New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) A massive search and rescue operation is underway after a man allegedly jumped into the Yamuna River from the Delhi–Noida Direct (DND) Flyway in the early hours of Monday, prompting an immediate response from the Delhi Fire Services, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and local police, officials said. According to officials, the Delhi Fire Services received information about the incident at around 1 a.m. after a caller reported that a man travelling on a scoo…
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New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Three people were safely rescued after a fire broke out in the electric meter panel of a residential building in the Keshav Puram area of northwest Delhi in the early hours of Monday.According to the Delhi Fire Services (DFS), the fire control room received multiple calls about a blaze in electric wiring at 2:03 a.m. The incident was reported at B-4/180, Lawrence Road, near Lal Shahi Mandir, under the jurisdiction of Keshav Puram.Initially, two water tenders (WT), two w…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) A fire broke out at an electrical warehouse located in Gali No. 7 of Bihari Colony in Delhi’s Shahdara district on Saturday, prompting a swift response from the Delhi Fire Services (DFS). Six fire tenders were immediately rushed to the spot after authorities received information about the blaze.Firefighters reached the site and launched firefighting operations to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby structures. According to officials, the warehouse was used to st…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Two separate fire incidents occurred in the national capital, one at a namkeen manufacturing factory in the Dwarka area and another at a furniture shop in Mangolpuri during the early hours of Friday. No casualties were reported in either incident, officials said.Fire tenders were rushed to both locations and managed to bring the blazes under control.In the first incident, a fire broke out at a namkeen manufacturing factory located in a tin-shed structure near Dwarka Met…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) A massive fire which broke out in a multi-storey building in Delhi’s Tughlakabad area on June 12, claiming three lives, was a deliberate act to avenge personal enmity, police said on Sunday, adding that three accused have been apprehended in connection with the incident.The blaze was reported at 2:24 a.m. on Friday in a five-storey residential building located at Tughlakabad Extension, in Delhi’s Govindpuri area. At least eight people sustained injuries in the incident …
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) A fire broke out at a restaurant near the Kalkaji-Govind Puri flyover in South Delhi on Sunday, triggering a major firefighting operation by the Delhi Fire Services (DFS), officials said, adding that an elderly woman was saved and there were no casualties.The blaze was brought under control after nine fire tenders were deployed to the spot, and no casualties have been reported so far.According to DFS, the fire call was received at around 4:45 a.m. regarding a blaze at P…
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) At least three people died after a massive fire broke out in a building in Delhi’s Tughlakabad area in the early hours of Friday. The fire was reported at 2:24 a.m. in a five-storey residential building located in Tughlakabad Extension, Govindpuri, Delhi.Local police immediately rushed to the spot and were soon joined by the SHO, ACP, Additional DCPs, and the DCP of the South East district. Rescue operations for the trapped residents were initiated without delay. Four f…
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting to discuss the formulation of a comprehensive regulatory framework for functioning of coaching centres in Delhi.The Director of Higher Education will serve as the Nodal Officer for drafting the policy, said an official statement.A multidisciplinary committee will be constituted to formulate detailed guidelines covering key areas like fee structure, student safety and welfare, mental health sup…
Dehradun, June 7 (IANS) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday said that he had a conversation with Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta over the arrest of Keshav Negi, a cook who was arrested in the Malviya Nagar hotel fire case, stating that she had assured him that no innocent person would face injustice.A massive fire broke out in the multi-storeyed Flourish Stay B&B in the Malviya Nagar area on June 3, claiming 21 lives, including 13 foreigners, and injuring dozens of othe…
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) A fire broke out on the second floor of the Karkardooma Court complex in New Delhi early on Sunday morning, officials said. The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said that the fire broke out at around 5:00 a.m. on Sunday inside a ‘scanning room’ located near Gate No. 4 on the second floor of the Karkardooma Court complex.”A call was received around 5:22 a.m., and eight fire tenders immediately rushed to the scene,” the DFS said.After over half an hour of efforts, at 6:05 a.m., D…