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Massive dust storm hits Chandigarh, disrupts life
Chandigarh and its surrounding areas were hit by a massive dust storm on Friday evening followed by rain.
Coal loading in April-May rises 17% at 102 MT
The coal loading in the last two months registered an increase of 17.4 per cent to 101.66 million tonnes, the government said today. The statement comes amid Delhi government recently alleging that the national capital was facing an "alarming level" of coal shortage. "The coal loading during April-May 2018 was 101.66 MT, which is 15.5 MT (17.4 per cent) more than the coal loading achieved in the corresponding period of last year," the coal ministry said in a statement. The loading of the raw material to steel plants, except iron ore, during April and May in the current fiscal was 3.95 MT, registering an increase of 16.3 per cent over the year-ago period. "The cement loading during April-May 2018 was 20.40 MT which is 0.17 million tonnes (0.83 per cent) more than the cement loading achieved in the corresponding period of last year," it said. The loading of fertilisers during April-May 2018 was 7.40 MT, which is 0.88 MT more than achieved in the corresponding period last year. "The ...
Bengal sets up 20 skill labs for nursing staff
The West Bengal government has invested Rs 15 crore to set up 20 skill laboratories for skilling nursing personnel working in maternal and newborn care services, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Chandrima Bhattacharya said today. All the skill laboratories have come up after 2011, she said at the 'Nursing Conclave' organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) here. "No such skill laboratories were in place before 2011. As many as 365 nursing seats have been added already while 960 more are expected to come up this year in nursing institutes," she said. The skill laboratories have been set up at the nursing colleges and nursing training schools. She said the government would set up more nursing schools and colleges in the coming days. "In West Bengal, we will have 39 general nursing and midwifery (GNM) schools with intake capacity of 2,175, 10 government nursing colleges, 5 government auxiliary nurse midwifery (ANM) training schools," she ...
2 men with earthmovers trapped under boulders for over a day
Two workers have been trapped under a heap of boulders along with their earthmoving machines for over 24 hours in Odisha's Koraput district, police said today. The incident occurred yesterday evening when the two were working with earthmovers at a government project in Bariput village and the rain soaked earth caved in trapping them under a mound of boulders. Even though 24 hours have passed after the incident, the administration has not been able to rescue them. "Efforts are on to recover the trapped persons," Sub-divisional Police Officer Uddhav Charan Nayak. Fire brigade personnel reached the spot soon after receiving the information but failed to rescue the victims due to darkness of the night, a fire brigade official said. "Rescue operations started this morning by a joint team of ODRAF (Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force) and fire brigade officials. A blast could have been an easy option to clear the heap but that could endanger their lives," he said. The soil in ...
Shuttering falls off under-construction flyover in Varanasi
Barely a fortnight after a section of an under-construction flyover here collapsed killing 16 persons, a part of the shuttering of another flyover fell on the road below on Friday, but no one was injured as there was no traffic passing, police said.
Dust storm hits Chandigarh, adjoining areas
Dust storm today hit Chandigarh and its surrounding areas, throwing life out of gear. The storm accompanied by high-velocity winds and rain hit the Union Territory, including its periphery areas -Mohali and Panchkula, and the day turned almost completely dark in the evening. There were reports of power supply disruption and trees getting uprooted. Punjab and Haryana had been witnessing intense heat wave for the past several days. The mercury has been hovering over 40 degrees Celsius at most of the places in both the states.
Honda: Faulty Takata air bag kills 7th person in Malaysia
Japanese carmaker Honda says another person has died in Malaysia after a flawed Takata airbag inflator exploded, raising the number of deaths linked to the defect in the Southeast Asian country to seven. Honda said in a statement today that the driver died when the 2004 Honda City car crashed on May 27 in Kuala Lumpur. It said the car was included in a 2015 recall to replace flawed air bags on the driver and passenger side but several letters sent to the original owner did not reach the new owner after the car was sold. At least 23 deaths and more than 180 injuries have been linked to the defect. Some 50 million Takata air bag inflators have been recalled in the U.S. and millions more globally.
Nearly 700 get Ebola vaccine in Congo; more cases possible
Congo's health ministry says more than 680 people have received Ebola vaccinations in three health zones where cases of the deadly virus have been confirmed. Health experts are pushing to find contacts of those infected. The World Health Organization this week estimated there could be up to 300 cases in the coming months. The health ministry late Thursday said nearly 500 people have been vaccinated in Mbandaka, the provincial capital of northwest Equateur province, since May 21. It said more than 110 have been vaccinated in Bikoro, where the outbreak began, and 70 in Iboko. The ministry says there have been 37 confirmed Ebola cases, including 12 deaths. There are another 13 probable cases.
1 killed in collision between two motorcycles
Two motorcycles collided with each other, killing a 25-year-old man and injuring one other person today, police said. The accident occurred near Chetra Bujurg which comes under the jurisdiction of Mohanganj police station in Amethi district, they said. The deceased was identified as Ram Manohar, a resident of Rae Bareli. The injured was rushed to a community health centre (CHC) and was later taken to the district hospital, they added.
