India, Sept. 19 -- Shimla's arterial Circular Road was blocked for the second time in a week due to a landslide triggered by heavy overnight rain on Friday, while a three-storeyed building collapsed due to land subsidence in the district's Kumarsain sub division late on Thursday night, officials said.

Though there was no casualty in both the incidents, the landslide in Shimla threw life out of gear as the town's lifeline was blocked on Friday morning near St Edwards School since 2am, posing a threat to adjoining multi-storeyed buildings on the hillside.

Shimla deputy commissioner Anupam Kashyap ordered the closure of St Edward's School on Friday and Saturday. The school authorities have been directed to conduct classes via online mode....