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Many homeless as flash flood hits Tripura
Heavy rains leading to flash flood have left hundreds of houses submerged in North Tripura, Unakoti and Dhalai districts of Tripura. More than 1000 families have reportedly been affected and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team is working hard to evacuate members of these families with their belongings to safer places.The flood was mainly after the water level of river Juri and river Kakti started rising and came close to the danger level.Around nine speed boats, 40 rescue boats, many of which brought from other areas, were deployed by the state revenue department to evacuate those stuck inside their homes in submerged places.Apart from these, Tripura State Rifles (TSR), firefighter team, district and state administration have also joined the rescue operations. According to the report of State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC), 358 were rendered homeless in Unakoti district while 381 in North Tripura.Meantime, a total of 1039 houses were damaged with Dhalai district the worst
Himachal Pradesh: Kolkata trekker dies in Kinnaur
One Kolkata-based trekker died because of bad weather condition and lack of oxygen in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur area on Saturday.On Saturday, the Kinnaur district police received two different information regarding missing of seven trekkers in a group and four trekkers in another group.According to the chief secretary of the Himachal Pradesh government, out of the seven trekkers in the first group, one died because of bad weather condition and lack of oxygen and another in serious condition was airlifted by the helicopter of Indian Army for treatment in Rampur local hospital in Shimla.The remaining five trekkers are being rescued by the quick reaction team of the disaster management body of the government.Chief secretary said that a team of Indo Tibet Border Police was sent to locate and rescue another group of trekkers in Chitkul area of the Kinnaur district, but due to bad weather the four members of the group could not be located and the team returned back.The chief secretary of ..
Indonesia: Australia flights cancelled after volcano erupts in Bali
Bali's airport on Saturday cancelled flights to and from Australia following an eruption of Mount Agung volcano that spread ash over the south of the Indonesian island.After quoting the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB), Al Jazeera confirmed that the eruption on Friday night lasted for four minutes and 30 seconds and spread lava and incandescent rocks over three kilometres radius from the crater."The status of Mount Agung remains Alert (level III) with the recommendation of the community/climbers and tourists are prohibited from carrying out activities within a radius of four km from the peak," the agency said in a statement.Ash fell over dozens of villages, but no casualties were reported and no evacuations took place.Some flights were cancelled to and from Australia after the eruption, but normal operations have since resumed.Mount Agung, which stands at 3,031 metres (9944 feet) tall, has now erupted three times in May with six days between each eruption, ...
Pilot dead in small plane crash in US Georgia
A pilot was killed after a single-engine plane crashed on Saturday in a wooded area on St. Simons Island in the southeastern US state of Georgia, according to the Glynn County Fire Department.
Fire officers suspended for Surat blaze, state govt orders all coaching centres shut
The Surat Municipal Corporation on Saturday suspended two fire officers for granting a no-objection certificate to the building which was engulfed by a devastating fire here that claimed 22 young lives, hours after the manager of the coaching class where the deceased students were studying was arrested and two others booked for the incident.
Reality check exposes 'safety chinks' in Delhi's coaching centres
All is not well with the buildings of many coaching centres in the national capital so far as safety measures are concerned, a cause of serious concern in view of Takshashila Arcade's inferno in which 20 students were charred to death in Surat on Friday.ANI team on Saturday did a reality check here, which exposed serious safety chinks in the buildings from where several coaching centres are being run in the city."There is a need to make our building safe in case of fire. There is no safety equipment in this building. There are two gates to step out of the building," said Ankit, manager of the coaching centre being run from a building in Laxmi Nagar in east Delhi.Ankit, however, said that he has asked the owner to install all fire safety equipment in the building after what happened in Surat. "We cannot take any risk at all," he said.It is worth mentioning that hundreds of coaching centres are functioning in a similar condition in Laxmi Nagar, which houses an end number of coaching ...
