According to the Delhi Fire Service (DFS), firefighting and cooling operations were carried out through the night to control the blaze. One body was recovered from the site, while another injured person, a child, was rushed to Safdarjung Hospital for treatment.
The Punjab State Scheduled Castes Commission has taken suo motu notice of a reported caste-based discrimination incident during the Tarn Taran Vikas Mela, where Assistant Labour Commissioner Jasvir Singh (Bhagta Jatana) was allegedly made to sit separately.
According to fire officer SK Dua, the fire was declared to be of Medium category considering its intensity and a total of 29 fire tenders were rushed to the spot.
Firefighters and police rushed to the spot and managed to bring the blaze under control. No casualties have been reported so far, and authorities are investigating the cause of the incident.
Animal rights activist & BJP leader Maneka Gandhi on Friday expressed shock and concern, saying there are not enough animal shelters to keep the strays after the Supreme Court's ruling on removing street dogs from all public institutions.
"Time has come for the Tamil Nadu Police to prove its mettle. A statewide "Show of Force" operation is needed immediately. Massive checking of all vehicles plying the roads and identity checks must be done," Chidambaram said in a post on X.
The company was reportedly operating in a ground-plus-two-story building where cloth dyeing work was carried out. The sudden fire engulfed the entire building, causing panic in the area.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of the alleged murder of an Army officer by a railway attendant, Zubair Memon, on a train in Rajasthan. The officer, who was returning home during vacation after a field posting, got into a scuffle with Memon while asking fo
In two separate incidents along the Punjab border, Border Security Force (BSF) recovered two drones from farming fields near the Ferozepur and Amritsar border based on an extensive search operation, BSF Punjab Frontier said in a press release on Thursday.