Uphaar Fire Evidence Tampering Case: The order noted that while the complainant sought the bench to be changed, the senior lawyers for the petitioners raised “serious objections” against her apprehensions.
This year marks the 28th anniversary of the Uphaar Cinema fire that broke out on June 13, 1997, claiming 59 lives due to asphyxiation and leaving hundreds injured in the ensuing stampede
Twenty-seven years ago, on June 13, 1997, 59 people, including 23 children, died when a fire broke out at Uphaar Cinema in Green Park. Krishnamoorthy’s two children were among the victims.
After a fire broke out, engulfing the building, on June 13, 1997, an FIR was lodged at the Hauz Khas Police station and the investigation was subsequently transferred to the CBI.
As Trial by Fire, a show based on the Uphaar Cinema tragedy of 1997, is released on Netflix, a look at the calamitous event and the subsequent legal case.
Trial By Fire review: The best part of the series is the steadiness it manages to instil even in the most sorrowful faces. No loud chest-beating hysteria, no sensationalising.
For Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy, parents of 17-year-old Unnati and 13-year-old Ujjwal, who died in Delhi’s Uphaar Cinema fire in June 1997, the road to justice has been long and arduous.
2 wildfires burn through Southern California in US, evacuations ordered
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Two wildfires erupted in Southern California, United States, on Friday and spread rapidly owing to strong winds. This marked the first major incident of the season amid an ongoing spring heatwave, reported The Guardian. The National Weather Service of the US had issued a wind advisory for parts of the region until midday, cautioning that gusts could reach 50 mph.