Heavy rain in Tripura, 700 people take shelter in relief camps
At least 739 people were rendered homeless and forced to take shelter in relief camps across Tripura due to heavy rain and thunderstorms since Friday, an official said. However, there was no report of any casualty. "North Tripura, Unakoti and Dhalai districts have been affected," the head of the State Disaster Management Authority, Sarat Das, told PTI. The State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) in a report said, out of the 739 people, who are sheltered in various relief camps, 358 people are from Unakoti district and 381 from North Tripura district. A total of 1,039 houses were damaged due to heavy rainfall. A total of 40 rescue boats were pressed into service by the state revenue department to evacuate the people from affected areas, he said. "The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Tripura State Rifles (TSR) have also joined the rescue operations," Das said. A number of trees and electric posts were also uprooted due to blustery winds, officials said. In ...
Delhi Fire Department to conduct audit of coaching institutes in national capital
The Delhi Fire service is planning to conduct an audit of all coaching institutes running in the national capital from Monday to avert Surat-like fire tragedy in which at least 22 students died, officials said. However, small coaching institutes, which are functioning in buildings below 15 metres, do not come directly under the fire department's jurisdiction, a senior official. "Small coaching institutes do not come directly under our jurisdiction, but still we will start from Monday inspections of coaching institutes which are functioning in buildings above 15 metres and facts will be checked whether they have applied for license and if not, notice will be issued against them," Delhi chief Fire officer Atul Garg said. The process has been initiated and the department will issue a public notice soon and buildings which are found to be violating norms will be checked, a senior fire officer said. It will take some time, but the department will not spare those who are found to be ...
Surat coaching centre blaze: One arrested, two fire officers suspended
One person was arrested and two fire officers of Surat were suspended on Saturday in the wake of the coaching centre blaze which claimed lives of 20 people, mostly students.Hours after the incident, Bhargav Bhutani, the operator of the coaching centre located in Takshashila complex near Sarthana Jakat Naka in the city, was taken into custody even as police ordered shut down of all coaching centres in Surat until they got a safety certificate from the Fire Department.Harshal Vekaria and Jignesh Padgal, builders of the complex, have also been booked under section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) and section 114 (abettor present when offence is committed) of the Indian Penal Code, Surat police said."We launched an operation to nab the accused soon after registering the FIR," Surat Police Commissioner Satish Sharma, who visited the site, said.Surat Crime Branch ACP RR Sarvaiya has been tasked with investigating the case, he said."We have issued a notification under Section .
Indian Air Force rescues 2 trekkers in Himachal
Two injured trekkers from a seven-member team from West Bengal were airlifted to safety from the high mountains of Himachal Pradesh by the Indian Air Force on Saturday while four others were rescued on foot.
6 pilgrims drown, 4 critical in UP accident
Six persons drowned while four were in a critical condition after their vehicle fell into a canal in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district on Saturday, police said.
Afghanistan: 13 people dead due to flash floods in Ghor
At least 13 people have lost their lives until now due to flash floods in Afghanistan's Ghor, said provincial governor Ghulam Nasir Khazih on Saturday.Apart from the deaths, over 100 houses were destroyed due to the heavy downpour which has lashed the province since Thursday, reports Xinhua.The floods largely damaged the provincial capital Firoz Koah and the neighbouring Tolak and Shahrak districts where farmlands have been destroyed, Khazih said while talking to reporters.The Afghan leader urged national and international aid agencies to assist with the humanitarian situation resulting from the floods.
13 killed in Afghan flash floods, heavy rain
At least 13 people have lost their lives and more than 100 houses have been destroyed due heavy rain and flash floods in Afghanistan's Ghor province over the past two days, officials said on Saturday.
Cotton bales gutted in fire at godown
A large quantity of waste cotton bales were gutted in a fire that broke out in a godown here Saturday, police said. The people nearby saw smoke emerging from the warehouse and alerted its workers and management, the police said. Seeing the flames, nearly 30 workers in the godown rushed out to safety, even as fire and rescue personnel arrived at the spot, they said. Three fire-tenders doused the flames after nearly a five-hour struggle. The reason for the blaze and the estimated loss were being ascertained, they added.
