, March 18 – A tragic incident in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, has resulted in the death of three people after a mud wall of a house collapsed, bringing down a tin shed structure and trapping members of a family beneath the debris.The accident occurred in Atthapura village, under the...

New Delhi, March 18 A fire broke out in a residential building in the southwest Delhi area of Palam on Wednesday morning, prompting a massive firefighting and rescue operation, an official said.Thirty fire tenders were rushed to the scene to extinguish the flames and rescue people who may be...

Indore, March 18 Seven people were killed after a fire broke out at a house in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, early on Wednesday, police said.The fire erupted at the house located in the Brajeshwari Annex Colony between 3:30 am and 4:30 am, according to Assistant Commissioner of Police Kundan...

Bhadohi (UP), March 17 A 58-year-old man, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, climbed onto a high-voltage pole here and precariously perched himself between two 11,000-volt wires, triggering panic among locals and a two-hour operation for his rescue, police said.The incident took place...

New Delhi, March 17 Hundreds of students on their way to school had crossed the 60-foot bridge over a drain in north Delhi's Roop Nagar on Tuesday morning shortly before it collapsed, killing one woman, locals said.The tragedy could have been much worse, they said. The bridge, which served as...

New Delhi, March 17 Following the death of a woman after the collapse of a 60-foot iron bridge over a drain in the Roop Nagar area of north Delhi, locals said the tragedy could have been much worse, as the route is used by hundreds of students to access at least four government schools...

Srinagar, March 17 – A marine commando (MARCOS) from the Indian Navy was critically injured during a rescue operation on the Jhelum River in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday and was taken to an army hospital for treatment, officials said.Officials said that a joint rescue...

New Delhi, March 17 A 60-foot iron bridge over a drain collapsed in north Delhi's Roop Nagar area on Tuesday morning, killing a woman, officials said.Police said the bridge had been declared unsafe and was closed for public movement with barricades. Locals reported that the woman, who appeared...

New Delhi, March 17 A 60-foot iron overbridge over a 'nala' (drain) collapsed in north Delhi's Roop Nagar area on Tuesday morning, killing a woman, according to a Delhi Fire Service (DFS) official.The woman, who was reportedly around 50 years old and a beggar, died when the structure collapsed...

New Delhi, March 17 A foot overbridge collapsed in the Roop Nagar area of north Delhi on Tuesday morning, with a woman falling into a drain beneath the structure, officials said. Rescue teams are on the scene to locate her.The Delhi Fire Service said it received a call regarding the collapse...

New Delhi, March 16 – Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh experienced fresh snowfall on Monday, disrupting traffic in both states, while rain lashed the plains.Other northern states of Rajasthan, Punjab, and Haryana received light rain, leading to a drop in temperatures, while the national...

Jammu, March 16 Two people were killed and around 29 others were injured after a passenger bus overturned after a collision with an SUV on the Jourian-Akhnoor road on the outskirts of Jammu city on Monday, officials said.The accident occurred in the Kotgarhi area when the bus, on its way from...

A swift rescue operation was launched after 235 civilians and 38 vehicles were stranded at Sinthan Top in the Kishtwar district due to heavy snowfall and severe weather conditions on Sunday.Troops of the Indian Army were immediately mobilized and undertook the operation despite the treacherous...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 At least 10 patients died after a major fire broke out in an ICU at the Odisha government-run SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack early Monday, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said.He said that around 11 hospital staff members sustained burn injuries while...

Mathura (UP), March 16 A four-year-old boy is alleged to have drowned in a septic tank at a house under construction in the Kosikalan town here, police said on Monday.The tank was being used to store water for construction work, they said.Station House Officer Rajkamal Singh said the...

Beed, March 16 Twenty passengers were injured after a private tourist bus overturned and caught fire following a tyre burst in Maharashtra's Beed district on Monday, a police official said.The incident occurred at 2:30 am near Surani on the Manjarsumba-Ambajogai road in the Kaij tehsil, about...

KISHTWAR, March 16, 2026: A joint rescue operation involving the Civil Administration and security forces successfully averted a crisis in Kishtwar. The operation was led by Kishtwar DC Pankaj Kumar Sharma, SSP Kishtwar Naresh Singh, and the 11 RR of the Indian Army, who coordinated efforts to...

Bhubaneswar, March 16 At least ten patients died in a major fire that erupted in an ICU at Odisha government-run SCB Medical College and Hospital here early Monday, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said.Majhi, who rushed to the hospital, said that around 11 hospital staff members suffered...