Two people died and 13 others were rescued after a five-storey under-construction building collapsed in South Kolkata's Metiabruz area, said West Bengal Fire and Emergency Services Minister Sujit Bose on Monday.
"The Indian Navy warship INS Kolkata has taken 35 sea pirates into custody and is being brought to India along with the 17 crew members rescued after the major operation," officials said on Sunday.
The Indian Navy thwarted the piracy attempt on MV Ruen, which was under the control of Somalian pirates since last December, by safely evacuating 17 crew members and coercing 35 pirates to surrender.
The Indian warship INS Kolkata successfully cornered and coerced all 35 pirates to surrender on Saturday, ensuring the safe evacuation of 17 crew members from the pirate vessel without any injury, the Indian Navy said in an official statement.
DCP Shahdara Surendra Chaudhary told ANI, "We received a phone call at Geeta Colony Police Station regarding a major fire in a house at approximately 5:30 am. Accordingly, local police, fire brigade, ambulance and PCR vans rushed to the spot. Nine people were rescued and were sent to hospita
Delhi Police busted a prostitution racket gang in which seven people were apprehended and six women rescued in the Shahdara area of Delhi, a police official said.
A labourer who was trapped under debris after a portion of an under-construction building of medical college in Gujarat's Morbi collapsed on Friday evening was rescued after nearly seven hours of a hectic operation.
Indian Navy swiftly responded to a distress call from Gulf of Aden where a merchant vessel caught fire after being hit by a missile, and rescued 21 crew members, including one Indian national.
Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Commissioner CM Saikanth Verma said on Sunday that in two separate incidents, a man and two tourists who tried to commit suicide by going into the sea at RK Beach and Rishikonda Beach in Zones 2 and 4 of the Corporation, respectively, were rescued