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Mumbai, Jun 5 (PTI) A fire broke out at a cake shop inside the busy Churchgate railway station in Mumbai on Thursday evening, triggering concerns among commuters during the peak hours. The Western Railway said nobody was injured in the fire, which was controlled within five minutes. Suburban services at the station remained unaffected, it said. The incident was reported around 5.25 pm by the WR, a civic official said. The Mumbai fire brigade rushed its teams and firefighting equipment to the spot. Police and local civic staff were also mobilised to facilitate the firefighting operation, the official said. The fire at the shop was doused within a few minutes, he said, adding that efforts are being made to ascertain the cause of the fire and the extent of damage. However, daily commuters had a few anxious moments as the entire concourse of the busy suburban terminal station was smoke-clogged due to the fire. "One could barely see the indicators as the entire place was filled with smoke, which was also billowing out of the Churchgate station. Police urged commuters to stay away from the area," said a commuter. One of the busiest suburban stations of the Western Railway, thousands of commuters board local trains from the Churchgate terminus in the evening. Later, the WR said in a statement that a "minor" fire incident was reported at one of the stalls at the concourse of the station. The alert staff used fire extinguishers and controlled it within five minutes, it said. While the fire was confined to the shop selling cakes and other bakery products, railway staffers on the first floor of the six-storey building vacated as a precautionary measure, the statement added. PTI KK PR NR
Kochi: Edison Babu's neighbours in Muvattupuzha knew him as the quiet engineer who had returned home during the pandemic. The 35-year-old former auto industry professional seemed to lead an unremarkable life in this sleepy Kerala suburb, occasionally visiting the local post office with packages: nothing unusual for someone running what appeared to be a small online business. What they didn't know was that their mild-mannered neighbour had built India's most sophisticated darknet drug empire, one that relied heavily on the very government postal service that was meant to serve the community. ...Read More >
Mumbai: Eleven years after its launch, Mumbai's first metro corridor (Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar) could soon see longer trains, which would bring much-needed relief to hundreds of thousands of commuters who frequently experience excess crowding on the route during peak hours. On a day when overcrowding was reported at the Ghatkopar and Andheri metro stations due to a technical failure in one of the trains, Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL) said it plans to procure additional coaches. The length of its trains could increase from four cars to six cars if the proposal is approved, official ...Read More >
Vadodara, Jul 9 (PTI) Nine persons, including a child, were killed and nine others rescued after a portion of a four-decade-old bridge collapsed in Gujarat's Vadodara district on Wednesday morning, officials said. A slab of the Gambhira bridge, located on Mahisagar river which connects central Gujarat to the Saurashtra region of the state, collapsed, killing nine persons, Superintendent of Police (Vadodara rural) Rohan Anand said. The bridge was located near Padra town in the district. "According to the details available, around nine persons have died and another nine persons have been resc ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) YouTuber Samay Raina appeared before the National Commission for Women (NCW) in Delhi on Tuesday, months after he was summoned in connection with allegedly offensive and sexist content aired during his show "India's Got Latent", officials said. Raina was also among the five social media influencers who appeared before the Supreme Court in a case seeking action against them for ridiculing persons suffering from disabilities. Raina submitted his statement in response to the allegations to NCW officials. Officials said further steps will be considered after reviewing his ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) St Stephen's College and St Thomas School here received bomb threats through email on Tuesday, prompting authorities to launch a thorough search operation, with officials saying nothing suspicious has been found so far. Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Raja Banthia said St Stephen's College reported that they received the bomb threat at 7:15 am. "The mail claimed that four IEDs and two RDX bombs have been planted on the premises and in the library of the college. It further claimed that those would explode by 2 pm," the police officer was quoted as saying in a st ...Read More >
