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New Delhi, About 33 prototypes shortlisted under Delhi government's 'innovation challenge' to find solutions for the air pollution issue are set to enter the second phase for trials, according to officials familiar with the matter. These include solar-powered pole-mounted dust traps, filterless smoke and dust carbon-capturing device, electrostatic mist sprayers, models for smart dust-suppression and monitoring systems, and retrofitting vehicle-mounted air purifiers to improve emission quality o ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Monday directed civic and transport agencies to expedite field trials of 22 innovations shortlisted under the Delhi government's Innovation Challenge to tackle the capital's persistent air pollution problem. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Sirsa with officials from multiple agencies, including Delhi Transport Corporation, New Delhi Municipal Council, Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Delhi Fire Service, ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta is leading an intensified push against air pollution, with the state Government accelerating its flagship Innovation Challenge to deliver scalable, real-world solutions for cleaner air. The focus was on accelerating trial runs for 22 groundbreaking innovations selected from 284 nationwide entries. Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa chaired a high-level review meeting with senior officials from Delhi Transport Corporatio ...Read More >
Saini laid the foundation stones for 12 projects worth over ₹140 crore and inaugurated three projects with a combined cost of over ₹112 crore, an official statement said. Among the key inaugurations are the reconstruction of Jind Distributary No 4, completed by the Irrigation and Water Resources Department for ₹16.28 crore. Additional projects inaugurated included modern micro-irrigation systems at the village level, solar-powered irrigation facilities, and a balancing reservoir for water ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday announced a series of development projects and infrastructure upgrades for the Jind assembly constituency, asserting that no stone will be left unturned for its development. Addressing the 'Dhanyawad Evam Vikas Rally' in the district, the Chief Minister announced additional financial assistance of Rs 5 crore for the development of rural areas in the constituency, along with multiple projects aimed at strengthen ...Read More >
Punjab Cabinet Minister Sanjeev Arora on Friday announced a 50 per cent rebate on pending Non-Construction Fee (NCF) under the One Time Settlement (OTS) Scheme for Improvement Trusts, extended till April 30, 2026. He said house tax collection for the fiscal year 2025-26 has reached Rs 600 crore, up from Rs 500 crore in 2024-25. Ruling out any increase in property tax slabs, the minister added that officials have been given targets to recover pending dues. Highlighting urban infrastructure ini ...Read More >
Chandigarh, April 3 (UNI) Punjab Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Industries & Commerce, Investment Promotion, and Power, Sanjeev Arora, on Friday, unveiled a comprehensive roadmap on Friday to transform the state's urban infrastructure. The Minister announced a major infrastructure blitz, including the reconstruction and repair of 2,120 kilometers of roads across various Municipal Corporations and Councils. This initiative, budgeted at ₹1,300 crore, is slated for completion by the end of ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Apr 2 (PTI) Punjab Cabinet Minister Sanjeev Arora on Thursday said the state government is fast-tracking urban infrastructure development with major reforms, improved services and large-scale projects. He said the One Time Settlement (OTS) scheme for Improvement Trusts has been reintroduced till April 30, 2026, offering around 50 per cent rebate on non-construction fee to provide relief to property owners. Arora said house tax collection for 2025-26 has reached Rs 600 crore, up fro ...Read More >
Hyderabad: A massive fire broke out at an air conditioning unit on the second floor of a G+4 building located at Vengalrao Nagar, Tuesday night. Fire tenders from Sanathnagar, Annapurna Studios, and Jubilee Hills fire stations were rushed to the scene. No one was injured. Thick smoke from the false ceiling, floor mats and other material made the job of fire fighters difficult. Azmeera Sreedas, DFO-2, Hyderabad, said the fire was brought under control by 10.10 pm. Madhuranagar police rushed to t ...Read More >
Lucknow: It was a providential escape for 22 patients after a major fire broke out early Monday at the Northern Railway Divisional Hospital in Lucknow's Alambagh, triggering panic among patients and staff. The blaze, suspected to have started from a short circuit in the CCTV server room on the ground floor around 5:15 am, quickly spread through electrical wiring, filling the three-storey building with thick black smoke.The Critical Care Unit (CCU) on the first floor was soon engulfed, prompting ...Read More >
Nagpur: Firefighters of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) were on their toes on Saturday evening and early Sunday morning after two major fire incidents were reported at different locations in the city. One occurred at a prominent restaurant in Dharampeth, which was operating without proper fire compliance, and another at a scrap factory on Old Kamptee Road. Together, the two fires gutted material worth around Rs1.30 crore, though no injuries were reported in either case.The first incident ...Read More >
Ghaziabad: A residential building in Indirapuram with 20 flats caught fire on Wednesday night after a skyshot firework exploded in the balcony of a second-floor house and started a blaze that reached the fifth floor within minutes.Crackers were being burst on the street at Friends Avenue - part of extended Diwali celebrations that NCR has been seeing, with Supreme Court's orders restricting cracker-bursting to a two-hour evening window largely ignored, and not enforced either.Six fire tenders to ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Kurnool fire station leading fireman M Venkataramudu was the first responder to the bus accident spot in the district early Wednesday. Braving traffic chaos at the spot after the incident, the six-member fire-fighters team led by Venkataramudu reached the spot in the opposite direction and carried out a fire-fighting operation. It was the second fire call that the fire station received since midnight. The fire-fighters from the station attended a call around 1.30 am in town where a ...Read More >
