New Delhi: While nine lives were lost in the inferno, a few residents of the building were saved — some were providentially away from home, two sisters jumped onto mattresses placed for them on the ground, and a handful were saved in the nick of time from the burning structure.Archit, a 27-year-old businessman, woke up…
TNNTNNNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed deep grief over the fire in a residential building in Vivek Vihar, Shahdara, which caused nine deaths.He announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) to the next of kin of each deceased person and Rs 50,000 to those…
New Delhi: When a residential building in Vivek Vihar turned into a furnace, the difference between life and death rested on split-second acts of bravery.Trapped between intimidating walls of flames and jammed exits, the residents’ narrow path to survival was shaped by a group of bravehearts who refused to succumb to fire or panic. Even…
Kuki students’ organisation stage a protest at Jantar Mantar, marking three years of the outbreak of ethnic violence in Manipur New Delhi: In the last week of April 2023, Nenghoikim thought she was simply heading home to Churachandpur after work in Imphal. The schoolteacher remembers the roads feeling tense and unfamiliar. A drive that usually…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday dismissed the bail plea of Al-Falah University chairman Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui in a money laundering case, with Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan observing that the allegations against him are “grave and serious in nature” and that no grounds for relief are made out at this stage.The case…
New Delhi: A man and his brother-in-law were killed, while two others sustained critical injuries, following a violent scuffle between two families in North Delhi’s Sarai Rohilla on Saturday. Police have arrested a woman and apprehended a minor in connection with the incident.According to police, a preliminary investigation suggests that the confrontation was triggered by…
New Delhi: Police have issued notices to bank managers in connection with a case involving a domestic worker, Sonia, who was arrested for multiple residential thefts and is alleged to have pledged stolen gold jewellery at various financial institutions to secure loans. Investigations revealed that she had opened as many as 15 gold loan accounts..A…
New Delhi: Children with higher screen exposure when they are around one year are associated with a greater likelihood of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or autism-like traits by three, experts have warned, raising concern over early and prolonged screen use.ASD is a complex condition shaped by genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors, with early screen exposure…
New Delhi: A four-year-old boy died and his brother was injured after a fire broke out while they were sleeping at their residence in northeast Delhi’s Gokalpuri on Saturday. Police suspect that a short circuit in the air conditioner may have triggered the incident.Upon reaching the spot near Kardam Dharmshala, police found that two children,…
The backside of four storey building in Vivek Vihar, Shahdara, where a fire broke out early Sunday morning. (Photo: Anushka Kogta) NEW DELHI: Protective iron grills sealing one side and a locked terrace cutting off the only escape turned a four-storey building in Delhi’s Vivek Vihar into a death trap as a pre-dawn fire tore…
