A week after a devastating blaze in a city pub killed 14 people, the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) on Thursday sought a detailed report on the incident from the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). In a letter to Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta, the SHRC sought a report by January 29. This follows a complaint lodged …
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January 4, 2018Four members of a family, including two children, were charred after a fire broke out as they slept in a residential building in Andheri East area of Mumbai. A least five others were brought out injured from the fire that broke out at 2 a.m. in Marol’s Maimun Manzil at the sprawling Dawoodi Bohra Colony, …
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January 4, 2018Mumbai was rocked by three tragedies in 2017 – a deluge, a stampede and a blaze — all on the 29th day of three different months. It started on August 29 when torrential rain brought the India’s financial capital to its knees, disrupting rail, road and air services, uprooting trees and leaving hundreds of Mumbaikars …
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December 29, 2017