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Tata Steel plant steam leak: 2 in intensive care, 16 remain hospitalised

Two persons injured in an accidental steam leak at Tata Steel's Meramandali plant in Odisha's Dhenkanal district remain in intensive care while 16 others remain hospitalised, a company statement said. The steam leak occurred at around 1 PM on Tuesday during inspection work at the plant and affected workers and engineers. "Of the 18 burn cases admitted to a private hospital in Cuttack, two remain in intensive care... The other injured persons are in stable condition, receiving continuous, high-quality care. "Another person initially admitted for a panic attack at the incident site, is now in good health and expected to be discharged shortly," Tata Steel said in a statement. Dhenkanal SP Gyanaranjan Mohapatra on Tuesday said that around 19 persons were injured in the incident. The injured persons were immediately shifted to the Occupational Health Centre inside the plant premises and then to Cuttack for further treatment.

16 people injured after steam leak at Tata Steel's power plant in Odisha

One person critical; injury victims shifted to Cuttack city: company statement

Bihar bridge collapse: Construction firm's guard missing, feared dead

A guard deployed at the four-lane bridge connecting Khagaria and Bhagalpur districts on the Ganga river that collapsed on Sunday, has gone missing, an official said here

Odisha accident: Mamata cancels Darjeeling trip to take care of injured

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday cancelled her four-day trip to Darjeeling at the last minute to supervise the treatment and rehabilitation of passengers of the state who were injured in the triple train accident in Odisha's Balasore, sources said. The Trinamool Congress chief was supposed to visit Darjeeling where she was scheduled to meet members of all political parties in the Hills before the panchayat elections slated this year, secretariat sources said. She wants to be in Kolkata and oversee how the rehabilitation and treatment of injured passengers from West Bengal who were on board the Coromandel Express that met with an accident near Bahanaga Bazar in Balasore district. She will visit the Hills later," the source told PTI. The Odisha government on Sunday revised the triple train accident's death toll to 275 from 288, and put the number of injuries at 1,175. Banerjee had on the same day questioned the death figures given by the Railway Ministry, stating

4 dead, several missing as boat capsizes in Tamsa River in UP's Ballia

At least four people were dead and about two dozen others feared missing after a boat carrying some 40 persons capsized in the Tamsa River in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district on Monday

6 killed, 21 injured in collision between two trucks in Chhattisgarh

Five women and a child were killed and 21 others injured when a mini goods truck they were travelling in collided head-on with another big truck in Chhattisgarh's Balodabazar district, police said on Monday. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has announced an assistance of Rs 4 lakh to the kin of each of the deceased. The accident took place late Sunday night near Gauda Pulia under Palari police station area, located 70 km from the state capital Raipur. The victims, natives of Latua village, were returning after attending a family function in Parsada village, a senior police official said. Their pickup truck collided head-on with another truck. Five women and a six-year-old boy died on the spot and 21 others were injured, five of them critically, the police official said. The deceased have been identified as Dhaneshwari Fekar (35), Prabha Nayak (18), Agar Bai (60), Shanti Fekar (60), Hema Dhruv (20) and Ghanshyam Fekar (6), he said. The critically injured persons were shifted to a hos

MP: 22 killed, more than 20 injured after bus falls off bridge in Khargone

Twenty two people were killed and more than 20 others injured after a private bus fell from a bridge on a dry river bed in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district on Tuesday morning, state Home Minister Narottam Mishra said. A magisterial probe has been ordered into the incident which took place at 8.40 am, Mishra told reporters. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the loss of lives in the road accident and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of the deceased. The bus broke railings of Dasanga bridge and fell on a dry bed of the Borad river near Dongargaon village, Mishra said. The vehicle was carrying around 50 passengers when it met with the accident, a police official said. Twenty two people were killed in the accident, Mishra said. The injured persons were admitted to the district hospital in Khargone. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh to the kin of each of those killed in the accident. The seriously

Kerala HC terms Tanur boat accident as 'haunting'; initiates suo motu

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday termed as "shocking" and "haunting" the boat accident at Tanur area of Malappuram district two days ago that claimed 22 lives, including 15 children, and initiated a PIL on its own to find out why the authorities allowed the vessel to operate by allegedly flouting rules. A bench of Justices Devan Ramachandran and Shoba Annamma Eapen said their "hearts were bleeding" and they "underwent sleepless nights" after seeing the lifeless bodies of the children. The court said the accident happened as a result of "the deadly cocktail of callousness, greed and official apathy." The court said it was initiating the petition on its own to ensure that such an incident does not happen ever again. The bench noted that such boating tragedies were happening in the state with "frightening regularity" since 1924 when Kerala lost Mahakavi Kumaranasan, one of the triumvirate poets of Kerala, when a boat from Kollam to Kottayam sank at Palana. The boat capsized near an .

