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One killed, three injured after diesel tank explodes during welding
An 18-year-old man was killed and three others were injured on Thursday after the diesel tank of a truck exploded during welding in southeast Delhi's Govindpuri area, police said. The deceased was identified as Sumit, a resident of Dakshin Puri. Mohammad Nurain Khan, Nizamuddin and Vakil got injured in the incident, they said. According to a fire official, the department was informed about the incident at around 1 pm, following which two fire tenders were rushed to the spot. The Govindpuri Police Station received information at around 12.15 pm regarding the fire, police said. After reaching the spot, four people were found injured. They were rushed to Safdarjung Hospital where Sumit was declared brought dead, a senior police officer said. During investigation, it surfaced that Sumit, a welder, was repairing the diesel tank of the truck, police said. "During the welding, the tank exploded and a fire broke out, causing fatal burns to Sumit" Chinmoy Biswal, Deputy Commissioner of Police .
Trekkers from West Bengal stuck in HP's Kinnaur
A group of trekkers from West Bengal, including a woman, has got stuck near Rupin Pass on the way to Sangla valley in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district, an official said Thursday. Soon after the trekkers were reported stranded, an Indian Air Force helicopter was pressed into service to rescue them, but it could not land at the site due to adverse weather Thursday evening, the official said. The rescue operation would resume Friday at 5 am, he added. Trekker Sudha Bhattachargee was also reported to have injured her leg, the official said. The trekkers were on their way to Sangla valley in Kinnaur district via Rupin Pass from Dhaula in Uttarkashi district of neighbouring Uttarakhand, he added. Shimla Deputy Commissioner Amit Kashyap earlier got the information about the stranded trekkers and he brought it to the notice of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur. The chief minister directed Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue) Shrikant Baldi to ensure their rescue, he added. Baldi requested the .
Hungary boat tragedy captain already under investigation over earlier accident
The captain of a river cruise ship involved in a deadly collision last week with a smaller sightseeing boat in Budapest is already under investigation over another accident in April, Hungarian prosecutors said Thursday, as the toll rose to 17. After last week's crash, the 64-year-old Ukrainian captain of the larger Viking Sigyn ship was arrested on suspicion of "endangering waterborne traffic resulting in multiple deaths". Hungarian press reports said another Viking ship captained by the same man, named as Yuriy C., collided with an oil tanker near the Dutch city of Terneuzen on April 1. "He is being treated as a suspect in Holland," the Metropolitan Chief Prosecutor's Office told AFP in a statement, citing information from the EU judicial agency Eurojust, but without confirming the incident they were referring to. Prosecutors also said the captain was suspected of "deleting data from his telephone after the collision" in Budapest. The captain's lawyers could not be reached for ...
AN-32 aircraft search op by helicopters called off due to bad light: Air Force
The search and rescue operation carried out by helicopters to trace the missing AN-32 aircraft has been called off due to low light, but the C-130J Super Hercules aircraft will continue with the mission during night, the Air Force said Thursday. The Russian-made aircraft took off from Jorhat on Monday at 12.27 pm for the Mechuka advance landing ground. Its last contact with the ground control was at 1 pm. A total of eight aircrew and five passengers were on board the aircraft. All the three armed forces have deployed their assets to trace the aircraft. However, the search and rescue (SAR) operation has met with little success so far. According to sources, the rescuers have not received any signal from the emergency locator beacon in the missing plane, adding there is a possibility that the device may not have been functional. They said the thick vegetation and difficult terrain of the area was making the rescue operation a herculean task. "SAR operation by helicopters is called off ...
Climbers' bodies to be retrieved via land route as IAF's repeated bids fail: DM
The bodies of five climbers, who died in avalanche while scaling the Nanda Devi East peak, will be brought back by the land route following IAF helicopters' repeated failure to retrieve them, said an official Thursday. An eight-member team of mountaineers, including seven foreign nationals, on its way to Nanda Devi East peak in Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand, was reported missing since May 25. The bodies of five of them were spotted Monday from an Indian Air Force helicopter during a search and rescue operation. The three other mountaineers are yet to be traced. Pithoragarh District Magistrate Vijay Kumar Jogdande said the IAF choppers made two attempts even Thursday to retrieve the bodies but the operation failed due to inclement weather and the treacherous terrain. Accordingly, it has been decided to try to retrieve the bodies through land routes for which a joint team of personnel from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, the National Disaster Relief Force and the State Disaster ...
