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Over 28 lakh challans issued in Haryana; Rs 62 crore penalty realized
The Haryana Police issued over 28.09 lakh traffic violation tickets (challans) against those violating traffic rules in 11 months last year and recovered a penalty of over Rs 62.17 crore from such violators, a senior officer said on Thursday.
SC dissatisifed with efforts by Meghalaya govt to rescue 15 trapped miners; says bring them out dead or alive
The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed strong dissatisfaction over the rescue efforts to trace 15 people trapped in a mine in Meghalaya for 22 days, telling the state government to bring them out dead or alive. The tough talk by the apex court came on a day when the multi-agency operations to rescue the miners failed to make any headway with efforts to pump the water out of the mine not yielding any result. The 15 miners remain trapped in the 370-foot-deep illegal rat-hole coal mine in Lumthari village of East Jaintia Hills district since December 13 after water from a nearby river gushed in. "For people who are trapped there, every minute counts," the court said and suggested that the help of the Army could be also taken. Holding that "prompt, immediate and effective" operation is needed to rescue the trapped people, the court said there should not be any delay as it was a question of life and death. "We pray to God that they all are alive." A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and
Centre examining proposal for Delhi Metro's Phase-IV, Parliament told
The Centre is examining the proposal for Phase-IV of Delhi Metro after it was forwarded by the city government in the last week of December, Parliament was informed Thursday. In reply to a written question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said the proposal was received by the Centre on December 28. "The proposal of Delhi Metro Phase-IV has been received from the government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi through Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on 28.12.2018 and is under examination," Puri said. In reply to another question, he said that no fund has been approved for the project so far. Among the projects chosen under the Phase IV are: Rithala-Bawana-Narela (21.73 km, elevated), Janakpuri West-RK Ashram (28.92 km, 21.18-km elevated ), Mukundpur-Maujpur (12.54 km, elevated), Inderlok-Indraprastha (12.58 km, underground), Aero City-Tughlakabad (20.2 km, 5.58-km elevated), Lajpat Nagar-Saket G Block (7.96 km, 5.89-km elevated). The
5 students among 7 injured as school bus overturns in Himachal
Seven persons, including five students, were injured after a private school bus overturned in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district Thursday, police said. The 36-seater bus of Rose Public school was carrying 32 students when it overturned on the Suliali-Kuther road, Nurpur Sub Divisional Police Officer Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sahil Arora said. The injured students were identified as Nandini, Parth, his sister Muskan, Payal and her brother Akshay. The other persons included bus driver Chandan Kumar, 20, and attendant Varyam Singh ,32, he said. The DSP said the injured were later discharged from a hospital after first aid. The exact cause of the accident is yet not clear, he said, adding that there were several potholes on the road and prima facie it was found that the driver was driving negligently. A case has been registered in this regard against the driver under Sections 279 (rash driving) and 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the .
37 dead in Russian building collapse
At least 37 people have died after a residential building collapsed here earlier this week, authorities said on Thursday.A spokesperson from the Russian Emergencies Ministry confirmed the death toll, Sputnik reported.On December 31 last year, a natural gas blast hit a section of a block of flats in Magnitogorsk city, leading to the destruction of 35 apartments and causing damage to 10 others.Meanwhile, search and rescue operations are underway, as dozens of people are feared to be trapped under the rubble.The Russian government have taken cognisance and are monitoring the situation.A day of mourning for those killed in the collapse was declared on Wednesday.
4 skiers missing after avalanche in northern Norway
Norwegian officials say four people from Sweden and Finland are missing after an avalanche in northern Norway but strong winds, heavy snowfall and poor visibility are hampering rescue efforts. A woman from Sweden and three men from Finland were last heard from on Wednesday afternoon. A search-and-rescue operation was launched after a 300-meter (990-foot) wide avalanche was reported in the Tamok valley, near the northern city of Tromsoe, where the party had gone skiing. Police spokesman Morten Pettersen says "there was little chance to get a helicopter into the area." He told a news conference Thursday in Tromsoe that "we cannot take that risk." Baard Rannestad of the University Hospital of North Norway told reporters at the news conference that the skiers' "chances to survive diminish with every passing minute.
