2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (214+ words) Three labourers were killed and 11 injured when the roof of a church under construction collapsed in Tamil Nadu's Vellore district on Thursday, an official said. The 11 injured labourers were rushed in ambulances to the Vellore Government Medical College Hospital, the…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (200+ words) Seven workers were injured when a concrete slab and a beam launcher collapsed at a bridge construction site in Bihar's Vaishali district on Thursday, officials said. The incident occurred in the Lalganj area while construction work was underway on a…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (471+ words) Daily Pioneer Delhi orders bulldozer action The Delhi Government on Wednesday ordered the use of bulldozer against illegal constructions across the Capital, days after a Paying Guest (PG) accommodation collapse killed seven students. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday directed…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (425+ words) In Delhi, illegal construction, ignored safety norms and regulatory complicity have become a deadly cycle. From Uphaar and Lalita Park to Mundka, Old Rajinder Nagar, Hauz Rani and now Satya Niketan, the names change but the story remains the same:…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (204+ words) A five-storey hostel in Delhi collapsed after years of regulatory neglect and dangerous construction. Once again, it took a collapse for authorities to wake up On Sunday afternoon, a five-storey building in Delhi’s Satya Niketan collapsed. It housed a private…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (441+ words) The task of saving lives for rescue personnel at the collapsed boys’ hostel in Delhi had a razor-thin margin of error-quickly plough through towering concrete slabs to reach survivors and slow down the moment a cavity is found. Every gap…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (300+ words) The VC said the loss of students’ lives was a “massive blow” to the university and assured the affected families that the university stood ready to provide all possible assistance. He urged principals to explore the feasibility of constructing new…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (444+ words) Five MCD officials have been suspended as investigators probe what triggered the building collapse The other suspended officials include Superintending Engineer Ranvir Singh, Executive Engineer (Building) Lalit Kumar Goel, Assistant Engineer (Building) Sunil Chauhan and Junior Engineer (Building) Ashish Kumar…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (295+ words) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has ordered the demolition of a building in southwest Delhi’s Satya Niketan after declaring it to be in a “ruinous and dangerous condition”, days after the collapse of a nearby five-storey structure left six people…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (724+ words) An around 50-year-old five-storey building housing a boys’ hostel in a congested bylane in Satya Niketan near Delhi University’s South Campus collapsed on Sunday afternoon, leaving five dead, 11 injured and many trapped. According to police, 11 students have been rescued so…...