New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday lauded the dedication, skill and perseverance of the rescue team that brought out all the 41 workers trapped in an under-construction road tunnel in Uttarakhand and demanded adequate compensation for them. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge urged the government to provide prompt health benefits and an appropriate compensation to the construction…
Uttarkashi: Rescue workers pulled out all 41 workers trapped in Uttarakand’s Silkyara tunnel in a multi-agency rescue operation that hovered between hope and despair over almost 17 days. Union minister V K Singh and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami welcomed the workers as National Disaster Response Force men brought them out through a steel chute…
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday unveiled the crest of Indian Navy’s stealth guided missile destroyer Imphal that is equipped with BrahMos surface-to-surface missiles and anti-submarine indigenous rocket launchers. The ship was delivered to the Indian Navy on October 20 by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), Mumbai. The crest unveiling ceremony in Delhi…
New Delhi: The government is set to positively consider the Indian Navy’s proposal for construction of a second aircraft carrier at a cost of around Rs 40,000 crore, in a major move that comes against the backdrop of rising concerns over China’s increasing forays into the Indian Ocean region. Top government sources told PTI that the…
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday accused Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao of betraying the people of the state, and said his warranty has now “expired”. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh claimed the state has not seen development beyond Hyderabad. “Telangana state was created to bring development to all regions and districts of the state….
Uttarkashi: Rescue workers on Tuesday drilled through the 60-metre stretch of rubble of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in which 41 workers are trapped for the last 16 days, officials said. State government’s information department chief Bansi Dhar Tiwari told reporters a little after 1.30 pm that the drilling was over. Less than an hour later, Uttarakhand…
New Delhi: The BJP on Monday said the Congress government in Karnataka has been putting out advertisements in the Telangana media with an eye on the assembly polls in the state, as it urged the Election Commission to take action against the party. A BJP delegation, including Union minister Bhupender Yadav, former minister Prakash Javadekar and…
Dantewad: Suspected Naxalites set afire at least 14 vehicles and machines engaged in construction works in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Monday, police said. No person was reported to be injured in the incident, which took place at around 1. 30 am at Bangali camp under Bhansi police station limits, a senior police official said. As…
Uttarkashi: “Don’t be nervous, we’re on it.” That’s what family members of Saba Ahmad, one of the 41 workers trapped at Sikyara tunnel for the last 15 days, keep telling whenever they communicate with him. A mic has been sent to the workers, stuck in a 2-km built-up area beyond the rubble accumulated in the…
Srinagar: The war against militancy in Jammu and Kashmir is not fully over and security forces may be suffering losses but will not back down from the fight, the union territory’s Director General of Police R R Swain said here on Monday. The forces, he said, were trying to minimise losses. “If the challenge is to…