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 >
No major accidents including loss of life or major injuries were reported. (Representational image) New Delhi: The Delhi Fire Services received 269 emergency calls on Diwali night, an official said on Tuesday. However, no major accidents including loss of life or major injuries were reported, he said. A senior DFS officer said the department remained on high alert throughout the festival, with all fire stations and quick response teams deployed across the city. "We received 269 fire calls t ...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 >
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], October 21 (ANI): A massive fire broke out at a showroom in Gurugram early Tuesday morning. According to the shop owner, he received a phone call at around 2:30 PM informing him about the fire.Initially, he thought the damage might be minor, but upon arrival, he discovered that the shop had been completely destroyed. The fire spread rapidly due to the wooden materials and shattered the glass windows.Fire brigade vehicles have arrived at the scene. Currently, the searc ...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. Also Read | Gujarati New Year 2025: Date and Significance of Nutan Varshabhinandan, Also Known As Bestu Varas in Gujarat. "...We ...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, approxima ...Read More >
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], October 21 (ANI): A massive fire broke out at a showroom in Gurugram early Tuesday morning, prompting an immediate response from the fire department. Fire Officer Narender Kumar confirmed that the department received information about the blaze early in the day and immediately dispatched two vehicles to control the blaze. Speaking to reporters, Fire Officer Narender Kumar said, "We received report of shops on fire. We immediately dispatched two vehicles. All fire sta ...Read More >
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], October 21 (ANI): A massive fire broke out at a warehouse in Rathiwas village of Gurugram on Monday evening. Six fire tenders were present at the spot. More details regarding the incident are still awaited. Also Read | Haryana Fire: Massive Blaze Erupts at Showroom in Gurugram; Efforts Underway to Douse Flames (Watch Videos). In another incident, a fire broke out at the Bhadasiya fruit market in Jodhpur. Efforts are currently underway to douse the flames. Also Re ...Read More >
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], October 21 (ANI): A massive fire broke out at a warehouse in Rathiwas village of Gurugram on Monday evening. Six fire tenders were present at the spot. More details regarding the incident are still awaited. In another incident, a fire broke out at the Bhadasiya fruit market in Jodhpur. Efforts are currently underway to douse the flames. In a different incident in Gurugram, a large fire broke out in a showroom early on Tuesday. The store owner claims that at 2:30 A ...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 add ...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 offi ...Read More >
Kolkata: Trinamool's Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale on Sunday criticised the Delhi govt and the Centre for their inaction that led to the Brahmaputra building blaze. Gokhale stays there with his mother and sister.The complex houses 24 members of Parliament, with staff quarters occupying a few floors of each of the eight-storey buildings. Gokhale said he called the fire brigade at 1.22 pm on Saturday and the first engine came only after 20 minutes.Along with Gokhale, three other TMC RS MPs -- party ...Read More >
A major fire broke out at a warehouse belonging to an online shipping firm in Manesar's Binola industrial area on Thursday morning, said fire department officials. The flames quickly expanded to the neighboring warehouse - containing goods including clothes and shoes - belonging to the same firm, according to officials privy to matter. Manesar fire officer Lalit Verma said 20 fire tenders and 60-70 firefighters reached the spot within 15 minutes. "At 8.57am, two fire tenders each from Pataudi, ...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 >
Lucknow: Lucknow Municipal Corporation has begun sealing 170 acres of land in Gomtinagar, including the iconic Subrato Kothi belonging to the Sahara Group. Boards declaring the area sealed have been installed on the premises.The action follows a detailed inquiry led by Municipal Commissioner Gaurav Kumar, which found multiple violations of licence and lease agreements. The land, allotted to Sahara India Housing Limited in 1994 for residential and green belt development, was supposed to be develo ...Read More >
New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Friday launched a rooftop solar power system, a modern fire station and a new power substation, highlighting the govt's push for clean energy and infrastructure development. In Rithala, Gupta launched the installation of the solar power systems on 1,000 govt buildings, calling it a step towards making "govt buildings the identity of an energy self-reliant Delhi". The project aims to generate 55 MW of clean energy.The newly installed 25-kilowatt solar syst ...Read More >
New Delhi: A firefighter was injured after a massive fire broke out at a building in North Delhi's Sadar Bazar on Saturday afternoon.According to officials, the incident was reported at 3:49 pm. A total of 27 fire tenders and over 100 firefighters rushed to the spot, located in the Main Market of Sadar Bazar.The fire reportedly started on the first floor of the building and quickly spread to three upper floors. The area, known for its dense crowds and congested lanes, posed additional challenges ...Read More >
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