Fire breaks out at shop in central Mumbai; firefighter injured during operation to douse flames
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Mumbai (PTI): A fire broke out at a shop in central Mumbai in the early hours of Friday, following which a firefighter sustained injuries while attempting to douse the flames, an official said.
The fire erupted at the shop located in Gandhi Nagar, Worli, around 4.45 am, an official said.
The fire affected the electric wiring, electric installation, gift boxes, make-up accessories, printed material, stationery stock, clothes, computers, and a TVS bike kept on the mezzanine floor, he said.
After being alerted, the fire brigade and police launched a firefighting and search operation. During the operation, fire brigade personnel Ajindra Sawant suffered injuries to his hand, the official said.
He was taken to the civic-run Nair hospital for treatment.
The fire was put out around 7.15 am, the official said, adding that a probe is underway to ascertain its cause.
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Karnataka by-polls: Cong ahead in Bagalkot, BJP leads in Davanagere South
Bengaluru (PTI): Trends show Congress and BJP have maintained leads respectively in Karnataka's Bagalkot and Davanagere South Assembly seats, where counting of votes is underway on Monday, for the bypolls held for two seats on April 9.
The polls were necessitated by the deaths of senior Congress MLAs H Y Meti (Bagalkot) and Shamanur Shivashankarappa (Davanagere South).
According to the Election Commission, Congress party's Umesh Meti was ahead of BJP's Veerabhadrayya Charantimath by a margin of 9,969 votes in Bagalkot.
In Davanagere South, BJP's Srinivas T Dasakariyappa was leading over Congress party's Samarth Mallikarjun by a margin of 8,539 votes.
Nine and 25 candidates were in the fray, respectively in the Bagalkot and Davanagere South Assembly segments.
