Building collapse
- India
Gandhinagar: All workers rescued after slab collapse, no casualties
Gandhinagar: All workers trapped after a portion of an under-construction building collapsed in Gujarat’s Kudasan area were rescued safely, with the state government reporting zero casualties after a war-footing rescue operation late…
- Delhi
Delhi building collapse: Rescue ops over, 81-year-old owner held
New Delhi: The over 27-hour rescue operation at the Delhi building collapse site concluded on Monday evening, September 7, with seven people dead and five injured. The building owner, his wife and…
- Delhi
Injured student recalls ‘strange sound’ before Delhi PG collapse
New Delhi: A strange sound—like water rushing rapidly through a tap—during lunch prompted 19-year-old Nitesh Chib and his friend to rush towards the staircase moments before the building in Delhi’s Satya Niketan…
- Delhi
Delhi building collapse unfortunate; MCD, DU also at fault: HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday, September 7, said a building-collapse incident at Satya Niketan here that left seven people dead and several injured was “most unfortunate”. The court said…
- Delhi
Delhi building collapse: CM Gupta oversees rescue operations
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday, September 7, arrived at Satya Niketan to oversee the second day of search and rescue operations, where a decades-old multi-storey building collapsed, leaving…
- Delhi
Delhi building collapse: Six dead, 11 rescued from debris in Satya Niketan
New Delhi: A total of 11 people have been rescued from the debris of a 50-year-old multi-storey building that collapsed in southwest Delhi’s Satya Niketan area, with the death toll reaching six,…
- Delhi
Delhi building collapse: 5 dead, CM orders magisterial probe
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has ordered a magisterial probe into the Satya Niketan house collapse incident that claimed the lives of five DU students and left several injured. Earlier…
- Hyderabad
HYDRAA to raze more unsafe buildings in Hyderabad’s Anjaiah Nagar
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Protection Agency (HYDRAA) has identified several dangerous buildings in Anjaiah Nagar for demolition, days after a seven-storey structure collapsed in the same locality, Commissioner AV Ranganath…
- Hyderabad
Two killed as multi-storey building collapses in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: At least two persons were killed and another injured when a seven-storey under-construction building collapsed in Gachibowli’s Anjaiah Nagar on Saturday, August 22, police said. According to reports, the building was…
- World
7.7 earthquake hits Indonesia, topples buildings, kills 20
Maumere (Indonesia): A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, August 15, killing at least 20 people, collapsing buildings and homes as well as causing panic in…
- India
Residents kept in Bhiwandi building due to misclassification
Thane: An administrative lapse in classifying a ‘dangerous’ structure let residents remain in a four‑storey Bhiwandi building that later collapsed, killing 10 persons, civic sources said. A portion of the Kohinoor Building,…
- India
Bhiwandi building collapse kills 9, at least 3 still trapped
Thane: At least nine persons were killed after a four-storey building, which had been tagged as ‘dangerous’ by the local civic body, collapsed in Bhiwandi of Maharashtra’s Thane district, and efforts are…
- India
Boy dies after neighbour’s house collapse in Thane
Mumbai: A 12-year-old boy lost his life while two of his family members were injured after a section of a neighbouring building collapsed and fell on their house in Maharashtra’s Thane district,…
- India
Delhi building collapse: Three dead, FIR registered
New Delhi: The death toll in the building collapse in northwest Delhi’s Rohini climbed to three, with two more bodies pulled out from the rubble during the rescue operation that went on…
- India
Monstrous garbage mound triggers Pune building collapse, 12 trapped
Pune: A three-storey building located over a waste management plant of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation at Moshi in the district collapsed after a huge mound of garbage crashed onto it on…
