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2 students, cook injured as cooker lid blows off at Nalasopara school

India, Sept. 9 -- A routine school lunch turned into a panic scene on Tuesday afternoon when a pressure cooker containing Khichdi suddenly blew open at a Zilla Parishad school in Sopara village area o... Read More


Channi camp skips Warring show as rift persists in Punjab Congress

CHANDIGARH, Sept. 9 -- Infighting continues to roil the Punjab Congress, and was glaringly visible on Tuesday as a key faction led by Jalandhar MP and former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi stay... Read More


Punjab government enforces 'no work, no pay' as employees' observe pen-down strike

India, Sept. 9 -- In a crackdown on striking state employees demanding pending dearness allowance (DA) and dearness relief (DR) arrears, the Punjab government on Tuesday implemented the strict 'no wor... Read More


Satya Niketan collapse: Delhi Master Plan-2047 leaves regulation of PGs in grey area

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- Despite a baseline report prepared for Delhi's new master plan flagging a massive gap in rental housing and specifically calling for newer forms of accommodation such as hostels,... Read More


After Satya Niketan collapse, crackdown on illegal 5th floors faces hurdles from as early as 2006

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- The crackdown on illegal fifth floors in the city announced by Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta after the fatal Satya Niketan building collapse faces significant hurdles from reg... Read More


Delhi University students protest electrocution of gardener at South Campus

India, Sept. 9 -- New Delhi Students of Delhi University's (DU's) South Campus on Tuesday held a protest over the death of a gardener by electrocution on Monday afternoon, alleging negligence by the ... Read More


Crackdown on illegal 5th floors in Delhi faces hurdles from as early as 2006

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- The crackdown on illegal fifth floors in the city announced by Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta after the fatal Satya Niketan building collapse faces significant hurdles from reg... Read More


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

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- A Delhi Police investigation in connection with the collapse of a boys paying guest (PG) accommodation in Satya Niketan found that the five-floor building was being operated by t... Read More


Delhi starts PG survey; identify 52 running in dilapidated buildings

India, Sept. 9 -- New Delhi The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Tuesday initiated a pan-Delhi survey of paying guest (PG) accommodations in the wake of the building collapse in Satya Nikentan... Read More


Delhi collapse: Welder's family did not know of his death for 26 hours, says wife

India, Sept. 9 -- New Delhi/Varanasi/Kanpur Among those who died in the building collapse at Satya Niketan was a family's sole breadwinner, 30-year-old Param Lal Kori, a welder who was working on the... Read More