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Himachal Pradesh: 43 dead, 35 injured as bus falls into gorge in Kullu
Forty-three people died and 35 got injured in an accident as bus fell into a deep gorge near Banjar area in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday.A search operation is underway to locate the bodies.Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the bus accident at Kullu on Thursday."Deeply saddened by the bus accident in Kullu. Condolences to the families of those who lost their lives. I hope the injured recover soon. The Himachal Pradesh Government is providing all possible assistance that is required," said Prime Minister Modi on the official twitter handle of PMO India.Vice President Venkaiah Naidu echoed a similar sentiment."Deeply saddened to know about the bus accident in Kullu, in which about 25 people lost their lives and many more were injured. My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. I wish a speedy recovery of the injured," stated Venkaiah Naidu on his official twitter handle.Expressing his ...
PM, Rahul Gandhi condole deaths in HP bus accident
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi Thursday condoled the death of at least 32 people in a road accident in Himachal Pradesh, with the former saying the state government is extending all possible help to the injured. "Deeply saddened by the bus accident in Kullu. Condolences to the families of those who lost their lives. I hope the injured recover soon. The Himachal Pradesh Government is providing all possible assistance that is required," the prime minister's office tweeted quoting Modi. Expressing his heartfelt condolences to the families of those killed in incident, Gandhi asked Congress workers in the area to help the victims. "I am sad over the bus accident in Kullu in Himachal Pradesh. I express my heartfelt condolences to the families of those killed in this accident and pray for early recovery of the injured. I urge Congress party workers in the area to help the affected people," he said in a tweet in Hindi. At least 32 people were killed and 28 ...
Defence Minister Rajnath to pay homage to IAF personnel killed in An-32 plane crash
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday will pay homage to the 13 IAF personnel who were killed in An-32 crash in Arunachal Pradesh.The IAF on Thursday said that bodies of all 13 IAF personnel were recovered and have been sent to Jorhat IAF station.The AN-32 aircraft went missing on June 3 after taking off from Assam's Jorhat. The aircraft was headed for Mechuka Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) in Arunachal Pradesh when it lost contact with ground authorities at around 1 pm.After a massive search and rescue operation for eight days, during which assets from several agencies were deployed, the wreckage of the aircraft was located by a Mi-17 chopper.The wreckage was located 16 km north of Lipo in Arunachal Pradesh at an elevation of 12,000 feet.
IAF recovers mortal remains of 13 personnel killed in AN-32 plane crash
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has recovered the mortal remains of the 13 of its personnel killed in AN-32 plane crash."The mortal remains of 13 brave air-warriors have been recovered and sent to the Air Force Station, Jorhat," IAF spokesperson Wg Cdr Ratnakar Singh said."The mortal remains will be sent to their hometown, where funeral as per service customs will be carried out," added Wg Cdr Singh.On June 3, an IAF An-32 aircraft, which took off from the Air Force Station, Jorhat in Assam, went missing with 13 air-warriors onboard.The wreckage was found on June 11 on a mountain slope in Arunachal Pradesh and all air-warriors died in the crash."The Indian Air Force stands with the families and next-of-kin of all the air-warriors who lost their lives in the line of duty," the IAF said.The force also thanked Indian Army, Indian Navy, NTRO, State administration and civil population for their unstinted support during search and rescue operations.
Kullu bus accident: Death toll rises to 33
Death toll rose to 33 in Banjar area bus accident in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday, an official said.According to Banjar SDM M R Bhardwaj, a total of 33 passengers lost their lives while rest 37 suffered injuries after a private bus fell into a deep gorge near Banjar area of Kullu district.With 50 people on-board, the bus was going to Gadagushani area from Banjar when the accident took place.All deceased people have been identified, he said.The administration has announced Rs 20,000 for the family of deceased and Rs 5,000 for the injured as immediate relief.All the injured people have been admitted to a local hospital in Banjar, Chief Minister Jairam Thakur said here.Rescue operations underway."Death toll may rise as initial reports suggest that the bus was overloaded", Chief Minister Thakur said."Six more doctors and all ambulances have been sent from other hospitals to Banjara Hospital (where people are being treated). The Road and Transport Minister has also been ..
32 dead, 28 injured as overloaded bus falls in drain in HP's Kullu
At least 32 people were killed and 28 others severely injured when an overloaded bus fell into a deep drain in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday, officials said. The private bus (bearing registration number HP 66-7065) fell into the over 300-metre-deep nullah near the Dhoth Morh in Banjar tehsil of the district, Kullu Superintendent of Police Shalini Agnihotri said, adding that the vehicle was en route to Gada Gushaini. Prima facie, it seems that overloading and negligent driving may have caused the accident, Banjar Patwari Sheetal Kumar said. Officials said the death toll in the tragic accident has touched 32, and added that the injured were undergoing treatment at the Banjar Civil Hospital and the Kullu district hospital. Most of the victims were residents of various areas in Kullu district. Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Devvrat and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur expressed grief over the tragic accident. In their condolence messages, they prayed for peace to the ...
