Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s wife Nita Ambani has been nominated for membership in the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and will become the first Indian woman to be on the apex sporting body if she gets elected at the IOC Session scheduled from August 2 to 4. The Switzerland-based IOC is the supreme authority of the Olympic Movement and is responsible for […]
» Read moreA major fire broke out on Thursday in a five-storeyed building at Colaba in South Mumbai, officials said. The blaze erupted on one of the top floors in the commercial-cum-residential building situated near Regal Cinema around 4 p.m., said officials of Disaster Control Department of the BMC. However, no casualties have been reported as occupants were quickly evacuated, they said. […]
» Read moreA major fire at an ammunition depot in Maharashtra’s Pulgaon has killed 17 and injured 19. The fire broke out between 1:30 and 2 am on Tuesday at the Central Ammunition Depot at Pulgaon, which is about 110 km from Nagpur. Two officers and 15 Defence Security Corps (DSC) jawans are among those killed in the fire, said defence sources. The […]
» Read moreIn a massive explosion at a chemical factory in Dombivali on Thursday afternoon, three people are feared killed. According to preliminary reports, the blast occurred in a boiler room of the Acharya Chemicals factory in the MIDC area in Dombivali (east). “We have learned about three workers dying in the incident but are further confirming this. Fire tenders, water tankers […]
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