Mumbra Building Collapse

• Thane: Twenty accused in Mumbra building collapse sent to judicial custody till December 2

  Twenty accused in the Shil-Phata building collapse in Mumbra this year, have been remanded to judicial custody till December 2 by a local court in Thane.

• Five-storey building collapses in Thane

  A five-storeyed residential building housing 42 families collapsed in Mumbra town in Maharashtra Saturday morning, said officials who feared there could be casualties.

• Three killed in garment factory collapse in Thane

  Three people have been killed and 15 others have sustained serious injuries after a two-storey building, in which a garment factory was run, collapsed in Bhiwandi in Thane. The incident happened around 1 am.

• Seven killed, six injured in building collapse in Mumbai

  At least five people were killed and six others were injured when an abandoned four-storeyed building, which was occupied by some unauthorised dwellers, collapsed in Mumbai on Saturday, officials said.

• 10 killed in building collapse near Mumbai

  10 people, including two minors, have been killed after a three-storey building collapsed in the wee hours in Mumbra on the outskirts of Mumbai. 14 people have been rescued so far.

• Sharad Pawar ticks off politicians, says pull down illegal buildings in their areas

  Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, whose party leaders are among those being investigated for the building collapse in Thane, today said the state should send out a strong signal to politicians patronising illegal constructions.

• Thane building collapse: 28-year-old still hunting for missing father

  A 28-year-old survivor of the April 4 building collapse at Lucky Compound, Mumbra is a worried man. Aamir Hussain Shaikh is still making rounds of hospitals in the city looking for his father who is missing. Shaikh has lost his wife, brother and son in the mishap.

• In wake of Thane collapse, call centre to be set up for complaints

  In wake of collapse of an illegal building in Mumbra township which claimed 74 lives, the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) on Wednesday started a 24-hour call centre to receive complaints regarding the unauthorised constructions in the city.

• Thane building collapse: NCP corporator, Assistant Police Inspector bribed, says police

  Investigations into Wednesday's building collapse in Thane has thrown up some shocking revelations. The police say they now have proof that the builders of the illegal seven-storey structure had bribed NCP corporator Hira Patil and Assistant Police Inspector J Sayyed to turn a blind eye to the unauthorised and shoddy construction, despite the fact ...

• Thane building collapse: top officers, NCP corporator among eight arrested

  Top civic officials and a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) corporator have been arrested in the Thane building collapse case that has claimed 74 lives so far.

• Imran, who lost 13 family members in Thane building collapse

  Imran, a young man, sits restlessly on his hospital bed, nursing a fractured leg and struggling to come to terms with how yesterday's building collapse in Thane scarred his life forever.

• 30 dead as illegal building collapses in Thane, many feared trapped

  The death toll in the collapse of an illegal building that was under construction in Thane near Mumbai has risen to 30. About 50 people are injured and rescue workers say five to eight people could still be trapped in the debris.

• Building collapses in Thane near Mumbai; nine dead

  Nine people were killed when an under-construction building collapsed today in Thane near Mumbai, according to the police. 44 others were injured.