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NEW DELHI, June 29 (Xinhua) -- At least four workers were killed and four others injured Sunday after soil caved in during pipeline excavation work in India's western state of Rajasthan, officials said. The incident took place at Jangi ka Nagla village in Bharatpur district, about 190 km east of Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan. "Today, a mud wall of a 10-feet-deep trench collapsed at a site where work is going on under the Chambal drinking water scheme. A total of six people were rescued ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann Thursday urged a NITI Aayog team to make the state's border districts "war resilient" by constructing bunkers and air shelters for urban populations. He also demanded Punjab's "rightful" share in the waters of the Indus river and reiterated the need for a Yamuna-Satluj link (YSL) canal due to the state's water crisis.During discussions with the NITI Aayog team, led by member Ramesh Chand and programme director Sanjeet Singh, Mann said in the wake of the recent ...Read More >
June 25 (Rtrs) - India would not allow a UN investigator to join a probe of a crashed Air India jet that some safety experts had criticized for delays in analysis of crucial black box data, two senior sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Earlier this week, the United Nations aviation agency took the unusual step of offering India one of its investigators to provide assistance following the Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab 787-8 Dreamliner crash killing 260 people in Ahmedabad on June 12. ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Revenue minister Suresh Pujari on Saturday said Odisha would not be allowed to follow the lawless path in sand operations like it is in Bihar and West Bengal, while responding to the recent assault of an additional tehsildar in Kaptipada block, Mayurbhanj district, by the sand mafia. He promised stringent action against the sand mafia regardless of their connections, while speaking to mediapersons here on Saturday."The Kaptipada incident represents a serious escalation in conflict b ...Read More >
New Delhi: Education minister Ashish Sood on Saturday said Delhi govt would, for the first time, officially host International Yoga Day on June 21 by organising events at 11 different locations.Reviewing the preparations for the Yoga Day celebrations and the Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam 2.0 campaign, the minister said the celebrations would be held at 11 stadiums and sports complexes across the city, including Chhatrasal and Thyagaraj stadiums. "The primary objective of this initiative is to promote physi ...Read More >
Lucknow, Jun 7 (PTI) Eid-ul-Azha was celebrated across the state on Saturday with people offering namaaz amidst tight security. In the state capital, namaaz was offered at the Lucknow Eidgah under the Shahi Imam of Lucknow, Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali. Also Read | JP Nadda Slams Rahul Gandhi's 'Match-Fixing' Claims As 'Desperation of Losing' Maharashtra Assembly Polls. After offering namaaz, prayers were made for the safety of the jawans posted at the borders and safeguarding the co ...Read More >
Lucknow, Jun 7 (PTI) Eid-ul-Azha was celebrated across the state on Saturday with people offering namaaz amidst tight security. In the state capital, namaaz was offered at the Lucknow Eidgah under the Shahi Imam of Lucknow, Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali. After offering namaaz, prayers were made for the safety of the jawans posted at the borders and safeguarding the country. In a video message, Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali, on Saturday, reminded the Muslim community to follow ...Read More >
Aryan Meena, who lived in the Dausa district of Rajasthan state, was trapped in the narrow well for three days after falling into it while playing on Monday afternoon. The boy, wearing pants and a t-shirt, had to endure plummeting winter temperatures inside the well as well as hunger and thirst. Children and even adult people dying from falling into open borewells is not uncommon in rural India where they are dug to pump water for irrigation and drinking and left abandoned after they run dry. ...Read More >
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