Jamil Qureshi

Investigations into Wednesday's building collapse in Thane has thrown up some shocking revelations. The police say they now have proof that the builders of the illegal seven-storey structure had bribed NCP corporator Hira Patil and Assistant Police Inspector J Sayyed to turn a blind eye to the unauthorised and shoddy construction, despite the fact ...

Top civic officials and a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) corporator have been arrested in the Thane building collapse case that has claimed 74 lives so far.

The two real-estate developers who illegally constructed a seven-storey building that collapsed in Thane, killing more than 73 people and injuring over 60, were arrested today.

Fifty eight people have died, over 60 are injured, and 20 people are still missing as rescue workers continue to cut through the mangled steel and concrete remains of a seven-storey building which collapsed on Thursday evening in Mumbai suburb Thane.

Forty five people, including 11 children, were crushed to death in Thane on the outskirts of Mumbai after a building collapsed while under construction on Thursday evening. 50 people have been rescued, but some are still believed trapped in the debris.

Mangal Patil had complained to the Thane municipal corporation repeatedly about the illegal building that collapsed on Thursday in the Mumbai suburb, submitting sets of photographs each time as it rose at an alarming pace. He had also sent copies to the Chief Minister's office, he says. Clearly, no one bothered.

41 people, including 11 children, were crushed to death in Thane on the outskirts of Mumbai after a building collapsed while under construction on Thursday evening. 50 people have been rescued, but some are still believed trapped in the debris.

Investigations into Wednesday's building collapse in Thane has thrown up some shocking revelations. The police say they now have proof that the builders of the illegal seven-storey structure had bribed NCP corporator Hira Patil and Assistant Police Inspector J Sayyed to turn a blind eye to the unauthorised and shoddy construction, despite the fact ...

Top civic officials and a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) corporator have been arrested in the Thane building collapse case that has claimed 74 lives so far.

The two real-estate developers who illegally constructed a seven-storey building that collapsed in Thane, killing more than 73 people and injuring over 60, were arrested today.

Fifty eight people have died, over 60 are injured, and 20 people are still missing as rescue workers continue to cut through the mangled steel and concrete remains of a seven-storey building which collapsed on Thursday evening in Mumbai suburb Thane.

Forty five people, including 11 children, were crushed to death in Thane on the outskirts of Mumbai after a building collapsed while under construction on Thursday evening. 50 people have been rescued, but some are still believed trapped in the debris.

Mangal Patil had complained to the Thane municipal corporation repeatedly about the illegal building that collapsed on Thursday in the Mumbai suburb, submitting sets of photographs each time as it rose at an alarming pace. He had also sent copies to the Chief Minister's office, he says. Clearly, no one bothered.

41 people, including 11 children, were crushed to death in Thane on the outskirts of Mumbai after a building collapsed while under construction on Thursday evening. 50 people have been rescued, but some are still believed trapped in the debris.