Death toll jumps to 37 in Russian gas blast
The number of confirmed dead from a New Year's Eve gas explosion in a Russian apartment block jumped to 37 on Thursday as rescuers recovered more bodies from the rubble of the partially collapsed building. Six children were among the dead, the emergency situations ministry said in a statement, and four people were still unaccounted for. Rescuers have been braving temperatures as low as minus 27 degrees Celsius (minus 16 degrees Fahrenheit) to search through mangled concrete and metal at the site in the Ural mountains city of Magnitogorsk. Six people including two children have been rescued at the site, but no survivors have been found since Tuesday, when a 10-month-old boy was found in what officials described as a "New Year's miracle". The explosion tore through the 10-storey building in the industrial city nearly 1,700 kilometres (1,050 miles) east of Moscow in the early hours of Monday. The Soviet-era block was home to about 1,100 people and the explosion destroyed 35 apartments, ..
Dissatisfied with Meghalaya govt steps to rescue miners, need urgent operations: SC
The Supreme Court Thursday expressed dissatisfaction over the steps taken by the Meghalaya government to rescue 15 miners trapped in an illegal coal mine since December 13, saying "prompt, immediate and effective" operation is needed to rescue them as it was a matter of life and death. "Every minute counts" for those trapped there for almost three weeks, it said. A bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and S Abdul Nazeer asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, to apprise it by Friday the steps which the government intends to take in the matter. "For people who are trapped there, every minute counts," the bench said. "Immediate steps are needed". "As the Union, you should do something now. Either you take the help of Army, which has not been done yet. They (Army) are ready and they have volunteered also," the bench told Mehta. The rat-hole mine, atop a hillock fully covered with trees in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, was flooded when water from the ...
Over 28 lakh people fined for traffic violations in Hry till Nov' 18: Police
More than 28 lakh people were challaned for traffic violations in the state till November 2018, and over Rs 62 crore has been recovered as fine from them, Haryana Police said here Thursday. Between January 1 and November 30, 2018, the highest number of 12,54,116 challans were issued to offenders in district Gurugram alone followed by 2,51,232 challans in Faridabad, 1,24,408 in Rohtak and 1,08,590 in Panipat, Director General of Police (DGP) B S Sandhu said. Police recovered fine of over Rs 22.07 crore and Rs 5.66 crore from Gurugram and Faridabad respectively, he said. The lowest numbers of 14,337 challans were recorded in Charkhi-Dadri, a new district. Sandhu said that Police is contemplating to bring down road fatalities at minimum level as most of the accidents take place due to traffic violations. Apart from awareness drives, road safety awareness campaigns were also being carried out to educate the masses about road and traffic safety. We can impose more penalties on traffic ...
Death toll in Russia building explosion reaches 38
At least 38 bodies have been recovered following a New Year's Eve gas explosion in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk that caused an apartment building to collapse, authorities said on Thursday.
Earthquake rattles southwest Japan, no damage reported
An earthquake has shaken southwestern Japan but there are no immediate reports of damage or risk of tsunami. The Japan Meteorological Agency says the quake measured a preliminary magnitude 5.0, rattling the Fukuoka, Nagasaki and Kumamoto areas in the southwest of the main island of Kyushu. It hit early Thursday evening. National broadcaster NHK TV warned people to stay calm and watch against dangers such as shaking, mudslides and items falling from shelves. TV news footage showed that traffic lights and other lights the buildings were working, and pedestrians on city streets were walking about as usual. It was unclear there was any damage, including to two nuclear plants in the region. Japan is one of the most earthquake- and tsunami-prone areas in the world.
