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  80 killed in Bangladesh building collapse

  World | April 24, 2013 16:44 IST

  Dhaka, Apr 24: At least 80 people were killed and 700 others injured today when an eight-storey commercial building that housed several garment factories and thousands of workers collapsed on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi

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  Thane building collapse: rescue work over, death toll 72

  India | April 06, 2013 16:52 IST

  Thane (Maharashtra), Apr  6:  After 42 gruelling hours, 72 dead and 62 injured people were pulled out of the debris of the seven-floor building that collapsed Thursday evening, an official said, signalling the end of

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  25 people killed in Egypt building collapse

  World | January 17, 2013 7:19 IST

  Cairo, Jan 17: At least 25 people were killed and 12 others injured when an eight-storey apartment building collapsed in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria yesterday, police said.The building housing 24 families collapsed in the

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  Egypt building collapse kills three

  World | January 16, 2013 15:40 IST

  Cairo, Jan 16: At least three people were killed and seven injured when an eight-storey building collapsed in the Egyptian city Alexandria Wednesday, Xinhua reported.The building was illegally constructed on a narrow street. Though it

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  Three killed in Faridabad building collapse

  India | December 11, 2012 20:39 IST

  Faridabad, Dec 11: At least three people were killed and many others injured when an under-construction school building collapsed here Tuesday. Dozens of labourers were feared to be trapped under the debris, an official said.The

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  Six killed in Pune building collapse

  India | September 24, 2012 22:42 IST

  Pune, Sep 24: Six people, including a woman, were killed and 15 injured when a four-storey residential building collapsed here Monday, police said.The tragedy occurred around 2 p.m. when the under-construction building in the city's

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  10 killed in high-rise collapse in Egypt

  World | July 15, 2012 19:14 IST

  Alexandria (Egypt), Jul 15: Egypt's Health Ministry says 10 people have been killed when an apartment tower under construction collapsed on adjacent buildings in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.The ministry said Sunday that five other

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  Death Toll In Beirut Building Collapse Rises To 11

  World | January 16, 2012 14:22 IST

  Beirut, Jan 16: Lebanese security officials say the death toll from the collapse of an old five-story residential building in Beirut has risen to 11, most of them foreigners.The officials say search operations are continuing

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  Ghaziabad House Collapse Toll Is Five, 16 Critical

  India | July 18, 2011 14:36 IST

  Ghaziabad, July 17 : Army and ITBP jawans along with police searched for possible survivors under the debris of a five-storey building on Sunday evening, more than 30 hours after its collapse left five workers

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  One More Body Pulled Out, Delhi Collapse Toll 70

  India | November 18, 2010 12:44 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 18  :  One more body was pulled out from the debris of the collapsed building this morning taking the death toll to 70, even as the exercise to remove the rubble continued

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  Lalita Park Could Have Been Prevented Had CIC Been Heard!

  India | November 17, 2010 20:26 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 17: The tragic incident of Lalita Park could have been averted had the Delhi Government acted on the FIR lodged by Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi with Delhi Police and letter sent to

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  Amrit Pal Singh Remanded In 2 Days Police Custody

  India | November 17, 2010 17:12 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 17:  A Delhi court today remanded Amrit Singh, the owner of the building which collapsed here killing 67 people, in two days police custody."Custodial interrogation of the accused is necessary for the

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  Building Collapse: 60 People From Same Village Staying Together

  India | November 16, 2010 20:34 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 16: Cheap rent and village brotherhood were the two factors which led more than 60 people from the same village to live in the same building. But little did they know that

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  Dazed Victims Search For Relatives In Hospitals

  India | November 16, 2010 16:59 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 16: "This is her" wailed Sheetal, 23, as she identified her four-year old daughter among the photographs of dead put up at the capital's LNJP hospital where majority of the victims of

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  Rs 2 Lakh To Kin Of Dead In Building Collapse

  India | November 16, 2010 12:24 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 17 : Delhi Government today announced an ex-gratia of Rs two lakh each to the families of those killed and Rs one lakh to those injured in the east Delhi building collapse.Chief

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  Mumbai: 6-Year-Old Dies In Kurla Building Collapse

  India | July 29, 2010 11:11 IST

  A six-year-old child has died and 10 others have been injured after a four-storeyed building collapsed in Mumbai's suburban Kurla late Wednesday night. Several people are feared trapped inside the debris still, fire brigade officials