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CHENNAI: A fire broke out at the BSNL office on Anna Salai on Saturday morning, triggering panic in the busy commercial stretch. No injuries or entrapments were reported as the incident occurred on a holiday when the office was closed.According to officials, the fire was noticed around 9.30 am after a security guard spotted thick…
Luthra brothers (File photo) NEW DELHI: Advocate Vishnu Joshi, representing a victim’s family in the Goa nightclub fire case, on Wednesday said that one of the Luthra brothers requested a Dunlop mattress during police remand.Joshi explained that the court carefully considered the brothers’ health claims before granting custody. Speaking to reporters, he said, “Today, when…
Cliffside hotel running on shack licence sealed in Cabo de Rama PANAJI: State govt on Monday sealed The Cape Goa, an upmarket hotel that was operating using a temporary shack licence on the Cabo de Rama hill face in South Goa.The hotel, which included a sea-facing restaurant with seating capacity for close to 100 persons,…
Luthra brothers detained in Thailand NEW DELHI: The dramatic trail of the Goa nightclub inferno that killed 25 people on Saturday night reached a decisive turn on Thursday, with the two absconding co-owners — Saurav and Gaurav Luthra — were detained in Thailand and authorities initiated the process to bring them back to face trial.Sources…
NEW DELHI: Goa police said the brothers purchased seats on a Phuket-bound flight at 1.17 am on December 7, even as firefighters and local authorities were struggling to contain the flames and rescue staff at Birch by Romeo Lane in Arpora, North Goa. By 5.30 am, they were airborne on IndiGo flight 6E-1073. Goa DGP…
Indonesia office fire (Photo credit: AP) A blaze swept through a seven-storey office building in central Jakarta on Tuesday, leaving at least 17 people dead after workers were trapped inside as thick smoke poured into the air. Police confirmed the casualties, saying the fire broke out in the afternoon and spread rapidly through the structure,…
NEW DELHI: The owners of Birch by Romeo Lane, the north Goa nightclub where a devastating fire killed 25 people, left the country just hours after the blaze, police confirmed on Monday, even as one of them posted a message expressing “profound grief” over the tragedy.Goa Police said that soon after an FIR was registered,…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (ANI Photo) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed deep grief over the Arpora nightclub fire tragedy in Goa and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the families of those who died. The injured will receive Rs 50,000 from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF).In a post…
GOA: At least 23 people have died after a fire tore through a popular nightclub in North Goa’s Arpora village late on Saturday night, officials said. Most of the victims were staff members working at the venue. Goa’s police chief Alok Kumar told news agency PTI that the blaze was triggered by a cylinder blast…
Homeowners at the Hong Kong complex destroyed in one of the city’s deadliest fires were wrongly told that the contractor now blamed for the tragedy had a clean safety record. Documents seen by Reuters show that Will Power Architects, hired to assess renovation bids, assured residents that Prestige Construction & Engineering had no Labour Department…
