India news LIVE updates, 8 July 2026: House collapses in Delhi’s Rohini due to heavy rain

India News Today's LIVE Updates, 8 July 2026: Rohini house collapses due to rains, NIA raids, Baruipur rape-murder, monsoon chaos and more.

An under-construction multi-story residential building collapsed in Delhi’s Rohini Sector 16 on Wednesday, trapping an unknown number of workers beneath the debris. Emergency services deployed four fire tenders urgently to the scene. Rescue operations are currently underway as authorities try to extract survivors.

The National Investigation Agency, along with state police and central security forces, is conducting simultaneous raids at 20 locations across nine states — Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, Bihar, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Gujarat, Telangana, and West Bengal — officials said on Wednesda.

The Indian Express’s Mahender Singh Manral reports that the searches are linked to the agency’s investigation into a terror-linked radicalisation case registered at its Visakhapatnam branch. NIA sources say cash used to fund terror recruitment has been recovered during the operation.

The man accused in the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in Bengal’s Baruipur — a case that has shaken the state since the child’s body was found in a pond — has been shot dead in a police encounter. The killing will now itself face scrutiny: encounter deaths in cases of high public outrage have a complicated legal and ethical history in India, and Bengal’s opposition has already been demanding accountability over the initial police response that the victim’s mother said had cost her daughter her life.

Mumbai narrowly avoided a serious runway incident on Tuesday night after an Air India flight and an Air India Express aircraft came face-to-face on the same runway before Air Traffic Control intervened. The Delhi-bound Air India flight stopped its departure and returned to the bay; no injuries or damage were reported, but the circumstances that placed two aircraft on the same strip simultaneously have not yet been explained by authorities.

The United States has struck approximately 80 Iranian targets in a sharp escalation after fresh attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, putting the already fragile ceasefire under its most severe stress yet and raising urgent questions about whether the peace deal signed just weeks ago can survive contact with events on the water.

An Indian Express investigation into the Ram Temple donation case has identified 70 alleged thefts across 45 days, along with CCTV gaps and a counting system so flawed it may have made fraud structurally inevitable. The Trust is now moving to appoint a CEO — a governance overhaul whose significance goes well beyond the immediate scandal.

Mumbai is experiencing rainfall that defies what an El Niño year would normally produce, even as waterlogging and traffic snarls continued to hit Kurla and other parts of the city. In Gurgaon, a school bus sank into a road that caved in under the rain, bringing large parts of the city to a standstill.

The BJP has made a surprise pick to contest the Bankipur bypoll against Prashant Kishor, turning a seat that was already being watched closely into one of the more intriguing electoral contests of the year — pitting the country’s best-known election strategist against a party that knows his methods from the inside.

Argentina’s round-of-16 match against Egypt was a full Messi film compressed into 90 minutes — a missed chance, a decisive goal, tears, and a comeback that left even the Egypt coach crying foul, alleging FIFA bias in favour of the Argentine side.

Brendan Dabhi from Ahmedabad reports that the Indian Navy confirmed the crash of Drishti-10, a drone, off Porbandar airfield during a training sortie this afternoon. No injuries or loss of lives has been reported so far.

The cause of the incident is still under investigation.

Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre surrendered before the Thane police on Wednesday evening and was arrested in connection with the alleged assault on doctors and medical staff at the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation’s (KDMC) Shastri Nagar Hospital, becoming the fourth person to be arrested in the case.

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Nara Lokesh, Andhra Pradesh Minister for Information Technology, Electronics and Communications, Human Resources Development, and Real Time Governance, took part in the Round Table meeting organised by the Korea Marine Equipment Association (KOMEA) in Busan.

Lokesh said more Greenfield ports are being constructed in Andhra Pradesh, and added that their goal is to set up a port/shipyard/fishing harbor at a distance of every 50km.

PHOTO | Busan, South Korea: Andhra Pradesh Minister Nara Lokesh participated in the Round Table meeting organised by the Korea Marine Equipment Association (KOMEA) in Busan.

Speaking on the occasion, Lokesh said 4 more Greenfield ports are under construction in Andhra Pradesh.… pic.twitter.com/CGNsm7zYQF

(PTI)

Prime Minister Modi and Indonesian President Subianto unveiled the plaque for the 'India-Indonesia Collaborative Cultural Heritage Conservation for Prambanan Temple' together in Yogyakarta.

The temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the restoration project was launched today.

#watch | Indonesia: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto jointly unveil the plaque for 'India-Indonesia Collaborative Cultural Heritage Conservation for Prambanan Temple' in Yogyakarta.

(Video: DD News) pic.twitter.com/LCqieoq8fk

(ANI)

Bashaarat Masood from Srinagar reports that a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorist named Zakir Ahmad Ganaie was killed in a gunfight in Shopian, South Kashmir, with his body discovered in a cowshed three days after an initial encounter. The operation, which involved J&K Police, the Army, and paramilitary forces, followed a search in Channapora village triggered by specific intelligence; while Ganaie was killed, search operations have intensified as authorities believe his associate, Lateed, may still be hiding in the area. This incident marks the first gunfight in the Kashmir Valley this year and the first terrorist death of 2026.

Nayonika Bose from Mumbai reports that following heavy rainfall, Vihar and Tulsi lakes reached 100 per cent capacity and began overflowing late Tuesday night, prompting authorities to closely monitor the Mithi River, into which these lakes drain, to prevent potential flooding in low-lying areas like Kurla. While these two reservoirs are now full, the overall water stock across Mumbai’s seven supply lakes has risen to 41.36% as of Wednesday, spurred by recent heavy showers in the catchment areas. Despite this steady increase in storage, municipal commissioner Ashwini Bhide confirmed that current water cuts will remain in place to ensure adequate reserves through next summer, necessitating that the lakes be filled by September.

The Maharashtra State Nurses Association (MSNA) has announced a statewide black-ribbon protest beginning July 10 following the alleged assault on healthcare staff at KDMC’s Shastri Nagar Hospital in Dombivli, which occurred Tuesday during a dispute over a pregnant patient's referral involving Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre and his supporters. The association is demanding immediate arrests and strict action under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Maharashtra Medicare Service Persons Act, warning of further agitation if the government fails to respond by July 13, while simultaneously highlighting critical needs for improved security and addressing severe understaffing across state hospitals. Meanwhile, MP Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde has publicly condemned the attack and confirmed that a case has been registered against those responsible.

Alok Singh from New Delhi reports that on Tuesday (Jul 7), a road rage incident occurred near the Dwarka Expressway Tunnel in Delhi involving a minor collision between a Wagon R and a white Maruti Ertiga taxi, an encounter captured on video and widely shared online. The taxi driver reportedly attempted to assault the Wagon R driver with a wooden rod, escalating into a confrontation that involved a third vehicle, a parked Kia Seltos, which sustained minor damage. While the Wagon R driver and the Kia Seltos owner mutually settled the matter without pursuing legal action, the police are actively examining CCTV footage and working to identify and trace the taxi driver involved.

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Prabhash Mondol, an accused in the gang-rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in West Bengal's Baruipur, was shot dead in a police encounter after midnight during a crime scene reconstruction. According to police, Mondol snatched an officer's firearm, fired at the team, and was fatally injured in the retaliatory firing, an outcome his mother later reacted to by stating he received the punishment he deserved. The incident follows intense local tension after the victim's body was discovered on Sunday, leading to a POCSO and murder investigation by a Special Investigation Team that has arrested three people in total.

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