Jaipur: Police in Didwana have stepped up their probe into a cross-border smuggling case in which they arrested two arms and drug smugglers on June 27 for supplying Austrian Glock and Chinese Norinco pistols. It has emerged that the case has links to a massive Rs 300-crore heroin consignment seized by Punjab's Amritsar police near the India-Pakistan border in Barmer on June 30. Canada-based Joben Kaler was identified as the main overseas handler of the heroin consignment. Didwana-Kuchaman police had arrested Mohammad Ilyas from Khunkhuna and Amarjeet Singh Takhar, alias Prince, from Jalandhar ...Read More >
KOZHIKODE: A woman from Palakkad who recently tested positive for Nipah virus, remains in critical condition at the Kozhikode Government Medical College Hospital. She is currently receiving critical care in the hospital's specialised Nipah isolation unit. The patient was initially admitted to a private medical facility in Perinthalmanna. However, late on Saturday night, due to a significant deterioration in her health, she was transferred to the Kozhikode Medical College. Her symptoms, consistent with a severe viral infection, first appeared on July 1, prompting her to seek medical attention. ...Read More >
New Delhi: A fire broke out at a Vishal Mega Mart showroom in central Delhi's Karol Bagh area on Saturday. A 25-year-old man was reportedly found dead in a lift after the blaze. The deceased has been identified as Kumar Dhirender Pratap. Pratap's body was discovered in a lift during a search and rescue operation jointly carried out by police, fire, and disaster response teams, reported PTI. Visuals From The Spot: A firefighting and rescue operation are currently underway. Senior officials also rushed to the spot. ...Read More >
Thane, Jul 14 (PTI) A 16-year-old boy has died after suffering an electric shock while trying to make a social media reel on top of a stationary train wagon at Nerul railway station in Navi Mumbai, police said on Monday. The boy, identified as Arav Srivastava from Belapur in Navi Mumbai, went to the railway station with his friends on July 6, Vashi Government Railway Police (GRP) senior inspector Kiran Undre said. Also Read | Kannauj Roof Collapse: 2 Labourers Dead, 1 Injured After Roof of Under Construction House Crashes in Uttar Pradesh. "He climbed up a stationary train wagon loaded with ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) Two people died and four others were injured after a fire broke out at a house in east Delhi's Old Govindpura area on Tuesday evening, an official said. Police have identified the deceased as Tanveer (28) and Nusrat. A call was received at Jagatpuri police station at 8.46 pm regarding a fire incident at Band Gali, Old Govindpura, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Prashant Gautam said. When a police team reached the spot, it found that 10 people were trapped inside a residential building that caught fire, the DCP said. With the help of police personnel and fir ...Read More >
Pune, July 8 (PTI) A four-year-old girl who slipped out of a third-floor window grille and was left dangling precariously was rescued in the nick of time on Tuesday by her neighbour, a fire brigade personnel. A video of the heart-stopping incident which took place at around 9 am in Katraj area of the city went viral on social media. Bhavika Chandane, the girl, was alone in the flat at the time as her mother had locked her in and left to drop her elder sister at school, fire brigade officials said. While standing on the window grille, she slipped out but managed to grab the window sill. Yog ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the petitioner to file a separate plea for a court-monitored probe into the July 4 fire incident at a store in Karol Bagh area in the capital which claimed two lives. The plea was filed in an ongoing matter over flooding in Old Rajinder Nagar in July, 2024 in which three students drowned after a drain burst caused flooding in the basement of a UPSC coaching centre. A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Anish Dayal said both were different matters and told the petitioner, an NGO, that it would be difficult ...Read More >
Guwahati, Jul 15 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will visit Assam on Wednesday during which they will interact with party functionaries of the state. State Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi said the district, block and mandal presidents of the party will be able to present their views before its top leadership during Kharge and Gandhi's visit. Also Read | Did Lucknow Court Judge Take Selfie With Rahul Gandhi During Hearing of Indian Army 'Defamation' Case? BJP's Amit Malviya Found Fake in Fact Check. "I look forward to welcoming Shri ...Read More >
New Delhi: The death sentence of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who was sentenced to death in Yemen, has been postponed for the time being. She was to be executed by shooting today, July 16. According to media reports, activist groups and influential religious leaders intervened in the matter, after which the death sentence of Nimisha Priya was postponed. Earlier, many efforts were also made at the diplomatic level to save Nimisha from the death penalty. There is also news that the victim's family has not yet agreed to clemency or blood money. As a last-ditch effort to save her, Kanthapuram A. ...Read More >
