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Mumbai building fire doused; 2 firemen injured, Deepika Padukone safe

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Deepika Padukone was out for a shoot but her personal staff were among those who were evacuated this afternoon as a precaution Firemen were on Wednesday successful in dousing a fire on the top floor of a 33-storey Mumbai building after battling leaping flames for nearly five hours. Although all residents were evacuated, two firemen suffered from suffocation and were rushed to a hospital. Bollywood actor  Deepika Padukone , who lives in Beaumonde Towers on the 26th floor, said she was safe and expressed her prayers for the well-being of the firefighters. Padukone was out for a shoot but her personal staff were among those who were evacuated as a precaution. "I am safe. Thank You everyone. Let us pray for our firefighters who are at site risking their lives," she tweeted. According to BMC Disaster Control, the fire erupted around 2.10 pm on the two uppermost penthouse floors 33 and 32, of the five-year-old building, sending thick black clouds of smoke bill...

Padmavati row: Karni Sena wants Bharat Bandh, Bhansali gets security cover

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Bhansali has been facing the ire of various groups and self-styled experts on what they term as 'erroneous' depiction of Rajput queen Rani Padmavati. The Shri Rajput Karni Sena on Wednesday called for a 'Bharat Bandh' (shutdown) on December 1 if Sanjay Leela Bhansali's movie "Padmavati" releases on that date, while the Maharashtra government provided a precautionary security cover for the filmmaker in view of the increasing controversies and growing threats. "We will hold rallies across the country, including Gurugram, Patna, Lucknow and Bhopal before the release date," Lokendra Singh Kalvi, founder-patron of the Shri Rajput Karni Sena, an organisation of the Rajput community, told media persons in Jaipur. He said all communities, including Muslims, supported the Sena on the issue. "We demand a complete ban on the film. Now, we don't want any pre-screening of the movie. All we want is a ban," he said. He cl...