Minister: Police arrest quarry owner, dynamite supplier after Shivamogga blast

Massive explosion in Karnataka’s Shivamogga kills at least 10

<p>An explosion in Karnataka’s Shivamogga district on Thursday killed at least six people. The explosion took place in a truck carrying explosives, suspected to be meant for mining. According to the police, the explosion so massive that it sent shockwaves in neighbouring areas. So strong was the blast that window panes shattered while many houses […]</p>

Serum Institute fire leaves 5 dead, welding work caused blaze, says Tope

<p>The fire at the Serum Institute plant near Pune has claimed five lives, sources has reported, after five charred bodies were recovered from the site. SII CEO Adar Poonwalla, after initially tweeting that no lives had been lost, confirmed the casualties on Twitter. “We have just received some distressing updates; upon further investigation we have […]</p>

Pune: Fire breaks out at Terminal 1 gate of Serum Institute of India

<p>A fire broke out at the Terminal 1 gate of Serum Institute of India (SII) in Maharashtra’s Pune on Thursday. More details are awaited. Notably, the Serum Institute of India is the manufacturer of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine – Covishied. Oxford’s Covishield is one of the first COVID-19 vaccines in India to get restricted emergency-use […]</p>

Maharashtra: 10 infants die after fire breaks out at newborn care unit in Bhandara hospital

<p>In a shocking incident, ten newborn babies succumbed to fire injuries in the Maharashtra hospital in the wee hours on Saturday. According to doctors, a fire broke out in the Special Newborn Care Unit of the Bhandara district hospital at around 2 am. There were around 17 newborn babies in the unit when the fire […]</p>

Fire breaks out at chemical factory in Ahmedabad, no casualties reported

<p>More than 20 fire tenders were rushed to douse a fire that broke out at a chemical factory in Ahmedabad in the early hours of Wednesday. No casualties have been reported so far and further details are awaited. In a similar incident on Sunday, around 20 shops were burnt down after a massive fire broke […]</p>

<p>TV actress Divya Bhatnagar passed away due to COVID-19 complications on Monday morning. She was admitted to a Mumbai hospital in November after testing positive for COVID-19. According to reports, she said that she was on ventilator support for a few days. Divya Bhatnagar was shooting for Tera Yaar Hoon Main when she had to […]</p>

Fire in Surat hospital, patients shifted

250 Mumbai fire fighters struggle to put out blaze at city mall

<p>The massive fire at City Centre Mall in Mumbai Central area in South Mumbai continues to rage more than 12 hours after it started on Thursday evening and was classified as a level-5 blaze or a brigade call, in which fire engines are called from all agencies in the city. Around 3,500 people from a […]</p>

E bikes gutted in fire inside electronic bike manufacturing company in Vadodara

<p>Around 150 e bikes gutted in fire after a huge fire broke out inside the godown of an electronic bike manufacturing company located at Shed No. 910 in Makarpura GIDC of Vadodara city. Fire brigade immediately rushed to the spot and control the fire by continuous flow of water. Nikunj Azad, sub-fire officer of the […]</p>