Breaking News Live: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta orders probe into Mustafabad building collapse

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday ordered a probe into the building collapse in northeast Delhi's Mustafabad in which 11 people were killed and 11 were injured.

Gupta said the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Delhi Fire Service (DFS), and other agencies are engaged in relief and rescue efforts.

"Arrangements have been made for proper treatment of all the injured," she said.

A fire broke out at a factory in an industrial area in Maharashtra’s Thane district on Saturday, an official said.

No one was injured in the fire that erupted in the unit located in the Morivali MIDC area of Ambernath (west), said a civic official.

Firefighters from Ambernath, MIDC Ulhasnagar and Badlapur were rushed to the accident site, and the fire was brought under control before it could spread to adjacent factories, he said.

Union minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said the action by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the National Herald case is aimed at protecting the nation's assets from being "taken over by the Gandhi family for personal use".

Goyal alleged that Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were involved in a conspiracy to take control of the property, originally meant for public interest, through the now-defunct National Herald newspaper. Read more

Angry mobs ransacked some shops in Sanodha town in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district on Saturday amid rumours that a girl was abducted by a youth from another religion.

BJP MLA Pradeep Laria claimed the youth who abducted the girl has a criminal background.

District Collector Sandeep GR told reporters that the information about the gathering of some people was received, following which the police and administration teams rushed to the spot.

"Law and order is our prime concern. We have deployed teams. The situation is under control now," he said without divulging details about the incident.

A tigress was found dead in Kanha Tiger Reserve (KTR) in Madhya Pradesh's Mandla district, an official said on Saturday.

The carcass was spotted in Jamun Tola area under the Kisli range of the KTR on Friday, said Reserve's field director Ravindra Mani Tripathi.

He said the body parts of the big cat were found intact.

Police in Aligarh have arrested a Karni Sena activist, who announced a bounty on the head of Samajwadi Party MP Ramji Lal Suman last week, after he allegedly used objectionable and provocative language against Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.

Police arrested Mohan Chauhan, whose remarks were circulating on social media, on Friday night from his residence under the Jawan police station limits in view of the "threat" to peace posed by his "inflammatory" comments.

Circle officer Abhay Kumar Pandey said the case against Chauhan was registered on the basis of a complaint filed on Wednesday by SP district president Laxmi Dhangar.

Two persons were killed while two others sustained injuries after a JCB excavator plunged into a gorge near Shimla, police said on Saturday.

The deceased have been identified as Sukhdev Singh Rana (31), a resident of Rupnagar district in Punjab, and Hari Nam Singh (30) from Kinnaur district. The injured -- Charanjeet Singh (26) from Punjab and Neeraj Kumar (20) from Bihar -- are undergoing treatment at the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) in Shimla, police said.

A huge fire broke out in the warehouse of a company, which supplied tenting materials for the recently-concluded Maha Kumbh, at the Parade Ground early on Saturday, officials said and added the blaze was brought under control after six hours.

While there was no loss of life, two officers and five employees of the fire department suffered minor burn injuries while dousing the flames at the Lallu Ji and Tent Company warehouse in the Daraganj area, they said.

Rajiv Kumar Pandey, Prayagraj's chief fire officer, said the blaze was completely controlled.

On abduction and killing of a Hindu leader in Bangladesh, MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal posted on X, "We have noted with distress the abduction and brutal killing of Bhabesh Chandra Roy, a Hindu minority leader in Bangladesh. This killing follows a pattern of systematic persecution of Hindu minorities under the interim government even as the perpetrators of previous such events roam with impunity. We condemn this incident and once again remind the interim government to live up to its responsibility of protecting all minorities, including Hindus, without inventing excuses or making distinctions."

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On Mustafabad building collapse incident, CM Rekha Gupta tweets, "The heart is deeply saddened by the tragic incident of building collapse in Mustafabad. Orders have been given to investigate the incident and strict action will be ensured against the culprits. DDMA, NDRF, DFS and other agencies are continuously engaged in relief and rescue operations. Arrangements have been made for proper treatment of all the injured..."

In the Mustafabad building collapse, DIG NDRF Mohsen Shahedi says, "According to information received from locals, around 12 people are still trapped. Our NDRF team and other agencies are engaged in rescue work. This is a congested area and we are facing difficulties in the movement of heavy machinery; we hope we will be able to save lives..."

Ricky Rai, son of late gangster and founder of pro-Kannada organisation Jaya Karnataka, Muthappa Rai, was shot at by unidentified assailants near his residence in Bidadi, Ramanagara district, at around 1:30 am today. He has been referred to Bengaluru for treatment, Ramanagara SP Srinivas Gowda told ANI.

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose, National Commission for Women (NCW) team to visit violence-affected Murshidabad today.

As per the Delhi Police, "Among the 10 people who were taken out, 4 succumbed. Rescue operations still underway," after a building collapsed in the Mustafabad area.

Several people are feared trapped under the debris after a building collapsed in the Mustafabad area of Delhi in the early hours of Saturday. Rescue operations are underway.