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Indonesia's 'child' of Krakatoa spews ash and lava
An Indonesian volcano known as the "child" of the legendary Krakatoa erupted today, spewing a plume of ash high into the sky as molten lava streamed down from its summit. Anak Krakatau -- a small volcanic island that emerged from the ocean a half century after Krakatoa's deadly 1883 eruption -- has rumbled back to life in recent weeks, spitting flaming rocks and ash from its crater. No one lives on Krakatau, which forms a small island in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra, but the peak is a popular tourist spot. Indonesia's geological agency has not raised the alert level for the mountain. However, there is a one kilometre no-go zone around its summit. When Krakatoa erupted in the 19th century, a jet of ash, stones and smoke shot more than 20 kilometres (12 miles) into the sky, plunging the region into darkness, and sparking a huge tsunami that was felt around the world. The disaster killed more than 36,000 people. Indonesia is situated on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", a vast ...
Indian-origin landlord jailed for fire deaths in UK
An Indian-origin landlord in the UK has been jailed for 12 months over his failure to ensure proper fire safety standards which led to the death of two children in a fire at a property owned and managed by him, the first prosecution of its kind in the country since new smoke alarm regulations were introduced in October 2015. Kamal Bains, a letting agent responsible for the property in Huddersfield area of West Yorkshire, failed to fit smoke alarms to the house for tenants. The 51-year-old was sentenced at Leeds Crown Court yesterday in what is believed to be the first prosecution of its kind in the UK since new Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations were introduced in October 2015. "Failing to adhere to the legislation is a criminal offence and one which can have tragic consequences," said Senior Investigating Officer Detective Superintendent Steve Thomas, who led the investigation into the deaths of three-year-old Logan Taylor and Jake Casey, aged two, in February ...
14 killed, 17 injured as bus falls into gorge in U'khand
Fourteen people were killed and 17 injured when the state-run bus they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge around 15 km from Chamba in Tehri district of Uttarakhand today. The accident occurred near Kirgani village on Chamba-Uttarkashihighway around 8.20 am. The Haridwar-bound Uttarakhand Roadways bus plunged into a 250-metre deep gorge, killing thirteen people on the spot and leaving eighteen injured, Tehri District Magistrate Sonika said. One of the injured persons died at the hospital during treatment, she said. Eleven seriously injured were flown in choppers to AIIMS, Rishikesh while the rest were undergoing treatment at district hospital Baurari and Masihi hospital Chamba, she said. Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat expressed deep grief at the loss of lives in the accident and announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of those killed and Rs 50,000 for those injured. Police and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams along with senior officials were ...
Missing fishermen: Four more bodies found
Bodies of four more of the 19 missing fishermen of West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district were found in the Bay of Bengal today by rescuers, taking the total number of bodies recovered so far to six, officials said. With the recovery of six bodies, search is on for the 13 missing fishermen, the officials said. The Coast Guard, along with the police and a fishermen's association, is conducting search and rescue operations to find fishermen who had gone missing on Monday afternoon. A Coast Guard official, who did not wish to be quoted, said Coast Guard Dornier aircraft spotted the four bodies today around 30 nautical miles off the Dalhousie island. The trawlers of the fishermen's association went to the spot and retrieved the bodies after the Coast Guard conveyed to them the location of the bodies. Five out of the six bodies have been identified and sent for postmortem, officials said. Yesterday one of the missing boats was also sighted about 30 nautical miles south off .
US authorities probe midair crash that killed Indian trainee pilot
Police and aviation authorities in Florida's Miami-Dade are scouring a swampy grassland for clues to help explain what caused the midair collision between two small aircraft in which an Indian woman trainee pilot and three others were killed. The body of the fourth victim of the midair collision between the two small aircraft of a Miami flight school over a swampy grassland was retrieved yesterday, ending the mission to look for survivors, the Miami Herald reported. But searchers continued to scour the razor-like sawgrass in hopes of finding clues to help explain what caused the accident, the daily said. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will take over the investigation about the causes of the crash and how it happened, said Miami-Dade Detective and spokesman Alvaro Zabaleta. On Tuesday, two aircraft, Piper PA-34 and Cessna 172, belonging to Dean International Flight School based at Miami Executive Airport, smashed into each other in the .
