The sources quoting locals said some explosions were heard in the locality, possibly of gas cylinder blasts. Dozens of fire officials rushed to the sport after fire incident news reached them.
On the occasion of Teachers Day on Tuesday, Romesh Chander Khajuria remembered how he had taken up teaching as a tribute to his wife.
The UNHCR in Bangladesh said in a tweet that Rohingya refugee volunteers were responding to the fire with the agency and its partners providing support.
In line with the vision of the Prime Minister to provide housing for all, in-situ slum rehabilitation in 376 Jhuggi Jhopri clusters is being undertaken by Delhi Development Authority (DDA).
More than 2,000 police personnel and 10 executive magistrates were placed on duty to carry out the eviction peacefully.
A woman is providing education to tribal children near their dwellings in Odisha's Bhubaneswar.
A massive fire has broken out in a slum area of Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad. At least 15 fire tenders have reached the spot.
The Delhi government has asked the Railways not to demolish slums along railway tracks in the city without providing alternative accommodation to the inhabitants in accordance with provisions of the Delhi Slum Rehabilitation Policy.
Clash erupted between people from two slums in Metiabruz area after power was restored to one of the slum areas, following cyclone Amphan on May 26.
Hailing from the slums of Rajarhat-Newton area in the eastern suburbs of the city, the duo were among the 10-odd boys who were handpicked by the Bengal Watersports Federation during the state kayaking championship four years ago.
A five-storey building today collapsed near Bellandur Behrampada in Bandra East in Mumbai at around 1 pm. {twitter:twitter.com/ANI_news/status/786495984830251008} Rescue operations are underway. Five fire engines, one rescue van and one ambulance hav
New Delhi: While it is usual for charitable organisations to offer food, clothing and shelter options for the homeless and the poor, a city-based humanitarian society has now gone one step further and attempts to
Less than seven years are left for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious Housing for All scheme aimed at providing a home to all the urban poor by 2022—especially as cities grow and migrants flow in
New Delhi: A fire broke out at a slum cluster today in Shastri Park area of north-east Delhi, gutting several jhuggis.However, no casualty has been reported so far.“We received a call about the fire at
New Delhi: The Food Security Bill promulgated by the President is aimed at giving the nation's two-third population the right to get 5 kgs of foodgrains every month at highly subsidised rates of Rs 1-3
Rio de Janeiro, Nov 9: Singer Lady Gaga Thursday played soccer and sang with children in a slum in Rio de Janeiro, where she is set to perform this week.Lady Gaga visited Cantagalo, a "favela"
New Delhi, Jan 31: Nearly five hundred jhuggis (slum huts) were gutted in a devastating fire on Monday night near Delhi's Ghazipur mandi.Twenty fire tenders controlled the blaze after three hours.High tension electric wire passing
New Delhi, Dec 12: A devastating fire completely gutted nearly 500 slum tenements in Delhi's Mata Sundari area early Monday morning. The fire spread to the nearby furniture market gutting several lakhs of rupees worth
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