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At least 15 students killed in major fire in Surat
At least 15 students were killed and several others injured in a devastating fire at a coaching centre atop a four-storey building in Sarthana area of Surat in Gujarat on Friday evening.
Drought relief measures taken: Maharashtra govt tells court
The Maharashtra government Friday assured the Bombay High Court Friday that it has implemented various drought mitigation measures, including preparation of action plans for dealing with water scarcity. After a bad monsoon, the government declared drought in 151 of 358 tehsils in the state last October. The government Friday filed an affidavit in response to a public interest litigation filed by activist Sanjay Lakhe Patil. The PIL sought implementation of the Disaster Management Act and setting up of disaster management committees in every district. The 2016 disaster management guidelines which list several measures to be undertaken by the state government to tackle natural calamities, including drought, should be implemented, Patil said. The high court had directed the government last week to file an affidavit on measures taken to tackle the drought. District authorities have prepared water scarcity action plans "for alleviating the situation", according to the affidavit filed by ...
PM expresses anguish over Surat fire incident
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday expressed anguish over the fire tragedy at a commercial complex in Gujarat's Surat in which several students attending a coaching class lost their lives and many others were trapped. He also asked the Gujarat government and local authorities to provide all possible assistance to those affected. At least 15 students of the coaching class were killed when they jumped off the commercial complex after it caught fire, Gujarat Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said. The fire engulfed the third and fourth floor of the Taxshila Complex in Surat. Visuals on TV channels showed students jumping off the third and fourth floors of the building. "Extremely anguished by the fire tragedy in Surat. My thoughts are with bereaved families. May the injured recover quickly. Have asked the Gujarat government and local authorities to provide all possible assistance to those affected," Modi tweeted.
Massive fire in Surat building, 15 dead
At least 15 people lost their lives after a major fire broke out on Friday in the second floor of a multi-storey building here in the Sarthana area of Surat.The Takshashila Complex caught fire and several students of a coaching centre situated in it were seen jumping off the building to escape the blaze."At least 15 people have lost their lives in a fire that broke out in Sarthana area of Surat. The death toll may further rise," Surat Police Commissioner Satish Kumar Sharma said.18 fire tenders rushed to the spot soon after the fire broke out. Efforts to extinguish the fire are underway.Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a tweet sent out condolences for the affected families while praying for the recovery of the injured."Extremely anguished by the fire tragedy in Surat. My thoughts are with bereaved families. May the injured recover quickly. Have asked the Gujarat Government and local authorities to provide all possible assistance to those affected" Modi tweeted.Chief Minister of ...
Gujarat fire: PM asks state govt to provide all assistance to those affected
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed anguish over the fire tragedy in Surat and asked the Gujarat government and local authorities to provide all possible assistance to those affected. At least 15 students of a coaching class were killed when they jumped off a commercial complex after it caught fire Friday afternoon. "Extremely anguished by the fire tragedy in Surat. My thoughts are with bereaved families. May the injured recover quickly. Have asked the Gujarat government and local authorities to provide all possible assistance to those affected," Modi tweeted. The fire engulfed the third and fourth floor of the Taxshila Complex in Surat. Visuals on TV channels showed students jumping off the third and fourth floors of the building.
Gujarat: 15 children killed in Surat building fire
At least 15 students of a coaching class were killed when they jumped off a commercial complex after it caught fire Friday afternoon, Gujarat Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said. The fire engulfed the third and fourth floor of the Taxshila Complex here, he said. Visuals on TV channels showed students jumping off the third and fourth floors of the building. A fire official said 19 fire tenders and two hydraulic platforms were pressed into service to douse the fire. Locals were seen helping in the rescue operation to save stranded students as well as other occupants of the four-storey building. "Students on fourth and third floor jumped off to the ground to save themselves from fire and smoke. Many have been rescued and sent to hospital. The operation to douse the fire is on," said a fire official. In a video clip of the incident, some young students can be seen coming out of the windows of a coaching class and jumping off from the third and fourth floors amid ...
Surat: Coaching class students jump off building after fire
Several students of a coaching class were seen jumping off from windows as a major fire broke out on the third and fourth floors of a commercial complex here Friday afternoon. Fire engulfed the third and fourth floors of Taxshila Complex in Sarthana area, said an official at the Surat fire control room. Nineteen fire tenders and two hydraulic platforms were pressed into service to douse the flames and for rescue operations, he said. "Around ten students trapped on the third and fourth floors jumped from windows to save themselves from fire and smoke. Many have been rescued and sent to hospital. The operation to douse the fire is on," the official said.
4 killed in van-truck collision in Jaunpur
Four people were killed in a van-truck collision on the Jaunpur-Allahabad Road here, police said Friday. The accident took place on Thursday night near Fatehganj bazar under Buxa Police Station area when the van carrying professional music organisers for events crashed into a truck, while returning from Machhlishahr, said ASP (city) Anil Kumar Pandey. Bharat Sonekar (40), Bajrangi Maurya (22), Surendra Sonekar (18) and Shahi Bind (25), all of them traveling in the van, were killed in the accident, the ASP said. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination, he added.
Gujarat: Students jump off Surat building after fire
Several students of a coaching class jumped off a commercial complex after it caught fire Friday afternoon, officials said. The fire engulfed the third and fourth floor of the Taxshila Complex here, the official said. There was no confirmation yet about any casualties in the incident, they said. Visuals on TV channels showed students jumping off the third and fourth floors of the building. A fire official said 19 fire tenders and two hydraulic platforms were pressed into service to douse the fire.
