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Fishing boat catches fire at Visakhapatnam coast
A fishing boat at Andhra Pradesh coast caught fire on Saturday.The boat was kept under maintenance at the Visakhapatnam fishing harbour when the incident took place.Three people got injured and have been admitted to the King George Hospital in Vishakhapatnam.The cause of the fire is yet to be found.
Pakistan army uses loudspeakers to ask LoC residents to move away
Panic gripped residents of border villages in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district on Saturday when Pakistan army made loudspeaker announcements asking people living near the Line of Control (LoC) to move to safer areas.
Traffic suspended on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway
Vehicular traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was suspended this evening after heavy rains triggered a landslide in the Ramban-Banihal sector, officials said. A landslide occurred at Maroog, near Ramban, blocking the arterial road, the only all-weather link between Kashmir and rest of the country, a traffic department official told PTI. He said heavy rains lashed major parts of the highway but the movement of traffic remained unaffected during most of the day. While traffic movement was allowed from Jammu to Srinagar this morning, the official said a decision to allow plying of vehicles from Srinagar to Jammu would be taken tomorrow depending on the improvement in weather and road clearance operations.
Three killed in J&K mudslide
Three people were killed on Saturday in a mudslide in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, police said.
Chandigarh airport to re-open on Tuesday
The Chandigarh International Airport will re-open for air traffic on Tuesday (Feb 27), airport officials said on Saturday.
Four, including three children, injured in house collapse
Four persons were injured after a house collapsed today in the eastern suburb of Wadala here, police said. The incident happened at Hindustan Nagar near the Sangam Nagar police post in the evening, they added. Officials said that four persons, including three children, who were trapped inside when the ground plus one structure collapsed were rescued by fire brigade personnel. The four were rushed to Sion hospital nearby and doctors have said that their condition was stable, police officials informed.
Minor fire in Alleppey-Dhanbad train coach, none injured
A minor fire broke out in a coach of the Alleppey-Dhanbad express train near here today, but no one was injured, police said. After it was noticed, the train was stopped at Oothukuli in nearby Tirupur district around two PM, they said. Railway staff put out the fire and the train proceeded to its destination, police said, adding, no passenger was injured. Investigation is on to ascertain the cause of the fire.
Jammu-bound GoAir flight grounded at Leh airport after technical snag
A Jammu-bound GoAir A320 neo plane, with 112 passengers and crew on board, today returned to the Leh airport shortly after take off due to a "technical glitch", the airline said. Powered by Pratt and Whitney engines, A320 neo planes, which are being operated in the country by GoAir and IndiGo, have been facing engine problems. The Delhi-Leh-Jammu flight took off from Leh at 9.20 am but had to return shortly after due to a technical snag, airline officials said. On the glitch, a GoAir official said there was an indication" in the oil chip detection system and spare parts would be flown in. In a statement, GoAir said, "G8 205 (Leh-Jammu) with 112 passengers had a technical glitch right after becoming airborne. The flight crew chose to return to Leh. The aircraft is on ground and being inspected." It did not specify the nature of the technical issue the plane suffered. The airline said the passengers were being looked after. "We are ensuring the next available flight options as well as ..
Global Housing Construction Tech Challenge: Centre plans outreach programme
The Union housing ministry plans a "massive dissemination and outreach" programme for the Global Housing Construction Technology Challenge, it set to launch for building affordable and sustainable houses in the country, an official said. The initiative aims to give a major push to construction of houses for the urban poor under the Centre's flagship Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). The Centre will invite companies from across the world to showcase their construction techniques under the 'Global Housing Construction Technology Challenge', the official said, adding the technologies selected would be used for building houses under the PMAY(U) scheme. The ministry targets to construct 1.2 crore houses under the scheme in a bid to provide houses to all urban poor by 2022. So far, nearly 40 lakh houses have been sanctioned under the scheme. "We are going for massive dissemination and outreach programme. We will inform all countries, all associations and business bodies about the ...
Protesting lawyers squat at toll crossing in Ghaziabad
Protesting lawyers squatted at a toll crossing here to press for a separate high court bench for western Uttar Pradesh, disrupting traffic on the route for over an hour yesterday, police said. Bar association president Rakesh Tyagi Kakda said on Monday the office bearers of 22 bar associations will gather at the Press club of India in the national capital to decide the further course of action. He said litigants were forced to go the Allahabad High Court which was around 800 km from Saharanpur district. and added that the government should provide cheap legal assistance to the victims.
GoAir flight returns to Leh after engine error, passengers safe
A GoAir Delhi-Leh-Jammu flight with 112 passengers on board had to return to Leh on Saturday, minutes after it took off, as the pilot detected an engine error.
