'While my generation carries with it the memory of the Chinese perfidy of 1962, this generation will carry the memory of Chinese perfidy in Galwan.'
Bodies of 2 fireman were retrieved from the debris of a collapsed four-storey building in the wee hours, even as firefighting continued today after a major a fire broke out in it last night, in the Sector 17 area of the city, officials said.
Around 14 people injured in the collapse are undergoing treatment.
The fire started at around 5 pm from the microbiology department and thick plumes of smoke billowed from the building, sparking panic among patients, attendants and staff, and affecting emergency services.
The pilot ejected safely and a court of inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident, the IAF said in a brief statement.
A fire broke out at the sixth floor of Shastri Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday evening, damaging some rooms occupied by officials of the I&B Ministry.
The fire probably started at Mojo's and spread to the adjacent rooftop pub '1 Above', the report said.
Immersions of several big idols, including the popular Lalbaugcha Raja, continued into Friday morning, the official added.
There were videos where people could be seen using ropes to escape the building from where thick black smoke was coming out.
The survivor said that after the accident, teams of police and fire brigade reached the site quickly.
IDF troops continued to operate deep inside the Gaza Strip on Saturday as fighter jets struck Hamas assets across the Palestinian enclave.
'It is in the interest of China and Pakistan to give a bad name to the Indian Army and remove AFSPA 'completely' from the north east.' 'Hopefully, better sense will prevail and the ground realities of the army countering insurgency in the north east acknowledged,' asserts Lieutenant General Prakash Katoch (retd).
Three people were killed and several injured in different incidents of fire since Diwali evening till early Wednesday morning.
Captain Geetika Koul etched her name in Indian military history history by becoming the first women medical officer from the Indian Army to be deployed at the world's highest battlefield, the Siachen glacier.
The infants were aged between a month and three months, a doctor said. District civil surgeon Pramod Khandate said fire broke out at the Bhandara district hospital at around 1.30 am. There were 17 babies in the unit and seven were rescued, he added.
'Had it collapsed on the railway tracks a major disaster could have occurred if a train arrived at that time'
Mobs killed a cleric in a late night attack on a mosque, torched an eatery and vandalised shops as communal violence that began in Haryana's Nuh spilled over into Gurugram, taking the death toll to five, the police said on Tuesday.
A large number of vehicles, including twelve autorickshaws, two taxis and two-wheelers, were completely gutted while two residential buildings also caught fire.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday appeared all set to make his second political volte face in less than three years, with a highly-placed source close to Kumar saying that the Janata Dal-United president is likely to tender his resignation by Sunday morning.
The rescue team found three bodies from debris of the hotel building during operations conducted overnight, fire brigade officials said.
A 43-year-old woman's SOS to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson made the Indian embassy in London, the ministry of external affairs in New Delhi and the Delhi police swing into action and prevent her from killing herself.
The fire broke out at the Sunrise Hospital in the Dreams Mall building in Bhandup area shortly after midnight, the official said. Around 70 patients were rescued, he added.
A fire broke out because of a suspected leakage in an oil pipeline passing through a land owned by the Mumbai Port Trust in Wadala in central Mumbai, but no one was injured.
'The greatness of India can be experienced by meeting Indians on the frontiers of India.' 'Every citizen on the border is a soldier'
One person died and two others were hospitalised on Monday after they inhaled toxic vapours while cleaning a reactor used for chemical processes at a factory located in an industrial area in suburban Ghatkopar, a fire brigade official said.
The blast occurred on Tuesday evening at Himachali Rasoi restaurant, known for serving Himachali cuisines, located in Middle Bazaar adjacent to the fire brigade office in the heart of the city.
Covishield vaccine production won't be hit due to the fire, Serum Institute of India Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla said. The Manjari facility is where the Covishield vaccine used in the nationwide inoculation drive against the pandemic is made.
Safety instructions were neglected as LPG cylinders were brought by the organisers and kept under the stage of the Make in India event where a massive fire broke likely due to an electric spark coming into contact with combustible material, a probe into the incident in Mumbai has said.
Fire brigade sources said that the 25-year-old hotel structure was weak and the owners had started work to repair it. "The probable reason of the collapse was the work going on inside the hotel," fire brigade officials said.
Municipal corporations penalise late property tax payments. 'Penalties can include attachment of properties, bank accounts, rent and other movable assets," says Anand Moorthy, co-founder, Square Yards.
At least 16 people were killed as the building near the J J Hospital in south Mumbai caved in.
The nature of war and its purpose remains unchanged. The change is in the character of war in terms of a man-machine mix, domination of sensors and certain automation of the tactics and methods of war, points out Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Officials were trying to rescue them by boats. Meanwhile, state flood control sources said intensity of rains has receded since Sunday night.
The fire was in the middle of the wetlands, fire brigade officials said.
The fire broke out at around 7.30 am in the godown and spread in other rooms on the ground floor, he said.
The debris of the two aircraft fell in Pahargarh area in Morena, 75 kilometres from the district headquarters, while some parts also fell in Bharatpur, just across the border in neighbouring Rajasthan.
"Altogether 176 persons, including three firemen, are now being treated in city hospitals," an official said.
With the fight now having been taken to the seizure of nuclear plants, it is one more warning to Europe that this prolonged war could end up with disastrous consequences, observes Rashme Sehgal
Both the pilots had ejected, IAF officials said, adding efforts were on to find them.
Bengaluru FC's academy graduate Vinith Venkatesh scored the winner as the Blues picked up their first points of the ISL season with a 1-0 win over East Bengal.
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