A minor fire broke out on the fourth floor of the Mantralaya in Mumbai on Saturday. A chemical container kept for renovation caught fire. ...
01:21 PM, Mar 09, 2013
A woman constable attempted suicide inside Mantralaya in Mumbai on Wednesday. She had alleged sexual harassment by one of her seniors. ...
07:17 PM, Feb 27, 2013
Mumbai: Ahead of the Independence Day, CNN-IBN brings the story of the bravehearts during the fire at the Mumbai Mantralaya. Even as a major fire raged on and people were being evacuated, seven men waited on the roof just so they could protect the Indian flag. When a fire raged across the Mantralaya, everyone was busy getting out of the building, but seven men waited fearlessly, guarding the Tricolour hoisted...
08:55 AM, Aug 14, 2012
Mumbai: As chief minister, Prithviraj Chavan has sundry responsibilities and an unenviable workload. But, he certainly didnt authorise Jeetendra Bandhu Bhosale to share the burden. Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested the conman who cheated people by promising them jobs using fake letterheads of the CM. Bhosale even submitted one such letter to the Mantralaya, asking officials to extend sixth pay commissions recommendations to 522 employees and also make them permanent....
02:17 PM, Jul 13, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra BJP on Friday suggested that scam-tainted Adarsh housing society in south Mumbai should be temporarily used to house offices of Government departments damaged by last month's fire at state secretariat. "The Government can file an application in the court seeking permission to use Adarsh society to house Government offices for the time being," State BJP spokesperson Madhav Bhandari said. The top four floors of the seven-storeyed building housing...
04:10 AM, Jul 07, 2012
Mumbai: Over 9,000 pages from 110 files belonging to the Revenue and Forest Department, which were burnt in the Mantralaya fire, are being dried out in the seminar hall of Worli Dairy since last week. This is being done with an attempt to retrieve and collect maximum clues about the files that were either charred during the fire or drenched during the rescue operations. To enable recovery of the damaged...
10:33 AM, Jul 04, 2012
New Delhi: A forensic report on Sunday ruled out sabotage as the cause behing the recent Maharashtra Mantralaya fire incident. The report by the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) stated that no extraneous incendiary material was found inside the Mantralaya building during their investigation. "Thereby prima facie we rule out sabotage as the cause of the fire," the report said. A huge fire broke out at the Maharashtra Mantralaya building...
12:18 PM, Jul 01, 2012
Mumbai: Last weeks fire burnt three whole floors of the secretariat building, but the expenses incurred in damage control is burning a hole in the taxpayers pocket, with the government deciding to claim Rs 100 crore of public funds to restore the building. The government is also spending quite a large packet in renting office spaces for its temporary chambers. According to a restoration plan drawn up by renowned architect...
01:59 PM, Jun 30, 2012
Mumbai: Work has resumed at the Maharashtra state secretariat on Monday, four days after a fire killed five people in the Mantralaya fire. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar arrived at the Mantralaya on Monday. Three floors have been cleared, say authorities. A small ceremony was held to remember the victims. The building will remain closed to the visitors though. Five people died, and 14...
12:24 PM, Jun 25, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Sunday met the grieving family members of two state government employees, who were killed in the devastating fire at Mantralaya on Thursday, to offer his condolences. Secretariat employee Mohan More and a retired state government employee Tukaram More were two of the five persons who were killed in the blaze. Chavan first visited Mohan More's residence in suburban Mira Road and expressed grief...
03:21 AM, Jun 25, 2012
Mumbai: Asserting that the fire-ravaged Mantralaya building is structurally sound, a top official on Sunday said that the Maharashtra government would henceforth store "mirror images" of all vital documents and files outside the state. "There is no need to demolish the building as it is structurally sound," Principal Secretary (Relief and Rehabilitation) Praveen Pardeshi said. "Carrying out the repair work will only be sufficient," he said responding to a query...
01:59 AM, Jun 25, 2012
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government's fire-ravaged administrative headquarters, Mantralaya, is expected to be fully functional within three months, Public Works Department Minister Chhagan Bhujbal said on Saturday. Bhujbal, who inspected the building Saturday afternoon, informed Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan that the structure could be repaired and renovated to start the secretariat's functioning as before within three months. Meanwhile, Chavan, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and several other ministers will shift Monday...
02:49 AM, Jun 24, 2012
Mumbai: A day after a massive blaze gutted top floors of the Maharashtra secretariat in Mumbai, an RTI activist on Friday said the mishap could have been averted had the government implemented suggestions in a fire safety audit report in 2008. "Police cases should be filed against officials of the Public Works Department and General Administrative Department for negligence of fire safety audit norms," Athak Seva Sangh chairman and RTI...
09:24 AM, Jun 23, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithiviraj Chavan on Friday dismissed the speculation that the massive fire in the state secretariat on Thursday would hamper the probe into Adarsha Housing Society scam. Referring to speculation that files related to Adarsh housing scam may have been damaged, Chavan, who also holds the Urban Development portfolio, said the papers are with CBI and the judicial commission. "We have photocopies with us. Hence, the speculation...
02:39 AM, Jun 23, 2012
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11:55 PM, Jun 22, 2012
A day after the fire at the Mantralaya, the CM admits that safety norms were flouted as the opposition alleges sabotage. ...
11:45 PM, Jun 22, 2012
It has been more than 40 hours since five-year-old Mahi fell into a borewell in a village in Manesar, Haryana. Rescue efforts are on and are said to be in their last leg. ...
11:16 PM, Jun 22, 2012
Mumbai: The fire at the Maharashtra Secretariat claimed five lives and caused severe structural damage as well. However, more than the structural damage, the loss of important files in the fire has stumped the state government. Conspiracy theories abound as many allege the fire was intentionally started to destroy paper trails of corruption scams. Even before the embers of the inferno died down, politics played out and conspiracy theories were...
09:13 PM, Jun 22, 2012
As fire engulfed the Maharashtra Mantralaya building on Thursday, five brave men put their lives in danger to climb atop the towering inferno to lower the Tricolour. The men refused to come down till they had lowered the national flag. ...
06:49 PM, Jun 22, 2012