Two women dead in fire at five-storey building
Two women, both senior citizens, died in a major fire that broke out at a five-storey building in south Mumbai Thursday night, police said. The fire broke out at Punjab Mahal building in Bori Mohalla area around 10.30 pm Thursday, an official said. Fire brigade rushed 12 fire-fighting vehicles to the spot and the building was evacuated, he said. Four persons, trapped on the fourth floor, were rescued by fire brigade personnel. But two women, Farida Master (60) and Naphisa Geetam (60), were found lying unconscious. Both were rushed to hospital but were declared dead before arrival, the official said. Station fire officer Chandrashekhar Gupta (36), firemen Pundalik Mane (27) and Ramesh Sagar (35) and 11 residents of the building were treated at hospital for suffocation, he added. The cause of the fire was being ascertained, he said.
Fire at SAIL's Bhilai plant; no casualty
A fire broke out at the Coke Ovens and Coal Chemicals (CO&CC) Department in SAIL's Bhilai steel plant in Chhattisgarh on Friday morning, the company said, adding no injury or casualty was reported.
Two killed in blast inside Quetta mosque
Two people were killed and 15 others injured in a blast inside a mosque in Pakistan's Quetta city during the Friday prayers.
China to support airlines seeking compensation from Boeing
China's airline industry association has thrown its support behind 13 Chinese carriers seeking compensation from Boeing for groundings of the 737 Max 8. The China Air Transport Association said in a statement Friday that the groundings and delayed deliveries of the planes were causing "serious damage" to the companies' businesses. It estimated their losses at 4 billion yuan (USD 580 million) should the planes remain grounded through the end of next month. The group said it would "actively support and coordinate member companies to carry out their compensation work." It was unclear if the push to penalise the American aircraft maker over losses resulting from the grounding of the aircraft was in any way linked to trade tensions between Beijing and Washington. China was among the first governments to order 737 Max jets grounded in March after crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia that killed 346 people. The Chinese airlines, including major carriers Air China, China Eastern and China ...
10 killed as boat capsizes in China
Ten people were killed and eight others reported missing after a boat capsized in the Beipan river in China's southwestern Guizhou Province. A total of 11 people have been rescued, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. The vessel had 29 people on board when it capsized on Thursday. The owner of the boat, who is among the survivors, has been arrested by police. All the injured are being treated in a hospital. Rescuers, including police, officials from emergency response, transport and health departments have been deployed to search for the missing and lift the capsized boat.
3 dead, state capital battered as storms rake Missouri
An outbreak of nasty storms spawned tornadoes that razed homes, flattened trees and tossed cars across a dealership lot, injuring about two dozen people in Missouri's capital city and killing at least three others elsewhere in the state. The National Weather Service confirmed that a large and destructive twister moved over Jefferson City shortly before midnight Wednesday. The tornado cut a path about 3 miles long and a mile wide from the south end of Jefferson City north toward the Missouri River, said police Lt. David Williams. Emergency workers reported about two dozen injuries, Williams said, and around 100 of people went to shelters. Hospitals reported treating injuries such as cuts and bruises. There were no immediate reports of any deaths or missing people in the capital city of about 40,000, and it appeared everyone was accounted for after door-to-door checks that were nearly complete Thursday evening, police Lt. David Williams said. Many in Jefferson City considered themselves
Bodies of four members of Indian family found in flooded area in Oman
Bodies of four Indians were found in a flooded area in Oman as rescue authorities launched a massive search operation to trace six members of an Indian healthcare worker's family who went missing after torrential rains. Rescue teams, searching for the missing six-member expatriate family have retrieved four bodies of them in a flooded area, the Royal Oman Police (ROP) said on Thursday, the Gulf News reported. The family of the Indian healthcare worker on Saturday went on a picnic to the Wadi Bani Khalid, about 200 kilometres from Muscat, where they were trapped inside their vehicle due to torrential rains. The family head managed to leave the vehicle and survived by clutching to a palm tree. Other members of the family including the man's parents, wife and three children have since been missing after they were swept away by flood water, the daily said. Omani authorities have since Saturday launched a massive-scale search operation to trace them. Search efforts for the Asian family ...
US aviation regulators meet global counterparts over 737 MAX
Officials of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) met aviation regulators from over 30 countries over the safety of the grounded Boeing 737 MAX jets.
Fire at SAIL's Bhilai Steel Plant; no loss of lives
A fire broke out Friday morning at SAIL's Bhiali Steel Plant in Chhattisgarh and there was no loss of lives or injury to people, the company said. "A fire was reported at Tar Distillation Unit of the plant in its coke ovens and coal chemicals (CO&CC) department at 0830 hrs this (Friday) morning," SAIL said in a statement. Fire tenders were rushed to the site and the blaze has been controlled, SAIL said adding there was no loss of lives or injury to the persons working in or around the site. The reason for the fire is being probed into, it said. In October 2018, an inferno was reported in gas pipeline of coke oven battery complex of the same plant. The blaze in which over 10 people lost their lives erupted during a scheduled maintenance job.
One killed, two injured in Mizoram landslide
A girl was killed and her parents were injured when their house was swept away by a landslide, triggered by heavy rains, at a village in Kolasib district of Mizoram on Thursday night, police said. By the time the girl and her parents were pulled out from the debris at Saihapui K village, eight-year-old Mary Lalhmangaihzuali had died, the police said. Her father Benjamina Lalhmangaihzuali, the village council president, and his wife were shifted to Aizawl for treatment. Kolasib district deputy commissioner Zoengsanga has announced an ex-gratia of Rs four lakh for the family, while Serlui MLA Lalrinsanga Ralte said, he would bear the expenses for reconstruction of the house. Heavy downpour caused road blocks in many places while power supply and telecommunication system were disrupted across the state.
Bodies of 4 missing Indian expats found in Oman
The bodies of four missing Indian expatriates from a family were found in a flooded area in Oman, police said.