A culture of excuses
Between light and shadow lies our reality, a land where triumph and fragility walk side by side.
Between light and shadow lies our reality, a land where triumph and fragility walk side by side.
Delhi Fire Services sources said the blaze may have started near the ground-floor staircase, while investigators found sealed windows and no emergency exit.
Two days after a hotel in Malviya Nagar here claimed 21 lives, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday warned officials from all concerned departments of strict action in cases involving fire incidents, unauthorized constructions, violations of fire safety norms, and other lapses that endanger human lives.
Investigators are examining whether a closed rooftop exit and possible safety lapses worsened the Malviya Nagar hotel fire, while police continue searches for key witnesses and the absconding manager.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Wednesday chaired a high-level emergency review meeting with Minister of Home Ashish Sood in the wake of the tragic fire incident in Malviya Nagar.
He called it shocking that the Chief Minister did not visit the accident site and instead sent one of her ministers.
Ankit Chauhan, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, South District, said that after receiving information about the betting racket at the Malviya Nagar police station, a team was formed to investigate the matter.
With the arrest of two men, the Delhi Police claimed to have busted an online cricket betting racket.
Ahead of the Delhi assembly elections, BJP nominee from Malviya Nagar Satish Upadhyay shared a roadmap for the development of the constituency to be implemented if his party is elected to power.
The police said a PCR call was received regarding the incident wherein the caller said that three people came in a car and fired at his nephew, Vikas and fled leaving the vehicle behind. The injured was shifted to the hospital, it added.
