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MUMBAI: A suspected short circuit on the ninth floor of JMS Business Centre, a commercial building in Jogeshwari west, ignited a fire that turned into an inferno within minutes on Thursday morning. But providence was on the side of the 27 people who were rescued. While there were no fatalities or injuries, falling shards of glass from window panes that kept blowing out put several lives in danger, including those on the street below and rescue personnel, who wrestled with the flames for four ho ...Read More >
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Police have launched an investigation into the fire that broke out at the penthouse of businessman and Congress leader Pravesh Agrawal, which led to his death due to suffocation. Forensic experts are also probing to know the exact reason behind the fire and its spread. According to preliminary findings, the fire started from an akhand jyot kept in the house temple. It soon spread rapidly, fuelled by extensive wooden furniture in the penthouse, causing heavy smoke throug ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 23 (PTI) As many as 17 persons suffered from suffocation after a fire broke out at a 13-storey commercial building in Mumbai's Jogeshwari suburb on Thursday morning, officials said. Nine of those who complained of suffocation were being treated at the nearby civic-run HBT Hospital, a civic official said, adding that eight others opted to be discharged against medical advice. Thick black smoke billowed across the glass facade as the fire started at JNS Business Center near Gandhi Sc ...Read More >
NAVI MUMBAI: Four persons, including a six-year-old child and an 84-year-old woman, were killed and 10 others suffered injuries after a fire broke out at Raheja Residency, a housing society in Vashi, shortly after midnight on Tuesday. The fire was reported at 12.40am and was likely caused by a short circuit on the tenth floor of the 12-storeyed 'B' wing building, officials from Navi Mumbai Fire Brigade said. It spread rapidly to the 11th and 12th floors, engulfing six flats, and was doused by 4 ...Read More >
Actor-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam party has credited Rs 20 lakh each to 39 families who lost loved ones in the Karur stampede. The total disbursed amount is Rs 7.8 crore. The party also announced Rs 2 lakh for the injured. Vijay's party will adopt victim families for long-term support in education and employment. Actor-politician Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam party on Saturday said Rs 20 lakh each has been credited to the families of those who lost their lives in the Karur st ...Read More >
The narrow house had only one entrance and no outlet for the smoke. (Representational Image) Indore: An 11-year-old boy died of suffocation and five members of a family were injured after a fire broke out at their house in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city in the early hours of Saturday, police said. A fire erupted around 2.15 am due to a short circuit at the three-storey residence of a scrap dealer, said Anil Gupta, the station house officer of the Juni Indore police station. He said that scrap ...Read More >
Bhopal: A 11-year-old boy on Saturday died and five others injured when a multistorey building in Indore in Madhya Pradesh caught fire, police said. The incident happened when the three-storied house belonging to a scrap dealer caught fire due to a short circuit, police said. Foam and sponge materials were stored in the house which caused the fire, triggered by a short-circuit, spread very fast in the building. Thick black smoke soon engulfed the entire building leading to suffocation of six ...Read More >
A Delhi court has summoned a doctor in a case where a baby delivered through surgery was allegedly reduced to a vegetative state due to her negligence. The charges include ''endangering life and personal safety of others'' and causing grievous hurt by such act, but do not include ''causing death by negligence''. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Amardeep Kaur was hearing a protest petition against the closure report filed by the Delhi Police in connection with the delivery in February 2018. ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Delhi court, while observing on Wednesday that a pregnant woman was unnecessarily subjected to a C-section delivery a month before the due date, summoned her gynaecologist for the first time. The child, born in Feb 2018, died in Dec 2023 after prolonged illness. The child's father filed a case in 2021 citing medical negligence by the private hospital and four doctors, including the gynaecologist. In Aug 2019, Delhi Medical Council removed the doctor's name from the state medical reg ...Read More >
Chennai: Actor-turned-politician Vijay remained inside his campaign vehicle for an extended period at the rally venue in Karur on Saturday which led to overcrowding and restlessness among the crowd, according to a First Information Report (FIR) filed by the Tamil Nadu Police in the stampede incident that killed 41 people and left 60 injured. The police has not filed any case against Vijay, but an FIR has been registered against three key leaders of his party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK). Th ...Read More >
