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Fire brigade’s inspection of heritage structures moving at snail’s pace
August 25, 2014 2:00 am
The HC structure was also audited in 2013. There are 457 licensing authorities registered with the Maharashtra Fire Services.
To cut response time, fire brigade set to purchase 16 new fire engines
July 28, 2014 6:05 am
The brigade also invited an expression of interest to set up a new fire alert monitoring system.
A Brigade Under Fire
November 20, 2013 5:29 am
The challenges Mumbai Fire Brigade faces are increasing with the citys growth. With mushrooming highrise buildings,spread of slum pockets and severely stretched infrastructure,firefighters find their task getting more uphill by the day. Stuti Shukla and Alison Saldanha look at these challenges,as well as the possible solutions the Fire Brigade has suggested to make the force more effective.
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Two weeks before Supreme Court accepted 100-m Aravalli norm, its panel cautioned on mining leases
Updated: December 28, 2025 07:36 IST
On Nov 7, CEC asked court not to approve 164 Rajasthan mines since they were part of Aravalli hills as per FSI
Dhurandhar Box Office Collection Worldwide Day 23 Update: Ranveer Singh’s film eyes Rs 700 crore mark, breaks Kalki 2898 AD’s record
Updated: December 28, 2025 07:36 IST
Dhurandhar box office collection Day 23 Worldwide Live Update: Ranveer Singh's film minted Rs 20.5 crore on its 4th Saturday, bringing its total domestic collection to Rs 668 crore.
Spellings to mismatches: Bengal voters queue up to remain on rolls
Updated: December 28, 2025 07:26 IST
Their names figure in the 2025 voter list, but they have been issued notices because neither they nor their parents figure in the 2002 electoral roll — the legacy base list used as a reference for the current exercise.
Winter weather in US Northeast leads to thousands of flight delays, cancellations
Updated: December 28, 2025 06:55 IST
People in much of the Northeast were advised to stay off the roads because of treacherous conditions, with states of emergency declared in New York and New Jersey.
Wedding excess and marriage essence
December 28, 2025 06:40 IST
When a wedding is too over-the-top, it almost feels like the host is trying to buy a guarantee of a successful marriage. Alas, an Instagram-worthy show doesn’t always equal a fairy-tale ending. If anything, the messy realities of marriage may feel especially deflating, after a spectacular beginning.
Famine relief to job scheme: a forgotten history of public works
December 28, 2025 06:24 IST
When India enacted the MGNREGS in 2005, it was a proxy for genuine unemployment insurance. Job guarantees as a concept are not recent inventions nor ideological indulgences. They have existed from the pre-colonial era as famine works.
Tavleen Singh writes: In service of India
Updated: December 28, 2025 07:45 IST
As Shashi Tharoor wrote in this newspaper last week, parliamentary democracy is today in danger of total collapse, and this is something that we all need to be worried about. But it will almost certainly be revived some day in the not-too-distant future. What will be much harder to revive is pluralism.
Polls open for military-ruled Myanmar’s first election in 5 years
December 28, 2025 06:00 IST
Election officials set up equipment and installed electronic voting machines, which are being used for the first time in Myanmar.
Video | Pilot dies after ultralight plane crashes into sea off Rio’s Copacabana beach
December 28, 2025 05:55 IST
Rescue teams from the fire department searched the area using Jet Skis, inflatable boats, divers and air support.
Kennedy Center chief seeks $1m after drummer Chuck Redd cancels Christmas Eve show
Updated: December 28, 2025 05:10 IST
Scholars say the change may conflict with the law that created the centre as a memorial to John F Kennedy.
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