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Highlights: 2 dead, 8 injured as 4-storey building collapses in Delhi; rescue ops underway

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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.

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