AN-32 pilot's wife was on ATC duty in Jorhat when the aircraft went off the radar
Sandhya Tanwar was on duty at the IAF's Air Traffic Control in Jorhat, watching as her husband Ashish Tanwar piloted an AN-32 aircraft that took off from the airbase for the thickly forested area of Menchuka in Arunachal Pradesh that fateful Monday afternoon. Barely half an hour later, the plane went off the radar, leaving the young Tanwar to be one of the first to know about the disappearance of the IAF transport aircraft that had 12 others on board. Sandhya, an air traffic control officer posted at the Johrat airbase, married Flight Lieutenant Ashish Tanwar in 2018. And, never would have she thought that the couple who were united just a year ago would be separated under such unfortunate circumstances. Four days on, a massive search and rescue operation to trace the Russian-origin aircraft continues, with these tense circumstances leaving family members in despair. The IAF has said the aircraft took off from Jorhat 12.27 pm for the Menchuka advance landing ground in Shi-Yomi ...
Missing AN-32 aircraft: Pilot's family members meet Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
Family members of Ashish Tanwar, the pilot of IAF AN 32 aircraft, which went missing on June 3 met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at his residence here on Thursday.Earlier in the day, it was reported that the Indian Army has deployed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to search for the missing AN-32 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force.The search operations for the plane, which went missing over Arunachal Pradesh, entered the fourth day on Thursday."Unmanned aerial vehicles were also deployed today along with the C-130Js and helicopters but so far, we have not able to locate anything. The search operations will continue through the night," a defence spokesperson said.Later in the day, the IAF said in a tweet that Cheetah choppers have also been deployed in the search operations."#IAF Missing AN-32 search continues. The area of search has been expanded and more assets including smaller and more manoeuvrable helicopters like Cheetah have been included in the rescue mission so as to ..
Google Maps improves SOS alerts for natural disasters
Google Maps' SOS alerts feature has been improved to provide more information during natural disasters.As explained on the official blog, the SOS alerts will now show information related to hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods. Google Maps will show a crisis notification card in days leading up to the disaster, directing you to a forecast or visualisation, to help you react better to calamities.Google Maps also gets a new navigation warning system so that people can more reliably know where a disaster is and anticipate where it is headed.Hurricane forecast cones and earthquake shakemaps will start rolling out in the coming weeks on Android, iOS, desktop, and mobile web. Flood forecasts visualizations will soon roll out starting in Patna, India, and then expand to the Ganges and Brahmaputra regions on Android, desktop, and mobile web.
Govt must notify Food Safety and Standards Regulations: CUTS International Director
The Centre must notify the Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2018 at the earliest, which will prove to be an important step in improving food safety standards in the country, George Cheriyan, a member of Central Advisory Committee of FSSAI and director of CUTS International, said. The first ever 'World Food Safety Day' on the theme of "Food Safety, Everyone's Business" will be observed across the world on June 7, 2019 and the early notification of the regulations will promote and facilitate actions for food safety, he said. According to a recently published NRAI India Food Service Report 2019, out of a total of 24.9 lakh food business operators in the country, only 4.67 lakh have a Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) licence. The Rajasthan government had collected 124 food samples during January to May this year which were found unsafe and misbranded, Cheriyan said. The Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission had also sought a report from .
Army deploys UAVs to search for missing An-32 plane
The Indian Army on Thursday deployed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to search for the missing AN-32 transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force.The search operations for the plane, which went missing over Arunachal Pradesh, entered the fourth day on Thursday."Unmanned aerial vehicles were also deployed today along with the C-130Js and helicopters but so far, we have not able to locate anything. The search operations will continue through the night," a defence spokesperson said.Later in the day, the IAF said in a tweet that Cheetah choppers have also been deployed in the search operations."#IAF Missing AN-32 search continues. The area of search has been expanded and more assets including smaller and more manoeuvrable helicopters like Cheetah have been included in the rescue mission so as to approach areas inaccessible by bigger helicopters or individuals on foot," the IAF tweeted."Search by IAF and #IndianArmy helicopters was adversely affected by localised weather in the valleys. All .
Land mission to retrieve bodies of foreign mountaineers
Following the failure of multiple attempts by the Indian Air Force (IAF) choppers to land on a mountain slope near Nanda Devi East to retrieve the bodies of climbers belonging to a mountaineering expedition killed in an avalanche, a joint "ground mission" would be launched for the purpose, a top state government official said on Thursday.
