Tamil Nadu swimmer and South Asian Games gold medalist MB Balakrishnan died in a road accident in Chennai. The 29-year-old was riding his bike when he fell under a mixer lorry, which ran over and killed him. Balakrishnan was until recently working in the US and came back to India after his visa application was denied.

A 25-year-old man on his way home was killed on the Signature Bridge early Thursday morning, after a thick metal wire, which allegedly broke from the bridge, pierced through his chest. The biker's body was found by a passerby lying near the divider of the bridge. Police have registered a case of death due to negligence.

At least two people have been killed and six others injured after an under-construction building collapsed in North Karnataka's Dharwad district on Tuesday, 19 March. The incident took place in Kumareshwar Nagar off Bengaluru-Pune highway on Tuesday afternoon. According to the police, at least 40 people are feared to be trapped in the debris.