Park Street Fire

A major fire broke out at the busy Park Street area in central Kolkata on Tuesday and efforts are on to bring it under control. No casualty has been reported so far.

Fire broke out at a multi-storied building in central Kolkata's Park Street area on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

Police fired tear gas outside the White House late Sunday as major US cities were put under curfew to suppress rioting as anti-racism protestors again took to the streets to voice fury at police brutality.

A fire broke out at an eight-storey building at the crowded Park Street area in central Kolkata this morning. Ten fire trucks rushed in and doused the blaze at Apeejay House, where several companies have offices.

Fire broke out in a commercial building in the central business district this morning, which was doused after two and half hours, a fire brigade official said.

Fire today broke out in the 15th floor of the landmark Chatterjee International building near Park Street in the heart of the city, the police said.

The Calcutta High Court today directed that IPS officer Damayanti Sen, who had solved the sensational Park Street gang-rape case, would investigate the alleged murder of a gang-rape victim at Madhyamgram on the outskirts of Kolkata.

Chicago police are searching for suspected gang members who opened fire with an assault weapon at a park late on Thursday, wounding 13 people including a 3-year-old boy, in an attack that highlighted Mayor Rahm Emanuel's struggle to stem street crime.

A fire broke out in a building in the busy Park Street area this morning.

Efforts are on to control a fire in Central Kolkata after a car parked at a petrol pump at the Camac Street caught fire this evening.

A fire broke out today in the Apeejay House building situated at Park Street in Kolkata.

A bus parked on an empty road with its scorched insides. Slippers lying near a rubble that's still smoking. Streets full of shops that have not opened for business on a Monday. This is Paramakudi today, a small town and a 7-hour drive from Chennai in Tamil Nadu. Six people have died since last morning.

Germany's capital Berlin was hit by a spate of car fires in the early hours of Tuesday. According to police reports, four parked cars were set on fire at different locations in the city, and a further two were damaged.

The Kolkata police have taken some tough measures against people responsible for the fire on Park Street that killed 43 people on March 23. It was Kolkata's worst fire accident.Six people have been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder - the toughest punishment for an accident.If convicted under this charge (Section 304 of the Indi...

Five people are reported to have died in the fire at Stephen Court on the busy Park Street in Kolkata on Tuesday afternoon.

A major fire broke out at the busy Park Street area in central Kolkata on Tuesday and efforts are on to bring it under control. No casualty has been reported so far.

Fire broke out at a multi-storied building in central Kolkata's Park Street area on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.

Police fired tear gas outside the White House late Sunday as major US cities were put under curfew to suppress rioting as anti-racism protestors again took to the streets to voice fury at police brutality.

A fire broke out at an eight-storey building at the crowded Park Street area in central Kolkata this morning. Ten fire trucks rushed in and doused the blaze at Apeejay House, where several companies have offices.

Fire broke out in a commercial building in the central business district this morning, which was doused after two and half hours, a fire brigade official said.

Fire today broke out in the 15th floor of the landmark Chatterjee International building near Park Street in the heart of the city, the police said.

The Calcutta High Court today directed that IPS officer Damayanti Sen, who had solved the sensational Park Street gang-rape case, would investigate the alleged murder of a gang-rape victim at Madhyamgram on the outskirts of Kolkata.

Chicago police are searching for suspected gang members who opened fire with an assault weapon at a park late on Thursday, wounding 13 people including a 3-year-old boy, in an attack that highlighted Mayor Rahm Emanuel's struggle to stem street crime.

A fire broke out in a building in the busy Park Street area this morning.

Efforts are on to control a fire in Central Kolkata after a car parked at a petrol pump at the Camac Street caught fire this evening.

A fire broke out today in the Apeejay House building situated at Park Street in Kolkata.

A bus parked on an empty road with its scorched insides. Slippers lying near a rubble that's still smoking. Streets full of shops that have not opened for business on a Monday. This is Paramakudi today, a small town and a 7-hour drive from Chennai in Tamil Nadu. Six people have died since last morning.

Germany's capital Berlin was hit by a spate of car fires in the early hours of Tuesday. According to police reports, four parked cars were set on fire at different locations in the city, and a further two were damaged.

The Kolkata police have taken some tough measures against people responsible for the fire on Park Street that killed 43 people on March 23. It was Kolkata's worst fire accident.Six people have been charged with culpable homicide not amounting to murder - the toughest punishment for an accident.If convicted under this charge (Section 304 of the Indi...

Five people are reported to have died in the fire at Stephen Court on the busy Park Street in Kolkata on Tuesday afternoon.