Innocents being subjected to cruelty, but UP govt not concerned: Priyanka
Citing several media reports of killings and rapes in Uttar Pradesh, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said innocents were being subjected to cruelty, but the state government was not concerned. She also wondered when would the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh take the responsibility of safety and security of women and girls. "In Uttar Pradesh, innocents are being subjected to cruelty. Women are being pushed to an atmosphere of fear", but the UP government was not concerned, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh said in a tweet in Hindi. She also tagged a collage of news headlines related to killings and rapes in the state to her tweet.
AN-32 crash: IAF retrieves remains of 13 its 'air-warriors'
The IAF Thursday completed the task of retrieving bodies of all its 13 personnel from the crash site of its AN-32 aircraft in the Pari mountains in Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh and flew them to Jorhat airport in Assam. While six bodies were retrieved Wednesday from the crash site, the remains of seven others were recovered Thursday. All 13 personnel aboard the Russian-made AN-32 had perished in the crash on June 3 about 30 minutes after the aircraft took off from Jorhat in Assam for Menchuka in Arunachal Pradesh. The plane had simply gone missing and remained traceless till June 11, when its wreckage was located in the Pari mountains. The Indian Air Force had been making efforts to retrieve the bodies from the crash site since then but the inclement weather and difficult terrain had been making the recovery difficult. "The mortal remains of the 13 air-warriors have been recovered and sent to the Air Force Station, Jorhat," said IAF in a statement. It said the IAF had been ...
One dead, six injured in house collapse in J-K's Rajouri
A 35-year-old man was killed Thursday and six others, including a child, injured when a house collapsed in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The incident took place at village Devlian in Kalakote area, police said, adding that the seven family members were trapped under the debris. The locals launched a rescue operation along with the police personnel. Gafoor Hussain was found dead, while six others who sustained injuries were rescued and shifted to a hospital, the officer said.
Fire at 10-storeyed residential building in northwest Delhi, firemen rescue 100 residents
A fire broke out at a 10-storeyed residential building in northwest Delhi's Pitampura, a Delhi Fire Service official said Thursday. About 100 residents were safely rescued and no one was injured in the incident that took place late Wednesday night, he said. A few residents complained of mild suffocation after inhaling fumes, but did not require medical attention, Chief Fire Officer Atul Garg said. The fire broke out on a fifth-floor apartment around 1 am and spread to other floors. Fifteen fire tenders took nearly three hours to extinguish the flames, the official said. A resident of the building, Ajit Chaudhary, said he called up the Delhi Fire Service as soon as he sensed smoke coming out of a hall. Chaudhary, who stays with his family on the fifth floor of the building, said eight people were inside his house at the time of the incident. Chaudhary's house had allegedly caught fire because of a short circuit in the air conditioner. The house suffered major damage in the ...
PM Modi expresses condolences for those who died in Kullu bus accident
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the bus accident at Kullu on Thursday."Deeply saddened by the bus accident in Kullu. Condolences to the families of those who lost their lives. I hope the injured recover soon. The Himachal Pradesh Government is providing all possible assistance that is required," said Prime Minister Modi on the official twitter handle of PMO India.Fifteen people died and twenty-five got injured in an accident as bus fell into a deep gorge near Banjar area in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh.However, the search operation is still underway."The bus was carrying around 50 passengers. So far, 15 dead bodies have been recovered and 25 who got injured have been rescued. The injured have been taken to the local hospital in Banjar," Shalini Agnihotri SP of Kullu district police told ANI in a telephonic conversation.
Drought-affected villages benefitted due to JalYukt Shivar: Devendra Fadnavis
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday heaped praises on JalYukt Shivar Abhiyaan, which promised drought-free Maharashtra by 2019, and said that his government have reduced farm dependency on rain."Only because of JalYukt Shivar we have been able to increase crop productivity and survive in less rainfall. We have reduced farm dependency on rain and also on the gap between two rainfalls," the Chief Minister said in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly during Monsoon session here."Production of soya bean has increased by 16 per cent and cotton production by 17 per cent. Many villages are getting benefits under JalYukt Shivar. In Latur, the dependency of water tankers have decreased due to this project," he said.The project, launched by Maharashtra government four years ago, involves deepening and widening of streams, construction of cement and earthen stop dams, work on nullahs and digging of farm ponds.Earlier, Fadnavis had said that Rs 4,700 crore has been given as drought ...
Mumbai: Razor blade manufacture company catches fire in Thane
Fire broke out in the server room of Supermax company here in Thane on Thursday.Three fire trucks had rushed to the spot as the server room was being engulfed in flames. As for now no casualties or injuries have been reported so far.The police are yet to ascertain the reason behind the fire.The company's manufacturing center is located in Mumbai, Thane near Teen Hat Naka and stands opposite to the Eternity mall.Fires like these have now become a common phenomenon in the state of Mumbai. In the last week on June 10 a factory was on fire in Goregaon. This is another recent example of such incidents.
