Delhi Hotel fire: Owner faces interrogation as hunt for manager intensifies

IANS | June 4, 2026 7:44 PM

New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) The investigation into the massive fire at a bed-and-breakfast establishment in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar, which claimed 21 lives, intensified on Thursday even as a court sent owner Lavkesh Bajaj to four days' police custody. While police teams continue their search for the absconding manager, Jai Mishra, forensic experts are examining evidence from the site to assess alleged violations that may have contributed to the tragedy.

5 children drown in water-filled pit left open in Bihar's Madhubani after soil excavation; 2 battling for life in hospital

IANS | June 3, 2026 6:30 PM

Patna, June 3 (IANS) A devastating tragedy struck Bihar's Madhubani district on Wednesday when seven children went for a swim in a deep water-filled pit in a field, leaving five dead and two others hospitalized. Preliminary reports indicate that the tragedy took place in the Raghepura-Yadupatti Chaur area of Benipatti, where soil had earlier been excavated using a JCB machine.

Malviya Nagar inferno: AAP, BJP praise locals for rescue efforts

IANS | June 3, 2026 1:56 PM

New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti and BJP MLA Satish Upadhyay on Wednesday praised the locals for their efforts to rescue those who were trapped in a building where a massive fire broke out in South Delhi's Malviya Nagar killing over 20 people.

Take strict action without leniency, Maha CM Fadnavis after ordering probe into 13 hooch deaths

IANS | May 29, 2026 1:51 PM

Mumbai, May 29 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, on Friday expressed serious concern over the deaths of 13 people after consuming illegal toxic liquor in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad and directed the Police Commissioners of the two cities to take the strictest possible action and show absolutely no leniency toward those involved in manufacturing or distributing the hooch.

Gujarat to rebuild students’ accommodation damaged in Ahmedabad plane crash

IANS | May 26, 2026 8:27 PM

Ahmedabad, May 26 (IANS) Nearly a year after the Air India plane crash killed 260 people in Ahmedabad, the Gujarat government has approved the construction of a new super speciality hostel complex for doctors near Ahmedabad Civil Hospital after the existing accommodation blocks damaged were declared unsafe and marked for demolition.