14 killed as bus falls into gorge in Uttarakhand
Fourteen persons were killed and 17 injured when a state-run bus fell into a deep gorge in Tehri in Uttarakhand on Thursday, police said.
14 dead in bus mishap, magisterial inquiry ordered
Tehri Garhwal, (Uttarakhand) [India], July 19 (ANI)The Uttarakhand government has announced compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 each to the injured.Speaking to ANI, IG (SDRF) Sanjay Gunjyal informed that 14 were dead and 18 injured in the incident. Of the 18 injured, six were critical and admitted to AIIMS Rishikesh. Local police and SDRF teams are present at the spot. All the injured have been rescued, and operation to recover more bodies from the accident site is underway.The bus fell into 250 meters deep gorge near Suryadhar in Tehri district.The Trivendra Singh Rawat-led state government has directed helicopters be made available to bring the injured to AIIMS.
14 killed, 17 injured as bus falls into gorge
Fourteen people were killed and 17 injured when the state-run bus they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge around 15 km from Chamba town in Tehri district this morning, a senior official said. The accident occurred near Kirgani on Rishikesh-Chamba-Gangotri highway around 8 am when the Uttarakhand Roadways bus plunged into a 250-metre deep gorge, Tehri District Magistrate Sonika said. Fourteen people were killed and 17 injured, she said. Six of the injured were flown in a chopper for treatment at AIIMS, Rishikesh, while the rest were being treated at Tehri district hospital and Masiha hospital in Chamba, she said. Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat expressed grief at the loss of lives in the accident and announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh for the family of those killed and Rs 50,000 for those injured. Police and SDRF teams were conducting rescue operations, the district magistrate said.
3 die as car falls in gorge in Himachal
Three people were killed and two others injured after the car in which they were travelling fell into a deep gorge in Himachal's Kinnaur district this morning, police said. The deceased were identified as Yogeshwer (29), Surya Kant (25) and Nain Chand (40), Superintendent of Police Sakshi Verma said. Rohit and Mulak Raj, aged 20, sustained serious injuries in the accident and were referred to a hospital in Rampur, the SP said, adding an immediate relief of Rs 10,000 was granted to the kin of the deceased and Rs 5,000 to the injured.
Five killed in car-bus collision in Kerala
Five people were killed and two injured when the car in which they were travelling collided head-on with a bus at nearby Perumbavoor today, police said. The accident occurred in the early hours today when the car carrying seven people from Elappara in Idukki district to Cochin International Airport to see off a relative hit the bus, they said. The injured were admitted to a hospital in the neighbourhood, police said. The bus involved in the mishap was reportedly carrying devotees of Lord Ayyappa. The car was completely damaged in the impact of the collision, police said. Heavy rain affected rescue operations.
Godawari Power & Ispat secures coal linkages for 80% of its requirement
With this additional quantity of coal linkage the aggregate quantity of coal linkage for Sponge Iron Division shall be 4,95,000 metric tonnes.
Another body pulled out from rubble in Gr Noida; death toll 9
Rescuers today pulled out another body from the debris of the two adjacent buildings that collapsed in Grater Noida on the outskirts of Delhi, pushing the death toll to nine, a fire department official said. A six-floor under-construction building crashed on a five-storey building next to it, bringing it down as well, in Shahberi village under Bisrakh police station on Tuesday night. Chief Fire Officer Arun Kumar Singh said the body was pulled out this morning. He has been identified as Naushad. Eight bodies were found until late last night. At least 12 labourers were in the under-construction building and all of them were feared trapped, according to Singh. He said the operation to remove the debris may take another 20 hours. The National Disaster Response Force has mounted the rescue operation along with the police and the fire department. Rescuers have deployed heavy machinery to shift concrete slabs and used drills in a bid to reach people buried under the debris. Sniffer dogs ...
