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Koraput: A contractual labourer lost his life and two others were injured after the umbrella of a stationary push trolley got entangled with a moving goods train wagon at the Rayagada railway yard on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Debasri Kisan (20). The injured, Susant Das (22) and Babula Saha (26), were immediately rushed to a nearby hospital and are stable, according to police sources.A railway release stated that the trolley was positioned between line no. 4 and 5 and was not on any active track. However, when a goods train passed through the yard, the umbrella attached to the trolley came into contact with a wagon, causing it to swing violently and strike the nearby labourers.Senior railway officials promptly visited the site to assess the situation. A preliminary enquiry has been launched to determine the exact cause of the mishap and identify any operational lapses.
A goods train transporting high-speed diesel ignited near Tiruvallur on Sunday morning, prompting a swift response from fire tenders. While no casualties were reported, the incident led to the suspension of local train services and the cancellation of eight express trains. A goods train carrying high-speed diesel caught fire on Sunday morning near Tiruvallur, a Railway official said. The fire broke out in a wagon and quickly spread to others. No casualties have been reported, the official said ...Read More >
Jammu- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday reviewed the ongoing restoration work of the historic Mubarak Mandi complex, which was the power centre of the Dogra kings in Jammu, and stressed on enhancing its heritage appeal. The Mubarak Mandi Complex is one of Jammu's most significant architectural heritage sites and is envisioned as a comprehensive cultural centre, housing museums, conference venues and heritage hospitality services. Accompanied by Advisor Nasir Aslam Wani and MLA Yudhvir Sethi during the visit, the chief minister was briefed in detail on the multi-phas ...Read More >
Chennai: The cause of Sunday's goods train derailment and fire near Tiruvallur, which affected rail services, is still under probe. The Tiruvallur collector said a crack was found on the tracks, raising concerns about maintenance. Railway officials denied this. "There was a crack on the track. Whether this caused the derailment can be known only after investigation. But this puts a spotlight on track maintenance lapses," said Tiruvallur collector M Prathap. "There were no signs of sabotage," he said.The railway uses ultrasonic flaw detection (UFD) instruments periodically to identify issues on ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 18 (PTI) A three-storey chawl collapsed in the western suburb of Bandra here in the early hours of Friday, with at least 10 people feared trapped in the debris, civic officials said. As many as seven people have been rescued from the debris so far and admitted to the civic-run Bhabha Hospital, they said. According to preliminary information, chawl number 37 in the Bharat Nagar area of Bandra East collapsed around 5.56 am. Eight fire engines are at the spot along with teams from the Mumbai police and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's local ward machinery, an official from ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: State BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Thursday slammed the Congress government and Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for failing to address farmers' issues despite completing 19 months in office. Speaking at the Kisan Morcha state office-bearers' meeting at the BJP headquarters in Hyderabad, he accused the state government of neglecting farmers due to its skewed policies. He urged party workers to collaborate with the Kisan Morcha to highlight farmers' grievances and counter the Congress' "anti-farmer" stance. He directed the Morcha members to launch agitations, gather grassroots- ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 17: Social media major Meta on Thursday apologised for inaccurate Kannada translation and claimed to have fixed the issue, after Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah raised concerns over faulty auto-translation of Kannada content on its platforms. Raising concerns over the faulty auto-translation of Kannada content on Meta platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, Siddaramaiah said that it was leading to the distortion of facts and misleading users. "We fixed an issue that briefly caused this inaccurate Kannada translation. We apologize that this happened," a Meta spokesperso ...Read More >
Rayagada: One worker was killed and two others were injured after a push trolley and a goods train got entangled at Rayagada railway station yard Thursday, officials said. In a statement, the East Coast Railway (ECoR) said, "Unfortunately, one contractual labourer got hit by the goods train and expired. Another labourer and one trolleyman sustained minor injuries. They are admitted to a nearby hospital and will be discharged after due medical attention." The mishap occurred in the morning when the umbrella of a push trolley got entangled with a wagon of a moving goods train. ...Read More >
BERHAMPUR: A contractual worker was killed and two others suffered injuries after a moving goods train reportedly hit a push trolley being used for track maintenance at platform no-5 of Rayagada railway station on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Deba Kisan (47) of Sundargarh district. The injured, Babula Saha and Sushant Das, have been admitted to Rayagada district headquarters hospital. Sources said workers of the railway engineering department were engaged in track maintenance work with the help of a push trolley. All of a sudden, a goods train from Visakhapatnam arrived o ...Read More >