Three persons rescued in the building collapse incident of central Mumbai

October 4th, 2009 SURAT - Five people of a family were pulled out alive from the debris of an old three-story house that collapsed here on Saturday night. All the Bohra family members were in the building when the house collapsed but were extracted out of it with minor injuries.

September 30th, 2009 THEKKADY - The death toll in the boat tragedy in Kerala's Thekkady District rose to 22 on Wednesday evening. Earlier, the toll was pegged at six persons.

September 29th, 2009 KANPUR - Four persons were killed and seven others injured when a three-storey building collapsed here on Tuesday. As per initial reports, two to three persons are still feared trapped under the debris.

September 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - At least 19 persons suffered injuries, three of them seriously, when an under-construction three-storey building collapsed in East Delhi on Tuesday. The incident occurred at around 4.30 in Ramnagar area of Mandoli in East Delhi near Shahdara area, as another floor was being built on the three-story building.

August 26th, 2009 MUMBAI - A case has been registered against two shop owners after a portion of a four-storey residential building collapsed in Mumbai on Tuesday evening. According to the police, Yunus Kasam Memon and Irfan Yusuf Memon, who own a shop of mobile handset covers, had allegedly added a staircase without seeking permission from the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

August 26th, 2009 MUMBAI - An 85-year-old woman, who was seriously injured when a portion of a four-storey residential building collapsed in Mumbai, has died. The building,'Yusuf Manzil' at Lamington Road, caved on Tuesday evening after one of its main pillars weakened due to some construction work carried out by a shop on the ground floor of the building.

August 25th, 2009 MUMBAI - At least seven to eight persons were rescued out of 100-year-old residential building whose front portion collapsed at 6.45 p.m here on Lamington Road of the central Mumbai on Tuesday, said senior official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. "Seven to eight person trapped under the rubble of collapsed 100-year-old building have been saved.

August 1st, 2009 KARACHI - The toll in a building collapse in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi rose to 11 Saturday, a media report said. The deaths occurred after a five-storey building collapsed Friday night in the Mithadar area of the city, Geo TV said citing the police.

July 22nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Nine people were killed when a building in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi collapsed during construction, police said Wednesday. The incident took place in the city's Liaquatabad district Tuesday night when all floors of the five-storey building crashed down, trapping a dozen workers.

July 14th, 2009 MUMBAI - A metallic structure erected to support the main concrete pillars at the Mumbai Metro line collapsed in the northwest suburb of Sakineka due to gusty winds late on Monday night. However, no one was injured in the incident.

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A day after a Metro Rail bridge collapse caused six deaths in South Delhi's Zamrudpur area, a launcher turned upside down, leaving another six persons injured on Monday. The incident took place when two to three cranes were lifting the huge girder at the site but suddenly it just toppled over due to heavy weight and crumbled down, causing everyone standing by rush to safe place.

July 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - The Coast Guard on Wednesday rescued nine persons from a police patrol boat that got entangled in a fishing net under the newly opened Bandra-Worli Sea Link bridge in Mumbai. "We got the news around 7 in the morning that people were struck in swamp and thus were not able to come out due tidal conditions.

June 21st, 2009 JAIPUR - A four-year-old girl, who on Saturday fell into a 50-feet deep open borewell at Moradi village in Rajasthan's Dausa district, has been rescued. The girl Anju was rescued after a 21 hour operation and has been taken to hospital.

May 28th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) busted a sex racket in Mumbai and arrested eight persons as well as rescued 34 girls who had been forcefully pushed into the flesh trade. This was disclosed by Rishi Raj Singh, the Joint Director of CBI, Western Region while addressing a press conference here on Wednesday.

April 29th, 2009 MUMBAI - Mumbai police Wednesday said they expect a 'breakthrough very soon' into the helicopter 'sabotage' of industrialist Anil Ambani. 'The crime branch is probing all aspects related to the matter and we have recorded the versions of several persons, including technicians and officials from Air Works India Engineering Pvt.