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Knowledge Nugget : Goa nightclub blaze renews spotlight on fire safety — what needs your attention for UPSC exam?
December 11, 2025 11:16 am
Goa nightclub fire: What are the key fire safety guidelines, codes, and laws that aspirants must know? In ‘Beyond the Nugget,’ learn how the incident recalls the Uphaar Cinema fire tragedy of 1997.
'Three decades since Uphaar Cinema blaze, but nothing’s changed': Activist Neelam Krishnamoorthy calls Goa fire 'deja vu'
December 08, 2025 5:50 pm
Krisnamoorthy, who lost two children in the Uphaar Cinema fire tragedy in 1997, has been advocating the need for a special law to deal with the man-made disaster since 2008.
Uphaar fire tragedy: Delhi court directs framing of charges against cinema hall owner for procuring passport on ‘false information’
December 03, 2025 3:40 am
In 2015, the Supreme Court had slapped a fine of Rs 60 crore on Ansal and his brother in lieu of a custodial sentence which was deposited with the Delhi government.
Delhi Court orders framing charges against Uphaar Cinema Tragedy accused for cheating and procuring passport wrongfully
December 03, 2025 10:52 am
Uphaar tragedy passport case, Passport cheating charges: The case stems from a December 2018 Delhi High Court judgment in a petition filed by the Association of the Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT). During the proceedings, it emerged that accused Sushil Ansal had obtained multiple passports by making false declarations or by suppressing material facts.
Uphaar fire tragedy: 27 years on, victims’ kin say strict action needed against violators
June 14, 2024 3:11 am
Twenty-seven years ago, on June 13, 1997, 59 people, including 23 children, died when a fire broke out at Uphaar Cinema in Green Park. Krishnamoorthy’s two children were among the victims.
Uphaar evidence tampering case: Delhi HC seeks response from Ansals, other accused in police plea on enhancement of sentence
January 26, 2023 1:32 am
A single judge bench of Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani was informed that the Ansals have filed a separate revision plea seeking setting aside of the conviction and sentence for tampering with evidence.
Delhi HC calls Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy's book 'cry of anguish', refuses Sushil Ansal's plea for restrain on Netflix show
January 12, 2023 7:07 pm
The fire that engulfed Uphaar cinema hall in June 1997 killed 59 people and injured around 100 people. The hall was owned by real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal.
Hardest role I've ever had to portray: Abhay Deol on Trial By Fire based on Uphar fire tragedy
January 03, 2023 4:09 pm
Trial by Fire is all set to stream on the OTT platform Netflix from January 13, 2023. The limited series is based on the 1997 tragic incident, where a fire took over the Uphaar Cinema in Delhi.
Uphaar fire: Court convicts Ansal brothers in evidence tampering case
October 08, 2021 9:18 pm
Along with the Ansal brothers, the court held two of their employees, PP Batra and Anoop Singh, and former court staff Dinesh Chand Sharma guilty
Uphaar fire case: Police say Ansal misled authorities to get passport
June 23, 2021 9:31 am
Chargesheet filed in court states that Sushil Ansal “deliberately concealed information regarding criminal proceedings pending against applicant in any court of law for any criminal offence in the past”
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