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Panvel, March 30: The Panvel Municipal Corporation on Monday presented an estimated budget of Rs 4,853 crore for the financial year 2026-27, with a strong focus on infrastructure development and essential civic services. Budget presentation and priorities Municipal Commissioner Mangesh Chitale tabled the budget before Standing Committee Chairman Baban Mukadam during a special meeting. The budget outlines a balanced approach to urban growth, prioritising water supply, healthcare, sanitation, ed ...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 r ...Read More >
Mandya: A bomb threat was received at the Mandya court on Thursday. The message threatening a bomb attack on the court was received in the Mandya district judge's mail. Police, bomb squad and fire brigade personnel reached the court immediately after receiving the information and are inspecting the matter. The court proceedings were halted, and everyone evacuated the premises after receiving the mail containing the threat. Anxiety gripped the court as a similar threat email was received on Feb ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, March 12 (Xinhua) -- At least 26 workers were injured Thursday after a fire broke out inside an electric meter manufacturing factory on the outskirts of the Indian capital territory Delhi, police said. The fire inside Capital Power System Limited in Sector 4's Thana Phase 1 of Noida triggered chaos and panic among workers at the factory, and many jumped from the roof of the factory and were injured, a police official said. "So far, no casualties have been reported. Efforts are under ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 12 (PTI) A major explosion was averted in southwest Delhi's Matiala area when a Delhi Police head constable smashed the window of a locked CNG-fitted car and moved it away from a raging fire that destroyed over 400 shanties, officials said on Thursday. The fire broke out in a slum cluster in the Mansaram Park area late on Wednesday night. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (PCR) Pawan Kumar, the Bindapur police station received a call regarding the blaze at 11.57 pm. Loc ...Read More >
New Delhi: An Air India Express flight arriving from Hyderabad suffered a severe hard landing at Phuket International Airport on Wednesday, March 11. The force of the impact was so significant that it heavily damaged the aircraft's nose gear. Fortunately, all 133 passengers on board Flight IX938 evacuated safely, and no injuries were reported. Following the incident, the runway remained closed until approximately 6 p.m. local time to allow airport officials to conduct a full safety inspection ...Read More >
Delhi Air Pollution: Workers affected by the restricted activity during the period will be compensated. New Delhi: Delhi Labour Minister Kapil Mishra on Wednesday announced Rs 10,000 in compensation for construction workers rendered unemployed due to the pollution-battling GRAP III and GRAP IV measures. The minister also said all government and private institutions must mandatorily switch to work from home for 50 per cent of the staff from Thursday, or face action. Addressing a press confere ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi govt on Wednesday mandated offices in the capital - Delhi govt and private - to function with a maximum of 50% of their employees in the workplace and the rest working from home starting Thursday, as a measure to reduce pollution in the city.Delhi labour minister Kapil Mishra said "establishments will have to strictly enforce the work-from-home norms and also motivate employees for car-pooling". Later in the day, the labour department issued an advisory reiterating the restricti ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 17 (PTI) A fire broke out at a cluster of shanties near Eco Park in the New Town area near Kolkata on Wednesday evening. There was no report of any casualty in the blaze, which broke out in one of the shanties around 7.30 pm and quickly spread to adjoining houses, officials said. Twenty fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the flames, a fire brigade official said. "The fire has been contained. But due to presence of combustible materials in the shanties, it is taking t ...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, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Delhi authorities on Wednesday announced mandatory work-from-home norms for 50 percent of employees in both government and private organizations as the Indian capital city grapples with heavy smog. "From Thursday, all government and private institutions must ensure 50 percent of their workforce is working from home," local labor minister Kapil Mishra said during a press briefing, underlining that the order applies uniformly across sectors. However, the measure ex ...Read More >
Alwar: Three people died and one was seriously injured when a pickup truck caught fire after a crash with another vehicle on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan's Alwar district late Tuesday night, police said. The accident occurred inside Raini police station limits. The collision triggered sparks, which set the pickup ablaze and engulfed it in flames within moments. Raini Station House Officer Rajpal Chaudhary said police rushed to the spot after receiving information about the accident ...Read More >
Gandhinagar, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will distribute cheques worth Rs 2,800 crore in Ahmedabad on December 17, 2025, at 3:00 PM, aimed at the holistic development of the State's Municipal Corporations and Municipalities. Guided by the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 2025 is being celebrated as the Urban Development Year under the leadership of the Chief Minister. The Rs 2,800 crore grant-in-aid is expected to provide fresh momentum to urban develo ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Goa nightclub owners Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, wanted in connection with the December 6 fire that claimed 25 lives, were brought back to India from Bangkok on an emergency certificate on Tuesday. As reported by TOI, the brothers boarded an IndiGo flight and arrived at Indira Gandhi International Airport at around 2.10 pm. Earlier, they were seen wearing masks and surrounded by immigration and security officials at Thailand airport. Following their arrival, the duo is to be produced b ...Read More >
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 16 (ANI): Bodies of those killed in a major accident on the Delhi-Agra Expressway were brought in body bags to the postmortem facitility in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura on Tuesday, as authorities continued efforts to ascertain the exact death toll and identify the deceased. At least four people lost their lives, and 25 others sustained injuries after several buses caught fire following a massive collision on the Delhi-Agra Expressway in Mathura district duri ...Read More >
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 16 (ANI): Bodies of those killed in a major accident on the Delhi-Agra Expressway were brought in body bags to the postmortem facitility in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura on Tuesday, as authorities continued efforts to ascertain the exact death toll and identify the deceased. At least four people lost their lives, and 25 others sustained injuries after several buses caught fire following a massive collision on the Delhi-Agra Expressway in Mathura district duri ...Read More >
