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New Delhi: A minor fire broke out in Room No. 238 of the Revenue Building at ITO on Friday morning. The Delhi Fire Service received a call at 9:57 am and promptly dispatched six fire tenders to the spot. Firefighters managed to douse the flames within 10 minutes and prevented a major mishap. "The fire is under control" , confirmed an official from the Delhi Fire Service. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. Further investigation is underway to discover the exact reason behind the incident.
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 >
New Delhi: A man died after a fire broke out at a commercial building on Padam Singh Road in the Karol Bagh area in the Central District of Delhi, police said on Saturday. According to Delhi Police, Kumar Dhirender Pratap Singh (25) was found "trapped" in the lift. He was declared dead on arrival at a hospital. The fire broke out at Vishal Mega Mart on Friday evening. According to the Delhi Fire Service, 15 fire tenders reached the spot to douse the blaze. After hours of effort, firefighters controlled the fire at the four-storey building. According to the Deputy Chief Fire Officer. MK Chatt ...Read More >
Delhi schools faced repeated bomb threats, causing panic. Delhi Police are investigating, finding the emails hard to trace due to encryption. Senders used VPNs and the dark web for anonymity. Directorate of Education issued safety guidelines. Schools increased security measures. Police are exploring all possible angles, including terror links. Parents expressed fear and anxiety over the disruptions. A fresh wave of bomb threats targeting schools and colleges has kept Delhi Police on its toes as ...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 >
The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) has placed more than 320 fire tenders and over 2,000 personnel on alert across the city to respond to fire-related emergencies ahead of Diwali. The deployment will begin on October 19, a day before the festival, and continue till October 21. According to an internal DFS order issued Thursday, the department has identified 58 key locations across the city - including crowded markets, dense residential colonies, and stretches far from existing fire stations - for addi ...Read More >
Delhi Fire Services received more than 170 calls about fire incidents by 11:30 AM during Diwali on Monday. According to officials from the Delhi fire services, the number of incidents is expected to rise as reports continue to arrive. Delhi Fire Services received more than 170 calls about fire incidents by 11:30 AM during Diwali on Monday. According to officials from the Delhi fire services, the number of incidents is expected to rise as reports continue to arrive. Meanwhile, in another incident ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 4 (ANI): Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday came down heavily on the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) over its pitch to reconsider the words 'secular and socialist' from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution while saying that it was 'all talk'. He dared and challenged RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale and top leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the centre to remove the words 'secular and socialist' from the Preamble. 'Days before, I heard that some RSS person said that we should remove Secular and Socialist words from ...Read More >
New Delhi: Two people, a 25-year-old civil services aspirant and a 30-year-old lab technician, were killed in the massive fire at Vishal Mega Mart in central Delhi's Karol Bagh on Friday. According to the fire service, the building lacked a valid fire certificate and a case of negligence has been registered by police.The deceased were identified as Kumar Dhirender Pratap Singh and Pawan Gautam. Singh, originally from Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh, was found dead inside the elevator, where he is believed to have suffocated after getting trapped, while Gautam, an ITI graduate from Aligarh who worke ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): A man died after a three-storey shop building collapsed near Pul Mithai in North Delhi's Lohia Chowk area early on early hours of Friday. The collapsed building, located at Tokri Walan in Pul Mithai near Bara Hindu Rao, had three shops on the ground floor and godowns on the first floor. The shops were part of the Azad Market area and dealt in bags and canvas cloth. The deceased has been identified as Manoj Sharma, also known as Pappu, aged 45. He was an employee at shop number 7A, owned by Gulshan Mahajan, and had been working there for the past 30 years. T ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Tuesday raised concerns about the Rajouri Garden based Jungle Jamboree restaurant's safety record after a fire broke out on Monday spreading to the coaching centre above it. The Delhi CM visited the fire incident site of Rajouri Garden and took stock of the situation saying that the fire NOC of the restaurant had been cancelled by the Fire Department, and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) had also ordered its closure. Despite this, the restaurant was still operating, prompting an investigation by the Delhi Police. Pr ...Read More >