Spicejet passengers asked to take bus after flight diversion
Around 20 passengers were allegedly asked to take a bus after a Delhi-Patna Spicet flight was diverted to Varanasi last night due to bad weather.The SG-8480 flight, which was supposed to reach Patna, landed in Varanasi at 10.40 p.m. on Thursday."Delhi-Patna SG-8480 Flight had to be diverted to Varanasi last night due to extreme bad weather at Patna. It landed at Varanasi at 10.40 p.m. and passengers were deplaned. Boarding completed at 11.50 pm but aircraft had to return to the bay as some passengers created ruckus inside aircraft," Spicejet said in a statement.The Spicejet team said that every possible effort was made to fly the passengers to Patna last night but uncertain weather, objections by a few passengers twice --- first while flying to Patna directly and while flying via Delhi --- and exceedance of flight duty timings of the crew, resulted in the delay."As the Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) of the crew was nearing, a decision was taken to operate the flight to Patna via .
12 dead, 27 injured in Western Nepal road mishap
At least 12 people were killed in Nepal's Western District of Palpa on Friday after a bus carrying them skidded off from the road.Police authorities have confirmed that 27 people have been injured in the accident out of which 10 of them are undergoing treatment in United Mission Hospital in Tansen town.Palpa District Police Superintendent, Dilliraj Panta said the bus which skidded off 150 metres off the road was carrying members of a small economic organisation.The bus was on its way to Rampur from Tansen town."The bus carrying members of an Economic Co-operative organisation out for an excursion skidded 150 meters off the road. The accident occurred in Humin's Dharadi forest area, which is located 24 kilometres away from Palpa district headquarter Tansen," Panta told ANI.Police authorities said that the reason behind the bus skidding off was due to a slippery highway.Rescue operation underway to find people trapped inside the bus.
Eight killed as bus falls into gorge near Shimla
A bus travelling from Shimla to Tikkar in Himachal Pradesh today fell into a 500-ft gorge when the driver lost control while negotiating a steep turn, killing eight passengers, including three women, police said. The Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus was carrying 30 passengers when the accident took place at Chhaila, 45 km from here. While five people died on the spot, three succumbed to their injuries at Shimla's Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) where they were taken for treatment. The driver of the bus was killed in the accident as well. The other passengers who were injured were taken to a hospital in Theog, about 30 km from here. The local administration extricated the bodies of the victims from the wreckage of the bus with the help of locals. The death toll could rise further as the condition of three of the injured is serious, an official said. Stressing that the exact cause of the accident was not known yet, the authorities hinted that the driver, while ...
4 killed in MP accident
At least four persons were killed and three others injured in a collision between two vehicles, police said on Friday.
Woman, two kids killed in Agra road accident
A woman and two children returning from the Vaishno Devi shrine following a birthday ritual, were killed in a road accident in Agra in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Friday.
Sterling joins Lively for 'The Rhythm Section'
'Black Panther' star Sterling K. Brown joins Blake Lively in the spy movie 'The Rhythm Section'.The movie is all set to resume its shooting from next month in Spain, following Lively's on-set accident, confirmed Hollywood Reporter.Filming on the movie was stopped after the 'Green Lantern' actress sustained a critical hand injury in December while doing a stunt.The project is a contemporary adaptation of the first of Mark Burnell's Stephanie Patrick novels, which follows a woman (Lively) who assumes three different identities as she seeks to uncover the truth behind a plane crash that killed her family, a flight that she was meant to be on.Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions are producing the flick.The movie is slated to release on February 22, 2019..
Indonesia's most active volcano erupts
Mount Merapi, Indonesia's most active volcano, erupted on Friday and spewed a column of ash 6 km into the air.
Delhi-Patna SpiceJet flight diverted to Varanasi due to bad weather
A Spicejet Flight had to be diverted to Varanasi last night due to extreme bad weather at Patna.The Delhi-Patna SG-8480 Flight landed at Varanasi at 10.40 p.m. on Thursday and the passengers were safely deplaned."Delhi-Patna SG-8480 Flight had to be diverted to Varanasi last night due to extreme bad weather at Patna. It landed at Varanasi at 10.40 p.m. and passengers were deplaned. Boarding completed at 11.50 pm but aircraft had to return to bay as some passengers created ruckus inside aircraft," Spicejet said in a statement."As flight duty time limitations of crew was nearing, decision was taken to operate it to Patna via Delhi without change of aircraft at Delhi. However, around 20 passengers refused to board the aircraft to Delhi despite being assured that plane would be flying to Patna," the statement added.The Spicejet team said that every possible effort was made to fly the passengers to Patna last night but uncertain weather, objections by a few passengers twice --- first while
Under construction flyover railings collapse in Varanasi
Merely 15 days after 18 people were killed after an under-construction flyover collapsed in Varanasi last month, several railing plates of an under-construction flyover fell on Babatpur road on Friday.However, no injuries have been reported since a road diversion was already in place.According to primary information, on Thursday night, 12 railing plates totalling over 50-feet in length were installed on the under-construction flyover; and in the wee hours of Friday morning six of them fell.The incident took place atop NH-31 on which the flyover is being constructed.Earlier on May 15, a huge slab of a flyover under-construction came down, crushing on cars and a local bus underneath, and killing 18 people while critically injuring 11 others.Following the incident, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced ex-gratia for the affected families.Also, a First Information Report (FIR) was been lodged under sections 304 (Punishment for culpable ...
Death toll in Himachal bus accident rises to 7
Death toll in the incident where Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus rolled down a hill has risen to seven.26 people have been injured in the accident.It was earlier reported on Friday morning that an HRTC bus had rolled down a hill near Theog in Shimla district.Further details on the same are awaited.
7 killed in Himachal bus accident
At least seven persons were killed and 20 injured when a Himachal Road Transport Corporation bus skidded off the road and rolled down a hill near Chhaila on Friday, the police said.