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  6 killed, 4 injured as high tension wire falls on building in Jhansi

  India | January 03, 2015 13:32 IST

  Jhansi(UP):  Six persons, including three children, were today killed and four others injured when a high tension electrical wire fell on an underconstruction house here, a senior officer said.The deceased were identified as Arvind (28),

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  One dead 7 injured in Ghaziabad building collapse

  India | December 01, 2014 13:01 IST

  Ghaziabad:  One person was killed and seven other were injured when an under-construction building today collapsed in the city, police said.SSP Dharmendra Yadav said the incident took place in Tronica City police station area of

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  Four die as plane crashes into building in US

  World | October 31, 2014 10:58 IST

  Washington: At least four people died when a small plane crashed into a building near the Wichita, Kansas, airport in the US, media reported.The preliminary death toll was confirmed by the Wichita Fire Department, although

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  NASA building traffic control system for drones

  World | September 02, 2014 13:25 IST

  New York: NASA is developing a drone traffic management programme that would work as a separate air traffic control system for drones flying low to the ground at 400 to 500 feet.Unlike a normal air

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  India 3rd on list of 'green buildings' countries outside US

  May 03, 2014 17:47 IST

  Washington: India has been ranked third on the list of top 10 countries in leadership in energy and environmental design outside America, according to the latest US Green Building Council report.Canada followed by China occupy

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  Workers on strike at Rio Olympics building site

  Other Sports | April 05, 2014 10:28 IST

  RIO DE JANEIRO :  More than 2,000 construction workers were off the job Friday in the second day of a strike that has slowed work at the Olympic Park, the main cluster of venues for

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  Mumbai building collapse: Company owner held

  India | September 28, 2013 16:44 IST

  Mumbai: A day after a residential building caved in here, police today arrested the owner of a decoration firm who illegally carried out renovation works at his rented office-cum-warehouse on the ground floor of the

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  Four killed in Odisha building collapse

  India | September 08, 2013 10:48 IST

  Bhubaneswar: At least four people, including two minor girls, were killed when a two-storeyed building collapsed Sunday in Odisha's beach town of Puri, police said.The building, believed to be about 100 years old, was in

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  9-storeyed building in Jaipur demolished within 5 seconds through controlled explosives

  India | September 17, 2012 16:21 IST

  Jaipur, Sep 17 : In spectacular style, three blocks of nine-storied high apartments belonging to Era Constructions at the Mansarovar Heritage Apartment Complex were demolished within a matter of five seconds by officials of Jaipur Development Authority

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  'Mantralaya' toll mounts to 5, police launch probe

  India | June 22, 2012 20:16 IST

  Mumbai, Jun 22: Investigators were probing whether there was a sabotage angle behind the devastating fire at the Maharashtra secretariat as two more bodies were recovered today raising the toll to five. (Mantralaya on Fire)The

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  Bombay HC asks flat buyers to verify properties before purchase

  India | June 16, 2012 17:04 IST

  Mumbai, Jun 16: Disposing of a clutch of petitions seeking regularisation of illegal floors in a building at Navi Mumbai, the Bombay High Court has cautioned the flat buyers to verify properties they intend to

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  4 Children Die In Wall Collapse In Delhi

  India | February 27, 2012 10:54 IST

  New Delhi, Feb 27: Four children were killed in a tragic incident on Sunday noon when fourth-floor's wall of an under-construction building collapsed in Chattarpur extension in South Delhi.The children were playing in the ground

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  Ten Feared Trapped, Two Killed, 9 Injured In Nagpur Building Collapse

  India | January 31, 2012 10:28 IST

  Nagpur, Jan 31: Two labourers were killed and nine others were injured when an under-construction six-storeyed building in Chikhli locality here fell like a pack of cards on Monday.Ten people are still feared to be

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  Mother Throws Son From 7-Storeyed Building, Jumps To Death

  India | April 17, 2011 11:03 IST

  Mumbai, Apr 16: A 34-year-old woman today jumped to her death after throwing her five-year-old son from a seven-storeyed building in suburban Dahisar here, police said.Deepti Chauhan, who stayed in Alaknand Co-operative Society building, went

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  Berlusconi In Rare Appearance At Fraud Case Hearing

  World | March 28, 2011 16:24 IST

  Milan, Mar 28: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi attended a legal hearing today for the first time in eight years, over allegations of fiscal fraud and breach of trust in his business interests.The hearing in

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  Air Strikes Hit Gaddafi's Command Centre In Tripoli

  World | March 21, 2011 12:22 IST

  Tripoli/Washington, March 21: Coalition airstrikes bombed Libya's air defence systems for a second night in which a missile flattened a building housing Muammar Gaddafi's command centre very close to his private residence in Tripoli, even

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  Collapsed Building Owner Arrested, Booked Under Section 304

  India | November 16, 2010 22:40 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 16: The owner of the building in a east Delhi locality which collapsed killing 66 people was tonight arrested and booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. 55-year-old Amritpal Singh, who

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  Canadian Woman Falls From Seventh Storey, Survives

  World | October 21, 2010 11:49 IST

  A   A young mother has miraculously cheated death after plunging seven storeys from a balcony in a freak accident.Crissy Muise lost her balance and fell over 60ft from the balcony of her apartment in Nova

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  Verdict Key Step Towards Building Temple, Says Advani

  India | September 30, 2010 20:34 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 30: BJP today welcomed the Allahabad High Court verdict on Ayodhya issue saying it was a "significant step" towards building a grand temple at the birthplace of Lord Ram and opened a