Top news LIVE: The buildings collapsed in Greater Noida on Tuesday evening. (Express Photo by Gajendra Yadav)
A four-storey building collapsed on an under-construction six-storey building in Greater Noida’s Shah Beri village Tuesday evening, killing at least three persons. The bodies have been retrieved by the NDRF and the death toll is expected to rise as there are many feared trapped under the rubble. FOLLOW LIVE
Meanwhile, the monsoon session of Parliament will begin shortly, with the Opposition set to target the government on a number of issues “agitating” the people, including lynchings by cow vigilantes, unemployment, safety of women, misrule in J&K among others. On Tuesday, Congress announced that 12 Opposition parties had decided to bring a motion of no-confidence in the Lok Sabha.
In another development, the NDA government has decided to drop the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill after concerns were raised over the security of bank deposits. The government is rattled by widespread criticism and public anxiety despite its assurances.
The Supreme Court has expressed serious concern over a spate of mob lynching incidents in the country and has asked Parliament to come up with a special law to deal with the situation, Ananthakrishnan G reports. The court has asked the government to take appropriate measures to deter such crimes, saying “the horrendous acts of mobocracy cannot be permitted to inundate the law of the land”.
NDRF teams are engaged in rescue operations at the site. (Express photo by Gajendra Yadav)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing media outside the Parliament on Day 1 of Monsoon session. (Express Photo by Praveen Jain)
The first day of Monsoon session in Parliament on Wednesday is expected to be a stormy affair as Opposition is pitched for a no-confidence motion. Twelve Opposition parties have decided to bring a motion of no-confidence in the Lok Sabha against the Modi-led BJP government. The N Chandrababu-led Telugu Desam Party, NDA’s former ally, had already given notice for a no-trust motion on Tuesday for failing to grant special status to Andhra Pradesh. The notice is likely to be taken up today. The Opposition is also expected to target the government on a number of issues including lynchings by cow vigilantes, unemployment, failure of the Centre’s foreign policy, safety of women, misrule in J&K, dilution of the Atrocities Act by the Supreme Court and the dilution of reservations in autonomous institutions like IITs.
Rescue operations are underway at Greater Noida’s Shah Beri village where two buildings collapsed on Tuesday, killing at least three. Four teams of NDRF have been deployed and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked the district administration and police to monitor the ongoing operations.