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WB: 7 killed, 20 injured after bus slips off road
Seven people were killed and 20 others injured after a bus slipped off the road in West Bengal's Beldanga district on Saturday.The bus was travelling to Berhampur from Amtala when it flipped beside Amtala Beldanga state highway near Begunbari.The locals and police managed to rescue the injured passengers and rushed them to a local hospital.Further details are awaited.
Workers cleared over Canada rail disaster
A Canadian jury has found three former rail workers not guilty of criminal negligence for their connection to the Lac-Megantic disaster that killed 47 persons five years ago, a media report said.
Mild tremors felt in Assam
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale hit Assam early on Saturday, an official said. No damage or causality is reported.
AI flight suffers bird hit while landing in Guwahati
Around 160 passengers, including Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren, had a close shave when their Air India flight suffered a bird hit while landing at the airport here. The Delhi-Guwahati-Imphal flight was grounded yesterday and passengers travelling to Imphal were left stranded. "Our AI flight was hit by a flying bird and airplane landed safely in Guwahati today," Biren tweeted yesterday. An Air India spokesperson confirmed the incident and said the flight carrying 160 passengers was grounded for inspection by a team of engineers. "The impact was so powerful that it could make a hole. It (the bird hit) occurred when the aircraft was on descend and wheels unfolded," he said in the same tweet. The Manipur chief minister, however, in another tweet pulled up Air India for the "poor and inefficient" management at the Guwahati airport. "Air India management in Guwahati Airport is so poor and inefficient. Till now, many passengers are inside the aircraft without food and
Fire breaks out in Maharashtra's Bhiwandi
A massive fire broke out at Babla Compound at Thane's Bhiwandi , locals said on Saturday.As per the locals, the fire broke out due to a short circuit on Friday night.Soon after the incident, the firefighters reached the spot to douse the flames.Five people were sleeping on the premises of the company when the incident took place. They were later rescued by the firefighters."We immediately rushed to the spot when we got a call. It took an hour for us to get control on the flames, now the cooling process is going on," said firefighter Jagdish Sabre.
Earthquake of 5.2-magnitude jolts Assam
An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale struck Assam's Kokrajhar district on Saturday morning.According to the Indian Meteorological Department, the quake occurred at 06:44 am at a depth of 52km.No damage or casualty has been reported so far.
Manipur CM slams AI for 'mismanagement'
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Friday condemned Air India for the mismanagement at Guwahati airport after AI 889 Delhi to Guwahati flight suffered a bird hit on at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport.Total 160 passengers were on-board the flight when the incident took place.The Chief Minister took to Twitter and said, "God is gracious enough our AI flight was hit by a flying bird and airplane landed safely in Guwahati today. The impact is so powerful that it could make a hole. It occurred when it descended and the wheel got unfolded. Thank God! Staying at Guwahati along with around 160 passengers".Singh further said, "Air India management in the Guwahati airport is so poor and ineffective. Till now many passengers are inside the airport without food and accommodation. Only three AI staff seen there. Extra flight not possible until tomorrow afternoon as per AI authority".
1 killed, 4 injured in car accident
A man was killed and four others injured after their SUV overturned at the Shahdara flyover today, police said. They were residents of Ghaziabad and were returning home after visiting the Red Fort. The injured were admitted to the GTB hospital, they said. The incident took place at the foot of the flyover when the driver lost control of the car and hit the central verge, police said. The deceased was identified as 23-year-old Anil Kumar. Taslim, who was driving the vehicle, Dharmendra Singh, Mirza Gulzar and Dharamender were injured, they said. It is suspected that the car developed some technical problems and the driver lost control of the vehicle. The police are yet to take a statement.
Fire on oil tanker off Gujarat coast contained, no spillage
The fire onboard a diesel- laden tanker, which started two days ago off the Gujarat coast, has been contained successfully and no oil spillage in the sea has been reported. The merchant vessel, MT Genessa, was anchored 15 nautical miles off Deendayal Port at Kandla, around 300km from here. The blaze has been contained successfully by the joint efforts of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and other stakeholders without any spillage, said a release by the Defence PRO for Gujarat this evening. "The fire on MT Genessa successfully doused. No spillage from the vessel. No imminent threat at present. A major disaster in the Gulf of Kutch averted due to prompt and well-coordinated operation," it said. The fire onboard the oil tanker was reported on January 17 evening. Since then, various agencies, led by the ICG, initiated efforts to douse the flames as well as to stop any possible oil spillage, the release said. All the 26 crew members were evacuated. Two crew members suffered burn
Fire at Kolkata manufacturing unit, no injuries
A massive fire broke out at a manufacturing unit here on Friday, a fire brigade official said. Nobody was injured in the incident.
2 pilgrims from Bihar killed in bus-truck collision
At least two persons from Bihar were killed and 10 others injured when a bus carrying pilgrims collided with a truck on NH-23 in Ramgarh police station area, police said. Around 40 pilgrims were returning to Biharsharif in Bihar from Rajrappa temple in Ramgarh district when the accident occurred near Chhattar-Mandu village. The injured were admitted to hospital.
