new delhi seven shops were gutted when a fire broke out in the chandni chowk area of north delhi in the wee hours on tuesday the blaze was reported at 433 am a fire brigade official said seventeen fire tenders were pressed into service which took almost three hours to douse the blaze they said adding seven shops were destroyed in the blaze the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained kanpur burglars took away gold and silver ornaments costing thousands of rupees from a jewellery shop in kakvan block on wednesday night thiruvananthapuram commercial activities came to a virtual halt in kerala on saturday as shopowners downed shutters as part of their halfday protest demanding a legislation to restrict the entry of big retail chains into the statereports from across the state said thousands of retailers responded to the protest called by the traders union kerala vyapari vyavasayi ekopana samithitraders also organised marches and took antimonopoly pledge in different centres across the statethe samiti leaders said this was just a token protest and if the government ignored the demand a prolonged struggle would be launched