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The incident occurred at the popular Boudewijn Seapark in Brugge, Belgium (file)(Image: BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images) A well-known theme park has been the scene of a terrifying incident after a ride collapsed, injuring several children and adults this morning (April 7). Emergency services rushed to Boudewijn Seapark amusement park in Bruges, Belgium, following reports that a ride had collapsed, injuring four children, according to police speaking to local news outlet Het Laatste Nieuws. Pol ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) April 6 (ANI): Emergency ambulance services across Himachal Pradesh were severely disrupted on Monday as employees of 102 and 108 services, including drivers and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), went on a statewide strike demanding a hike in wages and implementation of court orders and labour laws. The strike, called by the Himachal Pradesh Ambulance Service Employees Association, has led to a large number of ambulances going off the roads, affecting emergency res ...Read More >
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said over 81,000 personnel will be recruited in the Uttar Pradesh police force this year. The recruitment is proposed for various categories, including sub-inspector, constable (civil police), radio assistant operator, computer operator Grade-A and sub-inspector of police (Confidential). The process for some of these posts has already begun. He was reviewing the working of various units of the state police and the plans prepared by the police departme ...Read More >
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the financial year 2026-27 is going to be very important for youth preparing to join the Uttar Pradesh Police. Preparations are underway to recruit more than 81,000 posts in the UP Police within this year. Chief Minister stated, "This large-scale recruitment drive will not only provide employment opportunities to youth but will also equip the state with a capable, energetic and modern police force". Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was reviewing t ...Read More >
HT visited Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing in Lajpat Nagar, where the exercise began at 8:10 pm with a complete blackout across the campus. The campus, which housed around 250 students along with academic and administrative staff, then saw a swift and coordinated response from multiple agencies to carry out evacuation and rescue operations. A circular to carry out a mock drill was issued by the directorate of civil defence to magistrates of 13 district last week. Also Read: Delhi to wi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) A citywide civil defence mock drill simulating a hostile attack including air raid warnings, blackout measures and evacuation exercises was conducted across all 13 districts of Delhi on Thursday. The exercise began at 8 pm in select locations, where teams carried out rescue and evacuation drills, including shifting people to designated bunker areas and deploying medical teams to handle simulated casualties, according to an order from the Delhi Directorate of Civil Defence ...Read More >
A swift response from fire and emergency services prevented a major disaster in Jammu after several oil tankers caught fire in Transport Nagar, highlighting the importance of emergency preparedness. IMAGE: Several oil tankers caught fire in Jammu on Wednesday. Photograph: ANI video grab Key Points Multiple oil tankers caught fire in Jammu's Transport Nagar, prompting a swift response from fire services. The fire, which started under unknown circumstances, spread rapidly to several tankers. Fire ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Several oil tankers in Jammu caught fire on Wednesday. Emergency services responded quickly to the scene, averting a bigger tragedy involving people.No individuals people have been reported to be harmed, according to news agency PTI. However, two tankers with relatively less quantity of oil burst into flames and were complete gutted. The cause of the fire, that started with one tanker near the RTO office at Transport Nagar and spread to 4-5 other tankers, is not known.The area, home t ...Read More >
The vehicles, equipped with advanced technology and deployed across all 28 police districts under Dial 112, are set to ensure immediate response to distress calls, marking a major leap in rapid, technology-driven law enforcement, officials said. Backed by ₹327.70 crore investment in police vehicles over four years, Mann highlighted that modernisation of the force has not only strengthened law and order but also tightened the grip on drug traffickers. Improved security continues to boost invest ...Read More >
Surat: Five members of a family, including four women and a child, died after a fire broke out in a three-storey house in a residential society near Mithikhadi in the Limbayat area of Surat, Gujarat, on Tuesday morning. The victims reportedly died due to suffocation caused by toxic smoke and burn injuries, triggering panic across the locality. According to police, the incident occurred around 10 AM, when the family was inside the house, which was also being used for saree packing. A large quant ...Read More >
