Two years after a devastating fire in the state secretariat claimed five lives, panic revisited the Maharashtra administrative headquarters on Monday when fire broke out on the first floor of the annex building in Mumbai but there were no casualties.
The number of those rescued has gone up to 25, with five more persons being pulled alive out from the debris since Monday night, police said. The dead include 11 children, aged between two to 15 years, an official said.
Five persons died and two others were injured when a major portion of a five-storey building collapsed in south Mumbai, fire brigade sources said on Saturday.
A major fire broke out on Saturday afternoon in a prominent hotel in Delhi, fire brigade officials said.
The state government asked the local administration to shift people from low-lying areas in Vadodara if needed as water entered into houses in several localities.
At least 82 people, mostly women workers, were killed and many suffered burn injuries in a fire that devastated a textile mill in Bangladesh's southeastern port city of Chittagong, police and witnesses said.
The Delhi government spent Rs 13.41lakh on the oath-taking ceremony of Arvind Kejriwal as Delhi chief minister at Ramlila Maidan and on the publicity of the mammoth function.
In Anand district about 1,400 persons from the Hambhat region have been evacuated after water levels in Sabarmati river rose, district administarion officials said.
The three men -- aged 30, 24 and 22 -- were unable to escape from the front bedroom as the blaze spread quickly and there was little the fire fighters could do to save them, Fire Brigade authorities said.
Worried over those under home quarantine going out and mingling with others, the Karnataka government wants them to confirm their location through selfies.
Deepak Amrapurkar, the Bombay Hospital gastroenterologist had slipped into an open manhole while wading through the water-logged streets near Elphinstone Road station.
The 606 positive cases includes 43 foreign nationals, the ministry said. On Tuesday, the number of cases was 519.
The ten-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi culminated on Sunday as thousands of devotees immersed idols of the elephant-headed deity.
Normal life in the city has been paralysed to the core as protesters are defying curfew and venturing out on the streets.
A fire broke out in a building at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus station in Mumbai on Friday evening but no casualty has been reported so far, fire officials said.
This is the second major building collapse in the city in just over a month.
Pathak, the son of retired director general of police and former Pune police commissioner K K Pathak, was arrested on Saturday.
The fire broke out in an air-conditioned market in the Burrabazar area.
The fire brigades could reach the site only after more than an hour as the nearest fire station at the city of Yeisk is situated over 50km away.
However, the civic administration, police and fire brigade personnel are still on high alert.
A suspect package exploded in a Victoria office block in central London on Monday injuring a woman.
Fire broke out in the building at around 4.45 am and six fire engines were rushed to the spot soon after, fire brigade officials said.
Two persons were washed away near the Silk Board Junction in Bangalore while they were wading through waist deep water.
Seven people were killed and four injured after a seven-storey building collapsed in suburban Santacruz in Mumbai on Friday, officials said fearing more casualties.
Ten people have died and several others injured after a residential building on Temkar road near J J hospital collapsed, police sources said.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust handles over 50 per cent of the country's container traffic.
The factory is in central Mumbai. Details awaited.
The cause of the fire and extent of damage are being ascertained.
Rajneesh Bahl was the husband of the famous actress Nutan.
As many as 18 fire tenders were rushed to the spot.
He believes that more than 25 injured were removed from the bombed out compartment.
Fire and Rescue services officials said 11 persons were rescued.
Eye-witnesses said the blast took place at around 7 am. They said a noise of the blast was heard and the 20-year-old building was reduced to rubble.
The Centre stressed that the next three weeks will be critical for the country reeling from the worst health crisis as it announced a series of measures to shore up medical infrastructure and supplies and scale up vaccination.
The city has been experiencing heavy rains since September 9.
The massive fire that broke out on the 12th floor of high-rise building in the upmarket Kemps corner area in South Mumbai has claimed the lives of seven residents, fire officials said.
Rainfall recorded in the last 24 hours till 8.30 am on Wednesday was 32.8 mm in Colaba in south Mumbai and 16.6 mm in Santacruz, it added.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances