South Block Fire

The Philippines accused the Chinese coast guard Friday of "dangerous harassment" of Filipino boats in the disputed South China Sea, including firing a water cannon and blocking vessels on a resupply mission.

More than 70 people were killed overnight when fire raged through a five-storey Johannesburg apartment block that may have been rented out illegally, known as a "hijacked building".

Under pressure in the south of Ukraine, Russia fired missiles and drones into Ukrainian-held Mykolaiv on Sunday, destroying an apartment block in the ship-building city near the front and said the war was trending towards "uncontrolled escalation".

A couple in Bengaluru today stood in front of a bulldozer, threatening to set themselves on fire if their house was demolished as the civic body continued its drive to remove structures illegally blocking the city's drainage.

In a stroke of good luck, an Australian man who had an arrow fired at him managed to block the shot with his mobile phone. The incident took place in the city of Nimbin in New South Wales, Australia.

Fire broke out in a room at Prime Minister's Office in South Block at Raisina Hills Tuesday morning. Ten fire engines were rushed to the spot to contain the flames.

7 people died on Wednesday when a dilapidated high-rise building occupied by illegal squatters in downtown Johannesburg caught fire, highlighting a housing crisis in South Africa's economic hub.

A major market in the heart of Chennai remains blocked off as a fire raged for the second day in a row at a large shop which sells textiles. By the afternoon, the fire was nearly extinguished, but the area remained covered in thick smoke.

A major market in the heart of Chennai remains blocked off as a fire raged for the second day in a row at a large shop which sells textiles.

Protests in support of bull-taming festival Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu turned violent today as the police physically removed thousands of protesters at Chennai's Marina Beach, in Madurai and in Coimbatore. Clashes through the day blocked the Old Mahabalipuram Road that is called Chennai's IT corridor, home to IT offices and engineering colleges. Prot...

A minor fire has broken out at Delhi's South Block which houses the central secretariat. 12 fire engines have been rushed to the spot.

Violent protests were witnessed in Andhra Pradesh's East Godawari district after the Kapu community, who were demanding reservation and Backward Classes status, blocked highways and railway lines, and set fire to train bogies.

South and North Korea blocked access to their Kaesong joint industrial zone today after a fire broke out near a cross-border road and spread across the heavily militarised frontier, officials said.

A minor fire broke out at a room situated on the ground floor of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in the South Block today.

A minor fire which broke out at the Prime Minister's Office in South Block in the national capital this morning has been completely doused, the fire department has said.

The Philippines accused the Chinese coast guard Friday of "dangerous harassment" of Filipino boats in the disputed South China Sea, including firing a water cannon and blocking vessels on a resupply mission.

More than 70 people were killed overnight when fire raged through a five-storey Johannesburg apartment block that may have been rented out illegally, known as a "hijacked building".

Under pressure in the south of Ukraine, Russia fired missiles and drones into Ukrainian-held Mykolaiv on Sunday, destroying an apartment block in the ship-building city near the front and said the war was trending towards "uncontrolled escalation".

A couple in Bengaluru today stood in front of a bulldozer, threatening to set themselves on fire if their house was demolished as the civic body continued its drive to remove structures illegally blocking the city's drainage.

In a stroke of good luck, an Australian man who had an arrow fired at him managed to block the shot with his mobile phone. The incident took place in the city of Nimbin in New South Wales, Australia.

Fire broke out in a room at Prime Minister's Office in South Block at Raisina Hills Tuesday morning. Ten fire engines were rushed to the spot to contain the flames.

7 people died on Wednesday when a dilapidated high-rise building occupied by illegal squatters in downtown Johannesburg caught fire, highlighting a housing crisis in South Africa's economic hub.

A major market in the heart of Chennai remains blocked off as a fire raged for the second day in a row at a large shop which sells textiles. By the afternoon, the fire was nearly extinguished, but the area remained covered in thick smoke.

A major market in the heart of Chennai remains blocked off as a fire raged for the second day in a row at a large shop which sells textiles.

Protests in support of bull-taming festival Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu turned violent today as the police physically removed thousands of protesters at Chennai's Marina Beach, in Madurai and in Coimbatore. Clashes through the day blocked the Old Mahabalipuram Road that is called Chennai's IT corridor, home to IT offices and engineering colleges. Prot...

A minor fire has broken out at Delhi's South Block which houses the central secretariat. 12 fire engines have been rushed to the spot.

Violent protests were witnessed in Andhra Pradesh's East Godawari district after the Kapu community, who were demanding reservation and Backward Classes status, blocked highways and railway lines, and set fire to train bogies.

South and North Korea blocked access to their Kaesong joint industrial zone today after a fire broke out near a cross-border road and spread across the heavily militarised frontier, officials said.

A minor fire broke out at a room situated on the ground floor of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in the South Block today.

A minor fire which broke out at the Prime Minister's Office in South Block in the national capital this morning has been completely doused, the fire department has said.