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Owner, Manager Of Kolkata Hotel, Where Fire Killed 14, Arrested
The owner and the manager of the central Kolkata hotel, where a devastating fire killed 14 people, were arrested on Thursday, police said.
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Kolkata Fire: Hotel Violated Every Possible Safety Norm, Say Officials
What started as a minor blaze inside a virtual tinderbox of a hotel - operating without even basic firefighting provisions - quickly escalated into one of the worst fire tragedies in Kolkata in recent memory, claiming the lives of at least 14 people.
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Massive Fire At Kolkata Hospital, Patient Dies In ICU
A massive fire broke out at ESI Hospital in the Sealdah area of Kolkata around 6 in the morning. 10 fire engines were rushed to the spot immediately.
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Mamata Banerjee Cites Unnao, Hathras In Statement On Kolkata Rape
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee - under fire over the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital - raked up other horrific instances of assault on women in other states, referring to the incident in UP's Hathras in 2020.
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Bengal Firecracker Factory Blast: Death Count Rises To 9, Probe Launched
At least nine people have so far been killed, while several others are injured in a massive blast incident that occured at a firecracker factory in West Bengal's West Medinipur district on Tuesday morning, officials said.
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"Pishi Has Failed Bengal": BJP Minister Attacks Mamata Banerjee Over Kolkata Fire Incident
A day after a devastating blaze claimed nine lives at the New Koilaghat building of Eastern Railway here, a political storm has broken out ahead of West Bengal assembly polls, with the BJP blaming the TMC government for poor disaster management and the ruling dispensation rubbishing the allegation.
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At Least 50 Huts Burnt In 2 Fire Incidents In Bengal On Diwali Day
Around 50 shanties in New Town area near Kolkata and Purba Bardhaman district were burnt in two incidents of fire on the day of Kali puja and Diwali on Saturday, officials said.
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Centre Orders Inquiry In Recent Fire Incidents In MTNL, BSNL Buildings
The government on Tuesday ordered a high-level inquiry into the fire incidents in MTNL and BSNL buildings in Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata, and asked the two firms to conduct fresh fire and safety audits in a time-bound manner.
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Mamata Banerjee's IndiGo Flight Circled Over Airport, Low On Fuel: Trinamool
Trinamool Congress lawmaker Mukul Roy has said that an IndiGo flight from Patna to Kolkata, which he was travelling in along with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday evening, was short on fuel as it circled over Kolkata airport for nearly half an hour.
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Trinamool Accepts Responsibility, Acts In Case Of 'Real Injustice': Mamata Banerjee
With the West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress facing fire from the Opposition over the Kolkata flyover collapse incident that killed 26 people, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday asserted her government takes responsibility and acts in instances of "real injustice".
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Malda Violence: After BJP Team, CPI(M) Delegation Denied Entry To Kaliachak
In the second such incident today, a CPI(M) delegation was denied permission to visit violence-hit Kaliachak in West Bengal's Malda district hours after a BJP team was stopped from going to the area by district authorities citing prohibitory orders.
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Visakhapatnam: One killed, two hurt in accident at nuclear submarine construction site
One worker was killed and two others injured in an accident at a shipbuilding centre in Visakhapatnam where India is building its first class of three nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. The incident took place when the pressure of the hydraulic tank of the Arihant class submarine was being tested and the tank's lid fell on the workers a...
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Kolkata: One killed in clashes near Lake Town area
One person was killed allegedly in firing in Kolkata's Lake Town area today. The incident happened at Shyamnagar Harijan Pally. The police claimed the firing was the result of a clash between criminal gangs fighting over turf.
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Mamata Banerjee slams media for inciting rapes, suicides
Under fire for increasing incidents of rape in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today blasted a section of the media houses, alleging that they paid money to concoct opinion.
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Bengal hooch tragedy: Toll rises to 150; hunt on for alleged kingpin
As West Bengal grapples with the hooch tragedy, the second major incident in less than a week after a major fire killed 91 in Kolkata, the police are now on the hunt for the alleged kingpin who supplied the spurious liquor that has now claimed the lives of over 150 people in the state's South 24 Parganas district.
