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Centre plans to allow PE firms, sovereign wealth funds to directly participate in all greenfield infra projects

New Delhi, June 5 -- Private equity firms, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds may get to invest across a range of infrastructure projects at the earliest stage as part of a new public-private pa... Read More


Kelly Ripa net worth: TV host's earnings in focus amid new docuseries Squatters with husband Mark Consuelos

India, June 5 -- Kelly Ripa, one of daytime television's most recognizable faces, is back in the spotlight and this time not as a host but as an executive producer. Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelo... Read More


Hauz Rani fire: 20 key minutes lost as nearest fire station had no crew for tender

India, June 5 -- Nearly 20 critical minutes may have been lost in the response to the Hauz Rani bed-and-breakfast (B&B) fire that killed 21 people, including 12 foreign nationals, after the nearest fi... Read More


Previous Delhi fires: A tale of unreleased magisterial probes

New Delhi, June 5 -- Hours after the fire at a Hauz Rani bed-and-breakfast claimed 21 lives on Wednesday, chief minister Rekha Gupta announced a magisterial inquiry and promised accountability. For fa... Read More


Govt nears a quarter of Rs.80,000-cr asset-sale target for FY27

New Delhi, June 5 -- India's asset sale campaign got off to a strong start, with the government realizing nearly a quarter of its Rs.80,000-crore target for the ongoing financial year (FY27), two peop... Read More


Delhi did not learn lessons from 2019 hotel fire that killed 17 people

India, June 5 -- Six years before the Hauz Rani incident, a similar fire at Hotel Arpit Palace in Karol Bagh claimed the lives of 17 people, had then prompted authorities to introduce strict rules gov... Read More


Hauz Rani fire: Hotel owner arrived at the scene, stood for 15 minutes before fleeing

NEW DELHI, June 5 -- Lavkesh Bajaj, the owner of the Flourish Stay B&B where a fire killed 21 people, arrived at the scene while the blaze was raging, and stood there for about 10-15 minutes before di... Read More


Three workers crushed to death as crane collapses on shelter in F'bad

India, June 5 -- At least three workers resting inside a makeshift shelter of a shipping container died and one was critically injured after a gantry crane collapsed on it near Panhera Khurd in Farida... Read More


MCG, mayor's office receive bomb threat mails, declared hoaxes

Gurugram, June 5 -- The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) and the mayor's office on Thursday morning received a bomb threat mail, prompting authorities to evacuate the premises, officials said, ... Read More


Several guest houses, lodges at Ggm Sec 39 lack fire NOCs

India, June 5 -- At least four guest houses and lodges in Gurugram's Sector 39, near Medanta Hospital, are operating without mandatory fire No Objecting Certificates (NOCs) and with unauthorised addit... Read More