File photo used for representational purpose. | Photo Credit: AP Several people are feared stranded in a high-rise in south Mumbai’s Byculla area as a major fire erupted in the multi-storey tower around midnight, on June 1, a civic official said. According to preliminary information, the blaze erupted in a flat on the 10th floor … Read more
A former patient of Institute of Mental Health (IMH), Erragadda, was apprehended by police for setting a parked two-wheeler on fire and stealing another one. Police said Mohd Feroz Khan alias Pavan Kumar (25) also stole a two-wheeler from Necklace Road. “The theft and fire mishap was reported on the evening of May 22. We … Read more
An elderly couple was killed and two others, including their grandson, were injured when the car they were travelling in rammed a roadside tree at Mustikuntla village in Bonakal mandal of Khammam district on Wednesday. The car caught fire after crashing into the tree due to the impact of the collision. The passengers were on … Read more
The fire was reported in one of the sheds when the owner saw smoke coming from the electrical board in the shed on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT More than 2,500 chickens were charred to death in a fire at a poultry farm in S. Mottur village, around 15 km from Gudiyatham town in … Read more
A girl was burnt alive, and her parents critically injured, after the hotel they own caught fire reportedly due to a leakage from a gas cylinder at Jallipalle village of Kuderu mandal, on Tuesday afternoon. According to police, couple Nagabushanam and Jyothi operate a roadside hotel in the village. After lunchtime, when there were no … Read more
A major fire broke out at a woodwork unit in Tondiarpet here on Sunday evening. A source said that an alert about the fire on Nehru Nagar Fifth Street was received late in the evening. Four fire tenders were rushed to the spot to put out the blaze. Read Comments () Copy link Email Facebook … Read more
A massive fire that ripped through a seven-storey commercial building in Bangladesh‘s capital Dhaka overnight has killed at least 44 people and injured 22 others, the health minister said on Friday. The fire on Thursday night that engulfed the Green Cozy Cottage building in the capital’s Baily Road area housed several restaurants and shops. The … Read more
All India Congress Committee (AICC) Communication coordinator in-charge, Sujatha Paul, has dismissed the allegations made by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and Sircilla MLA K.T. Rama Rao against Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy. Addressing a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan, Hyderabad, on Monday, she categorically rejected the unfounded accusations levelled by Mr. Rao, … Read more
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his Cabinet colleagues during the Navakerala Sadas at Perumbavoor in Ernakulam district. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s personal security detail has come under scathing criticism for “overstepping” the bounds of their official duty and “assaulting” Kerala Students Union (KSU) activists who staged a black … Read more
Village defence guards on Sunday opened fire, observing suspicious movement in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said. No one was injured in the firing that took place around 4 a.m. in upper Dhangri, a village where terrorists killed seven persons in an attack early this year, officials said. The VDGs fired … Read more