A fire broke out at a bed-and-breakfast in a five-storey building in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar area New Delhi: Several hospitals activated emergency protocols to treat the Malviya Nagar fire victims who were severely burnt, had inhaled smoke and had trauma injuries.Patients were sent to major tertiary-care centres depending on the severity of the injuries…
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and police personnel at the site of a devastating fire in a multi-storey building housing a hotel and a restaurant in Malviya Nagar, New Delhi, on Wednesday New Delhi: In the aftermath of the devastating fire at a bed-and-breakfast establishment in Malviya Nagar that claimed at least 21 lives on…
fire File photo dated June 6, 1983: An Indian Air Force helicopter hovers helplessly over billowing black smoke which engulfed the Gopala Towers in Central Delhi on Monday making rescue operations extremely difficult and hazardous. New Delhi: Wednesday’s catastrophic fire at a south Delhi B&B facility has resurrected the terrifying ghosts of the capital’s past,…
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has stressed that unnatural death of young married women demands prompt and diligent police investigation, expressing displeasure over a delay of eight months by Delhi Police in registering an FIR in a dowry death case.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma made the observations while denying anticipatory bail to the husband and in-laws…
New Delhi: Nearly a decade after a child allegedly suffered severe and irreversible brain damage during treatment at Fortis Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi High Court has ordered a fresh inquiry into the qualifications of two doctors after the child’s family moved a contempt petition alleging non-compliance with earlier court directions by officials of the National…
New Delhi: On average, Delhi Fire Services (DFS) has responded to nearly 60 fire-related calls every day this year. Such incidents have claimed 44 lives so far.While the department received 9,000 fire calls in the first five months of 2026, it received 8,613 calls during the corresponding period last year, data shows.Delhi recorded 21,367 fire-related…
FILE PHOTO FOR REPRESENTATION New Delhi: Delhi University has revised its fee refund policy to address issues arising from academic reforms under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, including the four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) and the multiple entry-exit framework. The policy lays down clear rules for students exiting programmes midway and introduces a formal refund…
New Delhi: Mayor Pravesh Wahi on Wednesday ordered a high-level probe into the Malviya Nagar hotel fire and sought a report within three days. The inquiry will cover possible violations of building and fire safety norms as well as any lapses by Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officials, Wahi said.Expressing grief over the loss of…
NEW DELHI: A foreign national was seen on the terrace attempting to escape the blaze during the Malviya Nagar fire tragedy in Delhi that killed 21 people, including several foreigners, on Wednesday.In the video, a man dressed in a black shirt and cap can be seen desperately trying to escape the blaze, carrying a backpack…
NEW DELHI: LG Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Wednesday ordered a month-long fire safety inspection drive across hotels, nursing homes, coaching institutes, restaurants and other vulnerable commercial establishments after a devastating blaze at a hotel in south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar claimed 21 lives.Sandhu chaired a meeting with officials from the concerned departments and directed them to…