Despite past boat accidents, Kerala government did nothing: Cong, BJP

Despite several fatal boat accidents in Kerala over the last 100 years and three Commission of Inquiry reports recommending preventive measures, lack of government intervention resulted in the boating tragedy here that claimed 22 lives, the opposition Congress and BJP contended on Monday. According to survivors and those who avoided boarding the fateful boat, the tour boat operator's "last trip" gimmick which led to the vessel being packed beyond its capacity and not heeding to bystanders warnings of the boat tilting to one side before it took off, all contributed to the disaster. The statements of the survivors, bystanders and local residents of the area reveal that the vessel was a fishing boat which was converted into a recreational vessel, it did not have a licence to offer boating services, it lacked sufficient safety equipment like life jackets, the same were not provided to passengers and it was filled beyond capacity, checking all the boxes of "don'ts" that the panels had ...

11 boat accidents in Kerala in the last10 decades claimed over 200 lives

Eleven boat tragedies, including the one at Tanur in Malappuram district of Kerala on Sunday, has claimed over 200 lives in the state in the past 10 decades. Following is the chronology of boat tragedies starting from 1924 to the one on May 7, 2023 that claimed 22 lives: * 1924: 24 persons drowned when a boat from Kollam to Kottayam sank at Palana. Mahakavi Kumaranasan, one of the triumvirate poets of Kerala, died in the tragedy. * March 19, 1980: 30 lives were lost when a ferry carrying pilgrims of a local church at Kannamaly in Kochi sank. * September 25, 1983: 18 persons died in a boat tragedy while they were returning after a church feast in Vallarpadam area of Ernakulam district. * July 27, 2002: 29 people died when a heavily loaded A53 boat of the Kerala Water Transport department, which left from Muhamma in Alappuzha, capsized in the Vembanad Lake near Kumarakom in Kottayam district of the state. The deceased included 15 women and a nine-month-old baby, besides several job

Kerala tourist boat accident: Death toll rises to 22, eight under treatment

Twenty people, including women and children, were killed when a houseboat with more than 30 passengers on board capsized and sank near the Thoovaltheeram beach in the Tanur area of this Kerala district on Sunday, the state government said. Sports Minister V Abdurahiman said 20 deaths were confirmed on the basis of information from various hospitals where those pulled out from the water and inside the boat were admitted. Four persons in critical condition have been admitted to a Kottakkal hospital here, Abdurahiman said. Of the 20 bodies, 15 have been identified, the minister added. "The boat is being hauled ashore and more bodies are expected to be recovered from inside," he told PTI. Abdurahiman said many of those who died were women and children who had come for a ride amid the ongoing school vacations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled the deaths and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of each victim. "Pained by the loss of lives due to the boat mis

Most accidents in HP occurred during evening rush hrs, police urge caution

The maximum number of road accidents reported in Himachal Pradesh during the 2017-2022 period occurred between 6 and 9 pm, data suggests, putting the figure at 22 per cent. The high frequency of accidents at this time of day, when most officegoers return home from work, has prompted the police to tell commuters to "drive cautiously, your loved ones need you". According to Himachal Pradesh Police data, 6,530 people were killed in 16,330 road accidents between 2017 and 2022. Of these, 3,590 accidents or 22 per cent occurred between 6 and 9 pm when officegoers return home, officials said. The data also showed that 26,600 people were injured in these accidents. "According to the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways data released in 2021, road accidents and fatalities per lakh in Himachal Pradesh is 31.54 and 13.77 against the national average of 29.30 and 10.93, respectively. Our endeavour is to bring down the number of accidents and fatalities to below the national average,"

9 still missing, 11 people dead after speedboat sinks in west Indonesia

A speedboat carrying at least 78 people sank in western Indonesia, and rescuers were searching for nine people still missing in the rough seas early Friday. Rescuers have retrieved 11 bodies, mostly women and children, and rescued 58 people so far, many of them unconscious after drifting in choppy waters for hours, said Nyoman Sidhakarya, the Pekanbaru Search and Rescue Agency chief. Local television footage showed people standing on an overturned boat trying to reach a fishing boat packed with survivors. The Evelyn Calista 01 was carrying 72 passengers, mostly people returning from visits to their hometowns to celebrate Eid al-Fitr holiday with families, and six crew members, Sidhakarya said. The boat sank Thursday afternoon about three hours after leaving a port in Tembilahan, a town in the Indragiri Hilir Regency in Riau province. It was bound for Tanjung Pinang city in a neighbouring province in the Riau Islands chain, a 200-kilometer (124-mile) trip. The cause of the sinking

