Girl dies, five injured in Srinagar blaze
February 8th, 2012 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 8 (IANS) A seven-year-old girl died of burn injuries and five others were admitted to hospital in a critical condition after a fire in Srinagar Wednesday morning, police ... Read more...
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70 shanties gutted in fire
February 3rd, 2012 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) A major fire gutted more than 70 shanties Friday afternoon in Patel Nagar area of central Delhi, said an official.The fire broke out around 1.30 ... Read more...
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Uphaar tragedy: Court seeks file on Amod Kanth (Lead)
January 30th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday called for a file on former Delhi police officer Amod Kanth while hearing a plea seeking sanction to prosecute him ... Read more...
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Hundreds battle forest fire in China
January 28th, 2012 - 7:29 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 28 (IANS) More than 800 firefighters, policemen and villagers were battling to put out a raging forest fire that broke out in the mountains in southwest China.The inferno ... Read more...
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AMRI fire heroes to be rewarded
January 25th, 2012 - 12:42 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 24 (IANS) The S.K. Birla Group and the Bharat Sevashram Sangha has joined hands to reward some of the local youngsters who risked their lives to save a ... Read more...
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Man rams tanker into ex-wife’s house
January 23rd, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 23 (IANS) An estranged husband in Britain made his wife run for life as he tried to blow up her house by ramming it with a fuel tanker.Christine ... Read more...
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AMRI director refused bail
January 13th, 2012 - 6:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) A court Friday refused bail to AMRI Hospital director R.S. Agarwal, arrested in connection with the Dec 9 fire incident in the high-cost health facility that ... Read more...
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A month on, AMRI victims’ kin still fighting for justice
January 8th, 2012 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) A month after a blaze at the AMRI Hospital claimed 94 lives, the families of the victims are yet to come to terms with the ... Read more...
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Fire in Shastri Bhawan
January 7th, 2012 - 7:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) A major fire broke out at Shastri Bhawan, which houses many ministries, in central Delhi Saturday morning, police said. No injuries have been reported.The blaze ... Read more...
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Major fire at IGI cargo terminal, offices gutted
January 5th, 2012 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) A major fire broke out at one of the cargo terminals of Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport early Thursday, gutting the offices of several ... Read more...
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Plane crashes while fighting Argentina forest fire
January 5th, 2012 - 9:46 am ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, Jan 5 (IANS/EFE) A plane being used to fight a forest fire in Argentina crashed Wednesday but the pilot survived, officials said.The plane was fighting the fire in ... Read more...
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AMRI Hospital moves court on relief for fire victims (Lead)
January 4th, 2012 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court Wednesday admitted a petition by the city's AMRI Hospital, seeking the West Bengal government's intervention in paying compensation to the families of ... Read more...
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Hundreds evacuated in Chile forest fire
January 3rd, 2012 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Santiago, Jan 3 (IANS) About 500 people were evacuated after a massive forest fire broke out in a preserve in Chile, Xinhua reported.The blaze broke out Monday in the Torres ... Read more...
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Two fires in Kolkata, no casualties (Lead)
January 1st, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) The fire department was kept on its toes on the first day of 2012 as two blazes broke out in different parts of Kolkata Sunday. No ... Read more...
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Fire in Kolkata building, no casualties
January 1st, 2012 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) Over a month after India saw its worst hospital fire tragedy that killed 93 people here, tense scenes were witnessed at the bustling Park Street area ... Read more...
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Three injured as fire extinguisher explodes in eatery
December 31st, 2011 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 31 (IANS) Three people were injured, one of them critically, after a fire extinguisher exploded in a restaurant's kitchen in the bustling Park Street area of the city, ... Read more...
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Smoke from AMRI Hospital triggers panic
December 29th, 2011 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) There were tense scenes at the city's AMRI Hospital, where 94 people were killed in a blaze earlier this month, when smoke was seen billowing out ... Read more...
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Train engine catches fire
December 26th, 2011 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 26 (IANS) The engine of the Dharmanagar-bound passenger train Monday caught fire in Tripura but no one was hurt, police said here.Flames enveloped the engine at Nabincherra in ... Read more...
