New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) At least two people lost their lives, and several others sustained injuries after a bus carrying around 25 passengers overturned in central Delhi’s Karol Bagh area in the early hours of Wednesday, officials said.The Delhi Fire Services confirmed the fatalities, while multiple rescue teams were rushed to the spot to assist those trapped in the bus.The incident occurred at around 1 a.m. near Jhandewalan Metro Station when the bus, which was travelling from Jaipur in Ra…
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New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Three Delhi schools received threatening emails on Monday, prompting large-scale search operations by security agencies, officials said. According to the Delhi Fire Services, two schools to receive threatening emails are Salwan Public School and Janakpuri’s Meera Public School. The third, Army Public School, Delhi Cantt, is a high-security area of the national capital.Units from the Delhi Police, along with the bomb disposal team, dog squad, and Delhi Fire Services, qui…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Army Public School in Dhaula Kuan, Delhi, has reportedly received a bomb threat via email on Monday, prompting authorities to launch an investigation. Delhi Fire Services (DFS) and police teams have been deployed at the school, and more details are awaited as precautionary measures continue.Earlier on Thursday, three other schools in Delhi — CRPF Public School in Rohini, St. Thomas School in Dwarka, and DAV Centenary Public School in Paschim Enclave — also received bom…
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said that he and his family were not present at their New Delhi residence when the fire broke out earlier in the day. He said that the cause of the fire was a short circuit, which damaged a few household items. He informed that he was in Patna along with his family and thanked everyone for their concern.In a post on X, Prasad said, “Today, a fire broke out in an outer room of my Delhi residence, possibly due to a short circuit, whi…
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) A fire broke out in BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad’s residence in New Delhi on Wednesday, officials said. According to the authorities, the fire broke out at around 8:00 a.m. in one of the bedrooms of the residence.Upon receiving the information, three teams of the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) reached the spot, and the blaze was brought under control, officials said.The cause of the fire is unknown, and the authorities are investigating.Further details are awaited.Ravi Shankar …
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Three people were killed in a massive fire that broke out on the second floor of the Delhi Metro staff quarters in Adarsh Nagar early on Tuesday. The deceased have been identified as Ajay (42), Neelam (38), and their 10-year-old daughter, Janhvi.According to Delhi Fire Services (DFS), they received information at around 02:39 a.m. about a fire on the second floor of one of the buildings in the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) staff quarters in Adarsh Nagar.A team of fi…
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the city government to take action against cafes, bars, nightclubs, restaurants and hotels operating in Majnu ka Tila and New Aruna Nagar without sanctioned building plans and in violation of safety norms. A Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) flagging concerns o…