Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) Crucial documents related to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) were gutted as fire broke out at the SDO office in West Bengal’s Siliguri district.According to the police, a fire suddenly broke out at the Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) office on Hill Cart Road in Mallaguri early on Thursday.As a result of the fire, two rooms of the SDO office have been completely gutted.Several computers and government documents kept in the two rooms have also been destroyed. However, due to th…
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Kolkata, Dec 25 (IANS) Several shanties were gutted in a major fire that broke out in the Garden Reach area of southern Kolkata on Thursday evening, triggering panic among residents on Christmas Day.The fire broke out in a garbage depot area of Garden Reach, where a densely populated slum with a large number of shacks and shanties caught fire. The exact cause of the blaze is yet to be ascertained.According to fire department sources, information about the fire was received around 4.30 p.m., foll…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) All Vijay Hazare Trophy matches that were set to take place at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium have been relocated to the BCCI Centre of Excellence, due to a directive from the Karnataka government citing security issues.”All Vijay Hazare Trophy matches scheduled to be held at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium will now happen at the BCCI CoE. It’s a decision which was taken earlier in the day due to security reasons, as said by the state government,” a DDCA official told IA…
Bengaluru, Dec 23 (IANS) Karnataka Police have denied permission for the Vijay Hazare Trophy match between Delhi and Andhra Pradesh at Chinnaswamy Stadium, citing serious safety and crowd control concerns.The decision was taken after a thorough inspection by Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar, officials from the Greater Bengaluru Authority, and the Fire Department, who raised critical gaps in venue infrastructure and emergency preparedness.Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Sin…