New Delhi: A minor fire broke out at the Revenue Building in central Delhi's ITO area on Friday morning.According to Delhi Fire Services (DFS), the call was received at 9.57 am, after which a team of 36 firefighters and seven fire tenders were immediately sent. The fire was located on the second floor, in room number 238, and was brought under control swiftly."The fire started in an air conditioning unit, likely due to a short circuit, and spread to some nearby wiring. It was initially doused by staff using extinguishers, and our team handled the remaining fire and cooling operations," said a ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): A man died after a fire broke out at the Karol Bagh area in the Central District of Delhi as firefighting operations continue, police said on Saturday. The fire broke out at Vishal Mega Mart on Friday. According to the Delhi Fire Service, 13 fire tenders reached at the spot to douse the blaze. According to Delhi Police, Kumar Dhirender Pratap Singh (25) was found 'trapped' in the lift. He was declared dead on arrival at a hospital. A First Information Report has been registered at Karol Bagh Police Station, and an investigation has been taken up, police adde ...Read More >
New Delhi: A huge fire broke out at a paint factory in the Bawana Industrial Area of northwest Delhi in the early hours of 27 June. Delhi Fire Services (DFS) have rushed 25 fire tenders to the scene to douse the fire, with no injuries reported so far as per the Delhi Fire Service (DFS). The fire services have subdued the flames, but the work to completely control and extinguish is still ongoing. Reportedly, the fire has not spread to nearby factories. ...Read More >
The flight was travelling from Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam to Delhi. (File Photo) ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * IndiGo flight 6E 579 made an emergency landing at Delhi Airport on Saturday morning * The flight was traveling from Visakhapatnam to Delhi * All 161 passengers aboard the Boeing 737 are safe with no reported damage Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode New Delhi: An IndiGo flight carrying 161 passengers made an emergency la ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): A fire broke out in a Vishal Mega Mart in Delhi's Karol Bagh area, fire officials said on Friday evening. According to the Delhi Fire Service, 13 fire tenders reached at the spot to douse the blaze. The officials informed that dousing operations were underway and efforts were being made to extinguish the fire that had broken out at Vishal Mega Mart. As of now, there are no reports of any injuries in the incident. Earlier, a fire broke out at the trauma centre of Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday. According to an official, ...Read More >
New Delhi: Rescue personnel at the collapse site in norteast Delhi's Janta Colony faced major hurdles due to the narrow, congested lanes and piles of debris that left little room for manoeuvring fire engines or using firefighting gear. Delhi Fire Service and National Disaster Relief Force both left their vehicles at a distance and carried firefighting equipment on foot to the burning building. But the local residents stepped up, clearing rubble with bare hands, clearing the debris through human chains and working relentlessly to reach the trapped people.A fire officer said that the biggest cha ...Read More >
A four-storey building collapsed in Delhi's Welcome area, resulting in the tragic deaths of six people, including a two-year-old child. Eight others sustained injuries and were hospitalized. Rescue operations, involving multiple agencies like the NDRF, are underway to find anyone still trapped in the rubble. The building owner and his family were among the deceased. Six people, including a two-year-old girl, died and eight sustained injuries when a four-storey building collapsed in the Welcome a ...Read More >
New Delhi: Two men died and several were injured after a fire broke out in a house allegedly operating a small-scale battery unit in the Old Govindpura area in east Delhi's Shahdara, on Tuesday night.At least ten people were reportedly stuck inside the building when the blaze started, police said.Delhi Fire Service (DFS) said a call regarding the fire came around 8.45pm. "Immediately, 6 fire tenders were deployed along with 25 firefighters to douse the flames," a senior DFS official said."The fir ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 22 (ANI): A fire broke out in a closed factory in Delhi's Deoli area on Wednesday morning, with officials suspecting that it may have been deliberately set on fire. According to Fire Station Officer Vinay Kumar, there was no electrical supply inside the affected wood factory, which raises suspicion that the fire may have been intentional. "...We received a call reporting a fire inside a warehouse in Deoli Village. When we arrived, we found a closed factory, approximately 2,000 square feet in area, and the wood and debris inside were on fire... It appears to have be ...Read More >
The incident was reported around 2.30 am from a house in F block in the Chand Bagh area near Bhajanpura when the building was engulfed in heavy smoke after two scooters and a motorcycle parked on the ground floor caught fire, the Delhi Fire Services said. Eight other residents, including children, who were trapped on the second, third and fourth floors, also managed to save their lives when the firefighters reached the spot and rescued them. An official said that by the time the firefighters re ...Read More >
Chandigarh: It has been three months since the beginning of the new school session and summer break is also over. However, Class V and Class VIII students in government schools across Chandigarh are still waiting for several updated NCERT textbooks. Despite repeated assurances and advance payments by the education department, the books are yet to arrive in many schools, forcing teachers and students to rely on stopgap arrangements.This delay is not new to the city's school system. In March-April 2024, parents and students in Chandigarh struggled to find NCERT books for Classes III and VI. Ther ...Read More >
