Mantralaya Fire

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  Woman Arrested For Trying To Set Herself On Fire In Mumbai

  Police on Thursday detained a woman outside the state secretariat Mantralaya in Mumbai where she had allegedly planned to set herself on 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.

• Mumbai Mantralaya fire: men who saved Tricolour left in the lurch

  Seven bravehearts who risked their lives to save the nation's pride -- the tricolour -- during the Mantralaya fire on June 21 2012, have been running from pillar to post for the reward promised to them soon after the incident.

• 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.

• Fire at Mumbai Mantralaya brought under control

  The fire at the Mumbai Mantralaya has been brought under control.

• Mantralaya fire: Only ten per cent files reconstructed so far

  Only ten per cent of the files which were destroyed in the fire that gutted the top floors of the Mantralaya on June 21, 2012, have been reconstructed so far.

• Mumbai Mantralaya makeover to cost Rs 138 cr

  State successfully renegotiates with lowest bidder to reduce cost from Rs 162.8 crore to carry out repairs and renovations of the three floors gutted in the June 21 fire.

• Mock drill at Mantralaya exposes glaring lapses

  In the wake of last month's devastating fire which killed five people at Mantralaya in Mumbai, a mock fire drill was conducted in the State Secretariat on Monday to gauge the administration's preparedness to evacuate people from the seven-storied building.

• Mantralaya fire: Forensic report rules out sabotage

  A forensic laboratory report on the recent fire at Mantralaya has stated that no external "combustible" articles were found from samples collected from the devastated building, while negating the sabotage angle.

• Rs 100 cr will be used to repair Mantralaya

  The PWD has submitted architect Raja Aederi's refurbishment plans for the secretariat building which includes costly fire-proof building materials and new equipment; cash for this will be taken from state exchequer

• Central Railways has taken no lessons from Mantralaya fire

  Despite government offices across the city pulling up their socks after the inferno that resulted in the death of 5 people at Mantralaya last week, it seems that Central Railway officials have still not woken up to the importance of fire safety.

• 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.

• Mantralaya fire: Statements of 50 witnesses recorded

  The Mumbai police, investigating last week's major fire at Mantralaya, claimed on Monday to have made substantial progress in the probe and recorded statements of 50 witnesses in this connection so far.