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New Delhi, April 3 Four people, including two children, were safely rescued after a fire broke out in a residential building in the Yamuna Vihar area of northeast Delhi on Friday, an official of the Delhi Fire Services said.According to the DFS, a call regarding a house fire was received...

Thane, April 2 A 75-year-old woman was injured when a slab from a flat in a three-story "unsafe" building collapsed in Thane city on Thursday, prompting the civic authorities to evacuate the residential premises.The incident occurred around 4 pm in the Velankani building, a structure that is...

Dhanbad (Jharkhand), March 31 A house with three members of a family inside collapsed due to land subsidence in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand on Tuesday evening, a police official said.The incident occurred in Tandabadi Basti, under the Sonardih police station limits.Dhanbad Senior...

New Delhi, March 31 A five-year-old and nine others were rescued after a major fire broke out on the first floor of a residential building in New Friends Colony area of southeast Delhi on Tuesday, an official of the Delhi Fire Services said.A call regarding the fire was received at 5:14 pm...

New Delhi, March 31 A fire broke out on the third floor of a residential building in northwest Delhi's Inderlok area on Tuesday afternoon, a fire official said. No casualties or injuries were reported.The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) received a call at around 3:25 pm from the Shahzada Bagh...

New Delhi, March 30 The government has announced a set of 33 questions that will be asked during the first phase of the 2027 Census – Housing Listing and Housing Operations (HLO) – a month-long exercise to be conducted between April 1 and September 30, as per schedules finalized by states and...

New Delhi, March 30 Six people were rescued after a fire broke out in a multi-story residential building in Mukherjee Nagar in northwest Delhi, the Delhi Fire Services said on Monday.The fire broke out on Sunday night behind the Batra Cinema in Rana Nagar, a Delhi Fire Services (DFS) official...

New Delhi, March 29 Four people, including a child, were injured after they jumped from the first floor of a residential building in northeast Delhi's Gokal Puri area to escape a fire that broke out in the early hours of Sunday.The incident was reported around 2:30 am from a house in F block...

Kolkata, March 26 An unidentified assailant shot and killed a young man, while his friend was seriously injured in the Patuli area here past midnight, a police official said on Thursday.Rahul Dey (35) was found lying in a pool of blood around 12:30 am at a residential building in the East...

Ahmedabad, March 26 A major fire broke out in an apartment on the third floor of a multi-story residential building in Ahmedabad on Thursday morning, officials said.No casualties were reported, they said, adding that residents from the third floor upwards were evacuated to the terrace in time...

Thane, March 24 A fire broke out in a warehouse and quickly spread to a nearby residential building, causing extensive damage, in the Mira Road area of Thane district on Tuesday night, but no injuries were reported, fire officials said.The fire erupted around 8:30 pm in the warehouse located...

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...

Palghar, March 22 Nine people were rescued after a fire broke out in a 12-story residential building in Palghar district, Maharashtra, on Sunday morning, an official said.There were no reports of injuries in the blaze that erupted on the eighth floor of the building in Virar East around 11 am...

Indore, March 20 – The recent fire incident in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, which claimed the lives of eight people, has already raised several questions, including the lack of any regulations for setting up electric vehicle charging stations. Saurabh Pugalia, a survivor and member of the affected...

New Delhi, March 19 The Delhi government will take strict action against those found responsible for alleged lapses in firefighting operations in southwest Delhi's Palam, where a devastating fire claimed nine lives, official sources said on Thursday.An inquiry has been ordered to identify any...

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 In a desperate attempt to escape the deadly fire that claimed nine lives in Palam, a one-and-a-half-year-old girl survived a fall from the third floor after overhead wires prevented her from falling – a split-second intervention that likely saved her life – even as her father...

March 18, New Delhi – Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic fire incident in Palam, Delhi, and announced ex-gratia compensation for the affected families.Expressing his condolences, the Prime Minister extended heartfelt sympathies to those who lost their loved...

New Delhi, March 18 As a fierce fire in a residential building claimed the lives of nine members of his family on Wednesday, a man along with his one-and-a-half-year-old daughter jumped from the third floor in a desperate attempt to save themselves after a rescue ladder could not reach them...

New Delhi, March 18 Nine members of a family, including a 70-year-old woman and three of her granddaughters, one just three years old, were killed after a massive fire tore through a multi-story residential building in southwest Delhi's Palam area on Wednesday morning, officials said.Three...