Mumbai, February 24: Washington University (WashU) in St. Louis issued an emergency "all-clear" message on Tuesday afternoon, February 24, following a campus-wide lockdown sparked by reports of an armed person near the Danforth Campus. The university's emergency alert system, WashU Alerts, initially instructed students, faculty, and staff to shelter in place and secure all doors as law enforcement searched the area for a suspect reportedly carrying a firearm. The incident began shortly after 1: ...Read More >
Kolar: Gold mine district Kolar is set to witness a historic milestone with the inauguration of India's first Tata-Airbus mini helicopter Final Assembly Line (FAL) at Vemagal Industrial Area in Kolar taluk. The facility will be officially launched today at 4.20 pm by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron through a virtual ceremony. The event will also be attended in person by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and French Defence Minister Catherine Vautrin at the Ve ...Read More >
Agra: Thirteen people were charred to death and more than 100 suffered injuries in a deadly pile-up involving 18-19 vehicles - including eight passenger buses, cars and SUVs - on the Yamuna Expressway in UP's Mathura district early Tuesday.The accident was reported around 3.40am near milestone 127 under Baldeo police station. Sources said a car and a bus first collided, and as these two vehicles stopped on the road, others coming from the Agra side and heading towards Noida started piling up one ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Luthra brothers, Gaurav and Saurabh, owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Arpora where a massive fire killed 25 people earlier this month, are being deported from Thailand to India on Tuesday (Dec 16). The brothers are expected to land in Delhi around 1.30pm - 1.45pm on an IndiGo flight from Bangkok. Teams from central agencies, along with the Goa and Delhi Police, will take them into custody at the airport and produce them before the Patiala House Court, where the Goa ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): India is accelerating its efforts to build domestic geospatial and space-data infrastructure as policymakers and industry leaders warned that rising demand for satellite information, digital public services and security applications is raising pressure to reduce foreign dependence, industry participants said on Monday at GeoSmart India 2025. On the first day of the four-day-long premier geospatial (GIS) conference hosted by Geospatial World, the discussions ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 1 (ANI): India is accelerating its efforts to build domestic geospatial and space-data infrastructure as policymakers and industry leaders warned that rising demand for satellite information, digital public services and security applications is raising pressure to reduce foreign dependence, industry participants said on Monday at GeoSmart India 2025. On the first day of the four-day-long premier geospatial (GIS) conference hosted by Geospatial World, the discussions ...Read More >
Srinagar- Amid a sharp rise in fire incidents across the Kashmir Valley, particularly Srinagar, the Fire and Emergency Services (F&ES) Department has urged residents not to park their vehicles on roads and lanes during night hours. Officials said that haphazard parking on narrow roads and residential lanes has become a serious obstacle for fire tenders and emergency vehicles, often delaying crucial rescue and firefighting operations. "Vehicles parked on the roads not only obstruct movement but ...Read More >
Chemical emergencies, whether accidental or deliberate, pose an escalating threat to public health, environmental stability, and economic systems. India took a major step toward strengthening its national health security framework with the release of three specialized training modules on Public Health Management of Chemical Emergencies, developed by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). The modules were officially launched today ...Read More >
Nagpur: Diwali night was hectic for Nagpur's fire and emergency services department as firecrackers triggered a series of blaze calls across the city, keeping all fire stations on continuous duty. Out of 16 fire-related calls received in less than 10 hours, 11 were reported within a five-hour window on October 21 -- between 7pm and midnight -- stretching the city's firefighting network to its limits.The first call came around 7.05pm, marking the start of a long night for fire personnel. The blaz ...Read More >
The rights panel has directed that the allegations made in a complaint before it is inquired into, according to the proceedings of a case before a bench of the National Human Rights Commission . The complainant alleged that "roadside vendors and hawkers/pottery sellers are being subjected to unnecessary and inhumane treatment investigation" and action by municipal authorities concerned across various cities in India, and he has sought the intervention of the NHRC in the matter. These vendors a ...Read More >