A private school in Rohini, Delhi, received a bomb threat via email on Friday, just a day after a blast in Prashant Vihar. The school promptly alerted the police, and a team from the Delhi Fire Services, along with the bomb disposal and dog squads, conducted a thorough search of the premises. No suspicious items were found, and the threat was declared a hoax. Despite this, the police have registered the statement from the school authorities and are investigating the matter. The swift response ensured the safety of students and staff. ...Read More >
Mumbai: A fire broke out at a shop inside the bustling Churchgate railway station in south Mumbai on Thursday evening, causing panic among commuters during peak hours. The incident was reported around 5:25 pm by the Western Railway. Fortunately, no injuries were reported, officials confirmed. The Mumbai Fire Brigade swiftly deployed firefighting teams and equipment to the scene, while police and civic personnel assisted in managing the situation. The fire was brought under control within minutes, according to a civic official. Although the flames were quickly doused, thick smoke filled the ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): A massive fire broke out at a paper roll manufacturing unit, Shri Ji Packaging Berol Laboratory, located in a industrial area near Ashoka Garden area of the capital city, around 7 PM on Sunday evening. Thick plumes of smoke were visible from over a kilometer away, triggering panic among nearby residents. According to Ashoka Garden Police, the administration has taken swift action to bring the blaze under control. A total of 15 to 20 police and fire brigade vehicles arrived at the scene, and efforts to extinguish the fire are ongoing. As of now, the fire has not been ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jun 28 (PTI) Police have arrested seven Bangladeshi nationals, six of them women, from different localities in Mumbai and Pune for staying in the country illegally, an official said on Saturday. Earlier this week, a team from the MIDC police apprehended Bayajid Khan (24), who had entered India through Guwahati, Assam and was living in Palghar, the official said. He said Khan, who was employed in the western suburb of Andheri, informed the police that he had facilitated accommodation and employment for six Bangladeshi women in Pune and Mumbai. Based on the information, police nabbed ...Read More >
Chennai, Jul 4 (PTI) A woman councillor of the Thiruninravur municipal corporation in the western suburb of Chennai was allegedly hacked to death by her husband due to personal reasons, police said on Friday. The deceased S Gomathi (38) had contested as an independent and won in the civic body election. Her husband Stephen Raj inflicted grievous cut injuries on her near their house in Periyar Colony, Thiruninravur, on Thursday night. Leaving her dead in a pool of blood, Raj surrendered before the police. Further investigation is on. The couple had been married for about ten years, police sa ...Read More >
Shimla, Jul 5 (PTI) The Himachal Pradesh forest department on Saturday filed a police complaint against the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), blaming it for the massive landslide on Kaithlighat-Dhalli road stretch in the suburbs of Shimla city on June 30. This is the fourth complaint filed against the road authority in Shimla in the last one week. Also Read | Manipur: Kuki-Zo MLAs Will Not Participate in Formation of New State Government, Say Tribal Bodies. A five-storey building had collapsed in the landslide on Monday. Nearly 8,550 square metres of protected land was damaged and ...Read More >
Mumbai, June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday debunked all allegations made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi about rigging and match-fixing in the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections. In his articles titled 'Those Rejected by the People Deny the Mandate', published in the same three newspapers where Gandhi's write-ups appeared, CM Fadnavis advised the Congress MP to "accept defeat, introspect on where you went wrong, why your connect with the people is lacking, and what needs to be done." He taunted Gandhi, saying that the latter was preparing excuses for "defeats ...Read More >
Sangareddy (Telangana), Jun 30 (PTI) Eight people were killed and 26 others injured in an explosion triggered by a suspected chemical reaction in a pharma plant in this district on Monday, officials said. The explosion took place at a reactor in the plant of Sigachi pharma company in the Pashamylaram industrial estate due to the suspected chemical reaction where fire also broke out. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the deaths. Inspector General of Police (Multizone) V Satyanarayana said: "Six bodies have been recovered from the accident site and two people died while undergoing treatme ...Read More >
