building safety

New Delhi, April 3 – Earthquake tremors were felt across Delhi-NCR and several parts of North India on Friday night, causing panic among residents who rushed out of their homes and office buildings. However, there were no immediate reports of any casualties.According to information shared by...

New Delhi, April 3 – Earth tremors were felt across Delhi-NCR and several parts of North India on Friday, triggering panic among residents who rushed out of their homes and office buildings. However, there were no immediate reports of any casualties.The tremors were reported from multiple...

Peshawar, April 1 At least four people, including a child, were killed after the roof of a house collapsed in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said.The incident took place in the Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.The roof of a house in the Rasool Khan area collapsed...

Ahmedabad, March 26 – Around 50 residents were safely rescued after a fire broke out in a residential high-rise in Ahmedabad's Shela area on Thursday morning. Officials credited the building's fire safety systems and a swift response for preventing casualties.The incident was reported at...

Ahmedabad, March 26 A major fire broke out in an apartment on the third floor of a multi-story residential building in Ahmedabad on Thursday morning, officials said.No casualties were reported, they said, adding that residents from the third floor upwards were evacuated to the terrace in time...

Thane, March 24 A fire broke out in a warehouse and quickly spread to a nearby residential building, causing extensive damage, in the Mira Road area of Thane district on Tuesday night, but no injuries were reported, fire officials said.The fire erupted around 8:30 pm in the warehouse located...

Gurugram, March 21 A 30-year-old man died and three others were injured after the roof of a dilapidated house collapsed in Dundahera village here, police said on Saturday.An FIR has been registered on charges of negligence, and the house owner and caretaker have been arrested, they said...

Kolkata, March 21 – A tragic incident occurred on the morning of Eid in Malda district, West Bengal, where one person died and another sustained serious injuries after a portion of a market roof collapsed, officials said.The incident took place at the Netaji Commercial Market in the Rathbari...

New Delhi, March 19 Delhi Home Minister Ashish Sood has ordered a third-party mapping and fire safety audit of all establishments across the capital, including those operating in residential areas, to expedite safety checks following the fire at a building in Palam on Wednesday, which claimed...

New Delhi, March 19 While fire-related calls declined by 19% in the first two and a half months of 2026, data from the previous year and recent incidents in Palam highlight the persistent safety gaps.According to data from the Delhi Fire Services (DFS), 2,716 fire calls were received between...

New Delhi, March 19 A fire broke out at the Trade and Taxes building in central Delhi's ITO on Thursday morning, prompting authorities to dispatch six fire tenders to the scene, according to an official from the Delhi Fire Services.So far, there have been no reports of casualties or injuries...

New Delhi, March 18 Chief Minister Rekha Gupta ordered a magisterial inquiry into the fire incident at a multi-story residential building in southwest Delhi's Palam on Wednesday, and announced financial assistance for the victim families.In a post on X, Gupta expressed her distress over the...

New Delhi, March 18 The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) strongly criticized the BJP-led Delhi government over the Wednesday fire in Palam that killed nine people, with former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal expressing his concern at the "increasing number" of such incidents.Kejriwal described the...

New Delhi, March 18 Delhi Lt Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu, who chaired his first Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) meeting on Wednesday, directed a comprehensive fire audit across the city.The directive came in the wake of a fire in a multi-story building in southwest Delhi's Palam...

New Delhi, March 18 – A tragic incident in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, has resulted in the death of three people after a mud wall of a house collapsed, bringing down a tin shed structure and trapping members of a family beneath the debris.The accident occurred in Atthapura village, under the...

Gurugram, March 17 The district administration has warned builders of strict action for failing to carry out repair work as per structural audit reports within the stipulated time, an official said on Tuesday.The issue came up at a meeting chaired by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ajay Kumar with...

New Delhi, March 3 The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Tuesday declared the Palika Dham Complex (Type-I quarters) at Gole Market in central Delhi structurally unsafe and asked residents to vacate it.In a public notice issued by the council's Housing Department, the authority said the...

New Delhi, March 3 At least seven people, including two children and three women, were injured after a small LPG cylinder exploded in a residential building in northern Delhi's Swaroop Nagar on Tuesday, an official said.The incident occurred in the morning at a house in Swaroop Nagar. Police...

Kozhikode (Kerala), February 23 Four people died after a 50-meter-long concrete slab at a building owned by the Kozhikode Corporation collapsed on load-bearing workers in Valiyangadi on Monday, police officials said.The deceased have been identified as Jabbar, Ashraf, Basheer, and Vinod, who...

Kozhikode, February 23 – Three construction workers were killed and five others were injured on Monday after a concrete slab from an old building collapsed in Valiyangadi, one of Kozhikode’s busiest commercial areas in Kerala.The deceased have been identified as Jabbar, from Kinasheri, Ashraf...