Jaipur, Oct 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) At least 15 people, including three children and four women, were injured when a bus en route to Jodhpur from Jaisalmer caught fire on Tuesday. The incident occurred near Thaiyat village, about 20 kilometers from Jaisalmer, around 3.30 p.m., causing chaos and panic on the busy route. According to eyewitnesses, the bus had left Jaisalmer at around 3 p.m. with 57 passengers on board. Soon after crossing Thaiyat village, passengers noticed smoke from the rear porti ...Read More >
VMPLNew Delhi [India], October 4: The 19th edition of Fire India 2025 closed with great success, proving once again why it is considered India's largest and oldest exhibition for the fire and safety industry.The 19th edition of Fire India 2025 has officially concluded at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon, Mumbai, and what a spectacular edition it was! Organized by Services International & Institution of Fire Engineers (India), Fire India once again lived up to its reputation as South Asia's ...Read More >
RAIPUR: At least six persons were killed and six injured including two critically, in a tragic industrial accident at a private steel factory in Chhattisgarh capital on Friday evening. The incident occurred at Godavari Ispat Ltd. plant located in Siltara industrial area in Dharsiwa region of Raipur, Raipur SSP Lal Umed Singh told TOI. He said that a heavy structure of a ceiling collapsed during maintenance inspection, trapping workers underneath. The rescue operation is still underway and the ca ...Read More >
Raipur, Sep 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) A tragic industrial accident at the under-construction Godavari Power and Steel Limited Plant in Silatara Chowki (police post), Raipur, claimed the lives of six labourers and left six others severely injured, prompting renewed scrutiny of safety standards in construction zones across Chhattisgarh. The incident occurred during routine work hours when a section of the plant's structure collapsed. Eyewitnesses described a deafening crash followed by chaos as worker ...Read More >
Raipur: A tragic industrial accident at the under-construction Godavari Power and Steel Limited Plant in Silatara Chowki (police post), Raipur, claimed the lives of six labourers and left six others severely injured, prompting renewed scrutiny of safety standards in construction zones across Chhattisgarh. The incident occurred during routine work hours when a section of the plant's structure collapsed. Eyewitnesses described a deafening crash followed by chaos as workers rushed to rescue colle ...Read More >
Raipur, September 26: A tragic accident at the under-construction Godavari Ispat Plant in Silatara Chowki, Raipur, claimed the lives of six labourers and left several others critically injured, triggering widespread concern over industrial safety standards. The incident occurred during work hours when a section of the plant's structure suddenly collapsed. Eyewitnesses reported a loud crash followed by panic as workers rushed to rescue those trapped beneath the debris. Emergency services respond ...Read More >
Rekha Gupta on Thursday also unveiled some key healthcare initiatives (File) New Delhi: "Ambulance in Delhi should reach before pizza" -- with this message, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday flagged off 11 Centralised Accident and Trauma Services (CATS) ambulances in the national capital, officials said. The chief minister also said that hundreds more are in the pipeline, with the fleet expected to touch 53 by October and then eventually scale up to 1,000. Rekha Gupta on Thursday also u ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: EC on Thursday revised the rules relating to counting of postal ballots, making it mandatory for all postal ballot papers to be counted before the penultimate round of EVM/VVPATs counting is taken up.The new practice will be first implemented in Bihar where assembly polls are due in Nov.This restores the arrangement prior to May 2019, when EC had changed the guidelines to allow EVM counting to proceed regardless of postal ballot counting stage. The 2019 change did not rule out chances ...Read More >
"Ambulance in Delhi should reach before pizza" -- with this message, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday flagged off 11 Centralised Accident and Trauma Services ambulances in the national capital, officials said. IMAGE: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta during the launch of 11 CATS ambulances in New Delhi, Septemebr 25, 2025. Photograph: Courtesy Rekha Gupta on X A series of health services and facilities were launched on Thursday as part of 'Sewa Pakhwada' (service fortnight), an initiative ...Read More >
A cloudburst in Dehradun's Sahastradhara region caused massive flooding in Karligaad rivulet, sweeping away shops, collapsing two hotels, and toppling a bridge. Two people are missing as SDRF, NDRF, and district officials continue rescue and relief operations. New Delhi: A severe cloudburst occurred in the Sahastradhara region of Dehradun, triggering massive flooding in the Karligaad rivulet and causing significant destruction in the surrounding area. The intense and continuous rainfall led to ...Read More >
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