Three people died and 15 were injured in a fire that raged through the top four floors of the eight-storey Mantralaya, Maharashtra's seat of power, through most of Thursday. The blaze, which started at 2.35pm, was still on at the time of going to press and it had reportedly destroyed thousands of sensitive documents, computer files and records, many pertaining to land use, de-reservation and the crucial Adarsh society scam. A combing operation by the fire brigade late in the evening revealed two bodies outside deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar's chamber. Another was found inside the building later, but its identity could not be established.

For more log onto- http://www.alpha.newsx.com