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The building owner's son, Bhuvan Reddy, and the building's contractor Muniyappa, have also been taken into police custody for questioning.

The under-construction building in Bengaluru, the collapse of which has claimed five lives, was illegal and strict action will be taken against its owner, Karnataka's Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has announced.

The death count in the Bengaluru building collapse increased to five on Wednesday morning as rain continued to batter the IT hub. Efforts are underway to clear the debris and rescue the trapped persons.

One person was killed and five others are reported trapped after an under-construction building collapsed in Bengaluru on Tuesday. There has been heavy rain in the city since last week.

At least half a dozen people are feared to be trapped under the debris after an explosion in abuildingin Madhya Pradeshs Morena district on Saturday.

Turkey on Friday handed 865 years in prison to a man behind the construction of a building which collapsed during a powerful 2023 earthquake, killing 96, state media said.

Four people died and 14 others sustained injuries when a five-storey building housing a slipper factory and residential accommodation for workers collapsed on Wednesday morning in a congested area in Bapa Nagar in central Delhi, police said.

At least nine members of a family were killed and seven are feared trapped after a three-storey house collapsed in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut on Saturday.

The number of deaths in the building collapse in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut rose to seven, said officials here on Sunday.

Police on Sunday booked the owner of the three-storey building here that collapsed a day ago, killing eight people, officials said.

The death count in the building collapse in Lucknow climbed to eight with rescuers pulling out three more bodies from the debris, officials said on Sunday.

Rescue teams were Wednesday working to free people trapped after part of a hotel collapsed in western Germany, killing two and injuring several others, authorities said.

Rescue efforts have proven to be extremely complex, according to a police statement. According to regional broadcaster SWR, emergency services have been unable to enter the building because of the risk of further collapse.

The deathcount from the partial collapse of a residential building in the Russian city of Nizhny Tagil has risen to 10, said the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Three people died after a portion of a two-storey building collapsed in northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri area on Friday, officials said.

The building owner's son, Bhuvan Reddy, and the building's contractor Muniyappa, have also been taken into police custody for questioning.

The under-construction building in Bengaluru, the collapse of which has claimed five lives, was illegal and strict action will be taken against its owner, Karnataka's Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has announced.

The death count in the Bengaluru building collapse increased to five on Wednesday morning as rain continued to batter the IT hub. Efforts are underway to clear the debris and rescue the trapped persons.

One person was killed and five others are reported trapped after an under-construction building collapsed in Bengaluru on Tuesday. There has been heavy rain in the city since last week.

At least half a dozen people are feared to be trapped under the debris after an explosion in abuildingin Madhya Pradeshs Morena district on Saturday.

Turkey on Friday handed 865 years in prison to a man behind the construction of a building which collapsed during a powerful 2023 earthquake, killing 96, state media said.

Four people died and 14 others sustained injuries when a five-storey building housing a slipper factory and residential accommodation for workers collapsed on Wednesday morning in a congested area in Bapa Nagar in central Delhi, police said.

At least nine members of a family were killed and seven are feared trapped after a three-storey house collapsed in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut on Saturday.

The number of deaths in the building collapse in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut rose to seven, said officials here on Sunday.

Police on Sunday booked the owner of the three-storey building here that collapsed a day ago, killing eight people, officials said.

The death count in the building collapse in Lucknow climbed to eight with rescuers pulling out three more bodies from the debris, officials said on Sunday.

Rescue teams were Wednesday working to free people trapped after part of a hotel collapsed in western Germany, killing two and injuring several others, authorities said.

Rescue efforts have proven to be extremely complex, according to a police statement. According to regional broadcaster SWR, emergency services have been unable to enter the building because of the risk of further collapse.

The deathcount from the partial collapse of a residential building in the Russian city of Nizhny Tagil has risen to 10, said the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Three people died after a portion of a two-storey building collapsed in northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri area on Friday, officials said.