The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has stepped up inspections across the state, with a Malad hotel in Mumbai facing licence suspension after officials found rats, cockroaches and serious hygiene lapses in its kitchen, an official statement said. Pics/FDA

At least nine people, including a child and a woman, were killed after a major fire broke out at a hotel on Kolkata’s Mirza Ghalib Street. Firefighters rescued the victims after guests were trapped by thick smoke, while police investigate possible fire safety lapses. (Pics/PTI)