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The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said the multi-storey hostel building collapse in Satya Niketan, which resulted in the death of seven persons including students, was not an ordinary mishap. A Bench of Chief Justice D. K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said the four students who died came to the nation’s capital from small…
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Days after seven people were killed in the collapse of an illegally constructed building being used as a paying guest (PG) facility in Delhi’s Satya Niketan, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) indicated that it may expand its court-monitored exercise against illegal constructions and the unauthorised use of residential premises to examine the…
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Workers carrying out a demolition operation on the building adjoining the one that collapsed in Satya Niketan in New Delhi, on September 9, 2026. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has directed officials to conduct inspections of all paying guest (PG) accommodations in the national capital and take action against…
Students sit near their belongings as they vacate their PGs adjacent to the Satya Niketan PG building, which collapsed on September 6, 2026, near Delhi University’s South Campus. | Photo Credit: PTI A day after the Delhi Fire Service and Delhi Police concluded search and rescue operations at the site of the Satya Niketan PG…
Christian Colony near Delhi University’s North Campus offers rooms measuring about 6x 12 ft. for students. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA The street from Delhi University’s (DU) Arts Faculty towards Vijay Nagar, a student hub, is dotted with posters advertising rooms for as little as ₹3,500 in Christian Colony. One such room is where…
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A general view of the aftermath on the third day of a building collapse at Satya Niketan in New Delhi on September 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The Supreme Court on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) said it would consider on September 10 issues related to Delhi’s Satya Niketan building collapse and, if…
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Rescue operation underway after a building collapsed near Satya Niketan in New Delhi on September 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The death toll in the collapse of a building housing students in the Satya Niketan area rose to seven on Monday, even as the Delhi High Court expressed deep concern over the…
AAP members protesting near the collapse site on Monday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Congress on Monday (September 7) protested against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government over the building collapse in Satya Niketan that killed seven people. AAP staged a protest in Satya Niketan, demanding that the BJP government release…
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Rescue still underway as a building collapsed at Satya Niketan in New Delhi on September 07, 2026. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap A total of 11 people have been rescued so far from the debris of a five-storey building collapse in South West Delhi’s Satya Niketan, with the death toll reaching six, the Delhi…
Search on at the collapse site on Sunday night. | Photo Credit: PTI While 12 people were located and rescued from the rubble after the Satya Niketan building collapse, a search continued till late on Sunday night for several others whose whereabouts remained unknown, with friends and families awaiting information. Students across Delhi University (DU) shared names and photographs and made…
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