UP: 8 children, 2 women among 11 killed as tractor-trolley falls into river

Eight children and two women were among 11 people killed when the tractor trolley they were travelling in fell from the bridge here on Saturday, police said. The people were on their way to fetch water from Garra river for 'Bhagwat katha', they said. Of the 11 people, eight were children and two were women, Superintendent of Police S Anand said. As many as 24 people have been injured in the incident. Twenty-one of the 24 people, including seven with serious injuries, are undergoing treatment at the Government Medical College hospital, said Shailendra Kumar, Chief Medical Superintendent. Three others are admitted to Tilhar Primary Health Centre, officials said. An official spokesperson in Lucknow said instructions have been issued to immediately extend financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh to the kin of each of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to those seriously injured. On the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, officials of the district administration, SDRF and NDRF rushed to

Kiren Rijiju's car meets with minor accident in J-K's Ramban, no one hurt

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju's car grazed a truck on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district on Saturday evening, officials said. He was not hurt in the accident. The truck had suffered a breakdown and the minister's car grazed it before coming to a halt, they said. The accident took place near Sita Ram Passi in the Maroog area around 6 pm when he was on his way to Srinagar after attending two functions in Jammu and Udhampur, the officials said. Security personnel in accompanying cars rushed and escorted the minister out of his vehicle, they said. Rijiju later left for Srinagar and crossed the Banihal tunnel the gateway to the Kashmir Valley - around 7 pm, the officials said.

Death toll in Indore temple tragedy rises to 35, search on for one

The death toll in the Indore temple stepwell roof collapse incident rose to 35 on Friday and a search operation is currently underway to trace one missing person, an official said. The slab constructed on top of an ancient 'bawdi' or stepwell collapsed during a 'havan' programme held on the occasion of Ram Navami at the Beleshwar Mahadev Jhulelal temple in the city on Thursday, plunging several devotees into the water reservoir below. The temple located in Patel Nagar, where the tragedy took place, had been constructed after covering the square-shaped stepwell of around 20 ft x 20 ft size about four decades ago. "Our search operation, being carried out with the help of Army, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), is nearing completion. So far, 35 bodies have been recovered from the well," Indore District Magistrate Dr Ilayaraja T told reporters from the site of the incident. The bodies of all persons, except one, whose names were mentioned

At least 20 Umrah pilgrims killed, 29 injured in Saudi Arabia bus crash

The accident, which occurred due to a brake failure, took place on the road joining Asir province and the city of Abha

Global commercial aviation industry sees more accidents in 2022: IATA

The accident rate in the global commercial aviation industry rose to 1.21 or one accident for every 8,26,088 flights last year, as the number of accidents increased to 39 during the period, according to IATA. In a detailed report released on Tuesday, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said that however, the fatal accident rate in the global commercial aviation industry improved to 0.16 per million sectors last year compared to 0.27 per million sectors in 2021. The commercial aviation industry suffered 39 total accidents in 2022, an increase from 29 in 2021. "The all accident rate rose from 1.13 per million sectors in 2021 to 1.21 in 2022. Overall, there was one accident for every 8,26,088 flights. This means that a person taking one flight every day, would need to fly for 2,263 years before experiencing an accident," it said. The accident count pertains to commercial aviation operations, specifically scheduled/charter passenger or cargo service. Executive jet ...

Superstar Amitabh Bachchan injured on sets of 'Project K', returns home

In a post on his personal blog, the 80-year-old actor said his "rib cartilage popped broke" and there is a "muscle tear to the right rib cage"

U-Haul truck hits, injures 8 pedestrians in New York City; 2 critical

A man driving a U-Haul truck struck and injured several pedestrians in New York City on Monday before police were able to pin the careening vehicle against a building following a mileslong pursuit through Brooklyn. At least eight people were hurt at two locations, including two people who were in criticial condition, the New York City Fire Department said in an email. The truck sped through the Bay Ridge neighbourhood of Brooklyn, hitting people on a sidewalk at one point, before police stopped it more than 3 miles (5 kilometers) away near the entrance to a tunnel leading from Brooklyn to Manhattan. Aerial video from news helicopters showed the truck on a sidewalk, its path blocked by a police cruiser. Authorities were examining the truck to make sure it didn't contain explosives. A spokesperson for New York City Mayor Eric Adams said a suspect was in custody. There are no additional credible threats at this time, Fabien Levy tweeted. The incident coincided with the start of the