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Topic: Delhi fire service

PG building collapse in Delhi’s Satya Niketan: 5 dead, building owner booked for culpable homicide

The structure, called 'Hostel Daze', housed hostel accommodation for students. CM Rekha Gupta orders magisterial inquiry.

Govindpuri fire: Man went back into burning building to save family, found dead with grandma & sister

His other sister & mother are undergoing treatment for critical injuries. The family used to stay on third floor of the five-storey building in Southeast Delhi’s Govindpuri.

Delhi’s firefighters under strain. City has only 71 stations, 1,030 vacancies, old equipment

The DFS’ total sanctioned strength stands at 3,633 posts, of which 1,030 positions are vacant. For the critical 2,367 operational roles, 552 posts are vacant.

Mishap waiting to happen: No fire NOC, locked gate, no windows—why south Delhi B&B was a death trap

Only one operational entry-exit gate in front, no fire-fighting equipment, illegal construction of 24 rooms instead of sanctioned 6: Flourish Stays B&B never even applied for fire safety clearance.

Malviya Nagar fire LIVE UPDATES: Victims in ICU have crushed pelvic bones, spinal & lung injuries

Rescue & search ops continue, as all concerned agencies continue to be deployed at the spot, police say. Around 40 people have been rescued so far.

Delhi AC blast: CCI ex-chief was looking forward to 80th birthday, son had flown in from London

Dhanendra Kumar was a 1968-batch IAS officer of the Haryana cadre and was the first to head the Competition Commission of India (CCI).

Delhi Fire Service prepares for another hot summer. Mini vans & robots to soon hit the streets

DFS is tackling manpower shortages & traffic delays with technology & a proposal for departmental restructuring, says Deputy Chief Fire Officer SK Tomar.

Hidden in plain sight: The unanswered questions in the Justice Varma cash controversy

Despite SC making several documents, photos and a video public, a lot of what happened at Delhi HC judge Yashwant Varma’s residence on 14 March night is still shrouded in mystery.

UPSC aspirants’ deaths: 13 coaching centres sealed amid protests, PIL filed, matter reaches Parliament

MCD announces Rs 10 lakh compensation for next of kin & action against unauthorised constructions. 3 students died after library located illegally in basement of Rau's IAS centre flooded.

Waterlogging ‘caused biometric system to turn off’, trapping students in Delhi coaching centre basement

Road was clogged with rainwater due to poor drainage, and this poured into basement. The basement was used as library despite having fire service clearance only for use as storage.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.