Elderly woman killed in Delhi fire
July 22nd, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) A woman was killed here Sunday on the second floor of a building when a fire broke out in a shop on the ground floor, ... Read more...
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Let civic agency manage Delhi’s water supply: Mayor
July 6th, 2012 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) At a time when the national capital is reeling under a water crisis, mayor of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation Meera Aggarwal Friday said ... Read more...
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After North Block, minor fire in Shastri Bhawan
June 27th, 2012 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) Barely two days after a fire erupted in a home ministry office in North Block, a minor fire broke out in Shastri Bhawan Wednesday."It was ... Read more...
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Fire in home ministry, no injuries (Lead)
June 24th, 2012 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) A fire broke out Sunday afternoon in the home ministry's office at North Block here but was soon brought under control, officials said.The fire erupted ... Read more...
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Delhi Secretariat too flouted fire safety norms: DFS
June 23rd, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Two days after a huge fire gutted four floors of the Maharashtra Secretariat in Mumbai, officials here said that Delhi's 10-storey secretariat building too was ... Read more...
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100 shanties gutted in Delhi fire (Lead)
June 22nd, 2012 - 2:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Around 100 shanties were gutted in fire in a slum cluster in the capital Friday morning. While people in the affected area are being evacuated, ... Read more...
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13 injured in Delhi fire
June 6th, 2012 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) As many as 13 people, including a five-year-old girl, suffered burn injuries after a cooking cylinder caught fire in a residential building here Wednesday morning, ... Read more...
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Hundreds homeless as shacks gutted in Delhi (Lead)
June 1st, 2012 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Hundreds were left homeless after scores of shacks caught fire here Friday, police said. But the fire brigade said only shops, warehouses and residential buildings ... Read more...
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4 killed, 2 injured in north Delhi fire
April 20th, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Four members of a family, including two girls, were charred to death in the capital Friday afternoon while two others suffered burn injuries after a ... Read more...
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CATS doesn’t respond to 28 percent calls: study
February 8th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Two decades after it was set up to rush accident victims to hospital, the Centralized Accident and Trauma Services (CATS) doesn't respond to a quarter ... Read more...
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Hospitals to have fire officials
February 2nd, 2012 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Hospitals in the capital with 500 beds or more have been told to have fire safety officials, Delhi Health Minister A.K. Walia said Thursday.The hospitals ... Read more...
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Government to lay guidelines for hospital safety (Lead)
December 17th, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) India's apex agency for disaster management is preparing "mandatory" guidelines to cover fire and other emergency hazards in hospitals and a core group would be ... Read more...
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Government to lay guidelines for hospital safety
December 17th, 2011 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) India's apex body for disaster management is preparing "mandatory" guidelines for hospitals that will cover fire and other emergency hazards, after a major tragedy struck ... Read more...
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Inadequate fire safety in Delhi hospitals: Experts
December 9th, 2011 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) As a devastating fire in a Kolkata hospital claimed 81 lives, experts in Delhi pointed out how some hospitals are a ticking time bomb with ... Read more...
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Delhi to get modern fire fighting equipment
November 30th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Delhi Fire Service (DFS) plans to upgrade the fire-fighting facilities in the city by procuring high-end devices like two foam fire fighting tenders to combat ... Read more...
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Sheila Dikshit meets Delhi fire victims
November 21st, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Monday visited the hospital where victims of Sunday's east Delhi blaze were being treated and announced a compensation of Rs.200,000 for ... Read more...
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15 dead, 34 injured in Delhi fire
November 21st, 2011 - 2:40 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed and more than 34 injured in a fire at a congregation of eunuchs at a community park in east ... Read more...
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Delhi firemen get 210 calls on Diwali
October 27th, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) It was a busy Diwali for the Delhi Fire Service as it received 210 calls from across the city till early Thursday, but no casualty ... Read more...
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2,377 Delhi buildings found fire defective
August 9th, 2011 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) A survey found that 2,377 buildings in the capital did not have fire clearance from Delhi Fire Service, and most of them had been built ... Read more...
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Delhi power station blaze doused, no casualty (Second Lead)
July 3rd, 2011 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The fire which broke out at a power sub-station near Rajghat in central Delhi Sunday has been doused, an official said. No casualty has been ... Read more...
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22 injured as power line breaks, falls on houses (Lead)
June 23rd, 2011 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) As many as 22 people, including six children, were injured when a high tension power line melted and fell on their houses in east Delhi, ... Read more...
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22 injured in Delhi fire
June 23rd, 2011 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) Twentytwo people, among them six children, were injured when a high tension electrical wire melted and fell on houses in east Delhi, fire officials ... Read more...
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Snag leaves Metro commuters stranded in tunnel
June 7th, 2011 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Travellers on Delhi Metro's Jahangirpuri-Gurgaon line had a harrowing experience Tuesday afternoon when a train remained stuck in a tunnel for close to an hour ... Read more...
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Faulty alarm causes GoAir flight to make emergency landing
June 6th, 2011 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) A faulty smoke detector on board a GoAir flight was blamed by officials Monday for an emergency landing made by the aircraft here at IGI ... Read more...
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Shops gutted in Delhi fire
May 13th, 2011 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) A major fire broke out in a shop under a flyover in the national capital Friday morning, destroying a number of shops nearby. No casualties ... Read more...
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Godown, showroom gutted in Delhi (Lead)
May 12th, 2011 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) A chemicals storage facility and an apparel showroom were gutted here Thursday in separate fire incidents, officials said. No casualties were reported in either cases.In ... Read more...
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Smaller fire-fighting vehicles for Delhi
April 14th, 2011 - 12:58 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Delhi Fire Service is deploying smaller fire response vehicles to negotiate the narrow lanes and heavy traffic of the capital, an official said Wednesday."Ten ... Read more...
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Malaysian flight makes emergency landing at Delhi airport
February 20th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) A Malaysian Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Delhi Sunday made an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here after the pilot noticed a technical ... Read more...
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NDMC launches disaster management centre
February 19th, 2011 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) Saturday launched its maiden disaster management centre - the fourth such facility in the city - which would provide emergency help ... Read more...
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Mock drill held at parliament ahead of budget session
February 17th, 2011 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) A mock drill was conducted at Parliament House Thursday morning to check the preparedness of various agencies in the event of an emergency in the heavily-guarded complex. ... Read more...
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1,200 Delhi schools lack fire safety measures
December 15th, 2010 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
By Prathiba Raju
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) As many as 1,200 schools in the national capital, including some top privately run institutions, are flouting fire safety norms, a right to information (RTI) ... Read more...
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MCD shifting to new centre without full fire safety clearance?
November 30th, 2010 - 6:37 pm ICT by IANS
By Prathiba Raju
New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) The city's civic authority is in the process of shifting to its spanking new highrise which was inaugurated seven months ago. But some parts ... Read more...
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Fire breaks out in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk
November 28th, 2010 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) A fire broke out in a warehouse in Delhi's Chandni Chowk area Sunday evening. The fire department rushed 27 tenders to douse the blaze that broke out ... Read more...
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Delhi building collapse: Owner claims innocence, probe ordered (Lead)
November 17th, 2010 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The Delhi government Wednesday ordered a judicial probe into the east Delhi building collapse that killed 67 and left 82 injured, even as the owner maintained ... Read more...
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Delhi building collapse: Owner claims innocence
November 17th, 2010 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Amrit Pal Singh, owner of the collapsed building in east Delhi, Wednesday said he had followed all rules in its construction, and did not bribe ministers ... Read more...
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