Kerala offers 20 lakh litres drinking water, TN rejects it
The Kerala government Thursday expressed willingness to provide 20 lakh litres drinking water to Tamil Nadu, which is facing a water crisis, but the latter has declined it, saying there was "no need for the help at present." "Since the major water bodies of Chennai has been facing acute water shortage, the Kerala government decided to extend an helping hand," a release issued from the Kerala Chief Minister's office said. Though chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan's office contacted the Tamil Nadu CMO on the offer, the neighbouring state informed that "at present there is no need for the help, it said. Kerala was prepared to transport 20 lakh litres of drinking water from Thiruvananthapuram to Chennai through train, the release added. Tamil Nadu Municipal Administration minister S P Velumani told reporters in Coimbatore in that deficiencies in some ground water conservation projects were identified at various places, including Chennai, and were being attended to. He said ...
J-K: Fire breaks out in forest in Rajouri
A fire broke out in the Dungi block of Shahpur forest area of Rajouri District in Jammu and Kashmir.The forest officials said that the forest fire broke out at around 9 p.m. on Wednesday destroying thousands of new generation plants here.The fire was extinguished to some extent around midnight by forest protection force, villagers and forest department staff."The forest caught fire at around 8:50 p.m. and we came running as soon as we saw the flames. Due to the wind, the fire spread farther and caused serious damage to our plants and trees" said a daily wage worker in the forest.The forest department Rajouri and forest protection force controlled the forest fire after a long time operation on Thursday morning.
Himachal Pradesh: 15 dead, 25 injured as bus falls into gorge in Kullu
Fifteen people died and twenty-five got injured in an accident as bus fell into a deep gorge near Banjar area in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday.However, the search operation is still underway."The bus was carrying around 50 passengers. So far, 15 dead bodies have been recovered and 25 who got injured have been rescued. The injured have been taken to the local hospital in Banjar," Shalini Agnihotri SP of Kullu district police told ANI in a telephonic conversation.
Karnataka: GIMS faces acute water crisis
For the last ten months, Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) has been facing an acute water crisis, which has left the hospital with no choice but to ration water."The water required in the hospital on a daily basis is four lakh litres, which after rationing, has come down to 2.50 lakh litres. Yet we are receiving only 1.7 lakh litres of water," said Dr Shivakumar, Medical Superintendent, GIMS.He said that after the issue of the water crisis was reported to higher authorities, the institute has been provided with four tankers of water, but that too is not mitigating its water woes."We have begun rationing water by releasing four-five hours in the morning, one and a half hours in the afternoon and an hour in the evening. This water is further divided and distributed to the departments, where the requirement of water is more," he said.As Karnataka has been facing an unbroken spell of drought for over a year, water scarcity has become a harsh reality for this southern state.
JICA, Rlys hold second consultative meeting on technical cooperation
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Ministry of Railways, held the second Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) meeting for capacity development on railway safety on Thursday, according to a statement from the agency. The Technical Cooperation (TC) project that commenced in December 2018, would be implemented during the next one and half years. This technical cooperation is expected to enhance the capacities of the Indian Railways and the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) with regard to safety of the railways network, especially in the fields of rails welding, track maintenance, rolling stock maintenance, accident investigation and safety management, it said. "At the JCC meeting, every progress and issues were discussed including the feedback by JICA Experts on railway accident investigation about their field survey and experiences. "The contents of training program in Japan for accident investigation, scheduled in early July, 2019 ...
7 children drowned as van falls in canal, three bodies traced
Bodies of three children were recovered during search operations after seven of them went missing when a pick-up van plunged into a canal near here Thursday, officials said. The vehicle carried 29 people, who were returning after a wedding function in neighbouring Barabanki district, and of them 22 were rescued. Seven children went missing and bodies of three were fished out by divers of the NDRF and SDRF, officials said. The van fell into the Indira canal in Nagram area on the city outskirts at around 3 AM, Lucknow District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma said. "Three bodies have been found and hunt is on to trace the remaining four children," Sharma told PTI. He said the bodies are yet to be identified. "As many as seven children, all in the age-group of 5 -10 years, are missing. They might have been washed away in the rapid current of the water in the canal... rescue operations are on," Sharma, who rushed to the site, told PTI earlier. A large crowd of onlookers gathered at the site .
Veteran US pilots criticise Boeing for flaws on its grounded 737 MAX aircraft
One of America's best known airline pilots has told a congressional panel that an automated flight control system on the troubled Boeing 737 MAX aircraft was "fatally flawed" and should never have been approved. Retired Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger said he understands how the pilots of two 737 Max planes that recently crashed would have been confused as they struggled to maintain control of the aircraft, as an automated system erroneously began forcing the planes into nose dives. Sullenberger performed a dramatic landing of a damaged US Airways A320 jet in the Hudson River in New York in 2009 after a bird strike disabled the engines. All 155 people onboard the flight were rescued. The House Aviation Subcommittee is investigating the crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets in Indonesia in October last year and in Ethiopia in March that killed a total of 346 people. The panel is also examining what role, if any, Boeing's rush to develop the latest version of it's 737 and the FAA's ...