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Karol Bagh Fire: Hotel Owners Forged Documents For Licences, Say Cops
Goel brothers, who owned Arpit Palace where a fire killed 17 people in February, forged documents to get licences to run the hotel and their "only and prior" concern was to "make profit" and "earn money", police told a court in Delhi.
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Licence Holder Of Delhi Hotel Arrested Over Karol Bagh Fire
The Delhi Police has arrested Shardendu Goel, the licence holder of Hotel Arpit Palace where a massive fire killed 17 people last week, the officials said today.
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Owners Of Delhi's Karol Bagh Hotel Violated Norms, Paid Bribes: Police
The gutted Arpit Palace Hotel in Delhi's Karol Bagh area appears to have been built on a slew of violations, with one of them being to not leaving any free space as per municipal by-laws and using 100 per cent of the land for building the hotel.
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Licences Of 105 Hotels In Delhi's Karol Bagh Suspended After Hotel Fire
Days after a fire at Hotel Arpit Palace that killed 17 people, the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) on Monday suspended licenses of 105 hotels operating in Karol Bagh area of central Delhi, an official said.
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Probing If Delhi Hotel Fire Was A Deliberate Act: Crime Branch
Probing the dreadful fire in a Delhi hotel in which 17 people were killed on Tuesday, the Crime Branch has shifted its focus to investigating the possibility of a deliberate attempt at aggravating the fire inside the premises to settle an insurance claim by the owner, sources said.
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Delhi Fire Service Begins Inspection At Over 300 Hotels Across Karol Bagh
A day after a massive fire broke out at Arpit Palace Hotel in Karol Bagh that claimed lives of 17 persons, Delhi Fire Service on Wednesday began a fire-audit at about 380 hotels across the central Delhi area, a senior fire officer said.
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Delhi Hotel Fire: DNA Profiling To Be Done Of Unidentified Body
An unidentified and badly-charred body, recovered from Hotel Arpit Palace in central Delhi where a fire claimed 17 lives on Tuesday, would be subjected to DNA profiling amid a desperate search by the family members of hotel staff Lal Chand, who remained untraced after the tragic incident, officials said on Wednesday.
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Lack Of Safety Measures Led To Arpit Hotel Fire: Crime Branch
No panic alarm, inflammable temporary structures and an unauthorized kitchen in the basement -- these were the many irregularities found by the Crime Branch at Arpit Palace Hotel, a day after a massive fire swept through it in the early hours, killing 17 people and injuring eight in the national capital.
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2 Sent To Police Custody Over Karol Bagh Hotel Fire In Delhi
A Delhi court Wednesday sent two men, arrested in connection with a massive fire at Delhi's Karol Bagh area, to two-day police custody.
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Pilgrimage Turns Tragic For Myanmarese Women
Than Myint from Myanmar suddenly woke up at around 4.30 am on Tuesday in her hotel room, struggling to breathe. With her sleepy eyes, all she could see was smoke.
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4 Ways In Which Karol Bagh Hotel Fire Was A Disaster Waiting To Happen
Early this morning, before dawn, a fire spread through the two top floors of a budget six-storey hotel in a congested central Delhi area, killing 17 occupants, including a child. As thick smoke and flames rose from the top floor of Arpit Palace Hotel in Karol Bagh, two died when they jumped off the building in a desperate attempt to save themselves...
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Kerala Family Was Vacationing In Delhi. They Lost 3 Members In Delhi Fire
Tragedy struck a Kerala family on Tuesday when three of its members died the fire in a Delhi hotel that killed 17 people. The family was a native of Kochi and was visiting the city to attend a wedding.
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Emergency Exits Were Shut At Delhi Hotel Where Fire Killed 17: Minister KJ Alphons
The hotel in Delhi's Karol Bagh area where 17 people killed after a massive broke out on the top two floors of the six-storey building early Tuesday had its emergency exits closed every night, Union Tourism Minister KJ Alphons has said.
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Short-Circuit Suspected To Be Reason Behind Delhi Hotel Fire: Civic Body
A short circuit is suspected to be the cause of the fire that broke out in Karol Bagh's Arpit Palace hotel in the early hours of Tuesday, a senior civic official said.
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Man Jumped Off Terrace Of Delhi Hotel On Fire As People Watched In Alarm
Trapped by a raging inferno on the terrace of a hotel in central Delhi's Karol Bagh area, a man is seen dangling from railing, holding someone's hands. As witnesses gasp, he jumps off, hitting the building next to it. The police have confirmed that he is among the 17 killed after a fire swept through the Arpit Palace Hotel in a congested part of th...
