While people were busy recording videos of the tragic Surat fire incident, Young Ketan Chorwadia risked his own life to save the lives of many innocent children.
Many died due to injuries sustained after jumping off windows to escape the fire. According to eyewitnesses, at least 10 students had jumped out to save themselves from the blaze.
As many as 13 students of them were girls and three boys, while four others who were charred beyond recognition were yet to be identified. Four of them died during treatment at a private hospital.
At least 19 people were killed and several others injured in a fire that broke out in Sarthana area of Gujarat's Surat on Friday. It is believed that more than 30 people are still stranded inside the building.
The prime minister was speaking after laying the foundation stone for the extension of terminal building at Surat Airport today.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for the extension of terminal building at Surat Airport.
The fire is reported to have been caused due to a short-circuit. All the people present in the pandal escaped unhurt.
The prime minister will begin the day with a visit to Hazira in Surat district of Gujarat where he will inspect L&T Armoured Systems Complex that will manufacture 100 units of K9 Vajra-T 155 mm / 52 calibre Tracked Self-Propelled gun systems for the Indian Army.
The action was taken after women personnel approached Police Commissioner (city) Satish Sharma last week with a written complaint.
At the same time, in Surat, the firm - Hari Krishna Exports - will conduct the ceremony and will give cars to 600 of its employees, said media reports.
According to the police, two men, who are friends and in their early 20s, had come in contact with the girl through Facebook.
After a five-hour-long postmortem, doctors said that the girl was tortured for at least eight days before being strangled to death. Her body had 86 injury marks, including ones on her private parts, they said.
Police identified the arrested accused as Arjun Pandey and Manvendra Thakur, both hailing from Uttar Pradesh, and added that a third man, Mohit Singh Rana, was still at large.
The family members of the child who failed to separate the cooker from her head, rushed to a hospital for help. Doctors struggled for four hours and gave up at last as they could not remove the utensil.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to build a "new India" which is free of casteism, communalism and corruption.
As soon as the fire department learnt about the incident, they rushed six fire tenders to the sport to douse the flames.
A bar dancer and small-time model from Mumbai was brutally murdered by her boyfriend at a farm in Timba village near Surat’s Kamrej on Tuesday.
Mansinh Rathod, who is leading the Gujarat chapter of 'Karni Sena', claimed that Mr Bhansali has "distorted the historical facts in the movie."
Jain monk Acharya Shantisagar Maharaj was arrested from Surat after the 19-year-old girl filed a formal complaint with the police and a medical examination confirmed rape.
Two buses were set on fire in Surat after police detained some Patidar youth for allegedly trying to disrupt a BJP event
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