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Owner, Manager Of Kolkata Hotel, Where Fire Killed 14, Arrested
The owner and the manager of the central Kolkata hotel, where a devastating fire killed 14 people, were arrested on Thursday, police said.
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Kolkata Fire: Hotel Violated Every Possible Safety Norm, Say Officials
What started as a minor blaze inside a virtual tinderbox of a hotel - operating without even basic firefighting provisions - quickly escalated into one of the worst fire tragedies in Kolkata in recent memory, claiming the lives of at least 14 people.
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Massive Fire At Kolkata Hospital, Patient Dies In ICU
A massive fire broke out at ESI Hospital in the Sealdah area of Kolkata around 6 in the morning. 10 fire engines were rushed to the spot immediately.
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Mamata Banerjee Cites Unnao, Hathras In Statement On Kolkata Rape
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee - under fire over the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital - raked up other horrific instances of assault on women in other states, referring to the incident in UP's Hathras in 2020.
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Bengal Firecracker Factory Blast: Death Count Rises To 9, Probe Launched
At least nine people have so far been killed, while several others are injured in a massive blast incident that occured at a firecracker factory in West Bengal's West Medinipur district on Tuesday morning, officials said.
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"Pishi Has Failed Bengal": BJP Minister Attacks Mamata Banerjee Over Kolkata Fire Incident
A day after a devastating blaze claimed nine lives at the New Koilaghat building of Eastern Railway here, a political storm has broken out ahead of West Bengal assembly polls, with the BJP blaming the TMC government for poor disaster management and the ruling dispensation rubbishing the allegation.
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At Least 50 Huts Burnt In 2 Fire Incidents In Bengal On Diwali Day
Around 50 shanties in New Town area near Kolkata and Purba Bardhaman district were burnt in two incidents of fire on the day of Kali puja and Diwali on Saturday, officials said.
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Centre Orders Inquiry In Recent Fire Incidents In MTNL, BSNL Buildings
The government on Tuesday ordered a high-level inquiry into the fire incidents in MTNL and BSNL buildings in Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata, and asked the two firms to conduct fresh fire and safety audits in a time-bound manner.
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Mamata Banerjee's IndiGo Flight Circled Over Airport, Low On Fuel: Trinamool
Trinamool Congress lawmaker Mukul Roy has said that an IndiGo flight from Patna to Kolkata, which he was travelling in along with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday evening, was short on fuel as it circled over Kolkata airport for nearly half an hour.
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Trinamool Accepts Responsibility, Acts In Case Of 'Real Injustice': Mamata Banerjee
With the West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress facing fire from the Opposition over the Kolkata flyover collapse incident that killed 26 people, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday asserted her government takes responsibility and acts in instances of "real injustice".
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Malda Violence: After BJP Team, CPI(M) Delegation Denied Entry To Kaliachak
In the second such incident today, a CPI(M) delegation was denied permission to visit violence-hit Kaliachak in West Bengal's Malda district hours after a BJP team was stopped from going to the area by district authorities citing prohibitory orders.
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Visakhapatnam: One killed, two hurt in accident at nuclear submarine construction site
One worker was killed and two others injured in an accident at a shipbuilding centre in Visakhapatnam where India is building its first class of three nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. The incident took place when the pressure of the hydraulic tank of the Arihant class submarine was being tested and the tank's lid fell on the workers a...
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Kolkata: One killed in clashes near Lake Town area
One person was killed allegedly in firing in Kolkata's Lake Town area today. The incident happened at Shyamnagar Harijan Pally. The police claimed the firing was the result of a clash between criminal gangs fighting over turf.
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Mamata Banerjee slams media for inciting rapes, suicides
Under fire for increasing incidents of rape in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today blasted a section of the media houses, alleging that they paid money to concoct opinion.
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Bengal hooch tragedy: Toll rises to 150; hunt on for alleged kingpin
As West Bengal grapples with the hooch tragedy, the second major incident in less than a week after a major fire killed 91 in Kolkata, the police are now on the hunt for the alleged kingpin who supplied the spurious liquor that has now claimed the lives of over 150 people in the state's South 24 Parganas district.
