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Hyderabad: The death toll from the blast at Sigachi Industries in Pashamylaram, Sangareddy district, has risen to 40 after rescue teams recovered two more bodies from the debris on Wednesday night. Another 33 injured workers are currently receiving treatment at various hospitals in Hyderabad. Sigachi Industries has announced Rs 1 crore compensation for the family of each deceased worker, along with all applicable insurance benefits. The company has also stated that the Pharma factory will be cl ...Read More >
Hyderabad: While rice remains a staple comfort food across Telangana, its dominance in daily meals is raising serious health concerns. According to the 'Nutritional Intake in India' report by the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Telangana recorded the highest urban per capita calorie intake in the country for 2023-24, averaging 2,455 calories per day. The spike in caloric intake is primarily driven by a rice-heavy diet. More than 43% of daily calories in urban Telanga ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Taking a serious note over the lapses in maintaining the safety measures, the State Government has constituted a four-member committee to identify the causes which lead to the major explosion in the chemical factory at Pashamylaram industrial area in Sangareddy district. The committee would submit a report in a month. The Committee headed by noted Scientist from CSIR-IICT B Venkateswhar Rao would identify the causes and establish reasons and the events that led to the major explosion ...Read More >
Telangana pharma plant fire: Company says 40 killed, announces Rs 1-crore ex-gratia Sigachi Industries Ltd had been using outdated machinery and workers were compelled to operate it, the FIR registered against the management stated. The Sangareddy police, based on a complaint by a family member of one of the victims, on Monday registered an FIR against the factory management in connection with the explosion Sigachi Industries Ltd on Wednesday said it had lost 40 of its team members in the rece ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: At least four workers from Odisha were killed and four others injured in the explosion at a pharmaceutical factory in Telangana, an officer said on Wednesday. So far, 36 persons have been killed and several others injured in the powerful blast at a pharmaceutical manufacturing unit in Telangana's Sangareddy district. The explosion occurred on Monday at Sigachi Industries' plant in Pashamylaram. "As per information received from the local district administration, four persons from O ...Read More >
Pune: Passengers on board a Goa to Pune SpiceJet flight (SG-1080) had a scare on Tuesday evening when a window panel was found dislodged while the plane was mid-air.The airline played down the incident, saying the window part that had come off was "a non-structural trim component, fitted onto the window for the purpose of shade".But a person on board the plane -- a Bombardier Q400 -- told TOI the incident triggered anxiety among the passengers. "Two to three layers of the window panel just came ...Read More >
Sangareddy (Telangana) [India], July 3 (ANI): Telangana's Senior Congress leader V. Hanumanth Rao visited the Sigachi Pharma Factory explosion site in Sangareddy. He also visited the hospital, where he met with those injured in the explosion that claimed the lives of 34 people. Earlier, expressing his condolences for the victims of the Sigachi Pharma Factory explosion, Congress MP Mallu Ravi said that the 'unfortunate' incident took place due to a 'chemical reaction' in the pharma factory. 'I ...Read More >
Nagpur: Congress Legislature Party leader Vijay Wadettiwar questioned the govt's priorities on Tuesday, highlighting the increasing number of farmer suicides in Maharashtra. He accused the govt of neglecting agrarian crisis while approving Rs20,000 crore for Shaktipeeth highway project."Money is available for massive infrastructure projects, but where is the budget for farm loan waivers as promised by the BJP before last year's assembly polls to the farmers?" Wadettiwar asked while moving an adj ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 2 (UNI) The Telangana government has constituted a four-member expert committee to investigate Monday's major explosion in Sigachi Industries in Pashamylaram of Sangareddy district in which 38 persons were killed and several others injured. The Director of Factories, Hyderabad, has reported that a major explosion occurred in the Sigachi Industries at around 0920 hours on June 30, 2025, where Microcrystalline Cellulose powder is being manufactured, to be used in tablets and capsu ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Telangana government has constituted a four-member expert committee to investigate Monday's explosion at Sigachi Industries in Pashamylaram, which claimed the lives of 40 workers and left several others injured. The committee, to be headed by B. Venkateshwar Rao, Emeritus Scientist, CSIR-IICT, will identify the causes and establish the reasons and events that led to the major explosion. The members of the committee are T. Prathap Kumar, Chief Scientist, C ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Hyderabad