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Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

COVID and crematorium: Slum dwellers grapple with smoke, stench and fear of disease

9:52 pm April 25, 2021

New Delhi: The smoke hangs in an ash grey cloud over their homes and the acrid smell from more than 200 cremations a day doesn’t leave, they say, permeating as it were their very pores. For the residents of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Camp, living next to a crematorium is as much a struggle as keeping […]

Major fire in chemical factory in Bengaluru

4:48 pm November 10, 2020

Bengaluru: A major fire swept through a chemical factory and spread to nearby houses in Bapuji nagar here on Tuesday, police said. Four employees, who were trapped in the factory were rescued unhurt while people living in adjacent buildings were evacuated to safety, they said. Leaping flames and thick black smoke triggered panic among people […]