News18 Afternoon Digest: 7 Newborns Dead In Major Fire At Delhi Hospital; Rajkot Gaming Zone Was Running Without Fire License & Other Top Stories – News18

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Officials said that 12 newborns were rescued from the building.

Officials said that 12 newborns were rescued from the building.

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In today’s digest, News18 brings you the latest updates on a major fire incident at a children’s hospital in Delhi that claimed the lives of seven newborns. We are also covering new developments in the Rajkot fire tragedy among other top stories.

Seven Newborns Dead In Major Fire At Delhi Children’s Hospital, Case Lodged Against Absconding Owner

At least seven newborns died, and several others were injured after a massive fire broke out at a children’s hospital in the Vivek Vihar area of East Delhi on Saturday night, officials said. READ MORE

Rajkot Fire Tragedy: Gaming Zone Had Single Exit, Stored 3,500 Litres Of Fuel For Generators, Go-Karting

The two-storey gaming zone of the TRP amusement and theme park in Gujarat’s Rajkot city, where a massive fire killed at least 35 people, did not have proper licences to run the place. Any record of a no-objection certificate (NOC) for fire clearance was also not found, according to official sources. READ MORE

Cyclone ‘Remal’ Live Updates: Bengal, Bangladesh Coastlines Brace For Severe Midnight Storm; Rescuers On Guard

Cyclone ‘Remal’ Live Updates: Disaster management agencies are gearing up to face severe cyclonic storm Remal, which is hurtling towards the West Bengal and Bangladesh coastlines with landfall expected around midnight on Sunday and a wind speed of 110-120 km per hour, gusting to 135 kmph. READ MORE

Swati Maliwal Says She Was In US For ‘Harvard Conference’ During Kejriwal’s Arrest, Asks Why ‘Other MP’ Was Treated Differently

Amid the rift with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal has refuted claims that her party leadership was irked by her absence when Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the now-scrapped liquor policy case. As per the AAP leader, during the time the Delhi Chief Minister was in jail, she was in the US, where she went to attend a conference at Harvard and had to extend her stay due to her sister’s ill health. READ MORE

Porsche Taycan Was Pune Teen’s ‘Birthday Gift’ From His Grandfather: Report

The Porsche Taycan, involved in the crash that killed two people in the Kalyani Nagar area of Pune, was reportedly gifted to the 17-year-old boy, who was allegedly driving it, by his grandfather Surendra Agrawal. Pune Police on Saturday arrested the minor’s grandfather for confining and forcing the family’s driver to take the blame for the accident that killed IT professionals Ashwini Koshta and Aneesh Awadhiya on May 19. READ MORE

Natasa Stankovic Shares Cryptic Post Amid Hardik Pandya Divorce Rumours, Drops a Pic of Jesus

Natasa Stankovic shared yet another cryptic post amid the rumours that she and Hardik Pandya are headed for a divorce. Natasa and Hardik have been subjected to divorce rumours after Natasa dropped her name on social media and allegedly removed a few pictures with him on the platform. While Natasa chose not to comment on the rumours, she shared a cryptic post on Saturday night which appeared to be in connection to the divorce rumours. READ MORE

‘Expect More Surprises’: Hezbollah’s Nasrallah Warns Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu

Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah on Friday in a televised address said Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must expect more “surprises” as fighting rages along the Lebanese-Israeli border. “The resistance surprised you on October 8 … You should expect more surprises,” Nasrallah said. READ MORE

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