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LIVE updates: 2 dead, 8 injured as 4-storey building collapses in Delhi; rescue ops underway
Building collapse in Seelampur, Delhi: Two people were killed and eight others — including a one-year-old baby — injured after a four-storey building collapsed in the Welcome area of northeast Delhi on Saturday morning, according to a PTI report. Rescue operations are underway as some people are still feared trapped under the rubble, officials said.
The injured include members of a family living in the building and a few bystanders. All eight victims have been hospitalised — seven were taken to JPC Hospital and one to GTB Hospital.
A senior police officer said the Welcome Police Station received a call at 7:04 am reporting the collapse near Idgah. On reaching the site, officials found that three storeys of the building had crumbled.
Additional DCP (Northeast) Sandeep Lamba said the building's owner, Matloob, lived there with his family. The ground and first floors were reportedly unoccupied. A building across the street also suffered structural damage.
Seven fire tenders were rushed to the site in Gali No. 5, Janta Colony near Idgah Road in Seelampur, to assist with rescue efforts, said Delhi Fire Service chief Atul Garg.
Ramban road accident, Jammu and Kashmir: In another tragic incident, five people lost their lives and another sustained critical injuries after a private SUV veered off the road and plunged into a 600-foot-deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district, officials confirmed on Saturday.
The accident occurred late Friday near Senabathi in the Ukhral Pogal Paristan area. Rescue teams recovered the body of 20-year-old Tauqeer Ahmad at the scene, while five others who were severely injured were rushed to the hospital.
However, three of the injured succumbed to their injuries while being transported. Another passenger died at a hospital in Srinagar on Saturday morning.
The sole survivor, 25-year-old Yawar Ahmad, remains in critical condition.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, and Union Minister Jitendra Singh expressed their condolences and assured all possible assistance to the injured and the families of the deceased.
12:11 PM
MoS Margherita reaffirms 'enduring bonds of friendship' between India and Cambodia
Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita reaffirmed the 'strong and enduring bonds of friendship' between India and Cambodia during his official two-day visit to the Southeast Asian nation from July 7 to 8.
According to a release by the Ministry of External Affairs, Margherita held meetings with Cambodian leaders, including King Norodom Sihamoni, Senate President Hun Sen, and Prime Minister Hun Manet.
He emphasised the deep civilisational, cultural, and linguistic ties shared by the two countries, along with their ongoing development cooperation.
11:42 AM
Amit Shah inaugurates BJP's new state committee office in Kerala
Union Home MInister Amit Shah on Saturday inaugurated the new BJP state committee office, Mararji Bhavan, here ahead of launching the party's campaign for the upcoming local body polls this year and the assembly elections next year. Shah hoisted the party flag, planted a sapling in front of the building, cut the ribbon to enter the premises and lit a traditional lamp to mark the official opening of the new office.
The Union Home Minister, who arrived in Kerala late Friday night, also paid floral tributes to a bronze half-bust of late former BJP state president K G Marar, which has been installed in the central hall of the new building. Shah was accompanied by BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar and other senior leaders of the party's Kerala unit while he took a tour of the new building.
10:34 AM
Security forces demolish Maoist bunkers, recover IEDs in Jharkhand
Security forces have demolished five Maoist bunkers and recovered two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during an anti-Naxal operation in the forested region of West Singhbhum district, police said on Saturday.
According to Superintendent of Police Rakesh Ranjan, a joint team of security personnel launched a combing operation in the Chotanagra area after receiving intelligence inputs about a suspected cache of explosives hidden by Maoists to disrupt ongoing operations.
During the search on Friday, two IEDs were successfully recovered and neutralised, while five underground bunkers used by Maoist cadres were destroyed, the official confirmed.
10:27 AM
Search ops resume at Gujarat bridge collapse site to find missing man
The search and rescue operations resumed in the Mahisagar River in Gujarat's Vadodara for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday to retrieve the body of a man still missing since the bridge collapse and to remove vehicles and the main slab of structure that fell into the river.
The toll in the tragedy rose to 20 on Friday after one more body was recovered from the river and another injured person died at the hospital while undergoing treatment.
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