Haryana has taken a major step towards strengthening public safety and improving ease of governance with new guidelines for the issuance and renewal of fire safety certificates (FSC), financial commissioner revenue and additional chief secretary (home) Sumita Misra said. The policy, framed under the Haryana Fire and Emergency Services Act, 2022, introduces a technology-driven, transparent and time-bound mechanism. Misra said the new system aims to ensure faster service delivery without compromi ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Dec 16 (PTI) Haryana has notified a set of new guidelines for the issuance and renewal of Fire Safety Certificates (FSC), replacing the old procedure with a technology-driven, transparent and time-bound mechanism, an official statement said. Framed under the Haryana Fire and Emergency Services Act, 2022, the policy introduces an empanelled agency system along with an automated online approval process, significantly reducing procedural delays. Under the revised procedure, the FSC, b ...Read More >
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 16 (ANI): At least four people lost their lives and 25 others sustained injuries after several buses caught fire following a massive collision on the Delhi-Agra Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district during the early hours of Tuesday, officials said. According to the police, the accident occurred at Yamuna Expressway's Milestone 127 amid low visibility caused by dense fog. Soon after the incident, police teams and fire department personnel rushe ...Read More >
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 16 (ANI): At least four people lost their lives and 25 others sustained injuries after several buses caught fire following a massive collision on the Delhi-Agra Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district during the early hours of Tuesday, officials said. According to the police, the accident occurred at Yamuna Expressway's Milestone 127 amid low visibility caused by dense fog. Soon after the incident, police teams and fire department personnel rushe ...Read More >
Schools experienced panic Monday following a bomb threat. Students were evacuated as authorities conducted anti-sabotage checks. No suspicious items were discovered. The threat was reportedly sent via email to a school principal. Cyber police are investigating the source of the message. Similar threats were received by other schools. This incident follows a hoax bomb threat in Amritsar on December 12. A bomb threat sent into panic several schools here on Monday, with authorities evacuating stud ...Read More >
A massive fire erupted at a bar in Bhubaneswar this morning. Thick plumes of smoke were seen on the top floor of the building that houses the bar, in horrifying visuals from the Satya Vihar area in Odisha's capital this morning. No casualties were reported. Firefighters managed to bring the blaze under control before it could spread to nearby buildings in the densely populated area. It is now being probed if the fire was caused by a short circuit or some other reason, even as the exact cause r ...Read More >
Kanpur: A massive fire gutted the Irrigation Department's Lower Ganga Canal Block, Etawah Division office on Sunday, reducing the entire building and nearly five decades of departmental records to ashes before fire brigade teams could bring the blaze under control.While officials cited a possible short circuit as the cause, a detailed investigation is underway to ascertain the exact reason.The office was closed on Sunday and the fire came to light early Monday morning when residents noticed smok ...Read More >
COIMBATORE: The Erode police have issued a set of fresh guidelines, including a two-hour time restriction for Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) Vijay's campaign in Erode on Thursday. Even as the party functionaries are busy with the preparatory works for the actor-politician's campaign, the police have set a time limit by permitting the meeting to be held only between 11 am and 1 pm. The scheduled venue, belonging to the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department near the toll p ...Read More >
Latur: Latur police have arrested a man within 24 hours for allegedly murdering another person and setting his body on fire inside a car to fake his own death, with the motive of claiming a Rs 1 crore insurance payout and escaping a debt of Rs 57 lakh, SP Amol Tambe told reporters in a press conference on Monday evening. The incident came to light in the early hours of Saturday (Dec 14), when Dial 112 received a call around 12.30 am reporting a car on fire on the Vanavada Pati-Vanavada road in ...Read More >
Jadcherla/Hyderabad, Nov 20 (Maxim News): A serious road accident took place on the 44th National Highway at Jadcherla Macharam in Mahabubnagar district. Another private travel bus passing over the bridge narrowly avoided an accident. The accident occurred when Jagan's travel bus hit a tanker carrying hydrochloric acid from behind. A major accident was averted as there was no possibility of the chemical in the tanker catching fire. Although smoke was coming out of the tanker, a major accident w ...Read More >
At least seven people have been reported dead after another body was pulled out from the rubble of an explosion that ripped through a firecracker factory in Hyderabad a day earlier, it emerged on Sunday. Rescue officials confirmed to Dawn the recovery of one more body from the rubble, which was pulled out late on Saturday. On Saturday, a statement from the Rescue 1122 spokesperson said that "a powerful explosion was reported in a firecracker factory on the banks of the Laghari Goth river, Lati ...Read More >
Around 300 shops were gutted after a major fire broke out early Saturday on Kolkata's Ezra Street. Fire officials said there were no casualties as residents living in adjoining buildings had been evacuated in time. "We had evacuated all the buildings. So no casualties," Indira Mukherjee, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Kolkata Central, told reporters, reported the Indian Express. Twenty fire engines have been deployed to control the blaze, which officials believe was triggered by a short circuit ...Read More >
Gorakhpur, Nov 16 (PTI) A massive fire erupted at the Waterways Restaurant & Banquet near the Taramandal Buddhist Museum here on Sunday, leaving one staff member dead and causing extensive property damage, officials said. The blaze, which started around 5 am, quickly spread through the entire three-storey building, with thick smoke engulfing the area and triggering panic among locals. Chief Fire Officer Santosh Kumar said the fire control room received an alert at 5:16 am, following which four ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: At least six people were killed and seven injured when a powerful explosion tore through an illegal fireworks factory in the city on Saturday, officials said. Deputy Commissioner Zain ul Abideen Memon confirmed that a fifth body had been recovered from the debris, adding that three of the injured were in critical condition. A spokesperson for Rescue 1122 said the explosion occurred at a firecracker manufacturing site located on the banks of the Laghari Goth river within the Latifaba ...Read More >
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