CHENNAI/KARUR, Sep 29: TVK chief and actor-politician Vijay "deliberately" reached late at Velusamypuram in Karur district, leading to overcrowding and restlessness among the people, gathered to attend his rally on September 27, according to an FIR into the stampede in which at least 41 people have died and 60 were injured. While the FIR didn't name the TVK chief and was against three party office-bearers: Mathyiyalagan (Karur district secretary), Bussy N Anand (state general secretary), and CT ...Read More >
Karur: The deadly stampede at actor Vijay's rally in Tamil Nadu's Karur has left the country in shock, claiming 41 lives and injuring 60 others. The Tamil Nadu police have initiated a probe and arrested Mathiazhagan, the district secretary of Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK), for his alleged role in the incident. Mathiazhagan was named the prime accused in the FIR registered following the incident. As per the police, the FIR also names three other party office-bearers: Bussy N Anand (state general ...Read More >
The NHRC has taken "suo motu cognisance of a media report that two sanitation workers died due to asphyxiation on September 22, 2025 while working on a newly constructed underground drainage pipeline near Carmel Garden in the Muthunagar area of Tiruverumbur, Tiruchirappalli district, Tamil Nadu," it said in a statement. Reportedly, they were engaged by a construction firm for the work of the Tiruchirappalli Corporation, the rights panel said. Therefore, it has issued notices to the commissione ...Read More >
Chennai: TVK Karur district secretary Mathyiyalagan has been arrested in connection with the Karur stampede that killed at least 41 people and injured over 60 during a rally addressed by party chief and actor-politician Vijay on September 27. According to the FIR, Vijay "deliberately" delayed his arrival at Velusamypuram in Karur district, which triggered restlessness and overcrowding among thousands of supporters waiting for hours under the scorching sun. The case, however, does not directly ...Read More >
Chennai/Karur (Tamil Nadu), Sep 29 (PTI) TVK chief and actor-politician Vijay "deliberately" reached late at Velusamypuram in Karur district, leading to overcrowding and restlessness among the people, gathered to attend his rally on September 27, according to an FIR into the stampede in which at least 41 people have died and 60 were injured. While the FIR didn't name the TVK chief and was against three party office-bearers: Mathyiyalagan (Karur district secretary), Bussy N Anand (state general ...Read More >
Karur stampede: Police in Tamil Nadu's Karur have intensified action against senior functionaries of Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) in connection with the September 27 stampede that killed 41 people during actor-politician Vijay's election rally at Velayuthampalayam. According to IANS report, steps are underway to arrest TVK General Secretary N. Anand, Joint General Secretary C.T.R. Nirmalkumar, and District Secretary Mathiyazhagan. A special police team has been constituted to trace and take th ...Read More >
Chennai, Sep 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Police in Tamil Nadu's Karur have intensified action against senior functionaries of Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) in connection with the September 27 stampede that killed 41 people during actor-politician Vijay's election rally at Velayuthampalayam. According to official sources, steps are underway to arrest TVK General Secretary N. Anand, Joint General Secretary C.T.R. Nirmalkumar, and District Secretary Mathiyazhagan. A special police team has been constitut ...Read More >
Chennai: Actor-politician Vijay's deliberate late entry at the public rally in Tamil Nadu's Karur on Saturday has been blamed for the horrible stampede that killed 41 people. However, the FIR has not named the popular star of Tamil film industry, founder of TVK party with ambitions of winning next year's Assembly elections. Criminal cases have been initiated against three party leaders -- district secretary Mathiyazhagan, state general secretary Bushi Anand and state joint secretary CTR Nirmal ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 29 (PTI) The NHRC on Monday said it has issued notices to municipal commissioner and superintendent of police of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu over reports that two sanitation workers died allegedly due to asphyxiation while working on an underground drainage pipeline last week. The National Human Rights Commission has observed that the content of the media report, if true, raises a serious issue of human rights violation. The NHRC has taken "suo motu cognisance of a media report ...Read More >
TVK Karur stampede: According to an FIR, the crowd climbed over steel sheds and trees to get a better vie of Vijay's rally, and when these collapsed, they fell on the crowd below, resulting in the fatal stampede. An FIR filed in connection with the deadly Karur stampede claimed that actor-politician Vijay remained inside his campaign vehicle at the venue for an extended period, leading to overcrowding and restlessness among the crowd that had gathered to attend his rally on September 27. Accor ...Read More >
