Rescue squads in action to save a fishing boat that caught fire near the Beypore harbour early on Sunday morning. Photo: Special Arrangement Two Lakshadweep fish workers were rescued from an anchored fishing boat that caught fire following fuel leakage near the Beypore harbour early this (November 10, 2024) morning. The two workers — Tajul … Read more
The State Cabinet which met on Wednesday decided to sanction a relief amount of ₹4 lakh each from the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund to the kin of four persons who died following the accident at Anjoottambalam Veerarkavu Bhagavathy temple, Neeleswaram, Kasaragod, when a stash of fire crackers caught fire Sanitation workers A sum of … Read more
Garbage kept uncleared at a city transfer station caught fire on the night of October 31, as per a news report, which has seen the light of the day rather late. Several tonnes of trash collected from areas around Secunderabad had piled up at the Neredmet garbage transfer station managed by the Hyderabad Integrated MSW … Read more
Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR At least two persons died and 50 people were injured in various incidents of fire across Odisha during Diwali celebrations, police said on Friday (November 1, 2024). In addition, properties valued at lakhs of rupees were gutted during the festival of lights on … Read more
Motorists make their way through an air-polluted street during the festival of lights Deepavali by lighting fire crackers in Hyderabad on Thursday night (October 31, 2024). | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal “The Telangana State Disaster Response and Fire Services received a total of 33 fire-cracker-related distress calls on Deepavali, including three major ones,” said the … Read more
A massive fire broke out at a furniture shop located at the Bhadoria Chauraha under the Sisamau police station area of Kanpur district, said an official on Thursday. Kanpur Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Deepak Kumar spoke to ANI about the incident and said, “A major fire broke out in a furniture market. The flames were … Read more
“A youth was injured and a few shanties near Anwar Shah Road in the southern part of the city were gutted in a fire that broke out on Monday (October 28, 2024),” police said. “The fire broke out in a shanty when a battery exploded while being charged,” they said, adding that a gas cylinder … Read more
Telangana Forest and Endowments Minister Konda Surekha. File | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Telangana Forest and Endowment Minister Konda Surekha on Thursday (October 3, 2024) withdrew her comments claiming that Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao was the reason behind the divorce of actors Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Naga Chaitanya, after facing … Read more
The Jeedimetla police booked a man for opening fire from an unlicensed weapon in Gajularamaram late on Tuesday. According to the police, the man, a resident of Mallampet, opened fire to threaten a group allegedly teasing his girlfriend. Preliminary enquiry revealed that the girl called him over the phone, narrating the situation. The man then … Read more
Two of the 24 Keralites who died in an apartment fire at Manqaf in Kuwait on June 12 were from Malappuram district of Kerala. The bodies of M.P. Bahuleyan, 36, from Pulamanthol, and Nooh from Koottai, Tirur, were identified on June 12 night, according to sources. Both of them had been missing since the fire … Read more