Maharashtra Secretariat Fire

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  Fire Breaks Out At Fourth Floor Of Maharashtra Secretariat, No Casualties

  A minor fire erupted on the fourth floor of Mantralaya, the Maharashtra government secretariat in South Mumbai, on Monday night, but no casualty was reported, Fire Brigade officials said.

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  Woman Tries To Set Herself On Fire Outside Maharashtra Secretariat

  A 27-year-old woman was prevented by police from setting herself on fire outside the Mantralaya building Thursday, an official said.

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  Woman Tries To Set Herself On Fire At Maharashtra Secretariat, Detained

  A 45-year-old woman allegedly tried to set herself on fire in front of the state secretariat in Mumbai today, the latest such incident at the building in last several months, a police official said.

• Renovated Mumbai Mantralaya floors to be ready in three months

  Exactly a year after the top four floors of the imposing Maharashtra secretariat building in Mumbai were gutted in a major fire, the state government said on Friday it would take another three months for the four floors to be ready for occupation.

• Maharashtra secretariat fire an accident: police

  The fire, which gutted the top three floors of the Maharashtra secretariat on June 21 last year, was due to short circuit and not sabotage, according to police.

• Fire-fighting measures reviewed in Karnataka govt buildings

  Fire Force in Karnataka on Tuesday assessed the adequacy of fire prevention and fire-fighting measures government buildings in Bangalore in the backdrop of last week's fire mishap in the Maharashtra Secretariat in Mumbai that claimed five lives and gutted top four floors.

• Cables gnawed by mice found after Mantralaya fire

  It's been five days since a massive fire raged through Mantralaya, devouring files and computers that came in its way, gutting four floors; five days since five lives were lost to the blaze, but the Democratic Front government is still searching for answers, as its officials sift through the debris.

• Data lost in Mantralaya fire can be retrieved, claims cyber expert

  In a ray of hope for the Maharashtra secretariat where a large number of computers were damaged in a fire last week, the data from the damaged hard disks can be retrieved through Magnetic Ferrous Microscope (MFM), a cyber forensic expert has claimed.

• Mantralaya resumes work after four days

  Four days after a major fire gutted four of its seven floors, work resumed in the Maharashtra state secretariat, Mantralaya, in Mumbai on Monday.

• Mantralaya fire: Maharashtra govt to re-construct damaged files in three steps

  As a part of efforts to re-construct all damaged files in wake of the devastating fire at the state secretariat, Maharashtra government has made three classifications to retrieve the documents.

• For four months, Delhi government HQ was a fire-trap

  After a major fire broke out at the Maharashtra secretariat in Mumbai, reports emerged to show that several safety measures were flouted in the building premises. Now NDTV has learnt that fire safety rules at the Delhi secretariat were also compromised for a period of time. In fact, the building's fire safety certificate was suspended for four mont...

• Mantralaya fire: What went wrong

  A disaster control room, armed with the latest equipment to facilitate disaster management in the state's secretariat building now lies in a heap of ashes - so do crucial documents and papers which record some of the most important affairs of the state. The fire that broke out at Mantralaya at 2.40 pm on Thursday spread like wildfire within minutes...

• Mantralaya fire: The bravery of fire-fighters on display

  An indication of the devastation that spread through Mantralaya may be gauged by the fact that the national flag, which has fluttered proudly from the terrace every day, had to be brought down abruptly yesterday, to avoid being singed by tongues of fire. And six brave men went beyond the call of duty to guard the tri-colour from the threat of incin...

• Mantralaya fire: Safety equipment may not have been working

  Over 12 hours after it broke out, the massive fire which engulfed Maharashtra Mantralaya (the state Secretariat building) was doused early on Friday. However, fire brigades said the cooling operation will continue for next two days.

• Mantralaya fire: Chief Minister to hold special Cabinet meeting today

  A special meeting of the Maharashtra Cabinet will be held on Friday to review the situation in the aftermath of the massive fire that engulfed the state secretariat 'Mantralaya'.