Three-storied building collapses in Faridabad, one dead

October 11th, 2009 FARIDABAD - At least 20 people, mostly labourers, were injured Sunday after the ceiling of a building under construction collapsed in this Haryana city adjoining the national capital, police said. "The ceiling of an under construction building at plot number 222 in Sector 24 here collapsed," a senior police official in Faridabad told IANS.

September 9th, 2009 FARIDABAD - Several people were injured and trapped when a three-storey building housing a shopping centre collapsed here Wednesday. Police were frantically trying to take out people believed to be trapped under the debris of the building, witnesses and officials in this town neighbouring the national capital said.

September 9th, 2009 FARIDABAD - At least six people were killed, three suffered injuries and an unspecified number of people remained trapped under debris after a three-storeyed shopping centre collapsed Wednesday in this Haryana city adjoining the national capital. "Six bodies have already been taken out of debris.

September 9th, 2009 FARIDABAD - At least two men were killed and three suffered injuries while an unspecified number of people remained trapped under debris Wednesday after a three-storey shopping centre collapsed in this Haryana city adjoining the national capital. "The bodies of two men have already been taken out of debris.

September 9th, 2009 FARIDABAD - Several people were feared trapped when a three-storey building housing a shopping centre collapsed Wednesday in this Haryana city adjoining the national capital, police said. Police officials said that at least two people were taken out of the debris with serious injuries shortly after the building called City Centre came crashing down with a deafening roar.

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 29th, 2009 FARIDABAD - In a shocking incident, a school teacher allegedly stripped a nine year old girl of her top for not paying the tuition fee, in Faridabad. According to sources, a third standard student of Faridabad Model School was allegedly humiliated by her class teacher and stripped of her top for not paying the tuition fee on Thursday.

August 16th, 2009 MUMBAI - Building climber Gaurav Sharma, also known as the Indian Spiderman, climbed a 32-storied building on Independence Day in Mumbai on Saturday. A lot of people gathered to see Sharma climb the building in the Kandivali East area.

May 5th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Haryana government Tuesday ordered a magisterial probe into a devastating fire in the factory of footwear company Lakhani Industries in Faridabad town adjoining Delhi. Ten workers were burnt alive in the fire May 1.

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Did Congress MP Avtar Singh Bhadana, seeking to be re-elected from Faridabad, forget that he was addressing a public rally not an internal party meet? It certainly seemed so when he made a plea to Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to stop infighting in the party in front of thousands of voters. All seasoned politicians will agree that dissent and internal bickering has cost many a candidate his seat.

May 4th, 2009 FARIDABAD - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had to cancel his public meeting in this Haryana town bordering the national capital Monday because of inclement weather after sudden rains. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda told the gathering waiting to hear the prime minister that his flight did not get permission because of the weather.

May 3rd, 2009 FARIDABAD - Ten workers were killed and at least five were still missing after a fire broke out at a factory in Faridabad near New Delhi, authorities said Sunday, adding that an inquiry was ordered. The factory, belonging to Lakhani footwear of the Lakhani-Vardhman group and located in sector-24 industrial area, was to shut for the day Friday evening when there was a sudden blast and high flames soon engulfed the packaging department.

March 28th, 2009 KOLKATA - A three-storey police outpost building has collapsed in West Bengal. No casualty was reported, an official said Saturday.

March 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The body of a missing call centre employee has been found in Faridabad, next to the national capital, police said Saturday. Sagrika Ghosh, resident of Vasant Vihar in south Delhi, was missing since Tuesday.

February 15th, 2009 PATNA - Three people were killed and four injured Monday when a buiridge under construction over a rail line collapsed in Bihar, an official said. The incident took place at Amgola in Muzaffarpur district, about 70 km from here.