Karur (Tamil Nadu), Sep 29 (PTI) Actor-politician Vijay, heading the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, remained inside his campaign vehicle at Velusamypuram, the venue, for an extended period, leading to overcrowding and restlessness among the crowd that had gathered to attend his rally on September 27, according to an FIR into the incident in which at least 41 people have died and 60 were injured. Meanwhile, a TVK source said Vijay has been asked by the police not to visit the government facility to v ...Read More >
Ten-year-old TV actor Veer Sharma and his 15-year-old brother Shaurya Sharma tragically died from suffocation in a late Saturday night fire at their Kota apartment. The blaze, reportedly caused by a short circuit on the fourth floor, claimed their lives despite neighbours' rescue efforts. They were declared dead on arrival.A tragic fire late on Saturday night at the Deep Shree multi-storey building in Anantpura, Kota, Rajasthan, has claimed the lives of 10-year-old TV actor Veer Sharma and his e ...Read More >
Kota: Two minor boys, including a TV child actor, allegedly died of suffocation after a fire broke out in their flat, early Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Veer (8) and Shoriya (16), sons of Jitendra Sharma, a chemistry teacher at a coaching institute in the city. While Veer worked as a child actor, his brother, Shoriya, was preparing for IIT at a coaching institute. Their mother, Reeta Sharma, is also an actor and works in Mumbai.The fire broke out around 2am in flat number 403 o ...Read More >
Police said Veer and his brother Shoriya Sharma , an engineering aspirant, were alone at home when the fire erupted. Their father Jitendra Sharma, who teaches at a coaching centre, was attending a bhajan event and mother actor Rita Sharma was in Mumbai at the time of the incident that happened at around 2 am on Sunday, they said. Kota SP Tejeshwani Goutam, who visited the spot on Sunday morning, said a short-circuit is suspected to have caused the blaze. The fire broke out in the drawing room ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sep 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) In an unfortunate update, child television actor Veer Sharma and his elder brother, Shaurya Sharma, passed away after a fire broke out at their home in Kota in the wee hours of Sunday. According to the reports, the fire started on the fourth floor of the building, where the two boys were alone at the time. The fire reportedly broke out in the drawing room of their flat at the Deepshree building, but did not spread to the other rooms. Going by the police reports ...Read More >
Karur Stampede: Actor-politician Vijay's party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), has claimed that the deadly stampede at its rally in Karur was not an accident but the result of a conspiracy involving ruling party figures. The incident on Saturday left 40 people dead, including 10 children, and nearly 100 injured. TVK's legal team has now petitioned the Madras High Court, demanding that the case be transferred either to a Special Investigation Team or the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). ...Read More >
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by actor-politician Vijay, has approached the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court seeking an independent investigation into the deadly stampede at its Karur rally. The incident, which killed 40 people, including 10 children, is being described by the party as a "planned conspiracy." TVK alleges that stone-pelting and a police lathi-charge triggered the chaos. Eyewitnesses reported a power outage, narrow access roads, and a sudden crowd surge just before V ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Sept 14 (Maxim News): Police are investigating the case of a three-year-old boy who was killed, tied up and thrown in Musi in Bandlaguda area. Police searched on Saturday night but could not find the boy's body. As a result, the search will continue in Musi near Nayapul today. Here To Join Us On WhatsApp Mohammad Akbar (35) and Sana Begum, a couple from Noornagar, Bandlaguda have an elder son (7) and a second son Mohammad Anas (3). While Akbar runs a vegetable business, Sana Begum w ...Read More >
Faridabad, Sep 9 (PTI) A couple, along with their daughter and pet died after an air conditioner (AC) compressor exploded in their house here on Monday morning, police said. Police suspect that a short-circuit caused a fire in the AC due to which it exploded. The couple's son survived the blast by jumping from the balcony. He sustained fractures to his legs and is undergoing treatment a hospital. The incident occurred at the Green Field Colony here around 3.30 am when the family was asleep. T ...Read More >
Srinagar, Sept 02: A 41-year-old software engineer in Bengaluru died after being bitten by a venomous snake that had hidden inside his footwear. The victim, identified as Manju Prakash, was a TCS employee and resident of Ranganatha Layout. According to police and family accounts, Prakash had left his Crocs slippers outside his front door before stepping out briefly to buy juice. Upon returning, he unknowingly slipped his feet into the slippers, unaware that a snake had crawled inside during his ...Read More >
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