3 killed in road accidents in Amethi
Three people were killed and seven injured in separate road accidents in Amethi district, police said today. SHO (Munshiganj) VK Mishra said Sabhajit Mishra (40) and Suresh Pandey (38) were killed when a truck hit their jeep near HAL Korwa Power House on the Banda-Tanda national highway. The other five passengers were undergoing treatment at a hospital, he said, adding that the truck driver fled from the scene after the accident. In another accident, Ajay Singh (17), a school student, was killed near Naugawan on same national highway when his bike was hit by a jeep. His companions, Sanjay and Raju, both aged 15 years, were badly injured in the accident. The jeep driver fled from the spot, the SHO said.
2 sailors die after yacht capsizes in Western Australia
Two sailors died after a yacht competing in an organized race capsized off the southwest coast of Western Australia. Race officials today said the yacht Finistere was taking part in the 70th Bunbury and Return Ocean Race and had six people aboard when it overturned off Mandurah, south of the state capital Perth. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said it received a distress call just before midnight Friday. A rescue helicopter arrived at the overturned vessel at the same time as two other yachts. Crew from those yachts pulled five people from the water, including a sailor who had died. A sixth person remained missing, but a body was spotted by a helicopter on Saturday afternoon and recovered by police. The Bunbury and Return Ocean race is organized by the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club in Perth. The race has been cancelled. There was no immediate indication as to what caused the 15-meter yacht to capsize.
Safety, security of passengers is of utmost importance: GoAir
After an error was detected in the engine of the airline soon after it was airborne, Budget airline GoAir on Saturday said that the safety and security of the passengers have always been the priority of the airlines, and they have never compromised with it at any circumstances.The statement came after the Delhi- Leh-Jammu flight landed back to Leh earlier in the day after a technical glitch was detected in its engine as soon as it took off from here."At GoAir, the safety and security of passengers and crew is always accorded high priority and never compromised under any circumstance," read the statement of the airlines.The flight returned to the Leh airport at around at 9:30 am.The aircraft is being inspected and all the 112 passengers on board are safe.
Jammu-bound GoAir flight grounded after technical glitch in J-K
A Jammu-bound GoAir flight, with 112 passengers and crew members on board, returned to the Leh airport today in the Ladakh region after take off due to some "technical glitch", officials said. The Delhi-Leh-Jammu flight left the Leh airport for Jammu at 9.20 am, but returned within 10 minutes, they said. "G8 205 (Leh-Jammu flight), with 112 passengers, had a technical glitch right after becoming airborne. The flight crew chose to return to Leh," a Mumbai-based spokesperson at GoAir told PTI over phone. He said the aircraft was on ground and was being inspected. "All the passengers have been cared for and served refreshments. We are ensuring the next available flight options as well as hotel accommodation for passengers," the spokesperson said. At GoAir, he said the safety and security of the passengers and crew is always accorded high priority and never compromised under any circumstance. Earlier, an official of the airline in Jammu and Kashmir said, on condition of anonymity, the ...
GoAir flight returns to Leh after engine error
A GoAir Delhi-Leh-Jammu flight with 112 passengers on board had to return back to Leh Airport on Saturday, minutes after it took off, as the pilot detected an engine error.
Avalanche warning for high-altitude areas in J-K
Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have issued a low danger avalanche warning for high-altitude areas in the state, including the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, and advised people to take precautionary measures. On the basis of information received from Snow & Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE), low danger avalanche warning has been issued for various high-altitude areas, an official spokesman said. The warning has been issued for Baramulla, Gulmarg, Furkian-Z Gali and Kargil and Leh Districts, Kupwara-Chowkibal-Tangdhar, Kulgam, Badgam, Kupwara, Bandipora, Ganderbal Kargil and Bandipora-Kanzalwan-Gurez sector and the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway for the next 24 hours, he said. The warning has also been issued for Kargil and Leh in Ladakh region, Poonch, Rajouri, Reasi, Ramban, Doda, Kishtwar and Udhampur in Jammu region, the spokesman said. He said the people living in these areas have been advised by the disaster management authority to take precautionary measures.
Vehicle hits security barrier near White House
The US Secret Service has said a person driving a passenger vehicle struck a security barrier near the White House.
Britain puts $35 million into natural disaster hedge fund
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is backing a hedge fund that aims to raise $200 million to give developing countries access to climate risk insurance.
3 killed as brick stack collapses
At least three labourers were killed and five others injured when a stack of bricks collapsed at a brick field in Chapra area of Nadia district today, the police said. The incident occurred at Rajibnagar locality when the labourers were placing newly manufactured bricks in a stack. Suddenly, the stack collapsed and eight labourers went under a pile of bricks. Two of them died on the spot and another one succumbed to injuries later, the police said adding that two of the deceased were women. The injured were admitted to the Shaktinagar Hospital in Krishnagar.