11 dead, 17 injured in separate road accidents in Jharkhand
Eleven people, including two children, were killed and 17 others injured in separate road accidents in Jharkhand Thursday, police said. A speeding trailer mowed down the children and one person sleeping on a footpath in the early hours near the Tatanagar Railway station here, they said. Four people were injured in the incident that took place after the driver of the trailer lost control over the vehicle, hit a divider and ran over the people, East Singhbhum district Deputy Superintendent of Police Alok Ranjan said. The injured were rushed to the M G M Hospital, he said, adding, that the driver has been arrested and the vehicle confiscated. In another accident, five persons were killed and eight others injured when a passenger van collided with a truck near Dakaya forest in Deoghar district. Sub-divisional Police Officer Vikas Chandra Srivastav said three of the injured were stated to be critical, and are under treatment at the Sadar hospital. In the third accident, three persons were .
Death toll in Philippines storm surges to 122
At least 122 people have died and 28 remain missing in floods and landslides caused by storm Usman as it passed through the Philippines, officials said on Thursday.
Army jawan dies in avalanche, another injured
An Indian Army soldier died while another was injured when an avalanche hit an army post in Pooch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday.According to sources, a search operation was launched immediately after the avalanche, and the soldiers trapped under the snow were evacuated. However, only one soldier was recovered alive. He was immediately shifted to a nearby Army health facility..
Meghalaya mine: No change in water level
The multi-agency operations to rescue the miners in Meghalaya failed to make any headway on Thursday, with efforts to pump the water out of the mine not yielding any result. The divers of the Navy and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were not able to resume the search operation for the 15 trapped miners as they could not go inside due to the high water level. Asked if the divers would take another chance later in the day, operation spokesperson R Susngi told PTI that they would wait, but there was a remote chance of the water level reducing so soon. The 15 miners remain trapped in the 370-foot-deep illegal rat-hole coal mine in Lumthari village of East Jaintia Hills district since December 13 after water from a nearby river gushed in. The operation to rescue them entered the 22nd day on Thursday. Fire Service personnel from Odisha resumed work at 10 am and it was found that the water level has risen again, a day after full-day pumping resulted in it receding by 16 inches, ..
Odisha firemen resume dewatering coal pit in Meghalaya
Odisha firefighters on Thursday resumed dewatering a shaft near the main shaft of a coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district where 15 miners have been trapped since December 13.
Army jawan dies in avalanche in J&K
A soldier died and another was injured when an avalanche hit an Army post along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Thursday, police said. The avalanche hit the post of Rashtriya Rifles in Sawjian sector in the morning. It buried two soldiers, following which a rescue operation was launched immediately, the police said. One jawan died on the spot and another was shifted to hospital, the police added.
Soldier killed, another injured in avalanche near LoC
An Indian soldier was killed and another injured in an avalanche in the forward area of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Thursday.
SC raps Meghalaya government over miners' tragedy
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked Meghalaya government what steps have been taken so far to rescue 15 miners, trapped in a coal mine in East Jaintia Hills since December 13 last year.The state government has informed the Apex Court that 72 NDRF personnel, 14 Navy personnel, and Coal India personnel have been working since December 14, 2014, to rescue the trapped miners."Then, why are they not successful," asked the Supreme Court, asserting that it was not satisfied with the rescue operations. "It is a very serious situation and the question of life and death of 15 coal miners," said the Apex Court."We are not satisfied. We do not know what happened to them in 18 days. We don't know they are dead or alive. Something urgently must have been done. Can't you (State) request Army? We read in the newspaper that the Army volunteered but they are not allowed," the bench said.At least 15 miners have been trapped in an illegal flooded coal mine in East Jaintia Hills since December 13 last ...
Patient dies at govt hospital, family members allege
Family members of a patient, who was injured in a motorcycle accident, have alleged that the person died at a state-run hospital in West Bengal after lying unattended for 10 hours on Wednesday. They alleged negligence on part of the doctors at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital near Siliguri. Shiv Kamal Mhanata, 33, admitted to the hospital in the early hours on Wednesday, was not even administered saline and medicines, his family members claimed. Describing the allegation as "serious", Hospital Superintendent Kaushik Majumdar said the matter was being looked into.