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Cuddalore: At least two students were feared dead and many others were seriously injured when a train rammed into a school van at an unmanned railway crossing in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district on Tuesday morning. As per the initial inputs, the passenger train heading from Tiruchendur to Chennai crashed into the school van, dragging it for nearly 50 meters before coming to a halt. Eyewitnesses alleged that the gatekeeper did not close the railway gate when the train arrived. Locals and railway officials also say the accident may have occurred due to the alleged negligence of the school van driver. The injured students were admitted to the Cuddalore Government Hospital. Cuddalore District Superintendent of Police Jayakumar and Collector S.P. Aditya Senthilkumar are inspecting the scene.
Chennai: Madras high court has clarified that private self-financing medical colleges are required to pay only a stipend, and not a full salary, to in-service govt doctors pursuing postgraduate or super-specialty courses under the govt quota.A division bench of Justice R Subramanian and Justice K Surender passed the order while partly allowing a batch of appeals moved by Karpaga Vinayaga Medical College and others. They challenged a single judge's order that directed private colleges to pay salaries to in-service doctors studying in their institutions.The appeals were moved based on a GO dated ...Read More >
Pune: The ongoing pre-non-interlocking and non-interlocking works to develop the Hadapsar railway station would affect trains' movement in the Daund-Pune section this week from Thursday till Sunday. A total of 17 trains, including DEMUs from Pune to Daund and Baramati to Pune, Pune-Harangul Express (01487), Harangul-Pune Express (01488), Solapur-Pune Intercity Superfast Express (12169) and Pune-Solapur Intercity Express (12170), would remain cancelled on Sunday (July 20), a railway official said. Jodhpur-Hadapsar Superfast Express (20495) would be short-terminated at the Pune railway station f ...Read More >
THOOTHUKUDI: Devotees from across the state started converging on Tiruchendur on Sunday for the consecration of the Lord Subramaniya Swamy temple which will be performed from 6.15 am to 6.50 am on Monday. The temple was last consecrated 16 years ago. Three senior bureaucrats have been entrusted the work of overseeing the arrangements. The district administration and police including ADGP Davidson Devasirvatham have made elaborate arrangements to ensure a safe event. On Sunday, South Zone IGP Prem Anand Sinha conducted a meeting with the police men in the presence of Tirunelveli DIG (Incharge ...Read More >
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) [India], July 15 (ANI): Eight people were killed after a vehicle carrying 13 passengers met with an accident near the Suni bridge in Muwani town of Uttarakhand Pithoragarh district, a police officer said on Tuesday. Pithoragarh Superintendent of Police (SP) Rekha Yadav confirmed the incident and stated that a rescue operation is currently underway. Eight people died after a vehicle carrying 13 people crashed near the Suni bridge in Muwani town. The police officials have reached the spot and rescue operations are underway, SP Yadav said. Uttarakhand Chief Minister P ...Read More >