
Jalandhar: In a building collapse in Jalandhar, as many as 20 lives were lost while hundreds of people were saved, thanks to the rescue workers who worked tirelessly for a week. Here's the story of the heroes of Jalandhar. Directing the team of rescue workers was Des Raj of the Shah Satnam Green Welfare Force. An arm of the controversial Dera Sacha Sauda, the body of volunteers had rushed to...

09:35 AM, Apr 25, 2012

New Delhi: The police on Saturday said the collapsed blanket factory in Jalandhar which led the the death of 21 people does not exist in government records. This was revealed by the Jalandhar Divisional Commissioner who said the the factory does not figure in the records of the director factories. This is surprising as a full fledged factory was officially invisible. The three-storey building of a blanket manufacturing factory collapsed...

05:35 PM, Apr 21, 2012

Jalandhar: Four days on, there has been news of a miraculous escape in the Jalandhar factory building collapse. A survivor literally walked out on his own from under the debris after being helped out by rescue workers. Despite being trapped for over three days, the factory worker Nitesh Kumar came out almost unscathed. However, there are still dozens more still feared to be trapped under the debris. So far, 10...

09:32 AM, Apr 19, 2012

New Delhi: In a miraculous escape, one person was pulled out alive after 48 hours from the rubble as the death toll from the collapse of an industrial building in Jalandhar rose to 7 on Wednesday morning. The person, who was pulled out alive, said he has seen four dead bodies inside. 65 people have been rescued. The victims were all factory workers doing the night shift on Sunday when...

07:36 AM, Apr 18, 2012

New Delhi: More than 100 people were still feared trapped under the rubble after a three-storey building of a blanket manufacturing factory collapsed in Focal point area in Jalandhar on Sunday night. Six persons were killed in the incident while 58 people have been rescued so far. Rescue efforts were still to save those still trapped under the debris of the factory building. Police, Army and personnel from the National...

09:52 AM, Apr 17, 2012

Jalandhar: The Punjab government on Monday evening ordered an inquiry into the collapse of the building of a blanket factory in Jalandhar late on Sunday night which left two people dead and several others trapped under the debris. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal ordered the Jalandhar Divisional Commissioner to conduct an inquiry into the reasons for the collapse of the four-storeyed building of blanket manufacturing unit, Sheetal Fabrics, Jalandhar. Badal...

02:52 AM, Apr 17, 2012

Jalandhar: A building housing a blanket factory collapsed in Jalandhar on Sunday night, leaving one person dead. At least 20 people were feared trapped under the debris. The incident occurred in the Focal Point area. Rescue efforts continued through the night and 40 to 42 people were rescued. The rain caused some problems in rescue operations on Monday morning. Eyewitnesses said the building fell after an explosion in the boiler....

07:33 AM, Apr 16, 2012

Lahore: A three-storey factory collapsed on Monday in the Pakistani city of Lahore after a gas explosion, killing at least five people and trapping dozens, emergency officials said. "The factory has completely collapsed and two houses next to it as well," an emergency official at the site told Reuters by telephone, adding that narrow streets was preventing heavy rescue machinery from reaching the area. Karamat Ali, a spokesman for the...

10:17 AM, Feb 07, 2012

New Delih: Two people are dead and seven labourers were injured in Nagpur when a multi-storey building collapsed on Monday night. The building was housing a small industrial unit. The deceased are yet to be identified even as the rescue operations are in full swing to extricate those who are still feared trapped under the debris, police said, adding one of the two workers died on the spot while the...

06:49 AM, Jan 31, 2012

Nagpur: Two labourers were killed and nine others, including two women, were injured when a four-storey building housing a small scale industrial unit on Monday night collapsed in Chikhli area on the city outskirts at Kalamna. The deceased are yet to be identified even as the rescue operations are in full swing to extricate those who are still feared trapped under the debris, police said, adding one of the two...

12:30 AM, Jan 31, 2012

The incident took place in Railway Colony in Mundka at 7:25 am when some of the labourers were engaged in cooking. ...

10:23 AM, Jan 04, 2012

New Delhi: Five labourers were on Wednesday killed and four injured when the roof of a building collapsed after a gas cylinder exploded in Mundka area of northwest Delhi. The incident took place in Railway Colony in Mundka at 7:25 am when some of the labourers were engaged in cooking, police said. The one storey structure was weak and collapsed soon after the explosion, they said. The labourers were rushed...

10:08 AM, Jan 04, 2012

New Delhi: A building collapsed near Uttam Nagar metro station in West Delhi on Saturday. Sources said that three people have died in the building collapse and that some people are still feared trapped. However, no casualties have been reported so far. It is reported that police personnel and five fire tenders were rushed to spot. The incident was reported from near Uttam Nagar Metro Station at around 11:30 am....

01:21 PM, Dec 03, 2011

Thane: Eight persons, mostly women, were killed and many others injured when a four-storey building housing nearly a hundred families collapsed at Bhiwandi town. The building at the Gautam Compound Navi Basti, which collapsed last night, was originally a two storey structure and the other two floors were possibly illegally constructed, police said. While six women were killed and 20 injured last night, two persons, including a five-year old girl,...

01:56 PM, Oct 26, 2011
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Well, the last whole week was spent wandering in the lanes of the walled city. I did a story from Chandni Mahal in old Delhi ...

01:32 PM, Oct 13, 2011