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Puri fire reduces 40 shops to ashes, 150 tourists escape unhurt 

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The massive fire that erupted in a market complex in the pilgrim town of Puri on Wednesday night and continued till Thursday, swallowed over 40 shops, but fortunately, over 150 tourists staying in a hotel and over 50 persons present at the shops escaped unhurt. 

The complex known as the Laxmi Market Complex near Marichikot Chhak on Grand Road in Puri houses over 50 shops and a hotel named Samrat Hotel. 

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When the fire broke out at a garment shop on the first floor of the complex on Wednesday night, there were 110 tourists from Nasik and over 40 persons belonging to a family from Ganjam’s Hinjlicut staying in the hotel. Besides, over 50 people were at the shops. The visitors from Ganjam were to take part in a sacred thread ceremony scheduled for Thursday. 

Soon the fire spread to other shops. As the news of the fire mishap broke, all the occupants of the hotel started running helter-skelter.  They came rushing out leaving their valuables back in the hotel rooms as saving their lives was their top priority. 

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Seeing the blaze, they had already lost their hope of getting back their money, jewellery, clothes and other things. But thanks to the valour of the fire fighters, they could get back all their belongings. Even the family members from Ganjam got their gold ornaments and articles they had purchased for the sacred thread ceremony. 

“While running out of the hotel rooms, we had left gold rings and chains. Today we got back all the ornaments. We also found the money we had in our bags safe,” said a tourist from Hinjlicut. 
“We are 110 people from Maharashtra’s Nashik. As we were going to have our dinner, the mishap occurred,” recounted a tourist. 

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Fire officer, Central Range, Ramesh Chandra Majhi thanked the tourists for their patience and cooperation. “We are trying to recover all the things from the hotel rooms and after recovery we will hand them over to their owners,” said Majhi. 

On the other hand, the businessmen have yet to come to terms with the losses caused by the mishap. 

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“I had a bag shop in the market complex. The fire has reduced my shop to ashes,” said an affected shop owner. 

“My shop burst into flames just in front of my eyes. My family and the families of my 12 employees at my shop are in trouble now. I have taken loans from bank and friends and relatives,” said another businessman. 

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(Reported by Madhusudan Mishra, Pradeep Mohanty and Bibartan Panda, OTV)
 

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Infant killed, 4 others injured in LPG cylinder blast in Odisha

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In an LPG cylinder blast incident, a 40-day-old infant was killed and four others sustained severe injuries at Mirzapur near Chandipur in Balasore district on Tuesday evening. 

According to a source, the mishap occurred at one Sheikh Bhallu’s house. The cylinder caught fire when his wife was cooking food in the evening. 

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In the mishap, Bhallu’s 40-day-old infant died on the spot while the couple, their second daughter and another person were injured critically. Hearing the sound, neighbours came to the family’s rescue. 

They rescued Bhallu’s six-year-old daughter and another person, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, and immediately rushed them to the Balasore district headquarters hospital (DHH). 

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“The incident occurred at around 6.30 PM. Bhallu, his wife and their middle daughter have been admitted to the hospital. Their elder daughter is safe,” said a relative. 

Local Tehsildar, Nirlipta Mohanty said, “Since the infant couldn’t be rescued, he was killed in the mishap. The couple and their daughter have been admitted to the hospital. The administration is with the family and will extend all possible help to them.”

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Earthquake tremors felt in Delhi, NCR

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Earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi on Tuesday evening. As per reports, the tremors were felt across Delhi-NCR. 

As per the National Center for Seismology (NCS), an earthquake of magnitude 6.6 occurred on Tuesday at 22:17:27 IST.

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The location of the earthquake as per NCS was 133 km SSE of Fayzabad in Afghanistan. 

The earthquake was recorded at a depth of 156 km, the NCS tweeted.

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On the other hand, the US Geological Services said, the 6.5 magnitude quake had an epicentre 40 km south by south east of Afghanistan’s Jurm. It occurred at a depth of nearly 190 km.

In Delhi, following the earthquake, Delhi Fire Services sources said that they received a call about the tilting of a building in Shakarpur area.

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Panic-stricken people rushed out of buildings as the earthquake struck around 10.20 pm and was also felt in Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan. In no time, images of people out on roads and open spaces started flooding the social media.

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There was no immediate report of any loss of life or property.

Later in the evening, Delhi Fire Services director confirmed that “No building in Shakarpur area was found tilted. An initial call was given by some of the neighbours. The occupants of the building were not aware of the call.”

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Suhana Khan oozes hotness in new bold avatar, see pics

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Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan is one of the popular star kids from Bollywood. Recently, she stunned everyone with her appearances during the pre-wedding festivities of Ananya Panday’s cousin Alanna. Now, after the wedding celebrations, Suhana grabbed the eyeballs of netizens in her latest bold avatar.

Also Read: Suhana Khan’s Star Power Will Leave A Blazing Trail In Tinsel Town !

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On Tuesday, Suhana shared a set of pictures on social media in which she is seen posing at a scenic location while sporting a white halter neck cutout ensemble. She completed her look with a messy bun and dewy makeup. Slipped into the sheer white maxi dress, she looked even more radiant under the golden hour.

Soon the post got flooded with comments and appreciation from well-wishers including several celebrities and family members. 

Suhana’s best friend Ananya Panday commented, “HELLO” with a heart-eyed emoji face. Similarly, Shanaya Kapoor commented, “Beauty.” (sic)

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Most of the comments for the post were fire and red heart emoticons. 

The comments prove the love of all for the star kid. 

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On the work front, Suhana is all set to make her big Bollywood debut this year with Zoya Akhtar’s ‘The Archies.’ She will be seen with Amitabh Bachchan’s grandson Agastya Nanda and Janhvi Kapoor’s sister Khushi Kapoor. Though the makers are yet to announce the release date, it will release on Netflix soon.

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