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Three kids die in US fire
December 26th, 2011 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 26 (IANS/EFE) Five people, including three children, died in a fire early Sunday at a house in Stamford, Connecticut, an official said.The victims were two adults and three ... Read more...
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AMRI directors denied bail, sent to judicial custody (Lead)
December 24th, 2011 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) A West Bengal court Friday denied bail to the arrested directors of AMRI Hospital, where a pre-dawn blaze killed 93 people earlier this month, and remanded ... Read more...
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AMRI directors denied bail
December 23rd, 2011 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) A West Bengal court Friday denied bail to the arrested directors of AMRI Hospital, where a pre-dawn blaze killed 93 people earlier this month, and remanded ... Read more...
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An RTI query which may have averted AMRI blaze
December 22nd, 2011 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) Had the West Bengal government bothered to reply to a query about the city's AMRI Hospital under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the devastating fire ... Read more...
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House fire kills two, one critical
December 22nd, 2011 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) A 42-year-old woman and her son were burnt to death while her husband was critically injured in a fire that broke out in their house ... Read more...
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Kolkata blaze: Hospital director’s bail plea rejected
December 21st, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 21 (IANS) A West Bengal court Wednesday rejected the bail plea of AMRI Hospital director R.S. Agarwal, an accused in the hospital fire tragedy that killed 93 people ... Read more...
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Fire in Kolkata factory, no casualties (Lead)
December 20th, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) A huge fire broke out in a rubber shoe factory in south east Kolkata's Tiljala area, fire brigade sources said Tuesday, days after a fire ... Read more...
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Fire in Kolkata factory
December 20th, 2011 - 2:34 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 20 (IANS) A big fire broke out in a rubber factory at Tiljala area in east Kolkata Monday night, said fire brigade sources.There are no reports of any ... Read more...
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Tata compliments Mamata, she says thanks
December 15th, 2011 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 15 (IANS) They have not been on the best of terms over the Singur protests. But after the AMRI Hospital fire tragedy, Tata Group boss Ratan Tata ... Read more...
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Delhi’s Bhatia dedicates ton to Kolkata’s hospital fire victims
December 14th, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 14 (IANS) Delhi batsman Rajat Bhatia, who struck a gritty 163 not out on day two of the Ranji Trophy game against Bengal Wednesday, dedicated his ton to ... Read more...
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AMRI’s Dhakuria unit suspends medical treatment
December 14th, 2011 - 1:24 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 13 (IANS) Four days after the fire that left 93 dead, AMRI Hospital Tuesday night decided to suspend medical treatment at its entire Dhakuria unit in south ... Read more...
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Mamata offers jobs to youth who rescued AMRI patients
December 14th, 2011 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 13 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday announced that the locals who had risked their lives to rescue people from the AMRI Hospital fire would ... Read more...
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IAF Sukhoi jet crashes near Pune, pilots safe (Third Lead)
December 13th, 2011 - 10:32 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, Dec 13 (IANS) A frontline Sukhoi jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near this Maharashtra town Tuesday but the two pilots bailed out to safety, an ... Read more...
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Two more arrested in AMRI fire case
December 13th, 2011 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 13 (IANS) Two senior staffers of the AMRI Hospital here were arrested Tuesday in connection with Friday's blaze that left 93 dead in the upscale medical facility, taking ... Read more...
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AMRI fire: Mamata to help Tripura man looking for brother
December 12th, 2011 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) A Tripura man desperately searching for his brother, missing since the AMRI Hospital fire three days ago, has been promised all help by West Bengal ... Read more...
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20 months on, Stephen Court remains a black hole
December 12th, 2011 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) At Stephen Court, little has changed since a blaze in March last year killed 43 people and gutted parts of the British era building on the ... Read more...
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Bodies of two Kerala nurses sent home
December 12th, 2011 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 11 (IANS) The bodies of two nurses of the city's Advanced Medicare & Research Institute (AMRI) hospital who died while saving the lives of the patients during a ... Read more...
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