Porbandar, July 8 (IANS) An Indian Navy’s Drishti-10 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed near Dharampur village in Gujarat’s Porbandar district on Wednesday during a training sortie, with the Navy confirming that no injuries or loss of life were reported on the ground. In a post on social media platform X, the Indian Navy spokesperson said: “Indian Navy confirms the crash of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle Drishti-10, off Porbandar airfield during a training sortie this afternoon. No injury or loss of…
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Ghaziabad, June 8 (IANS) Panic gripped a residential area in Ghaziabad on Wednesday after a fire broke out in a house near the Police Lines in Pratap Nagar, allegedly due to a gas cylinder blast, injuring an elderly woman, officials said. Following the alert, multiple fire service vehicles were rushed to the spot, and firefighters managed to bring the blaze under control before it could spread further.An elderly woman sustained minor burn injuries in the incident and was admitted to a hospital f…
Pune, July 6 (IANS) In the wake of the natural disaster triggered by heavy rainfall in Pune district, Deputy Chief Minister and District Guardian Minister Sunetra Ajit Pawar on Monday directed the administration to provide all necessary and immediate assistance to affected citizens. She emphasised that the administrative machinery is fully geared up to tackle the heavy monsoon conditions, while also appealing to the public to follow all instructions issued by the authorities. Deputy CM Pawar on …
Noida, June 29 (IANS) A major fire broke out on Monday at a high-rise residential apartment in Noida’s Sector 119, triggering panic among residents and prompting a large-scale emergency response. The blaze was reported on the 21st floor of the Aranya Society, following which multiple fire tenders were rushed to the spot to bring the situation under control. According to officials, nearly six fire engines were deployed immediately after the fire department received the alert. Firefighters launche…
Noida, June 23 (IANS) After the tragic fire mishap in Lucknow coaching institute claiming more than a dozen lives, the Gautam Buddha Nagar district administration on Tuesday stepped up inspection and examination of coaching institutes as well as commercial establishments to check their adherence to standard safety protocols and also fire safety mechanisms. During inspection drive, the authorities found flagrant violations in a coaching institute operating from Noida’s Sector-104 and shut down it…
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) A massive fire broke out in a slum cluster located behind Delhi’s Maulana Azad Medical College in the Balmiki Basti area of Takia Kale Khan, destroying at least 30 huts and a large quantity of plywood, timber, and other combustible materials, officials said on Tuesday.They said that despite the intensity of the blaze, no casualties or injuries were reported due to the swift response of emergency services and police personnel.According to officials, a PCR call regarding …
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) A fire broke out at a government office in south Kolkata’s Alipore area on Wednesday morning, officials said. According to the locals, black smoke started coming out of the multi-storey office of South 24 Parganas Zilla Parishad in Alipore at around 10 a.m., and the Fire Department was informed.The area was covered in black smoke, while a portion of the roof had collapsed.At least 10 fire engines have already reached the spot to douse the fire. While two people were rescu…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) A major fire broke out at a tyre rubber processing factory in the Rajendra Nagar area of Sahibabad in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district on Tuesday morning, prompting a swift response from the fire department.Officials said the blaze was brought under control after nearly an hour of firefighting, and no casualties were reported.According to fire department officials, information about the fire was received at around 7:30 a.m., following which fire tenders were immediat…
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) One more foreign national succumbed to injuries during treatment, taking the toll in the Malviya Nagar fire tragedy to 22, the Delhi Police said on Sunday. The injured who died on Sunday was a Nigerian national, the police said.So far, 13 foreigners and nine Indians have lost their lives in the Malviya Nagar fire tragedy that took place on June 3 at the multi-storied Flourish Stay Bed and Breakfast hotel in South Delhi.Earlier, the authorities said that 47 people were re…
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) As the city comes to terms with devastating fire at the bed and breakfast facility in South Delhi’s Malviya Nagar that claimed 21 lives, the former MLA and Aam Aadmi Party (AA) leader Somnath Bharti on Thursday pointed at flagrant violation of the building by-laws by the hotel and called the mishap an “abject failure” of BJP’s four-engine government. Speaking to newsmen today, Bharti also questioned the inordinate delay in the arrival of fire tenders at the spot …