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Karol Bagh Fire: Hotel Owners Forged Documents For Licences, Say Cops
Goel brothers, who owned Arpit Palace where a fire killed 17 people in February, forged documents to get licences to run the hotel and their "only and prior" concern was to "make profit" and "earn money", police told a court in Delhi.
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Licence Holder Of Delhi Hotel Arrested Over Karol Bagh Fire
The Delhi Police has arrested Shardendu Goel, the licence holder of Hotel Arpit Palace where a massive fire killed 17 people last week, the officials said today.
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Owners Of Delhi's Karol Bagh Hotel Violated Norms, Paid Bribes: Police
The gutted Arpit Palace Hotel in Delhi's Karol Bagh area appears to have been built on a slew of violations, with one of them being to not leaving any free space as per municipal by-laws and using 100 per cent of the land for building the hotel.
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Licences Of 105 Hotels In Delhi's Karol Bagh Suspended After Hotel Fire
Days after a fire at Hotel Arpit Palace that killed 17 people, the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) on Monday suspended licenses of 105 hotels operating in Karol Bagh area of central Delhi, an official said.
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Probing If Delhi Hotel Fire Was A Deliberate Act: Crime Branch
Probing the dreadful fire in a Delhi hotel in which 17 people were killed on Tuesday, the Crime Branch has shifted its focus to investigating the possibility of a deliberate attempt at aggravating the fire inside the premises to settle an insurance claim by the owner, sources said.
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Delhi Fire Service Begins Inspection At Over 300 Hotels Across Karol Bagh
A day after a massive fire broke out at Arpit Palace Hotel in Karol Bagh that claimed lives of 17 persons, Delhi Fire Service on Wednesday began a fire-audit at about 380 hotels across the central Delhi area, a senior fire officer said.
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Delhi Hotel Fire: DNA Profiling To Be Done Of Unidentified Body
An unidentified and badly-charred body, recovered from Hotel Arpit Palace in central Delhi where a fire claimed 17 lives on Tuesday, would be subjected to DNA profiling amid a desperate search by the family members of hotel staff Lal Chand, who remained untraced after the tragic incident, officials said on Wednesday.
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Lack Of Safety Measures Led To Arpit Hotel Fire: Crime Branch
No panic alarm, inflammable temporary structures and an unauthorized kitchen in the basement -- these were the many irregularities found by the Crime Branch at Arpit Palace Hotel, a day after a massive fire swept through it in the early hours, killing 17 people and injuring eight in the national capital.
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2 Sent To Police Custody Over Karol Bagh Hotel Fire In Delhi
A Delhi court Wednesday sent two men, arrested in connection with a massive fire at Delhi's Karol Bagh area, to two-day police custody.
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Pilgrimage Turns Tragic For Myanmarese Women
Than Myint from Myanmar suddenly woke up at around 4.30 am on Tuesday in her hotel room, struggling to breathe. With her sleepy eyes, all she could see was smoke.
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4 Ways In Which Karol Bagh Hotel Fire Was A Disaster Waiting To Happen
Early this morning, before dawn, a fire spread through the two top floors of a budget six-storey hotel in a congested central Delhi area, killing 17 occupants, including a child. As thick smoke and flames rose from the top floor of Arpit Palace Hotel in Karol Bagh, two died when they jumped off the building in a desperate attempt to save themselves...
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Kerala Family Was Vacationing In Delhi. They Lost 3 Members In Delhi Fire
Tragedy struck a Kerala family on Tuesday when three of its members died the fire in a Delhi hotel that killed 17 people. The family was a native of Kochi and was visiting the city to attend a wedding.
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Emergency Exits Were Shut At Delhi Hotel Where Fire Killed 17: Minister KJ Alphons
The hotel in Delhi's Karol Bagh area where 17 people killed after a massive broke out on the top two floors of the six-storey building early Tuesday had its emergency exits closed every night, Union Tourism Minister KJ Alphons has said.
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Short-Circuit Suspected To Be Reason Behind Delhi Hotel Fire: Civic Body
A short circuit is suspected to be the cause of the fire that broke out in Karol Bagh's Arpit Palace hotel in the early hours of Tuesday, a senior civic official said.
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Man Jumped Off Terrace Of Delhi Hotel On Fire As People Watched In Alarm
Trapped by a raging inferno on the terrace of a hotel in central Delhi's Karol Bagh area, a man is seen dangling from railing, holding someone's hands. As witnesses gasp, he jumps off, hitting the building next to it. The police have confirmed that he is among the 17 killed after a fire swept through the Arpit Palace Hotel in a congested part of th...
