Comedy Nights with Kapil set catches fire

Mumbai: The sets of the popular television show Comedy Nights With Kapil caught fire on Monday morning. 

According to sources, “The set caught fire at around 8 in the morning. It was sparked by a live wire. Nobody was hurt.”

While, the cast was not present at the time of the incident, sources said, "The spot boys and light men arranging the lights for the recording when the fire broke out.”

The source added that almost the whole set was on fire when fire brigade arrived and controlled the fire. 

Confirming the news, the Colors spokesperson said, "Yes. An unfortunate accident took place on the sets of Comedy Nights With Kapil. But no major damage occurred. It was just a small fire in the costume and make up room."

The host of the show, Kapil Sharma was unavailable for comment as his phone was switched off.

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Feroz-ud-Din Mir: World's oldest person at 141 in Kashmir

If his birth date proves to be correct it would make his current spouse Misra more than 60 years his junior

An Indian father of 10 claims he is the world’s oldest person – at 141.

Feroz-ud-Din Mir has outlived four wives, and if his birth date proves to be correct it would make his current spouse Misra more than 60 years his junior.

According to reports he has a government-issued birth certificate which shows he was born on March 10, 1872.

Dhoni's closest friend Santosh Lal dies due to pancreatitis

                    Wednesday, Jul 17, 2013, 10:28 IST | Place: Jharkhand 

He was admitted to Guru Nanak hospital in Ranchi on July 12, after complaining unbearable pain in his stomach.

Cricketer Santosh Lal passed way on Wednesday after battling pancreatitis. Lal was a former Ranji player and one of the closest friends of Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. 

He was admitted to Guru Nanak hospital in Ranchi on July 12, after

SC turns down plea to reduce age of juvenile from 18 to 16 years

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to reduce the age of juvenile from 18 to 16 years and dismissed a plea that minors involved in heinous crimes should not be protected under the law.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir said that interference in Juvenile Justice Act is not necessary and dismissed a batch of PILs which were filed in the aftermath of the December 16 brutal gang-rape and murder case in

Bihar mid-day meal horror: Toll mounts to 22 in Chhapra, 15 faint in Madhubani

Wednesday, Jul 17, 2013, 8:58 IST | Place: Patna 

Nitish Kumar expressed shock over the incident and announced a compensation of Rs.2 lakh to the kin of each of the dead school children.

Death toll of children who fell ill after having mid-day meal at a state-run primary school in Bihar's Saran district, rose to 22 on Wednesday.

Confirming the deaths, Principal Secretary, education, Amarjeet Sinha said that he suspected

Nearly 6,000 missing after floods in Uttarakhand

(Reuters) - India officially declared on Monday that nearly 6,000 people were missing a month after flash floods ravaged large parts of Uttarakhand, but stopped short of saying they were presumed dead.

The figure of 5,748, based on tallies of missing persons from around the country, was the first official estimate following weeks in which the numbers of dead and missing fluctuated wildly from a few hundred to several thousand.

Their families will now be eligible for financial relief, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna told a news conference, adding that his government would pay 150,000 rupees to families in

Ramadan 2013 Brings the Heat

The Muslim holiday falls unusually early this year, so here are ways to adapt Ramadan dishes to the summer heat

Jul 15, 2013 @ 2:55 PM

Ramadan 2013 has left many people around the world with one thing on their mind: food.

Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar in which Muslims around the world observe a period of fasting. The annual Ramadan observance is considered one of the

China grabs India's land

New Delhi: PTI:

Area along the Line of Actual Control has ‘shrunk’ over a period of time: Report

The area along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China has 'shrunk' over a period of time and India has lost 'substantial' land in the last two decades, according to an official report.

At a recent meeting in Leh, attended by officials from the Jammu and Kashmir government, Union Ministry of Home Affairs and the Army, it was agreed that there was difference in the maps of various agencies and that there was lack of proper mapping of the area.

The meeting was chaired by Commissioner (Leh) A K Sahu and attended, among others, by the 14 Corps Brigadier General

Indian petrol price goes up again

Petrol price in India will go up by Rs.1.55 per litre, excluding state taxes, from Sunday midnight, largely due to depreciation in the value of the rupee and rise in crude oil prices in international markets, Indian Oil Corporation said.

This is the second sharp hike in petrol prices in the past two weeks and fourth increase in less than two months. The previous increase was on June 29, when the oil marketing firms had hiked the price by Rs.1.82 per litre, excluding taxes. However, the price of diesel will remain unchanged. 

"The combined impact of deteriorating exchange rate and increasing international oil prices has resulted in the need to increase petrol prices by Rs.1.55 per litre (excluding VAT),” the country's largest oil retailer said in a statement. 

China incursion in Ladakh: Still The lesson India has not learnt

The ongoing game of kabaddi in the high Himalayas between Indianand Chinese troops shows no signs of ending. According to the latest reports, Chinese troops ventured into the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control in the Chumar area of south-eastern Ladakh in mid-June and

Serial blasts rock Bodh Gaya temple

Two injured; nine explosions damage World Heritage structure; Buddha statue safe

The Bodh Gaya temple complex in Bihar was rocked by a series of explosions on Sunday morning. Over a hundred worshippers had just finished 30 minutes of chanting and a few were entering the temple complex — a UNESCO World Heritage site associated with the Buddha’s enlightenment — when the first blast

Ishrat Jahan encounter case: CBI evidence against Narendra Modi, Amit Shah 'hearsay'

By Aman Sharma & Rohini Singh, | 6 Jul, 2013, 10.41AM IST

NEW DELHI: CBI, which is investigating the conspiracy behind the unlawful killing of Ishrat Jahan and three others has so far not come upon direct evidence pointing to involvement of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi or his former home minister Amit Shah. Instead, the evidence against the political leaders is "hearsay" in nature and inadequate to arrive at any conclusion, a top CBI official told ETon Friday.