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HC asks realtor to list steps to prevent damage from high-rise construction
The Bombay High Court today directed a private developer to inform it about the preventive steps it was going to take to ensure its under-construction high-rise in South Mumbai did not damage adjoining buildings, including the bungalow of jurist Soli Sorabjee. A bench of Justices A S Oka and R I Chagla also asked the developer, Rohan Lifespaces, to ensure there was no danger to the residents and passersby in the area due to falling debris or repair material being used for the high-rise. The directions came after Sorabjee's lawyers Nikhil Sakhardande and Prahlad Paranjpe informed the bench that despite its intervention on a previous occasion, the realtor had failed to ensure other residents were not inconvenienced. In the court, the lawyers showed a slab of cement which they claimed had fallen inside the premises of Sorabjee's bungalow on Napean Sea Road in South Mumbai this morning. "This is so dangerous. What is this callous behaviour? What if this slab had fallen on some passerby's .
Planes collide on tarmac in Israel; no one hurt
The Israel Airports Authority says a German plane collided with an Israeli plane on the ground at Ben Gurion airport, causing damage but no injuries. Spokesman Ofer Lefler said the tail end of a Germania aircraft destined for Berlin crashed into the tail end of an El Al flight bound for Rome today. He said "heavy damage was caused, mainly to the German plane," but passengers were "not in any danger," and were put on alternative flights. He said the rare incident is being investigated. Footage shows the tail end of the German plane sliced open.
Tarun Gogoi urges PM to take up Brahmaputra matter with China
Raising concern over the issue of China building dam on the Brahmaputra River, former Assam Chief Minister on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take cognisance of the matter.Interacting with media, the former chief minister said that the artificial rainwater harvesting plan of China will create even more danger for the North-eastern region."China has already been diverting Brahmaputra water with a dam which will create water shortage for us. The artificial rainwater harvesting plan of them (China) will create even more danger. The Prime Minister should take this matter seriously," Gogoi said.Gogoi's statement came amid the reports of talks between India's Ministry of Water Resources with their Chinese counterparts on the cooperation of trans-border rivers.The officials from both the side apparently met in China's Hangzhou city.The officials reviewed the data utilisation report of hydrological information on Brahmaputra and Sutlej Rivers provided by China.Both India and ..
Vistara reports sexual harassment of cabin crew member
Full-service carrier Vistara on Wednesday said a case has been filed against a passenger on charges of sexually harassing one of its cabin crew on board its Lucknow-Delhi flight on March 24.
Woman co-pilot of crashed Coast Guard chopper dead
An injured woman co-pilot of an Indian Coast Guard helicopter which had crash landed in Raigad on March 10, has succumbed to her injuries, an official said here on Wednesday.
Cabin crew molestation: Vistara emphasizes 'no-tolerance' for abusive behaviour
Following the arrest of a passenger for molesting a cabin crew member of Air Vistara, the airline company stated that it does not tolerate abusive or unruly behaviour by passengers."A member of our cabin crew operating Flight No. UK997 from Lucknow to Delhi on 24 March 2018, reported an incident of sexual harassment by a passenger. Vistara does not tolerate abusive or unruly behaviour by passengers that puts the safety of its staff and other customers at risk, or compromises their dignity."Vistara also informed that it is "fully committed to providing cooperation to all the authorities" probing the case.The accused passenger was arrested earlier in the day, after an FIR was registered in Delhi.
Coast Guard copter pilot passes away
Coast Guard Assistant Commandant Captain Penny Chaudhary passed away on Tuesday evening due to a head injury.She was the co-pilot of a Chetak helicopter that had a hard landing earlier this month near Maharashtra's Nandgaon Beach, causing her the head injury.Chaudhary was undergoing treatment at the INHS Asvini Hospital, and was on life support after surgery.
Coast Guard helicopter pilot hurt in crash landing dies
The co-pilot of a Coast Guard helicopter, which made a crash landing in adjoining Raigad district, has died after battling for life for 17 days. Assistant Commandant Capt. Penny Chaudhary, the co-pilot of the Coast Guard Chetak helicopter, which crashed near Murud in Raigad on March 10, was on life support following surgery for head injury. She was admitted at the naval hospital INHS Asvini in south Mumbai's Colaba area. "She died last night," Coast Guard PRO (west) Commandant Avinandan Mitra said. Capt. Chaudhary had suffered internal bleeding after the rotor of the helicopter struck her head. The helicopter was on a routine sortie with four passengers -- Deputy Commandant Balwinder Singh, Assistant Commandant Chaudhary, and two divers Sandeep and Baljeet -- when it crash landed. Capt. Chaudhary was the first to disembark from the crashed helicopter, but was hit on her helmet by the rotor blade, which was moving slowly. When the helicopter engine shut mid air, the pilot .
Panasonic shares dive on U.S. probe into fatal Tesla crash
TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Japan's Panasonic Corp <6752.T> fell 6 percent early on Wednesday after the United States began a federal field investigation into last week's fatal crash and vehicle fire of major battery customer Tesla Inc .
UP: Collision between truck and bike claims a life
A collision between a truck and a bike in Uttar Pradesh's Kannauj claimed one life in the wee hours of Wednesday.A speeding truck rammed a bike with two people.The victim, who died on the way to the hospital, was going back to his village.The accident occurred on GT Road near the eastern bypass of Chhibramau.As of now, the truck driver is absconding.Further details are awaited.
Fewer cabs on roads as cabbies protest against killing of Ola driver
Commuters travelling from Delhi to Gurgaon had a hard time finding cabs as many drivers stayed off the roads in protest against the alleged killing of an Ola driver a couple of days ago. The body of Hari Narayan was found in Alipur a day after he had left from Noida. Police said that they are awaiting his post-mortem report and are trying to identify the accused. Demanding better safety measures for them, some drivers staged a protest in Gurgaon today and stopped some cabs plying on the roads. Geeta Sharma, who takes a cab from Delhi to Gurgaon, said, "I booked five cabs but the drivers asked me to cancel since they were scared to go to Gurgaon because of the protest. Somehow, I managed to convince the sixth driver to take me to Gurgaon." Another commuter said, "The charges for going to Gurgaon were higher than usual. Usually I get a cab for a fare of Rs 450 but today the fares were showing higher even during non-peak hours." In a statement, Ola demanded action against those stopping .
Earth-bound Chinese spacelab plunging to fiery end
An uncontrolled Chinese space station weighing at least seven tonnes is set to break up as it hurtles to Earth on or around April 1, the European Space Agency has forecast. "It will mostly burn up due to the extreme heat generated by its high-speed passage through the atmosphere," it said in a statement. Some debris from the Tiangong-1 -- or "Heavenly Palace" -- spacelab will likely fall into the ocean or somewhere on land, but the chances of human injury are vanishingly small, said Stijn Lemmens, an ESA space debris expert based in Darmstadt, Germany. "Over the past 60 years of space flight, we are nearing the mark of 6,000 uncontrolled reentries of large objects, mostly satellites and upper (rocket) stages," he told AFP. More than 90 per cent of those bits of high-tech space junk weighed 100 kilos (220 pounds) or more. "Only one event actually produced a fragment which hit a person, and it did not result in injury." Lemmens calculated the odds of being struck by space debris at one
NHRC notices to Bihar govt over death of 2 scribes in Bhojpur
The NHRC has issued notices to Bihar's chief secretary and the state's police chief over death of two journalists in Bhojpur district in a road accident involving the scribe's motorbike and an SUV of a former village head. Taking a cognizance of media reports, the Commission said the incident which happened on March 25, raises a big question mark on the safety of scribes. Reportedly, the accused persons allegedly had heated arguments with the journalists and threatened them with dire consequences and soon after this both were crushed to death, the National Human Rights Commission said in a statement. The Indian Federation of Working Journalist (IFWJ) has strongly condemned the incident and called for stern action against the accused. Reportedly, this is the fourth incident of journalists being killed in the past two years in the state, indicating how they have become the soft targets of miscreants, the human rights body said. The notices have been issued to the chief secretary and the
Shami refused to meet me: Hasin Jahan
Mohammed Shami's estranged wife Hasin Jahan, who was in Delhi to meet the Indian pacer, on Tuesday alleged that Shami not only refused to see her but also threatened her.Jahan was in Delhi to see Shami after the fast bowler met with a road accident and suffered injuries."I had come to see Shami as he was injured, but he refused to meet me. He threatened me and said 'I will see you in court now'," Jahan told reporters here.Jahan and Shami are currently fighting a legal battle after the former accused the latter of having extra-marital affairs."Yes he met and played with our daughter, but he did not acknowledge me, his mother was acting like a bodyguard," Jahan added.Shami has been booked under various bailable and non-bailable offences, including an attempt to murder, after Jahan's complaint.
