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MUMBAI: Sewage water flooding the complex of 119-year-old Fire Temple in Hyderabad has galvanized the minuscule Parsi community with appeals and signature campaigns to government agencies from organisations and individuals across the country.In Mumbai, the over 360-year-old Bombay Parsi Punchayat (BPP), which represents the interests of the Parsi-Irani community in India, has written to Telangana chief...

CHENNAI: A 55-year-old drunk man, who was fast asleep at his home in Chennai’s Kannagi Nagar on Wednesday night, died of asphyxiation after fire spread from a mosquito coil to his bedsheet. The deceased has been identified as Moorthy, who was employed as a security guard at Santhome. Moorthy reached home around 11pm on Wednesday. He was drunk. He lit a mosquito coil and slept.A spark from the coil...

KOLKATA: A fire broke out at a mixed residential building comprising of a few homes and a cluster of shops at Canal east road in Kolkata's Ultadanga on Ashtami evening.The fire broke out around 6.45pm and was brought under control around 8.40pm by 13 fire tenders.No person was injured in the incident. But the series of gas cylinder blasts and leaping flames sent panic in the area as many left their...

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police’s crime branch has registered an FIR in connection with fraud during an exam related to the recruitment of fire operators.Police said the complaint was filed by a deputy secretary rank official, and they have named three people as suspects in the case. According to the complainant, they scrutinised the biometric reports taken during computer-based and driving skill tests for...

KOLKATA: A major fire broke out at at a warehouse in West Bengal's Howrah in Sankrail Industrial Park on Saturday morning.11 fire tenders have been rushed to the spot and efforts are under way to douse the blaze.Huge smoke was seen emanating from the area.The reason behind the fire is yet to be ascertained.!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) { function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) { if...

CHENNAI: The Chengalpet taluk police opened fire on a history-sheeter when he tried to escape from their custody in the early hours of Thursday. The incident happened at Mamandur in Kancheepuram district.The history-sheeter, identified as P Thanikachalam, 36, of Mariyamman Koil Street in Tiruvallur district, suffered injuries on a knee and the right arm.Thanikachalam was an A-plus category rowdy at...

MUMBAI: Fire broke out in a 14 storey building in Girgaon at around 2.30 pm on Saturday. According to a BMC press release, the fire broke out in the duct of the Ganesh Krupa CHS in Sikka Nagar, Girgaon. No injuries were reported."The fire originated in the electrical wiring in the duct of the first floor. However, smoke from the fire spread to the upper floors logging the passageways and staircase of...

HANGZHOU: The ammunition depot of India's Asian Games contingent shifted from shooting to racquet sports on Saturday when 'comebacks' became the underlying theme of two gold medals and some stellar wins amplified the roar towards the podium.A gold medal each in tennis and squash headlined India's performance in racquet sports, while the Mukherjees, Ayhika and Sutirtha, stunned the world No. 1 Chinese...

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday raised questions regarding the last-minute request from real estate mogul Gopal Ansal, who had been convicted in a case related to evidence tampering during the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire trial. He sought permission to travel abroad, but the court insisted on allowing the state an opportunity to respond before making a decision.Gopal Ansal informed the court...

NINEVEH: At least 100 people were killed and 150 were injured in a fire at a wedding celebration in the district of Hamdaniya in Iraq's Nineveh province, Iraqi state media said early on Wednesday, with local sources saying the toll was expected to rise. The fire ripped through a large events hall in the north-eastern region after fireworks were lit during the celebration, local civil defence said,...