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New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) State-owned ONGC has signed an agreement with global energy giant BP to collaborate on drilling multiple stratigraphic wells in India. This partnership will enhance geological understanding and unlock untapped hydrocarbon potential, strengthening India's long-term energy security, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) said in a post on X. Also Read | 'A Decade of Digital India' Reel Contest by Government of India: How To Participate and Win Up To INR 15,000? Ch ...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 ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: Tuesday remained a sunny day with the city's maximum temperature reaching 35.6 degrees celsius, 1.9 degrees above normal. At 26.8 degrees, the minimum temperature was 0.6 degrees above normal. Elsewhere in the state, Kadana (Mahisagar) received 59mm of rainfall until 8pm, followed by 37mm in Vansda (Navsari), 29mm in Danta (Banaskantha), 21mm in Dharampur (Valsad), and 20mm in Lunawada (Mahisagar). In total, 41 out of 252 talukas received at least 1mm of rainfall.According to India Me ...Read More >
Pune: The Pune city and ghat areas which witnessed subdued rainfall activity last week are expected to see a marginal increase in rains this week, stated a Met department forecast.The IMD has issued a yellow alert for the ghat areas of Pune for Monday.According to India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials, a number of weather systems are present in the country which are boosting the chances of rainfall."The weather systems include an upper air cyclonic circulation near the Bay of Bengal. A ...Read More >
Vadodara: Five days after the Gambhira bridge tragedy that claimed 20 lives in Padra taluka of Vadodara district, Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel on Sunday approved Rs 212 crore for the construction of a new two-lane high-level bridge over the Mahisagar river near Mujpur in Padra taluka.The new bridge will be constructed parallel to the collapsed bridge and will connect Vadodara's Padra and Anklav taluka of Anand district."The roads and buildings department prepared a detailed project rep ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, July 13 (PTI) Four days after the Mahisagar river bridge collapse tragedy, the Gujarat government on Sunday approved the construction of a parallel two-lane, high-level bridge and approved Rs 212 crore for the project-related work. Several vehicles plunged into the Mahisagar River after a segment of the 40-year-old bridge near Gambhira village, connecting Anand and Vadodara districts, collapsed on July 9. The death toll rose to 20 on Friday, while the search for a missing person cont ...Read More >
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], July 13 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has granted administrative approval to the Roads and Buildings Department for the construction of a new two-lane bridge over the Mahi River near Mujpur in Padra taluka, Vadodara district. This bridge will connect Padra and Anklav. Also Read | Chennai Power Cut on July 15: Several Parts of Tamil Nadu Capital To Face 5-Hour Outage for Maintenance Work, Check Full List of Affected Areas. According to the release ...Read More >
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], July 13 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has granted administrative approval to the Roads and Buildings Department for the construction of a new two-lane bridge over the Mahi River near Mujpur in Padra taluka, Vadodara district. This bridge will connect Padra and Anklav. According to the release, a detailed project report was recently prepared by the Roads & Buildings Department after surveying the parallel bridge to the accident-affected structure. ...Read More >
Gandhinagar, July 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Five days after the devastating bridge collapse over the Mahisagar river in Vadodara, resulting in the death of over a dozen people, the Gujarat government on Sunday gave approval for a new two-lane high-level bridge near Mujpur. The new bridge will run parallel to the damaged Mujpur-Gambhira bridge over the Mahisagar river and is expected to be completed in the next 18 months. The tendering process for its construction has been initiated by the concerned d ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: The city on Saturday recorded a sunny day with the maximum temperature reaching 33.2 degrees celsius. The minimum temperature at 27.2 degrees was 0.9 degrees higher than normal. According to the forecast by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the city may experience light to moderate rains on Sunday.On Saturday, 86 out of 252 talukas received at least 1mm of rainfall. Una in Gir-Somnath recorded the highest rainfall of 53mm till 8pm, according to the State Emergency Operations ...Read More >
Vadodara, July 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The death toll in the building collapse in Gujarat's Vadodara has risen to 18, while two people are still missing. After the tragic collapse of the 40-year-old Gambhira Bridge over the Mahisagar River in Padra, Vadodara, rescue operations continued on Friday with teams from the National Disaster Response Force, the State Disaster Response Force, and local authorities scouring the area. So far, 18 bodies have been recovered, while two people remain missing. O ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: Kharif sowing in Gujarat is off to a strong start this year, with groundnut acreage surging past the normal average and cotton sowing witnessing a sharp uptick, buoyed by timely and widespread monsoon showers. As of July 7, groundnut was sown across 17.59 lakh hectares, surpassing the state's normal sowing area for the oilseed crop, an increase from 14.09 lakh hectares covered in the corresponding period of 2024. Cotton was sown over 17.10 lakh hectares, accounting for 67.5% of the no ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) The International Road Federation (IRF) on Thursday expressed concern over the collapse of a section of the Gambhira bridge in Gujarat, resulting in the loss of lives. The Geneva-based global road safety body stressed the need for regular monitoring and maintenance of bridges and other vital infrastructure in the country. As many as 13 people died during the bridge collapse at Gambhira in Gujarat on Wednesday. IRF President Emeritus K K Kapila said the natural environm ...Read More >
