Amri Fire

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  4 Years After Kolkata Hospital Fire In Which 90 Died, Charges Framed

  More than four years after 90 people died at AMRI hospital in Kolkata, choked to death by fumes from a fire in the basement, charges have been framed against 16 accused. Trial will begin on September 5.

• AMRI Hospital Fire: Three Years On, Victims' Families Wait For Justice

  Three years ago, on this day, 92 people were killed in a fire at the AMRI hospital in Kolkata, leaving hundreds of friends and relatives bereaved.

• Kolkata: AMRI Hospital unit reopens two years after fire

  Two years after smoke billowed from a fire in the basement, which smothered to death more than 90 people, mostly patients, a part of the AMRI Hospital in Dhakuria reopened its doors today for treating the sick.

• The AMRI hospital tragedy: one year on

  It's an anniversary no one wants to observe. But there is no escaping the memories of December 9, 2011 when 93 patients at the AMRI hospital in south Kolkata were virtually gassed to death in their hospital beds. A fire in the basement sent noxious smoke surging through the air conditioning ducts. The building was centrally air conditioned and ther...

• International Nurses Day: President gives away Florence Nightingale Awards

  Two nurses, who sacrificed their lives to save patients in the AMRI Hospital fire in Kolkata in December 2011, were among 36 meritorious nursing personnel who were honoured by President Pratibha Patil on the occasion of International Nurses Day on Saturday.

• AMRI hospital fire: Director gets bail

  The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted bail to AMRI Hospital director SK Todi, who was booked with 15 others in connection with the fire tragedy at the medical centre that claimed 94 lives last December.

• Chargesheet filed against 16 for Kolkata hospital fire

  Police today submitted the chargesheet under various penal laws, including culpable homicide not amounting to murder, against 16 people, accused of involvement in the AMRI Hospital fire tragedy which claimed 94 lives last year.

• AMRI hospital fire: Two top Kolkata doctors arrested

  Two top Kolkata doctors have been arrested in connection with the fire tragedy at the AMRI hospital in the city. A pre-dawn blaze at the hospital on December 9 last year had left over 90 people dead. Most of them were patients who choked to death due to toxic smoke.

• Custody of AMRI accused extended till January 19

  A city court on Thursday rejected bail prayers and extended the judicial custody of six directors and two officers of AMRI Hospital, where 93 people died after inhaling poisonous smoke from a fire, till January 19.

• Court to hear AMRI directors' bail plea today

  A court will today hear the bail petition of the six arrested directors of Kolkata's AMRI Hospital, where a pre-dawn blaze killed over 90 people earlier this month. The court had, on December 23, remanded them to judicial custody till January 5.

• Law to decide on AMRI directors' release: Mamata on FICCI statement

  A day after industry lobby FICCI urged the West Bengal government to release the seven AMRI Hospital directors who were arrested after a fire killed 93 people at the premises, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the law would take its own course in the case.

• FICCI for release of AMRI directors

  Nearly a month after directors of AMRI Hospital were arrested in connection with the devastating fire, industry body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has urged the West Bengal government to ensure that the jailed directors who are not involved in its day-to-day operations are released.

• AMRI Hospital fire victims' families receive compensation

  The West Bengal government Monday started paying compensation to the family members of the victims of AMRI hospital fire which left 93 people dead. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced compensation of Rs 300,000 for the family members of the victims. On Monday, family members of 29 victims were handed over the cheques at the Kolkata Police ...

• Six AMRI directors sent to jail till January 5

  A West Bengal court Friday denied bail to the arrested directors of AMRI Hospital, where a pre-dawn blaze killed over 90 people earlier this month, and remanded six of them to judicial custody till January 5 next year.

• Police remand of six AMRI directors extended

  A city court on Tuesday extended the police remand of six arrested directors of the AMRI hospital by three days in response to a plea filed by the Kolkata Police. Ninety one people had been killed in a fire at the hospital on Dec 9.