The three-storey building collapsed in the Bhiwandi area in Maharashtra's Thane district on Saturday afternoon trapping several people under the debris.
"Definitely, it is a gas leak case. The NDRF team is present at the spot to evacuate the people and will conduct the rescue operation. 9 people died in this incident and 11 are sick," says Swati, SDM Ludhiana West.
Group Captain Ravi Nanda carried out a daring rescue operation from a small airstrip in Wadi Sayidna near Khartoum in Sudan on the night of April 27-28, said officials.
Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari on Saturday lauded the Air Force aircrew who executed Sudan's Wadi Seidna rescue operation and assured the nation that it will do it again whenever such a time comes.
Countries have started to evacuate their stranded citizens as fierce fighting continues to rage in Khartoum, with France being the latest one to evacuate around 100 people of multiple nationalities on the first French flight after a "complicated" rescue operation.
Around 90 electric vehicles inside a showroom in Andhra Pradesh's Srikaluma district were gutted in a fire that broke out while charging, officials said on Wednesday.
Raigad Superintendant of Police Somnath Gharge said that rescue operations have been completed in the incident which took place around 4 am on the old Mumbai-Pune highway.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday listened to the problems of the people affected by land subsidence in Joshimath while reviewing the disaster relief and rescue operations at Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam Ltd.