Family members mourn the death of Arpit, who succumbed to his injuries following the Satya Niketan building collapse (Photo credit: IANS) NEW DELHI: For 19-year-old Delhi University student Arpit, plans for a college day and a concert with a close friend have been cut short after he became one of seven people killed in a…
The announcement by the Rekha Gupta govt followed the collapse of a building being used as a PG accommodation in Satya Niketan. NEW DELHI: The Delhi government’s move to formulate a fresh safety policy for paying-guest (PG) accommodation may have followed the Satya Niketan building collapse, but efforts to bring such establishments under a regulatory…
The Delhi High Court deemed the building collapse incident most unfortunate NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday termed the Satya Niketan building collapse that killed seven people and injured several others “most unfortunate”, and questioned not only the responsibility of the building owners but also that of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)…
People queue up outside HMT’s Jalahalli souvenir shop to buy watches in Aug Ten days after Hindustan Machine Tools’ Independence Day special sale ended, the queue outside the HMT souvenir store in Jalahalli was still refusing to dissipate. People were turning up to ask the same question: When will the next batch of Gandaberunda watches…
Residents continued clearing smaller debris by hand alongside professional rescuers, desperately trying to reach voices coming from beneath the concrete. NEW DELHI: “1, 2, 3, uthaaa.” The rescuers shouted in unison as they tried to lift a massive concrete slab trapping a student at the Satya Niketan building collapse site. A cushion lay between the…
Following the heartbreaking collapse of a building in Satya Niketan that claimed seven lives, the MCD has taken decisive action by suspending five officials NEW DELHI: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Monday suspended five South Zone officials, including the deputy commissioner, a day after a building housing a paying guest (PG) facility collapsed in…
The growing popularity of metro reels has sparked a wider conversation about privacy, consent and public space (AI Image) The Delhi Metro has seen its share of dance reels, romantic montages and makeup tutorials. Still, the latest trend has taken the commute to a whole new level: creators are glueing their phones to moving trains…
A building collapse in Satya Niketan killed six people and injured several others. Student organizations are demanding MCD commissioner Sanjeev Khirwar’s resignation over alleged civic lapses NEW DELHI: The Satya Niketan building collapse has put MCD commissioner Sanjeev Khirwar under renewed scrutiny, with student organisations demanding his resignation over alleged civic lapses in the tragedy.Khirwar,…
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi ordered sealing of illegal buildings exceeding four floors NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has ordered the immediate sealing of all illegal constructions with more than four floors and warned of strict action against officials found responsible for allowing such structures, following the deadly building collapse near Satya…
Buliding collapsed like a pancake in south Delhi’s Satya Niketan on Sunday afternoon, killing at least five people and leaving more than a dozen injured NEW DELHI: Police said multiple teams have been formed to trace the accused after a five-storey building housing a student paying guest accommodation collapsed like a pancake in south Delhi’s…
