Jalandhar Building Collapse

Two labourers were killed, while two were hospitalised after petrol pump's roof collapsed in Jalandhar's Phillaur. The accident took place while repairing the old building of the petrol pump.

A local court granted bail to Sheetal Vij, owner of the blanket factory that collapsed on April 15 killing at least 23 workers, after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to look into the matter did not find ample evidence against him.

The Indian Redcross Society on Wednesday announced that it would give artificial limbs to those affected in the recent factory collapse in the city.

An 18-year-old school dropout from Bihar today became another miracle survivor of the Sunday's factory building collapse in Jalandhar, even as the death toll climbed to 18.

The untiring efforts of rescue teams engaged in finding survivors beneath the collapsed blanket manufacturing factory in this Punjab city saw more success early on Thursday with a trapped worker being rescued after 72 hours under the debris.

A teenage boy was pulled out from the debris of the collapsed blanket factory on Wednesday, nearly 55 hours after the four-storey building had been flattened, police said. Many more people could still be trapped, officials said as rescue efforts continued for the third day.

Nearly 48 hours after a factory building collapsed in Jalandhar, one person has been pulled out alive from under the debris.

Rescuers rummaged through the rubble to locate possible survivors as the death toll from the collapse of an industrial building here rose to six with the recovery of four more bodies today. Visiting the scene, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal announced that special safety audits would be conducted in all industrial units in the state t...

Many people are still said to be trapped under the debris of a factory building that collapsed in Jalandhar on Sunday. The death toll meanwhile has gone up to six.

Two people have died and at least 20 feared trapped under the debris of a factory building that collapsed on Sunday night. The incident occurred around midnight in the blanket factory that is situated in the Focal Point area in the city.

Two labourers were killed, while two were hospitalised after petrol pump's roof collapsed in Jalandhar's Phillaur. The accident took place while repairing the old building of the petrol pump.

A local court granted bail to Sheetal Vij, owner of the blanket factory that collapsed on April 15 killing at least 23 workers, after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed to look into the matter did not find ample evidence against him.

The Indian Redcross Society on Wednesday announced that it would give artificial limbs to those affected in the recent factory collapse in the city.

An 18-year-old school dropout from Bihar today became another miracle survivor of the Sunday's factory building collapse in Jalandhar, even as the death toll climbed to 18.

The untiring efforts of rescue teams engaged in finding survivors beneath the collapsed blanket manufacturing factory in this Punjab city saw more success early on Thursday with a trapped worker being rescued after 72 hours under the debris.

A teenage boy was pulled out from the debris of the collapsed blanket factory on Wednesday, nearly 55 hours after the four-storey building had been flattened, police said. Many more people could still be trapped, officials said as rescue efforts continued for the third day.

Nearly 48 hours after a factory building collapsed in Jalandhar, one person has been pulled out alive from under the debris.

Rescuers rummaged through the rubble to locate possible survivors as the death toll from the collapse of an industrial building here rose to six with the recovery of four more bodies today. Visiting the scene, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal announced that special safety audits would be conducted in all industrial units in the state t...

Many people are still said to be trapped under the debris of a factory building that collapsed in Jalandhar on Sunday. The death toll meanwhile has gone up to six.

Two people have died and at least 20 feared trapped under the debris of a factory building that collapsed on Sunday night. The incident occurred around midnight in the blanket factory that is situated in the Focal Point area in the city.