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TopicMumbai fire

Topic: Mumbai fire

The cosmopolitan middle class of Bombay has given way to the upper crass of Mumbai

Tragedies like Kamala Mills fire cause outrage against the authorities. But soon, the city moves on to the next tragedy, while callous governance remains.

प्यारी हेमा जी! मोदी जी से सीखिए: शोक के वक्त चुप रहते हैं…

कमला मिल की आग का कारण हेमा मालिनी ने अत्यधिक जनसंख्या को बताया. कहीं बेहतर होता अगर वह रिपोर्टर के सवाल को नजरअंदाज कर देतीं और चुप रह जातीं.

सिर्फ मुंबई ही नहीं, दिल्ली का भी अधिकांश शहरी हिस्सा अग्निकुंड सरीखे हैं

इमारत में आग लगने की हालत में भागने के लिए जगहों की कमी और मॉक फायर ड्रिल न होना अधिकांश शहरों में बेहद आम है. क्या हम सबक सिखने के लिए तैयार हैं?

Learn from Modi, dear Hema Malini. When there is a tragedy, be silent

Hema Malini’s remarks about over-population as the cause of the Kamala Mills fire makes this movie reviewer cringe.

Kamala Mills fire shows Mumbai’s governance is worse than Chicago in 1871 or London in 1666

Simply fighting the fire after it breaks out is not the solution. There is a need to reform the city’s own planning systems, norms and inspections.

Kamala Mills fire brings Mumbai’s mill district full circle

Fourteen people, including a girl who was celebrating her birthday, died, and 19 others suffered injuries when a fire broke out at ‘1 Above’.

It is not just Mumbai, most of New Delhi’s urban chic places are deadly firetraps

A fire at a restaurant in Mumbai's Kamala Mills compound Thursday night claimed 14 lives. Lack of fire escape routes in buildings and mock fire drills are common in most Indian cities.

On Camera

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Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.