No one was reported injured, a Delhi Fire Services officer said. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed A massive fire broke out at a factory in Delhi's Bawana industrial area early Friday22 fire engines were deployed to control the fire at the factory in BawanaThe fire was reported at around 4:15 am from a factory in Sector-4. No injuries have been reported Did our AI summary help? Let us know. New Delhi: A massive blaze erupted at a factory in Bawana industrial area in ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 20 (PTI) The Delhi Fire Service (DFS) has cancelled all leaves of its officers and staff ahead of Diwali to ensure round-the-clock preparedness, officials said on Monday. A senior DFS officer said detailed planning is in place to handle any fire-related emergencies during the festive period. "All our fire stations and quick response teams (QRTs) have been put on high alert. We have instructed every team to respond to all distress calls without delay," the officer said. The officer also said besides all the units, many QRTs will be deployed at over 100 locations in Delhi. Acc ...Read More >
New Delhi: Eight people, including a one-year-old baby, were injured when a four-storey building collapsed in the Welcome area of northeast Delhi on Saturday morning, with a few still feared to be trapped under the rubble, an official said. People who are injured in the building collapse include 10 members of a family who lived in the building and a few others who were near it, they said. Eight people have been rushed to a hospital for treatment, while attempts to rescue others who may still be trapped in the debris are still underway. A senior police officer said, "Around 7.04 am on Saturd ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 12 (PTI) Six members of a family, including a two-year-old girl, died, while eight others were injured after a four-storey building collapsed in northeast Delhi's Welcome area early Saturday, an official said. The deceased were identified as Abdul Matloob, 50, the owner of the building, his wife Rabia, 46, two sons Javed, 23, and Abdulla, 15, daughter Zubia, 27, and a two-year-old granddaughter Fozia. Their bodies were pulled from the debris and sent to the GTB Hospital, a senior police officer said. Matloob's two other sons -- Parvez, 32, and Naved, 19 -- Parvez's wife Siza, ...Read More >
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 27 (ANI): A fire broke out in a private firm in the early hours of Friday in Noida Sector 2. Fire tenders rushed to the spot to douse the fire. The reason behind the incident is not yet ascertained, and no casualties have been reported as of now. While further details are awaited in this case, a huge fire broke out in the national capital's Bawana area in the early hours of Friday. Twenty-five fire engines arrived at the accident site to douse the fire, and no casualties have been reported as of now, according to the Delhi Fire Service. According to Chief ...Read More >
Delhi Fire: While the festival of Dhanteras is being celebrated with great pomp and show across the country on October 18, 2025, a fire broke out suddenly in Delhi's Brahmaputra Apartments on Friday, causing panic among the people. Six fire brigade vehicles have arrived at the scene to control the fire, and rescue operations are underway. The apartment is located on Dr. Bishambar Das Marg and also houses the residences of all Rajya Sabha MPs. The fire caused panic. According to eyewitnesses, panic immediately gripped the apartment complex upon the fire's outbreak. Many residents rushed out, w ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 27 (PTI) Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar on Friday said if the 'Mahagathbandhan' gets a majority in the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls, the chief minister will be from the RJD, and added that there was "no confusion or dispute" over Tejashwi Yadav being the main face for the CM's post. He, however, asserted that issues would be paramount in the polls and there was "a conspiracy" by rivals to divert attention by raking up the matter of the coalition's CM face. Claiming that as soon as the BJP gets a chance it will remove Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and replace him with its own le ...Read More >
Delhi Brahmaputra Apartments fire news: A major fire erupted at Brahmaputra Apartments in New Delhi on Saturday. Fire brigade teams responded swiftly to the emergency. Six rescue vehicles were deployed to the scene. Brahmaputra Apartments is a residential complex for Rajya Sabha Members of Parliament. Relief operations are underway. A massive fire broke out at Brahmaputra Apartments in New Delhi on Saturday. Fire brigade teams arrived at the scene and began relief operations upon receiving infor ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): Delhi Fire Services received more than 170 calls about fire incidents by 11:30 AM during Diwali on Monday. According to officials from the Delhi fire services, the number of incidents is expected to rise as reports continue to arrive. Meanwhile, in another incident, a massive fire broke out at a shoe manufacturing factory at Narela in Outer Delhi on Monday evening. This incident occurred at Narela DSIIDC Industrial Area. According to the officials, sixteen fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the flames. A thick plume of smoke engulfed the entir ...Read More >