BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh govt aims to develop a memorial in honour of those who were killed and maimed by the MIC gas leak from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal on the intervening night of Dec 2 & 3, 1984, on the lines of memorials developed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.The proposed gas…
INDORE: The water contamination tragedy in Madhya Pradesh’s commercial capital Indore — repeatedly ranked India’s cleanest city over the past decade — has triggered widespread distrust of municipal tap water, forcing residents to rely on bottled water and adding to the financial burden of low- and middle-income households. Officials confirmed that at least six people…
Image credits: X @toot5000 New photos have emerged of the deadly New Year’s Eve incident at a ski resort in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, showing the moment a bar ceiling caught fire.The images, circulating online and verified by the BBC, show lit sparklers attached to bottles inside the Le Constellation nightclub and were shared with claims they…
At least 40 people were charred to death and over 100 others were injured after a deadly fire ripped a crowded bar in the ski resort town of Crans-Montana in Switzerland during a New Year’s party.According to the Swiss police, the blaze broke out in the early morning hours at Le Constellation where young partygoers…
Bhaskar English brings you the biggest news from Rajasthan and around the world. Here are the top news headlines of the day- 1. Indore water tragedy claims 14 lives, over 160 hospitalised Fourteen people have died and 162 have been hospitalised in Indore’s Bhagirathpura after consuming contaminated water. The Congress has demanded the resignation of…
Swiss Federal President Guy Parmelin (AP) Swiss President Guy Parmelin described the deadly fire at the bar in Crans-Montana that killed 40 and injured 115 as “one of the worst tragedies” the country has known.A fire broke out shortly after midnight on Thursday during New Year celebrations at Le Constellation, a bar popular with international…
Stressed Due To Loan And Unpaid Rent, Family Descended Into Darkness NEW DELHI: An eerie silence enveloped the third-floor 2BHK flat in a Kalkaji residential building, masking a history of deep isolation and mounting financial distress. Inside the locked house, a 52-year-old woman and her two adult sons were found dead, an end that neighbours…
Goa nightclub fire tragedy PANAJI: Fifteen minutes. That’s all it took for Bhavana Joshi to lose her husband and three sisters inside a nightclub that was supposed to crown a holiday in Goa with music and laughter for the family of five from Ghaziabad and Delhi. Flames tore through the club moments after they had…
Charred remains of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub after a fire breaks out, claiming the lives of 25 people, in Arpora. (Picture credit: ANI) PANAJI: The Birch by Romeo Lane had been dancing with danger for long.The inferno was the result of a critical failure in “fire prevention engineering, regulatory compliance, and life safety…
NEW DELHI: At least 23 people died in a massive fire that engulfed a Birch By Romeo Lane club The Goa cafe that was engulfed in fire. (Photo: TOI) Calling the fire incident “very disturbing”, BJP MLA Michael Lobo said: “We will need to conduct a safety audit of all other clubs in Goa, which…