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Bhubaneswar: Utkal University authorities on Saturday formed two committees to probe into the massive fire in the Syndicate Hall two days ago. “While one team will probe into the cause of the fire, the other team will probe into the damage…

Bhubaneswar: A massive fire broke out in the Syndicate Hall inside the Administrative Block of the Utkal University here on Thursday evening. According to sources, some students noticed the fire in the hall near the office of the…

Bhubaneswar: Two Odisha boys have given the US just what they need, especially after the raging forest fires in California. Pratyush Mallick and Pramit Kumar Bhuta have designed a device, which will help monitor forest fires quickly. Their…

Cuttack: Telephone services in the city were disrupted after a massive fire broke out at the BSNL office on Friday. A BSNL staff told the media that the fire started from a room at the fourth floor of the office around 11 am. The room is…

New Delhi: Panic gripped passenger at New Delhi railway station after a fire erupted in the power car of Chandigarh-Kochuvalli Express on Friday. The fire was reported around 1.40 pm on platform no. 8. According to northern railway…

Bhubaneswar: A driver of a mini truck had a close shave after his vehicle caught fire at Patia here on Thursday afternoon. Police said the incident occurred behind Kalinga Institute of Medical Science (KIMS) in the Infocity police station…

Mumbai: Five workers and two fire service personnel were killed in a massive fire that broke out at an oil and gas processing plant of state-run ONGC near Mumbai on Tuesday morning. Two more persons were injured. ONGC tweeted that the fire…

Rourkela: A fire broke out in the inverter room of National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, around 6 pm on Sunday evening. There were no reports of casualty in the mishap. According to sources, some students spotted thick smoke…

Bhubaneswar: Panic gripped passengers after a bus parked at Baramunda bus stand here caught fire on Wednesday afternoon. According to sources, some staff sleeping in the private bus Chakadola (OD-33-U-1399) rushed out of it on spotting the…

Vast tracts of the Amazon forest—the ‘lungs’ of our planet—are on fire. Forest fires in Brazil have been spewing smoke since the beginning of this year, with the country’s most populous city of Sao Paulo being the worst hit. According to…