
Bangalore: Four officers from the Karnataka Fire Department have been suspended following the death of a 25-year-old woman in a mock fire drill in Bangalore. The mock fire drill to teach safety techniques to the 1,200 employees of Bombay Rayon that took place on Friday killed Nalina who was climbing down a rope. The officers District fire officer Devraj, Narayan Swamy, Marianna and Nizar Ahmed have been suspended pending enquiry....

02:01 PM, Feb 26, 2012

Bangalore: A mock fire drill by the police turned deadly in Bangalore after a 25-year-old woman died while climbing down a rope. The cell phone video was meant to show off how courageous Nalina is, but within minutes of taking the leap, Nalina was dead. It was a mock fire drill to teach safety techniques to the 1,200 employees of Bombay Rayon, a garment factory in Bangalore and Nalina volunteered...

06:17 AM, Feb 25, 2012

A mock drill at a private company in Bangalore turned deadly, when the rope carrying a 25-year-old woman employee snapped, and she fell from the third floor to her death. The drill, incidentally, was organised by the fire department of the company. ...

10:22 PM, Feb 24, 2012

Bangalore: A 25-year-old woman on Friday died during a mock fire drill in Bangalore after she fell while trying to come down using a rope from the third floor of her office building in Yeshwantpur. The woman, identified as Nalina, died on the spot. She was an employee of the Bombay Rayon Rrivate Limited. The drill incidentally was organised by the fire department at the company's office in Yeshwantpur. "Fire...

07:27 PM, Feb 24, 2012

National Disaster Response Force organized fire drills in schools across India. ...

01:45 PM, Jan 22, 2011

Seoul: South Korea held large-scale ground and air live fire drills on Thursday close to the border with the North, a media report said. The maneuvers at a firing range in Pocheon, around 30 km from the frontier, involved over 100 types of weapons, officials were quoted as saying by the South's Yonhap News Agency. Artillery, anti-aircraft guns, attack helicopters and fighter jets took part, the report said. Around 800...

04:26 PM, Dec 23, 2010

In his last report on May 13, Fire chief RC Sharma cited six shortcomings. ...

09:48 AM, Jun 07, 2009

A fire tender fell into a drain at the IGI Airport during the drill. ...

12:18 PM, May 30, 2009

Roseau, Dominica: Australia's bowlers have helped out their batsmen with two crucial tail-end batting displays in the series against West Indies and on the fourth day of the final Test it was the turn of a batsman to return the favour. With off-spinner Nathan Lyon surprisingly unable to get the most out of a turning track, skipper Michael Clarke took on the task and claimed three of the West Indies...

12:22 PM, May 16, 2008