Govt Affirms No Shortage Of Coal For Power Sector
Coal supplies to Power sector is monitored regularly by an Inter Ministerial Sub Group comprising representatives of Ministries of Power, Coal, Railways, Shipping, Central Electricity Authority, NITI Aayog, CIL etc. This sub-group has been meeting periodically, at times twice every week, in order to take various operational decisions for meeting any contingent situations relating to Power Sector including critical coal stock position for power plants. A committee of Secretary (Coal), Secretary (Power) and Member (Traffic), Railway Board has been jointly reviewing the coal transportation and supply on a regular basis. The CIL has been advised to work out a definite action plan for higher production & off-take during the current quarter and to ensure that necessary clearances for the existing coal mines are in place which will help in increasing the coal production in the short / medium term and in operationalising the newly allocated coal mines for further increasing production in
G.Noida building crash toll rises to 9; may still trapped
The death toll in the twin-building collapse here in Uttar Pradesh climbed to nine on Thursday, with five more bodies pulled out from the rubble of the residential apartments early in the day.
Greater Noida building collapse: Death toll rises to 9
The death toll in the Greater Noida building collapse rose to nine on Thursday, after the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) retrieved four more bodies from the rubble.Two under construction buildings, in Greater Noida's Shah Beri village collapsed on Tuesday night.The search and rescue operation is still underway in the village, to locate several other persons which are feared to be trapped under the debris.Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath earlier on Wednesday announced compensation of Rs. two lakh each for the next of kin of those killed in the incident.The chief minister also announced Rs 50,000 each for the injured.At least four people have been arrested till now in connection with the matter and the District Magistrate has set up a magisterial inquiry under the Additional District Magistrate (ADM) executive to probe the case.
Mumbai: Elphinstone Road station renamed as Prabhadevi
The Elphinstone Road station in Mumbai has been renamed as Prabhadevi station.The new name came into effect from the midnight of July 18."Necessary changes are being made on station boards, indicators, PA system, etc for the benefit of passengers," read a statement.Not to forget, around 23 people were killed and over 39 injured in a rush-hour stampede at the same railway station in September last year.The station code for newly renamed Prabhadevi station will be PBHD.
7 killed, 4 injured in jeep crash in Nepal
Seven people were killed and four others injured as a passenger jeep met an accident in Rukum district in the mid-western region of Nepal on Wednesday, police said here.
Tanker swept away in river
A milk tanker and a driver were swept away in swirling waters of the Pangoli river on KamthaAmgaon Road in Gondiya district of east Maharashtra, police said today. The incident occurred last night when Gautam Patil (48) tried to cross the bridge on the river, which is is full spate due to heavy rains, in the tanker, police said. Despite being warned by locals not to proceed, Patil drove on resulting into the mishap. The tanker was found 2 kms away from the spot of the accident, a police official said, adding that Patil remained untraced. District Disaster Management Officer Rajan Choubey said a 25-member team of the SDRF (State Disaster Response Force) reached Gondiya today and will start search operation tomorrow morning.
CM says FIR against aircraft owners if they had conducted test
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said that an FIR would be registered against the owners of the aircraft which crashed in Mumbai last month if they were found to have forced the pilot to conduct a test flight despite adverse opinion. Fadnavis was replying to a question by Congress's Vijay Wadettiwar in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. A twin-engine King Air C 90 aircraft crashed at an under-construction building in Ghatkopar in east Mumbai on June 28, killing five persons including both the pilots. The aircraft was owned by UY Aviation. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) was probing the incident, the chief minister said. "We would take action against the owner in case he is found to have forced the pilot to carry out the test despite adverse remarks (by pilots or technical experts)," he said. Prabhat Kathuria, the husband of Marya Zuberi, the co-pilot of the aircraft, had alleged after the crash that she had told him, before leaving the house that .
Railways didn't conduct safety audit of Andheri ROB: Fadnavis
The Railways didn't conduct the safety audit of the Gokhale bridge in suburban Andheri in Mumbai, part of which had collapsed earlier this month, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told the Assembly today. He also assured action against the officials responsible for the July 3 incident in which one person was killed and local train services were badly affected. "The bridges within railway premises, though constructed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), should be maintained by Railways and it is supposed to conduct a safety audit as well. "Railways maintained the (Gokhale Road) bridge on regular basis but they did not conduct its safety audit," he told the House in response to questions raised by legislators. Fadnavis said the BMC has completed structural audit of 304 bridges under its jurisdiction. According to the chief minister, 114 of these 304 bridges are in good condition, 111 require minor repairs, while 61 need major repairs. The remaining ..