Patna, May 28 (IANS) A fire broke out in a general coach of the Jaynagar-Udhna Express at Madhubani railway station on Thursday, completely gutting the compartment, officials said. According to a railway official, the affected coach was standing on Platform No 3 for maintenance work when thick black smoke and flames suddenly started emerging from it. The blaze quickly spread through the general compartment, completely gutting the coach.Fortunately, no passengers were on board at the time of the …
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New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Former MP Ramesh Bidhuri on Tuesday attended a meeting of political parties convened by Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ashok Kumar on the issue of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Accompanied by advocate Sanket Gupta, Bidhuri assured the CEO that BJP-appointed Block Level Agents will extend all possible support to the election office in the SIR work.Bidhuri said that the BJP believes the names of all bogus voters, dead voters, and infiltrators shou…
Patna, May 18 (IANS) A massive fire broke out in one of the coaches of a passenger train bound for Patna. No injuries have been reported, officials said on Monday.The incident occurred on the Sasaram-Patna fast passenger train near the Bihar’s Sasaram railway station at around 6 a.m. According to the preliminary investigation, the fire was caused by a suspected short circuit, officials said. The coach caught fire while it was at the Sasaram railway station shortly before it was scheduled to depa…
Jaipur, May 9 (IANS) Panic briefly gripped the Rajasthan Secretariat on Saturday after a fire broke out in the News Section of the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR), officials said. According to preliminary reports, the blaze was triggered by a short circuit in an electrical switchboard, causing smoke to rapidly spread across the section and creating chaos among employees and officials.As soon as the incident was reported, the Secretariat security personnel rushed to the spot…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Union Minister of State (MoS) Harsh Malhotra, on Sunday, expressed distress over the residential building fire in Delhi’s Vivek Vihar, calling the incident “very unfortunate”. He further informed that the injured are currently stable. The fire broke out on the second floor of the building at around 4 a.m., after which 14 fire engines were dispatched to the scene. During the rescue and relief operations, 15 people were rescued, officials said. Nine people, including a todd…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) As a devastating fire incident in Delhi’s Vivek Vihar claimed the lives of nine people, fire officials reported that rescue and relief operations were hindered because the fire broke out early in the morning, and the protective grills made it difficult to gain entry and evacuate the occupants. Fire Officer Mukesh Verma, speaking to IANS, stated that 14 fire brigade vehicles rushed to the scene immediately upon receiving the report of the blaze.The information about the fi…
Patna, May 1 (IANS) A tense situation unfolded on Friday evening at Simri Bakhtiyarpur Railway Station when smoke suddenly began billowing from the power car of train No. 14603 (Up) Jansadharan Express, which was en route from Saharsa to Amritsar. The incident triggered panic among passengers, leading to a brief period of chaos.According to eyewitnesses, thick smoke rose from beneath the power car due to the brakes binding. Alarmed by the situation, passengers immediately pulled the …
Indore, March 28 (IANS) In a heart-wrenching incident, a four-year-old boy named Chirag died after a sudden fire broke out in the car he was sitting in at Simrol police station area in Indore on Saturday morning. The tragic accident occurred near Shell City on the Indore-Khandwa road.Chirag had accompanied his father, Sanjay Badhiya, who works as a mechanic, for an outing. Sanjay was working on a DJ sound system vehicle parked in front of Shell City when the fire suddenly erupted in the car wher…
Ahmedabad, March 26 (IANS) Around 50 residents were safely rescued after a fire broke out in a residential high-rise in Ahmedabad’s Shela area on Thursday morning, with officials crediting the building’s fire safety systems and a swift response for preventing casualties.The incident was reported at about 7.58 a.m. in flat C-302 on the third floor at the Sky City building near O7 Road.According to fire officials, flames spread to the upper floor, and thick smoke quickly filled multiple levels…
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Friday condemned the political rhetoric and gimmickry employed by the Aam Aadmi Party’s Delhi Convener Saurabh Bharadwaj over the tragic death of people in a blaze in Uttam Nagar. Sachdeva stated that the manner in which Bharadwaj incited violence at a condolence meeting on Thursday, and the dramatic spectacle he staged at a press conference on Friday, complete with a shroud tied around his head and a funeral bier.He said the AA…