LIC office in Lucknow gutted
September 14th, 2012 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Sep 13 (IANS) The district office of the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) in the busy Hazratganj area here was gutted in a major fire late Thursday, police said. ... Read more...
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Six students killed in UP school roof collapse
July 27th, 2012 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 27 (IANS) Six class 5 students were killed Friday when a portion of their school's roof collapsed, burying them under the debris, in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district, police ... Read more...
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Inmates set prison on fire in Turkey
July 15th, 2012 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Ankara, July 15 (IANS) Inmates of a prison in southeastern Turkey set ablaze their jail Sunday morning, local media reported.According to Today's Zaman newspaper website, the incident took place ... Read more...
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Fire in Kolkata’s Burrabazar market
July 8th, 2012 - 1:29 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) A fire broke out in Kolkat's Burrabazar, one of the largest wholesale markets in India, Saturday night, police said. There were no reports of any casualty ... Read more...
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Tyre warehouse in Haryana gutted in fire
June 30th, 2012 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, June 30 (IANS) A tyre warehouse in Haryana was gutted in a major fire Saturday. No one was injured in the incident, an official said.The warehouse, built on 2.5 ... Read more...
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Teenager falls into Bengal well (Lead)
June 24th, 2012 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) Nearly six hours after a teenaged boy Sunday fell into a 30-feet-deep well in West Bengal's Howrah district, around the same time when a four-year-old girl's ... Read more...
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At 330 kg, British teenager would secretly gobble food
June 3rd, 2012 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 3 (IANS) A teenaged girl, dubbed as Britain's fattest teen and presently hospitalised, used to order her favourite junk food online and get it stealthily delivered, her parents ... Read more...
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Major fire in Lucknow factory
May 29th, 2012 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 28 (IANS) A major fire broke out in a 'gutka' factory here Monday, destroying all the stock and raw material stored there, police said. Though the workers were ... Read more...
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Fire engulfs factory in Delhi
May 27th, 2012 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) A major fire broke out in a garment factory here Sunday, but no one was injured, a fire service officer said.It took firemen over four-and-a ... Read more...
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Trinamool warns against mixing politics with profession
April 27th, 2012 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government Friday warned the employees of institutions providing essential services against indulging in politics at the cost of their work."There is ... Read more...
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Charred body found at Delhi nursery
April 18th, 2012 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) A body, charred beyond recognition, was found Wednesday at a sealed nursery near Khan Market in central New Delhi, police said adding that the body ... Read more...
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Two firemen killed in US blaze
April 10th, 2012 - 3:39 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 10 (IANS) Two firefighters have died in Philadelphia city, US, when a wall of an abandoned warehouse collapsed on them after a fire broke out at the facility.The ... Read more...
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150 cats die in Beijing blaze
February 18th, 2012 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 18 (IANS) An early morning fire at the house of an elderly animal lover killed about 150 stray cats she had looked after over the years, a media ... Read more...
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Fire in Kolkata go-down, no casualty
February 3rd, 2012 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) A fire broke out in a cloth godown in the city Thursday evening which subsequently spread to an adjacent studio where several Bengali actors were shooting. ... Read more...
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Rings removed from Chinese man’s penis
February 2nd, 2012 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 2 (IANS) Doctors in central China have removed two rings from a man's penis that got stuck after he put them on to avoid theft during his journey ... 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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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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Relatives say fire fighters came late, minister denies
December 9th, 2011 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 9 (IANS) Relatives of AMRI Hospital fire victims Friday evening alleged that the fire fighters arrived two hours late and were initially ill-equipped - without masks and with ... Read more...
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Survivors, relatives charge hospital with callousness
December 9th, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 9 (IANS) Insufficient and faulty fire-fighting systems, ill-trained hospital staff more interested in saving their own lives - survivors of Kolkata's AMRI Hospital fire Friday had horrific tales ... Read more...
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Country’s major fire disasters
December 9th, 2011 - 4:40 pm ICT by IANS
Chronology of previous fire disasters in the last 15 years:Nov 20, 2011: At least 15 people were killed and over 34 injured in a fire at a congregation of eunuchs at ... Read more...
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‘Monkey King’ in the buff disrupts traffic
December 7th, 2011 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Dec 7 (IANS) A man in China created a scene after he climbed up a bridge in Guangdong province, walked around naked and claimed being a "Monkey King", a ... Read more...
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Bridegroom sets hotel on fire on wedding night
December 3rd, 2011 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 3 (IANS) A bridegroom in Britain who got involved in a row with the hotel staff over a few hundred pounds on a wedding reception bar bill, started ... Read more...
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Ten firemen were needed to release man who had a ring stuck on him
November 28th, 2011 - 8:42 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Nov 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) It took ten firefighters to free a man who had a ring stuck on his manhood. The delicacy of the issue meant the firefighters had to wait ... Read more...
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Mumbai blaze guts three shopping plazas, three firemen hurt
November 26th, 2011 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 26 (IANS) Three firemen were injured while battling a fire which gutted three popular shopping complexes in south Mumbai early Saturday, fire brigade said. The cause of the ... Read more...
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When a naked British woman dangled from a stairwell!
November 23rd, 2011 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 23 (IANS) A naked British woman was left dangling, upside down, in the stairwell of a Spanish hotel block after she tumbled over a handrail while making love ... Read more...
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CBI should probe Stephen Court tragedy: Minister
November 21st, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 21 (IANS) Noting the failure of the fire brigade to use jump cushions to save lives in the March 2010 Stephen Court fire tragedy in the city, a ... 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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Stage catches fire at Rihanna’s show
July 10th, 2011 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Dallas, July 10 (IANS) Singer Rihanna had to cut short a show in Dallas after a fire broke out on the stage at the American Airlines Center.The show was ... Read more...
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Terror siege at Pakistan military base ends, 14 dead
May 23rd, 2011 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, May 23 (IANS) A 15-hour terror siege of a key military base in this Pakistani port city ended Monday afternoon with 14 people, including four terrorists, killed in ... Read more...
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Karachi operation over, all terrorists killed
May 23rd, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, May 23 (IANS) All the terrorists who stormed a naval base here have been killed after 15 hours of gun battles, Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Monday, ... Read more...
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Major fire at Delhi factory
May 12th, 2011 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) A major fire broke out at a chemical factory here Thursday afternoon, a fire brigade officer said. No casualties have been reported yet.The blaze broke ... Read more...
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25 firemen rush to rescue one cat in Britain
April 6th, 2011 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 6 (IANS) Some 25 firemen and five fire engines were pressed into service to rescue a cat in Britain, a media report said Wednesday.The cat was perched on ... Read more...
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Fukushima workers admit being on a ” suicide mission”
March 18th, 2011 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANI
Tokyo, Mar.18 (ANI): Brave technicians fighting to avoid a nuclear catastrophe in Japan have sent heart-breaking messages to their families while admitting that they know they are on a " suicide mission."
The ... Read more...
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Scientists make volunteers experience illusion of having 3 arms
February 24th, 2011 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 24 (ANI): In an astounding experiment, scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have shown that it is possible to make healthy volunteers experience having three arms at the ... Read more...
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