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    Building Collapse News

    Delhi PG collapse: Operator surrenders, sent to two-day police custody

    Dangerous buildings in Satya Niketan are under the scanner. (Vipin Kumar/HT)
    Cities
    Published 23 hours ago

    Gaping holes in Lucknow’s building safety initiative?

    The rescue operation after a three-storey building collapsed, crushing a truck under its debris, at Transport Nagar area in Lucknow on September 7, 2024. (File Photo/PTI)
    Cities
    Published 1 day ago

    Post Satya Niketan tragedy, experts flag blind spots before construction begins

    The Delhi government has repeatedly said in recent months that it will introduce a structural audit policy. Directions for such audits have also been issued by the Delhi high court.
    Cities
    Updated 1 day ago

    Won't move Satya Niketan case from high court as things are moving: SC

    The five-storey building housed a “Hostel Daze” PG and had shops on the ground floor where repair and renovation work was underway.
    India News
    Updated 1 day ago

    Delhi plans own 1,100-strong force for disaster response

    The move comes days after seven people were killed in a building collapse in Satya Niketan. (Representative photo)
    Cities
    Published 1 day ago

    Anticipatory bail to Satya Niketan PG operator rejected

    Shubham Tyagi has been absconding since the collapse on September 6 that killed seven people. (Vipin Kumar/Hindustan Times)
    Cities
    Updated 1 day ago

    MCD suspends 3 officials over unauthorised construction

    Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) workers demolish a building declared “dangerous” adjacent to the collapsed paying guest (PG) accommodation at Satya Niketan, in New Delhi on Thursday. (Vipin Kumar/Hindustan Times)
    Cities
    Published 1 day ago

    Safety risks raised in Satya Niketan buildings 3 months before collapse killed 7

    A letter, seen by HT, stated that several paying guest accommodations and cafes in Satya Niketan were operating without a fire safety no-objection certificate
    Cities
    Updated 1 day ago

    56 jewellery shops in Chandni Chowk sealed, gold, silver ‘worth crores’ locked

    A view of a sealed shop in the basement of Kucha Mahajani, Chandni Chowk in Delhi, India, on Thursday, September 10, 2026.
    India News
    Updated 2 days ago

    Satya Niketan PG operator's anticipatory bail plea rejected by Delhi court

    Seven persons, mostly students, died on September 6 after a multi-storey building crashed in Delhi's Satya Niketan.(In picture: A worker at the building collapse site)
    India News
    Updated 2 days ago

    Delhi govt begins process to set up state disaster response force

    The proposed State Disaster Emergency Relief Force will strengthen Delhi’s preparedness, speed up rescue operations and improve inter-agency coordination.
    Cities
    Published 2 days ago

    Satya Niketan tragedy| Venky principal stays back in college to comfort displaced students: I couldn’t leave them alone

    A viral image of the college principal Vajala Ravi, who chose to sleep on campus to ensure the displaced students felt safe through the night, has won the hearts of students.
    Htcity
    Published 2 days ago

    PG operator was 90m from Satya Niketan collapse, fled fearing mob: Police

    The five-storey building housed a “Hostel Daze” PG and had shops on the ground floor where repair and renovation work was underway.
    Cities
    Updated 2 days ago

    Safety audit exercise falls short in Delhi

    Workers clear the debris in the presence of security personnel at the site of the Satya Niketan building collapse (6th Sep), in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo)
    Cities
    Updated 2 days ago

    Satya Niketan building collapse: Operator's other PGs also rife with lapses

    The findings echo lapses cited in magisterial inquiries into previous Delhi fires and building collapses, including tragedies in Hauz Rani and Vivek Vihar.
    Cities
    Updated 2 days ago

    3 trucks of debris, wall removed: New findings in Delhi PG collapse probe

    This revelation comes as Delhi is still reeling from the shocking incident in which a five-storey PG building collapsed on Sunday afternoon.
    Cities
    Updated 3 days ago

    What aspiring India needs & what it gets

    The demand for student housing that has caused several localities such as Satya Niketan near the DU south campus and Kingsway Camp near north campus, with their densely-packed, regulation-flouting housing, to become preferred addresses for students. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)
    Editorials
    Published 3 days ago

    From Saket to Satya Niketan: 16 killed in 5 building collapses in Delhi this year

    From Saket to Satya Niketan: 16 killed in 5 building collapses in Delhi this year
    Cities
    Published 3 days ago

    Delhi building collapse: PG operator arrested; police probe lease agreement, repair work

    Delhi building collapse: PG operator arrested; police probe lease agreement, repair work
    Cities
    Published 3 days ago

    Death of two UP students in Delhi building collapse leaves families shattered

    Death of two UP students in Delhi building collapse leaves families shattered
    Cities
    Published 3 days ago

    Satya Niketan collapse: PG operators on the run; site contractor held

    Investigators are examining the building’s construction history and permissions after learning that it was originally purchased for residential use in 1971.
    Cities
    Published 3 days ago

    Delhi starts PG survey; identify 52 running in dilapidated buildings

    The site of the building collapse at Satya Niketan. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)
    Cities
    Published 3 days ago

    Satya Niketan collapse killed a welder, but his family didn't know for 26 hours

    The site of the building collapse at Satya Niketan. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)
    Cities
    Updated 3 days ago

    Building next to Delhi PG collapse site to be demolished, says CM; govt to frame PG policy soon

    The collapse site at Satya Niketan. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)
    Cities
    Published 3 days ago

    52 dilapidated PG buildings identified in Delhi survey initiated by High Court

    An official said that the highest number of PGs, at 450, were found in the Civil Lines zone, which is closest to Delhi University’s North Campus
    Cities
    Updated 4 days ago

    ‘Don’t send…': Father's appeal to parents after losing son in Delhi PG collapse

    The distraught father also reportedly claimed that he faced many difficulties in searching for his son after the PG accommodation building collapsed.
    India News
    Updated 3 days ago

    After Satya Niketan tragedy, MCD plans PG survey, carries out demolition drive

    Several unauthorised properties have already been identified for major action.
    India News
    Updated 4 days ago

    ‘Networks operational’: Delhi Police says no jammers at Satya Niketan site

    NDRF personnel with a K9 dog squad conduct a search and rescue operation at the PG building collapse site at Satya Niketan, in New Delhi.
    India News
    Published 4 days ago

    SC may widen its scrutiny of illegal buildings to cover PGs after Delhi collapse

    Workers install temporary iron pillars and support structures to stabilize an adjoining building.
    India News
    Updated 4 days ago

    Sonu Sood speaks out on Delhi building collapse, calls for safe hostels

    Sonu Sood has spoken out on the Satya Niketan tragedy, that has claimed the lives of 7 students.
    Entertainment
    Published 4 days ago
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