Fire On Diwali

A businessman, his wife and their domestic help died allegedly of suffocation inside their house here following a fire that broke out from a 'diya' early Thursday, police said.

The Delhi Fire Service (DFS) received over 700 calls reporting fire-related incidents on two days of Diwali.

A man and his nephew were shot dead while celebrating Diwali outside their house in Delhi's Shahdara on Thursday. A 17-year-old boy, who hired the shooter over a money dispute, has been detained, the police said.

Delhi woke up to a thick layer of smog this morning, and the air quality index (AQI) remained in the "very poor" category despite officials taking various anti-pollution measures.

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Two people, including a minor, injured in the blaze that destroyed a makeshift firecracker market set up for Diwali here died during treatment, taking the death toll in the incident to 12, police said on Friday.

Punjab on Monday reported 634 farm fires with farmers in many areas continuing to set ablaze paddy straw despite police making persistent efforts to prevent stubble burning.

The incident took place on the night of Diwali on Sunday, when the accused, Pradeep, fired a cracker from an iron pipe at the leg of Natu alias Afzal.

The fire engulfed two floors and the roof of the house. Seventy fire engines were present on the spot and battled the blaze till Monday morning.

Five members of a family, including three children, were charred to death when a fire a broke out at Naharbari area of Nagaland's Dimapur district, an official said on Monday.

The Delhi Fire Service received 208 calls of fire-related incidents, 22 of them caused by firecrackers, on Diwali, an official said on Monday.

The Delhi Fire Service has received a total of 100 calls of fire related incidents on the evening of Diwali, officials said on Sunday.

The Supreme Court on Friday demanded the centre and states, including Punjab, work together to stop farm fires and resolve Delhi's annual air quality crisis.

Vandana Verma had gone out with her husband and son to a relative's home on Diwali evening when a stray firecracker - a rocket - likely entered her home through the balcony and a fire started.

One man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly firing bullets at people for bursting crackers in his locality in the Keshav Puram Police Station area in the national capital late on Monday night, said police.

A businessman, his wife and their domestic help died allegedly of suffocation inside their house here following a fire that broke out from a 'diya' early Thursday, police said.

The Delhi Fire Service (DFS) received over 700 calls reporting fire-related incidents on two days of Diwali.

A man and his nephew were shot dead while celebrating Diwali outside their house in Delhi's Shahdara on Thursday. A 17-year-old boy, who hired the shooter over a money dispute, has been detained, the police said.

Delhi woke up to a thick layer of smog this morning, and the air quality index (AQI) remained in the "very poor" category despite officials taking various anti-pollution measures.

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Two people, including a minor, injured in the blaze that destroyed a makeshift firecracker market set up for Diwali here died during treatment, taking the death toll in the incident to 12, police said on Friday.

Punjab on Monday reported 634 farm fires with farmers in many areas continuing to set ablaze paddy straw despite police making persistent efforts to prevent stubble burning.

The incident took place on the night of Diwali on Sunday, when the accused, Pradeep, fired a cracker from an iron pipe at the leg of Natu alias Afzal.

The fire engulfed two floors and the roof of the house. Seventy fire engines were present on the spot and battled the blaze till Monday morning.

Five members of a family, including three children, were charred to death when a fire a broke out at Naharbari area of Nagaland's Dimapur district, an official said on Monday.

The Delhi Fire Service received 208 calls of fire-related incidents, 22 of them caused by firecrackers, on Diwali, an official said on Monday.

The Delhi Fire Service has received a total of 100 calls of fire related incidents on the evening of Diwali, officials said on Sunday.

The Supreme Court on Friday demanded the centre and states, including Punjab, work together to stop farm fires and resolve Delhi's annual air quality crisis.

Vandana Verma had gone out with her husband and son to a relative's home on Diwali evening when a stray firecracker - a rocket - likely entered her home through the balcony and a fire started.

One man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly firing bullets at people for bursting crackers in his locality in the Keshav Puram Police Station area in the national capital late on Monday night, said police.