NHRC notice to Guj govt over death of children in Surat fire
The NHRC Saturday sent a notice to the Gujarat government over the fire tragedy in Surat in which 22 students died in a massive blaze at a commercial complex in Sarthana area of the city, officials said. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) also observed that mere announcement of compensation to the aggrieved families cannot be a solution to such kind of hazards. Three of the 22 students who died in the fire in the ill-fated Takshila Complex on Friday had appeared for the Class 12 Board examinations and had cleared them comfortably, as per results that were declared Saturday. Among the dead, 18 are girls, the youngest being 15 years of age and the eldest just 22, police said. The NHRC has taken suo motu cognisance of the incident, it said in a statement. "Considering the incident as a grave violation of the human rights of the young students, the Commission has issued a notice to the chief secretary, government of Gujarat calling for a detailed report in the matter, including ..
Surat toll 23, state orders all coaching centres shut
Shaken out of stupor by the devastating fire in a coaching centre in a four-storey building here that claimed 23 lives, all of Gujarat's eight municipal corporations and scores of municipalities on Saturday ordered shutdown of all coaching centres running in commercial complexes.
5.1 magnitude earthquake jolts Japan ahead of Trump's visit
An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter Scale rattled eastern Japanese Prefecture of Chiba on Saturday.According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the quake occurred at 3:20 pm (local time) and occurred at a depth of 40 km.The JMA said that no tsunami warning was issued. There were no immediate reports of damage to property or casualties as a result of the quake, Xinhua News Agency reported.Notably, the quake occurred shortly before the arrival of US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump in Tokyo, reports The Washington Post.Japan is prone to frequent earthquakes as it lies in the 'Ring of Fire', an area in the basin of the Pacific Ocean, which is vulnerable to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.In 2011, Japan was hit by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake triggering powerful tsunami waves that caused rampant damage to properties, affecting operations massively in industries and leading to heavy casualties.It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the
US: 10 injured in shooting incident outside bar in New Jersey
At least 10 people were injured in a shooting incident outside a bar in New Jersey on Saturday.The incident happened at about 12:25 am (local time) on the Brunswick Avenue of Trenton city, reported SputnikTrenton police spokesman Captain Stephen Varn said that five men and five women injured in the gunfire were rushed to the hospital. One of the victims was critically injured and taken into emergency service.An invesigation into the shootout has begun.The incident comes nearly a year after a shooting incident occurred inside the 'Art All Night' event in Trenton, in which one person was killed and twenty-two others sustained injuries.
Afghan officials say heavy flooding kills 24 people
The Afghan government says at least 24 people have been killed and 11 others injured in the past month as a new wave of heavy rains and flooding has swept parts of the country. A statement released Saturday by the Afghan Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs says flooding has affected six of Afghanistan's 34 provinces, including the capital, Kabul. Around 500 people were rescued in central Bamyan province's Sheber district, according to the ministry. Nationwide, floods have destroyed over 220 homes this month and partially damaged 116 more, it added. Heavy snowfall across Afghanistan this winter had cut off many areas. So far this year, around 150 people have died as heavy rains and flooding swept away homes in different provinces.
Amritsar: Students pay tribute to victims of Surat fire
Scores of children studying at a school in Amritsar on Saturday paid tribute to the victims who died in a massive fire which broke out in a multi-storey building in Surat on Friday.The children condoled the death by chanting Gayatri Mantra, a universal prayer enriched in the Vedas, and also observed an hour of 'maun vrat' (oath of silence) for the departed souls.While speaking to ANI, Yashanpreet Kaur said that there is a dire need for the government to roll out rules for opening coaching classes and also requested the administration to make adequate arrangements to douse the fire on time. " It is high time that the government must come with some law pertaining to the opening of coaching centers in the complexes. The local administration must also be trained to provide quick help at the time of crisis."On May 24, a blaze ripped through the coaching center located in Takshashila Arcade in Surat's Sarthana area, killing as many as 20 people, mostly students, and injuring many ...