Pb CM for steps to ensure open defecation free state by Mar 31
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh directed the water supply and sanitation department today to ensure accomplishment of the government's goal to make rural parts Open Defecation Free (ODF) by March 31 this year. He ordered the department to take steps to ensure clean drinking water for all, besides 24x7 water supply in 100 more villages annually, officials said. With 13 districts having already achieved the goal, the government was on way to positively achieve the target of declaring rural Punjab ODF by March 31, Amarinder Singh said here while chairing a meeting to review the ongoing schemes and. He lauded the fact that Punjab had facilitated more than 85 per cent of the total beneficiaries to opt for the Bath- cum-Toilet under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) scheme, an official release said here. Reviewing the progress of the Surface Water Supply Scheme, being undertaken at a cost of Rs 232.11 crore in 85 villages of Moga, he instructed the department to ...
China to deploy robots to explore sunken oil tanker
China has planned to deploy robots to probe the wreckage of the Iranian oil tanker which exploded off its coast five days ago, spilling huge amount of condensate oil, according to a media report today. Officials spotted four oil slicks and planned to send robots to the wreckage to assess the environmental damage, the state-run Global Times said. China's transport ministry said Wednesday that the vessel, which exploded, lay at a depth of around 115 metres and that robots would be deployed to explore the shipwreck. The ship Sanchi, which was carrying 136,000 tonnes of light crude oil from Iran, sank in a ball of flames in the East China Sea on Sunday, a week after colliding with Hong Kong-registered bulk freighter the CF Crystal. So far, three bodies of have been found. The ship carried 32 sailors, including 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshis. Chinese State Oceanic Administration said that it was monitoring four slicks with a total area of almost 101 square kilometers, ...
Fire continues to rage in Bengaluru's Bellandur Lake
A fire that broke out in Bengaluru's infamous Bellandur Lake several hours ago on Friday has not subsided.According to media reports, residents living on the Yemlur side of Bellandur spotted smoke in the lake known to be full of sewage, chemical effluents and construction debris around noon on Friday. Shortly thereafter, flames started rising.The Bellandur Lake according to the Karnataka Lake Development Authority is the largest of the 262 lakes and tanks in Bengaluru and accumulates about forty percent of the city's sewage.Fire department officials are reportedly making concerted efforts to bring the fire under control under the supervision of KLCDA officials.The cause of the fire is being attributed to locals burning the grassy land near the lake to get a fresh crop to feed their cattle.Some areas located away from the waterbody are still burning.
NDRF trains over 55 lakh people for emergencies
The NDRF has trained over 55 lakh people across the country in order to better prepare the population against man-made or natural emergencies and build better preparedness against disasters. The force had rescued 4,000 human lives in several operations in 2017, NDRF Director General (DG) Sanjay Kumar said on the occasion of the forces' 13th Raising Day today. "We have started familiarisation exercises, school safety programmes and mock exercises in which over 55.5 lakh people have sensitised by the force till now," he said. The National Disaster Response Force will increase these public outreach activities in the coming times, Kumar said. "In 2017, the force responded to 447 operations in the form of floods, landslides, boat capsize, train accident and building collapse. We rescued 4,000 human lives and evacuated 1 lakh people to safer places," he said. Intelligence Bureau (IB) Director Rajiv Jain, who was the chief guest at the event, said the force has demonstrated ...
Fire at skyscraper in Thane
Fire broke out at a 26-storey building in Naupada area here today afternoon. Ten fire engines were pressed into service to douse the flames, fire brigade sources said. There were no casualties. Damage to the building was yet to be assessed. The fire started between the third and fourth floors around 1.30 pm, and spread rapidly. Regional Disaster Management Cell chief Santosh Kadam said some 150 people inside the building were shifted out. Inspector Sanjay Dhumal of Naupda police station rescued some of the stranded people by climbing up a scaffolding put up for painting work. Chief Fire Officer Shashikant Kale said that initial probe revealed that a short circuit between the third and fourth floors caused the fire.
All NHAI toll plazas to have food-beverage kiosks
Toll plazas run by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will soon have kiosks selling drinking water, tea, coffee and packaged food for the convenience of highway users.
Kolkata rubber factory fire under control
Fire broke out at a rubber factory near Park Circus railway station in Kolkata's Tiljala on Friday.As soon as the information reached the fire station, six fire tenders were rushed to the spot.At the time of filing this report, the flames were doused.More details are awaited.
Govt to allot 11 mines to CIL, says Goyal
The government today said it has decided to allot 11 mines to Coal India Ltd (CIL) which will add about 225 million tonnes (MT) to the state-owned firm's annual production capacity by 2022. CIL has a target to produce 1 billion tonne coal by March 2020, up from around 600 MT projected in the current fiscal. "The government has decided to allot 11 coal mines to Coal India," Coal Minister Piyush Goyal told reporters here. Of the 11 mines, five are deallocated blocks and six are fresh mines, he said. The company had requested the government to allot it additional coal mines to make all its subsidiaries 100 MT capacity units. Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL), Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) and Western Coalfields Ltd (WCL) do not have adequate reserves of the dry fuel at present. "The allotment of these coal mines to CIL will make its arms 100 million tonnes plus coal producing subsidiaries," Goyal said. Of the 11 mines, it has been decided to allot three to ECL and four each to ...
56% smart cities prone to floods: Report
As much as 56 per cent of smart cities are prone to floods which are responsible for 77 per cent of all disasters in India, a report said on Friday.