has declared a yellow alert for Hyderabad and various districts in Telangana, anticipating heavy monsoon activity in the region over the coming days. In its seven-day weather forecast issued on Tuesday evening, the IMD forecasted light to moderate rainfall or thundershowers at many places in the state, as well as scattered heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty surface winds of up to 40 kmph in the majority of the distr ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in a chemical factory in India's southern state of Telangana rose to 40 on Wednesday. The massive blast took place on Monday in the Pashamylaram industrial area of the state's Sangareddy district. The ill-fated unit belonged to the Sigachi Industries, which announced a monetary compensation of 10 million Indian Rupees (116,645 U.S. dollars) for the families of each of the dead in the mishap. Besides, as many as 33 people were also injured in the bl ...Read More >
New Delhi: Shares of pharmaceutical firm Sigachi Industries Ltd tanked nearly 8 per cent on Wednesday, falling for the third trading session in a row, after a recent explosion and fire incident at its Telangana plant killed several people. The stock dropped 7.34 per cent to settle at Rs 42.69 apiece on the BSE. During the day, it tumbled 10.98 per cent to Rs 41.01. On the NSE, it tanked 7.57 per cent to Rs 42.56 a share. In three days, the stock has lost 22.63 per cent on the BSE. Sigachi Indus ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 2 (PTI) Shares of pharmaceutical firm Sigachi Industries Ltd tanked nearly 8 per cent on Wednesday, falling for the third trading session in a row, after a recent explosion and fire incident at its Telangana plant killed several people. The stock dropped 7.34 per cent to settle at Rs 42.69 apiece on the BSE. During the day, it tumbled 10.98 per cent to Rs 41.01. On the NSE, it tanked 7.57 per cent to Rs 42.56 a share. In three days, the stock has lost 22.63 per cent on the BSE. ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 2: Sigachi Industries Ltd on Wednesday said it had lost 40 of its team members in the recent explosion and fire at its Pashamylaram plant in Sangareddy district. The company also announced an ex gratia payment of Rs 1 crore each to the families of the deceased. According to Sangareddy Superintendent of Police Paritosh Pankaj, the official death toll stood at 38 as of Wednesday afternoon. "It is with anguish that we share details of the accident at the Sigachi Industries facility ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Sigachi Industries said on Wednesday that the explosion at its facility at Pashamylaram in Sangareddy district resulted in the death of 40 people and left 33 injured. The company issued a brief statement, the first since the blast rocked the facility at Pashamyalaram industrial area in Sangareddy district on Monday. "It is with anguish that we share details of the accident that occurred at the Sigachi Industries facility in Pashamylaram, Telangana, resulting in the loss of 40 valued ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Sigachi Industries said on Wednesday that the blast at its facility at Pashamylaram in Telangana resulted in the death of 40 people and left 33 injured. The company issued a brief statement, the first since the blast rocked the facility at Pashamyalaram industrial area in Sangareddy district near Hyderabad on Monday. "It is with anguish that we share details of the accident that occurred at the Sigachi Industries facility in Pashamylaram, Telangana, resulting in the loss of 40 value ...Read More >
Sangareddy (Telangana), Jul 2 (PTI) Sigachi Industries Ltd had been using outdated machinery and workers were compelled to operate it, the FIR registered against the management stated. The explosion at the firm's Pashamylaram unit two days ago left 36 dead and a nearly equal number injured. The Sangareddy police, based on a complaint by a family member of one of the victims, on Monday registered an FIR against the factory management in connection with the explosion under Sections 105 (culpable ...Read More >
Telangana pharma unit blast: Search continues for 13 missing workers Hyderabad: Search for 13 missing workers following the blast at a pharmaceutical unit at Pashamyalaram near Hyderabad continued on Wednesday. More than 48 hours after the blast at Sigachi Industries Pvt. Ltd., which claimed the lives of 36 workers, the rescue teams continued clearing debris. According to officials, 13 workers were still missing, and it is feared that they were trapped under the debris of the three-storey bui ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Search for 13 missing workers following the blast at a pharmaceutical unit at Pashamyalaram near Hyderabad continued on Wednesday. More than 48 hours after the blast at Sigachi Industries Pvt. Ltd., which claimed the lives of 36 workers, the rescue teams continued clearing debris. According to officials, 13 workers were still missing, and it is feared that they were trapped under the debris of the three-storey building, which collapsed under the impact of the ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: A probationary sub-inspector (SI) suffered a leg fracture when a DCM van collided with an ambulance at an accident scene. The incident occurred while the police officer was transporting a road accident victim's body to the morgue in the ambulance. Other cops managed to move to safety just in time.At around 3am on Tuesday, PSI S Venkatesham and a team of Balanagar police officers went to the Balanagar flyover after being alerted about a road accident. At the accident spot, they found t ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): Expressing his condolences for the victims of the Sigachi Pharma Factory explosion and Congress MP Mallu Ravi said that the 'unfortunate' incident took place due to 'chemical reaction' in the pharma factory. 