Hyderabad: The state government on Friday sanctioned ₹85 lakh as ex gratia payment to the families of those who lost their lives in the Gulzar Houz fire accident near Charminar on May 18.

Telangana is grappling with a surge in fire accidents in 2025, with over 6,366 distress calls received by mid-July, surpassing previous records. Carel ...

The Gulzar Houz fire occurred early morning of May 18. Just two days earlier, on Thursday at 4:41 am, a transformer near the Gulzar Houz fountain exploded, sparking a blaze.

The Gulzar Houz fire terrified me again—no one should have to go through such an experience.” Anjamma Gurumurthy, caretaker of the apartment, said everyone had left the building in fear after ...

Panic stricken people after a fire broke out in a building near Gulzar Houz in the Old City area of Hyderabad in Telangana, Sunday, May 18, 2025. At least eight people lost their lives and several ...

Explaining the sequence of events, Nagi Reddy said that the Moghulpura fire station had received a distress call at 6.16 am on May 18, and fire tenders reached the site at Gulzar Houz by 6.20 am.

Hyderabad: The state government on Tuesday constituted a six-member high-level committee to investigate the fire mishap at Gulzar Houz that claimed the lives of 17 members of a jeweller’s ...

Hyderabad: The Uthavana (third-day ceremony) of the Modi family, the pearl merchants of Gulzar Houz who died in Sunday’s devastating fire accident, was performed at a function hall in Attapur on ...

Following the tragic fire at Gulzar Houz in Hyderabad that claimed 17 lives, including eight children, the Telangana government has formed a high-level committee. Composed of IAS and IPS officers ...

A vibrant Ghatam procession will mark the second day of the Old City Bonalu festival in Hyderabad on Monday. Featuring a ...

Saleem S., a water tanker driver from HMWS&SB, said, “It took me around 15 minutes to get to Gulzar Houz due to traffic. We took two tankers with us for standby, ...