Mumbai: Senior BJP leader Ravindra Chavan is all set to become the next Maharashtra BJP chief as he filed his nomination for the post of party's state president on Monday. Mr. Chavan presented the nomination forms to Union Minister Kiran Rijiju, who has been appointed as a central observer for the elections by the BJP. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and outgoing party chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule were present on this occasion. With no other nomination being filed for the post, Mr. Chavan is certain to become the next state president of Maharashtra BJP, said party leaders. The ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) The Indian Navy contained a fire on board a Palau-flagged tanker in the North Arabian Sea and ensured safety of 14 of the vessel's Indian crew members. The Navy swung into action and launched the fire-fighting operation after receiving a distress call from the vessel on Sunday. The vessel reported a major fire in its engine room while operating approximately 80 nautical miles east of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). "The Indian Navy undertook a high-risk fire fighting and rescue operation on-board Palau-flagged tanker MT Yi Cheng 6 on June 29 in the North A ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 2 (PTI) Keystone Realtors Ltd has been selected to redevelop eight housing societies in Mumbai, enabling the company to generate revenue of Rs 3,000 crore from the saleable area. Mumbai-based Keystone Realtors sells properties under Rustomjee brand. Also Read | Bodoland Lottery Result Today, July 02, 2025: Assam State Lottery Sambad Wednesday Lucky Draw Results Declared, Check Winners List With Ticket Numbers. In a regulatory filing on Wednesday, Keystone Realtors informed that "it has been selected by eight housing societies as the developer for the large-scale cluster redevelo ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 9 (PTI) The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday collected the samples of food from the canteen of an MLAs' hostel here and sent them for testing, a day after Shiv Sena legislator Sanjay Gaikwad assaulted its staffer for allegedly serving stale food to him. Gaikwad, who represents the Buldhana assembly constituency, sparked a controversy after a video of him slapping a canteen worker went viral on social media. The MLA claimed the food served to him was stale, and said his repeated complaints to the authorities had gone unheeded. As the monsoon session of t ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab chief ministerBhagwant Mann on Thursday said the government will table a bill in the assembly on Friday to introduce harsher punishment for religious sacrilege. However, the law will not be enacted immediately, as the government plans to hold consultations with stakeholders before finalising the legislation.Mann said the decision was taken in a meeting of the cabinet earlier in the day. After the legislation is tabled, Punjab govt will gather suggestions on the law from stakeholders, including religious organisations and people, he added.Sources said said the new legislation ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 11 (PTI) Eight persons, including six passengers, were injured when a BEST bus crashed into a stationary truck in Mumbai's Goregaon area on Friday morning, an official said. The injured persons, including the bus driver and conductor, were rushed to a hospital, he said. The accident, involving a wet-leased bus of the public transporter BEST (Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport), took place in front of the Vanrai police station in the western suburb around 6.30 am, he said. The vehicle was on its way to Sewree bus station from Dindoshi at the time, the police said. A car ...Read More >
Mumbai: Vivek Kumar Gupta, an IRSE officer from the 1988 batch, has taken charge as General Manager, Western Railway. Before this appointment, he served as the Managing Director of NHSRCL, overseeing India's inaugural Bullet Train Project implementation.After taking charge, Gupta conducted an inspection at Churchgate and Marine Lines stations and a footplate inspection of the Churchgate - Marine Lines section on Sunday. He also interacted with passengers and staff. He took note of safety, train operations, passenger and staff amenities, and cleanliness, an official said.In his previous role, G ...Read More >
(CNN) -- India's financial capital and one of its largest cities has experienced its wettest May in more than a century, with the unusually early arrival of the monsoon season causing a ferocious weekend downpour that turned roads into rivers and flooded a newly inaugurated underground train station. Mumbai, a city of more than 12 million, has recorded more than 400 millimeters of rainfall this month so far, according to data from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), with much of the downpour arriving late last weekend. The deluge caused chaos and delays across transport networks, inc ...Read More >