'It is a very unfortunate incident due to the chemical reaction in the pharma factory. CM has announced to give Rs 1 crore to each deceased family', Mallu Ravi told ANI. The Sigachi Pharma Factory explosion in Telangana's Sangareddy district claimed the liv ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The death toll in the deadly explosion at Sigachi Industries' chemical unit at Pashamylaram reached 36 on Tuesday. Police said a case was registered against the factory management. The explosion at the chemical manufacturing facility in Pashamylaram industrial estate in Sangareddy district on Monday continues to send shockwaves across the state. On Monday, officials declared the death toll 15 in the reactor blast and continued the rescue operations. However, on the next day, the toll ...Read More >
NEW DELHI - Dozens have died in a major explosion at Sigachi Industries Pvt. Ltd., a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Pashamylaram, Sangareddy, Telangana, India. The blast, which happened at around 9:10 a.m. on Monday, 30 June 2025, has become one of the state's deadliest industrial disasters. At least 44 workers lost their lives, and many more suffered serious injuries. As of Wednesday, 2 July, search teams are still looking for 12 missing workers, and there are concerns that the number o ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: Two workers from Odisha have died in the massive explosion that completely brought down the Sigachi Industries Limited's pharmaceutical factory at Pashamylaram industrial area in Sangareddy district of Telangana on Monday. Four more Odia workers have been injured in the blast and are currently undergoing treatment at Pranaam Hospital in Madinaguda and Dhruva Hospital, Telangana. The deceased were identified as Lagnajit Duari of Tigiria in Cuttack and Rajmala Jagamohan of Chatrapur ...Read More >
Sangareddy (Telangana) [India], July 2 (ANI): Following the Sigachi Pharma chemical factory explosion in Telangana's Sangareddy district that claimed 34 lives, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy has called for the formation of a high-level committee to prevent such incidents in the future. Reddy said that after receiving information about the blast, the Prime Minister's Office immediately responded by coordinating with the Home Ministry and ordering the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to ext ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The dryer explosion at Sigachi Industries in Pashamylaram, which killed over 35 workers and injured dozens, stands as the deadliest industrial accident in the history of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, and among the worst in India's chemical sector. In past five years, the two states have witnessed several fatal explosions in chemical and pharma manufacturing units.The last major incident took place on August 21, 2024, when 17 workers died and more than 35 were injured in a massive expl ...Read More >
Sangareddy (Telangana) [India], July 1 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Tuesday announced a compensation of Rs 1 crore to the families of the deceased and ordered a detailed inquiry into the Sigachi Pharma Industries explosion that killed 34 people and left several others injured. Addressing the gathering, CM Reddy said, 'Rs 1 crore will be given to the deceased and Rs 10 lakh to the seriously injured, and Rs 5 lakh to the injured people. The government will take care of their m ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday announced a compensation of ₹1 crore each for the families of those killed in the Pashamylaram reactor blast. He also declared ₹10 lakh for those who suffered permanent disabilities and ₹5 lakh for the injured. Also Read: Telangana's Worst Industrial Disaster: Death Toll in Sangareddy Blast Rises to 45 A high-level committee headed by Chief Secretary K Ramakrishna Rao has been formed to monitor and coordinate all relief and rehabil ...Read More >
Chennai, July 1: At least five people were killed in a powerful explosion at the Gokulesh Fireworks Factory located in Chinnakkampatti, near Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar district on Tuesday, officials said. The blast, which occurred during the manufacturing process, also left at least two others injured. The injured have been admitted to the Sivakasi Government Hospital, where they are currently undergoing treatment. The bodies of the deceased have been sent for postmortem examination. ...Read More >
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