Two killed as van hits their bike
Two persons were charred to death while their friend was injured when their motorcycle burst into flames after being hit by a speeding van on the Pallia-Nighasan road in Pallia here, police said Thursday. The accident occurred late Wednesday night, they said. The deceased were identified as Pankaj (25) and his friend Anil (24), both residents of Buddhapurwa village under the Nighasan Police Station limits, Pallia Circle Officer Pradeep Yadav said. The injured, Shankar, was rushed to district hospital and he is out of danger, police said. The three were on their way back home when the van, coming from the opposite direction, hit their motorcycle on the Pallia-Nighasan road near Tilkapur village, police said, adding that none of them was wearing helmets. The motorcycle caught fire after the collision, leaving Pankaj and Anil dead on the spot. The van driver fled the spot leaving behind the vehicle, police said.
J&K Guv condoles JKLI jawan's death in Assam
Governor Satya Pal Malik Thursday expressed grief over the death of Lance Naik Nasir Ahmed Bhatt, hailing from Jammu and Kashmir, in a road accident in Assam. Bhatt, belonging toJammu and Kashmir LightInfantry regiment, was a resident of Anantnag district, an official spokesman said. The spokesman said the governor prayed for peace to the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family in its hour of grief.
Punjab CM prays for safety of AN-32 crew
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday prayed for the safety and well-being of the Indian Air Force (IAF) personnel and crew who were on board the missing aircraft AN-32.
MP: Water woes continues in Betul, girls forced to miss out on school
With the onset of summer, the water crisis has returned to haunt the people of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh. The situation has worsened as the region has received scanty rainfall so far. The repercussions are so grave that the adolescent girls residing in the region are forced to miss out on school to fetch water for their families."We are not able to attend schools as most of our day goes in carrying water from miles. Many girls in the village have already left school because of water scarcity. We are forced to walk at least 3 kms every day at 4 am in the morning to fetch water from the nearby well. Also, there is no electricity in our area which creates obstructions for us to prepare for the exams," said Seema Vij, a teenage girl from Betul district.Another local, Sharman, also expressed frustration over the prolonged water crisis which has gripped the region from the last several decades." We are forced to drink water from the sources which are not clean. The water in the well .
6 killed, 30 injured in road accident in UP
Six persons were killed and over 30 injured when a tractor-trolley collided with a truck in Hardoi district in Uttar Pradesh.
Six killed, 30 injured in accident in UP's Hardoi
At least six persons were killed and 30 others injured when a truck collided with a tractor trolley in the district, police said Thursday. The incident took place in Sadarpur area of the district Wednesday night when 42 passengers of the tractor trolley were returning from a ceremony, they said. Circle officer, Hardoi, Vijay Singh Rana said the impact of the collision was such that the tractor trolley "fell into a ditch, turned turtle and then again turned back to its normal position". The deceased have been identified as Vishram (60), Gangaram (50), Shankar (55), Balakram (60), Rishi Kumar (30) and Rajaram (35), he said. Around 16 persons have been admitted to the Hardoi district hospital, while the rest are being treated at the community health centre in Bilgram. One of the seriously injured persons has been referred to Lucknow for treatment, police said. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed condolences on the death of the persons in the accident. He has ...
An-32 still missing, villagers saw thick black smoke
Tribal villagers had witnessed "thick black smoke" originating from a mountain towards Molo village in Arunachal Pradesh on Monday after an An-32 aircraft of the IAF lost contact with the ground staff on Monday afternoon.
Search operations for missing IAF aircraft enters fourth day
The search operations for the Indian Air Force AN-32 transport aircraft, which went missing over Arunachal Pradesh, entered the fourth day on Thursday.While bad weather conditions on Wednesday had put a halt to the search operations by helicopters, two Sukhoi-30 MKI combat jets and one C 130J aircraft carried out missions to locate the missing plane.Satellites and other assets have also been pressed into service.The AN-32 aircraft with 13 IAF personnel on board went missing on Monday afternoon. The plane had taken off from Assam's Jorhat and was headed for Mechuka Advance Landing Ground in Arunachal Pradesh.
6 killed, 35 injured in UP accident
Six people were killed and 35 others injured on Thursday in a head-on collision between a tractor and a DCM vehicle in Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh, police said.