Govt taking steps to prevent drinking water scarcity: minister
The Telangana government is taking steps to prevent scarcity of drinking water in Hyderabad during this summer season, state Municipal Administration Minister KT Rama Rao said today. Rao held a meeting here with city officials on supply of drinking water, a state government release said. Adequate water supply is taking place from Godavari and Krishna rivers and the city water board has increased its capacity by 100 mld compared to last year, the release quoted him as saying.
Fire at a chemical factory in Mundka
A fire broke out in a chemical factory in outer Delhi's Mundka today, a Delhi Fire Services official said. A call was received at 6.40 pm about the blaze and 22 fire tenders were rushed to the spot, he said. The official could not share information about what caused the fire. Fire-fighting operations are still underway and details about casualties and other information are awaited, he said.
Russia's mall fire: Protesters demand resignation of mayor, governor
A large number of people on Tuesday gathered in front of a municipal building at Kemerovo in Russia to protest against the negligent behaviour of the authorities leading to an outbreak of fire at Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall.About 4,000 demonstrators gathered in front of the mall and raised doubts over the official figures of those who died, alleging that the number is much higher than 64 people, reports The Washington Post.The protesters further demanded the resignation of Kemerovo Mayor Ilya Seredyuk and regional Governor Aman Tuleyev.As per the local officials, a child may have lit a foam ball in the children's play area, which might have caused the outbreak of the fire and trapped the children within a theatre hall situated in the mall, as told by The Washington Post.Reportedly, the fire alarms did not go off while all the emergency exit doors were locked. The investigative committee informed that the alarms were out of service since March 19 and no manual alarms
Quality of coal produced by CIL
Coal India Limited (CIL) always put their best effort to segregate/remove foreign materials like stone, shale etc. present in coal but due to heterogeneous composition of coal seam along with thin inter-band of shale and stone, the presence of some stone, shale and sand in the coal supplied to the consumers cannot be ruled out completely. That is why the provision of +250 mm stone compensation has been kept in the Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA). Requisite quality and quantity of coal to all Power Station under FSA are being supplied by CIL. In terms of FSA, third party sampling facility is provided to the power utilities for assessment of quality of coal. From January, 2016, CIL has started supplying (-) 100 mm sized coal to all power plants except the pit head power plants.
Tripura to install 'Water ATMs' in schools, railway stations
The Tripura government is planning to set up 'Water ATMs' in all schools, colleges and railway stations to ensure safe drinking water supply, a state minister said today. Replying to a calling attention notice in the state Assembly today, Minister for Drinking Water and Sanitation (DWS) Sudip Roy Burman said the automated machines will dispense pure drinking water. Burman said the ground water level in the state was declining and rainwater would be harvested in the hilly areas, Reverse osmosis water treatment plants would also be set up in key locations of Tripura. "We can't simply go on exploiting our groundwater reserves. It has to be used scientifically," he said. The West Bengal government had launched a similar 'Water ATM' project earlier this year. The minister said all the 8,723 habitations of the state are currently covered by safe drinking water supply. However, 18 among them were identified as 'slip back' habitations, which slipped back from fully covered ones. ..
Coal India eyes road route to augment supply to customers
In order to overcome supply hurdles, state-run Coal India is looking at effective utilisation of road network to deliver dry fuel to customers, specially power plants, a source said. With the rail network at its best carrying 320 rakes of fuel from coal pitheads to power plants every day, the road network can help boost supplies to power producers as a short-term measure. "Coal India is ready to supply fuel through the network of roads. Coal India at present has a stock of 50 million tonnes (MT)," the source said. According to the company data, offtake during the April-February period was at 525 MT against the target of 541 MT. Coal dispatches to consumers in various sectors, including power, were 12 MT through road network in April-October 2017-18. "Not all what is produced is supplied even when the demand is rising," the source said adding that there is neither shortage of coal nor lack of demand from power producers but the power plants are unable to get coal because of supply ...