The absence of timely announcements during an emergency and the lack of attempt at sensitising the station staff are some of the ills Calcutta’s transport lifeline is facing, according to commuters....

A 56-year-old man who fractured both his legs after jumping out of the air-conditioned Metro train that caught fire on Thursday evening said he would not have taken the risk had there been timely anno...

A major fire broke out on Monday at hospital where some people were feared trapped, an official said.No casualty has been reported so far, he said.The fire brigade got a call around 4pm about the blaz...

A Bangladeshi housing official said Friday criminal charges would be filed against the owner of a building where a fire killed 25 people and which had four upper floors constructed illegally.Minister ...

A major fire broke out in a transformer near the captive power plant complex of Siyaljori-based Electrosteel Steels in Bokaro’s Chandankyari block, about 30km from the district headquarters, on Sund...

A fire on Saturday engulfed the parking area opposite Yelahanka Air Force Station in Karnataka where an international air show is being held, damaging around 300 cars, three days after a pilot was kil...

A fire broke out at a VLCC slimming and beauty centre on the second-floor of a six-storeyed building at the Kankurgachhi crossing on Sunday morning.The flames and the fumes triggered a scare among res...

A fire alert by a 10-year-old boy helped his septuagenarian grandparents rush out of their Dover Road flat with him after spotting the fire in their son’s room on Saturday evening. The fire was spot...

Sir — The sale of poetry books has witnessed a surge of 66 per cent in the last five years — all because of Instagram! The social networking site is reported to be paving the way for poetry whose ...

A fire broke out in the basement of a six-storey apartment at Aambagan under Sakchi police station area on Saturday morning.The fire, which began at the electrical cable joint box due to short circuit...