New Delhi, July 24
Two labourers were killed and three others injured when an under-construction building collapsed at Kirti Nagar in West Delhi this afternoon.

The incident occurred in the furniture market at Kirti Nagar at 12.30 pm today. According to the police, about 12 labourers were working at the building when the incident took place. Five of them were stuck under the rubble, while others managed to escape.

According to the Delhi Fire Service, four fire tenders were sent to the site of the incident.

The police said that the labourers were taken to the DDU Hospital. Doctors there declared two of them brought dead. The other three persons are being treated for their injuries. The victims are in their twenties.

The building that collapsed was to be used as a furniture shop after its construction. The labourers were laying the roof of the three-storey building when its walls collapsed.

The police has registered a case under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 288 (negligent conduct with respect to pulling down or repairing buildings) and section 304A (causing death by negligence) against the building owner, Sukhwinder Singh.

New Delhi, July 24
Two elderly women were murdered by thieves who entered their houses at Sector-3 in Rohini early this morning. They fled with robbed items.

The police, suspecting that both the incidents are linked due to the fact that the cupboard keys of one of the deceased and her son's wallet were found at the other murder site, has reportedly detained three men in the two cases, registered separately at South Rohini police station.

The first incident took place at Sector-3-G-Block where Shanti (65) was murdered. She lived with her husband, Bisham Lal (70) and her youngest son, Bhim Singh (20) in an apartment on the ground floor. Her other four sons live on the first floor. Dilip Kumar, one of her sons, said that at 1.45 am, three masked men entered their apartment through the entry door. A family friend added that a window near the entrance was open and one of the thieves had pushed his hand inside and unlocked the door. They saw Shanti who was present at the entrance hall and got engaged in a scuffle with her.

"As she started shouting for help, my father and younger brother, Bhim, came running out of their rooms. My mother had caught hold of one of the men and Bhim had grabbed onto a second one. The third thief who had a sharp object in his hand stabbed my mother, so that his other two associates could run away," said Dilip.

Almost an hour later, another murder, just half a km from Shanti's residence, that of Resham Dani (67) took place at D-block. After Resham's husband passed away, she stayed alone in a room on the ground floor and the rest of the family stayed on the first and second floors.

KK Arora, who is Resham's brother-in-law, said that at 2.30 am, two men broke into her house by twisting a weak mesh underneath the air conditioner.

"Her bed was positioned near the AC. She woke up when she saw them. They threatened her and then looted her earrings, rings and some cash. They stabbed her with a dagger before fleeing," said Arora.

Resham, bleeding profusely, rang a common buzzer for the two apartments located above her residence. Her daughter, Jyoti Satija's mother-in-law, Mohani Satija stayed on the first floor with Jyoti's two sons and one daughter. Jyoti lived with her husband, Rishi, on the second floor.

New Delhi, July 24
Building of Bhagini Nivedita College is in dilapidated condition. The PWD has declared one wing of the structure unusable, said Arnold James, chairman of the college.

He said that a new block is being constructed. Due to non completion of electrical work in the new building, the shifting to that part is being delayed. Therefore, some students could not locate the classrooms.

This has been explained to the vice-chancellor of Delhi University who was on a surprise visit to the college today. The college is located at Kair village at Haryana border.

He said in the last governing body meeting it was felt that DTC buses should be plied from places like Dwarka, Tilak Nagar, Rajouri Garden, Janakpuri etc., to the college. The demand was forwarded to the transport department of the Delhi government.

This is a Delhi government college affiliated to Delhi University. The government has recently approved the construction of the building of the college. The PWD has floated tenders and the work is under process, the chairman said.

New Delhi, July 24
A manager with the Pan Bahar Company was shot dead by three motorcycle-borne men outside his office at Moti Nagar in west Delhi this morning.

Nirmal Jain (52) stayed with his wife, an 18-year-old son and a 22-year-old daughter at Shalimar Bagh. He was an administrative manager with the company for four years.

Jain was shot at outside his office at 10.30 am. He was rushed to Acharya Shree Bhikshu Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. A single shot had been fired at him and the bullet had pierced his chest. The body was later shifted to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital for postmortem.

The police said that the assailants fled with a polythene bag that Jain was carrying. The bag was containing Rs 19,000.

According to eyewitnesses, the assailants were wearing helmets and fired one bullet at Jain that pierced through his hand and hit his chest. The three men snatched the polythene bag. They fired another shot in the air to scare away the crowd that had gathered there.

The assailants were reportedly aware about Jain's daily routine. He was shot immediately after he de-boarded an autorickshaw.