Local residents also joined rescue efforts, arranging mattresses on the road for people trapped on the upper floors. NEW DELHI: A large-scale rescue operation involving the Delhi Fire Services (DFS), Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), police and ambulance services was launched on Wednesday after a massive fire broke out at Flourish Stay B&B in Delhi’s…
Local people rescue a foreign national from a hotel fire in New Delhi. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: The devastating fire at a restaurant/hotel in Malviya Nagar that claimed more than 20 lives on Wednesday has once again raised uncomfortable questions about fire safety in Delhi’s densely packed urban villages and commercial clusters, where narrow lanes,…
At least 21 people were killed and several others injured after a massive fire broke out at a restaurant in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar on Wednesday morning, officials said. NEW DELHI: At least 21 people were killed and several others injured after a massive fire broke out at a restaurant in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar…
Visuals from rescue operation NEW DELHI: Three people were rescued after a fire broke out at Lemon Green Restaurant restaurant in South Delhi’s Malviya Nagar early on Wednesday morning.Delhi Fire Services (DFS) received an emergency call around 8.50am and immediately dispatched a total of 10 fire tenders to the spot. Firefighters entered the building and…
CM Rekha Gupta discusses collaboration plans with German state of Thuringia’s minister-president Mario Voigt New Delhi: Chief minister Rekha Gupta on Monday held talks with German state of Thuringia’s minister-president, Mario Voigt, at Delhi Secretariat, where they explored avenues for deeper cooperation in areas such as smart urban development, digital governance, skill development and environmental…
An excavator clears debris from the site of a single-story house that collapsed following an LPG cylinder blast in Mukundpur area NEW DELHI: 11 people were injured after an LPG cylinder exploded inside a single-storey house, causing it to collapse in northwest Delhi’s Mukundpur on Tuesday morning. Four of the victims suffered 40% to 50%…
One of the friends, Vishal (L) NEW DELHI: Beneath a mountain of fallen concrete, a shattered table became a sanctuary where two friends traded words to keep the darkness at bay. Even as the air grew thin and his own limbs went numb, 24-year-old engineer and Indian Engineering Services (IES) aspirant Vishal’s final plea to…
New Delhi: Delhi govt will undertake the eighth economic census next year after the completion of the national population census, the second phase of which is likely to kick off next Feb.The Centre’s ministry of statistics and programme implementation has designated Delhi govt’s directorate of economics and statistics as the central nodal agency for the…
New Delhi: A patient undergoing robotic gallbladder surgery at AIIMS Raipur recently had an unusual advantage. An expert surgeon sitting over 1,000 km away in Delhi was virtually present in the operating room, guiding critical steps of the procedure in real time.In a first-of-its-kind collaboration between AIIMS Delhi and AIIMS Raipur, surgeons used a telepresence…
New Delhi: Lieutenant governor T S Sandhu has approved the reconstitution and notification of the 14-member Delhi Ridge Management Board (DRMB), as well as the constitution of a five-member standing committee under DRMB’s authority to handle rapid-response environmental interventions.However, experts have raised concerns over the composition of the new board, noting it includes senior officials…