Vadodara: The death toll in the collapse of a span of the 45-year-old Gambhira Bridge over the Mahisagar River, connecting Central Gujarat to Saurashtra, has risen to 14, while six persons are still missing. In this incident, vehicles including two trucks, two pickups and a rickshaw passing over the bridge fell into the Mahisagar River flowing on both banks. Official sources said that 14 people have died in this accident, while more than 8 people were rescued. On Thursday morning, during the se ...Read More >
Vadodara Bridge Collapse: The death toll in the Vadodara bridge collapse reached 14 on Thursday with the recovery of one more body. Six people are still missing, authorities said, as search and rescue efforts began on Day 2. The incident occurred on Wednesday when a portion of Gambhira Bridge, which is built over the Mahisagar River and connects Vadodara and Anand, collapsed, plunging vehicles into the river. On Thursday, a team of senior officials from the roads and buildings department also ...Read More >
Agartala (Tripura) [India], July 10 (ANI): A large-scale state-level mock exercise simulating flood and landslide scenarios was successfully conducted across Tripura with special emphasis on West Tripura District by the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) under the supervision of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). Vishal Kumar, District Magistrate (DM) of West Tripura, addressed the media following the drill, and highlighted that rescue operations were carried out simu ...Read More >
Vadodara: At least 13 people, including two children, were killed when six vehicles fell into the Mahi river after a portion of a 40-year-old dilapidated bridge's deck collapsed near Mujpur village, 27 km from Vadodara city, on Wednesday.At around 7:30 am, a 15 to 20-metre central portion of the 830-m-long bridge collapsed, sending three trucks, a pick-up van, an auto-rickshaw, and a seven-seater vehicle plummeting nearly 50 to 60 feet into the river.Concerns over the crumbling condition of the ...Read More >
Srinagar, July 09: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said that Jammu & Kashmir's tourism sector is witnessing a strong revival, with a steady rise in the number of tourists visiting the Union Territory each day.Abdullah, while addressing reporters in West Bengal ahead of the Kolkata Tourism Fair, said, "Tourists are coming back to Kashmir in good numbers. The ongoingAmarnathYatra is proceeding smoothly with heavy footfall on both the Pahalgam and Baltal routes, he said."I spoke to severa ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 9: At least ten people were killed and several injured when a section of the Gambhira-Mujpur bridge in Padra taluka of Gujarat's Vadodara district collapsed on Wednesday. The tragedy occurred during peak traffic hours, in the early afternoon, sending multiple vehicles plunging into the Mahisagar (Mahi) River. IANS reported that two trucks, a Bolero SUV, and a pickup van were on the bridge when it suddenly gave way. Eyewitnesses reported hearing a loud cracking sound before half a ...Read More >
VADODARA: At least 13 people, including two children, died Wednesday morning when six vehicles plunged 50 to 60 feet into Mahi river after a key section of a 39-year-old bridge caved in near Mujpur village, 27km from Vadodara.The collapse reignited memories of the Morbi tragedy in Oct 2022, when a 19th-century suspension bridge gave way after renovation, killing 135 and injuring 56. Investigations blamed shoddy repairs and rushed timelines.Built in 1986, the bridge near Mujpur links central Guja ...Read More >
Vadodara (Gujarat), July 09: Heartbreaking scenes have emerged from the site where the part of Gambhira Bridge collapsed into the Mahisagar river on Wednesday morning. The tragic incident occurred today claimed the lives of 11 people. A video has surfaced from the site, in which a mother is seen crying helplessly in pain for her son who reportedly died in the tragic incident. Her screams, full of shock and pain, have touched millions of hearts in the country, showing the deep human loss in the d ...Read More >
Vadodara, Jul 9 (PTI) Eleven persons, including two siblings, were killed and nine others rescued as several vehicles plunged into the Mahisagar river after a portion of a four-decade-old bridge collapsed in Gujarat's Vadodara district on Wednesday morning, officials said. A slab of the Gambhira bridge, which connects central Gujarat to the Saurashtra region of the state, collapsed, killing eleven persons, Superintendent of Police (Vadodara rural) Rohan Anand said. Visuals from the site showed ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday announced ₹4 lakh solatium for the next of kin of the deceased in the bridge collapse in Vadodara. He also announced ₹50,000 for the injured. Of the nine deceased in the tragedy, six have been identified as Vedika Padhiyar, Naitik Padhiyar, Hasmukh Parmar, Ramesh Padhiyar, Vakhtsinh Jadav, and Pravin Jadav. Some of the injured have been identified as Sonal Padhiyar, Narendrasinh Parmar, Ganpatsinh Rajula, Dilipbhai Padhiyar, Raju ...Read More >
Vadodara: At least nine people lost their lives after the Gambhira bridge connecting Vadodara and Anand districts of Gujarat collapsed on Wednesday, July 9. Several vehicles plunged into the Mahisagar River. However, a tanker had a close shave as it stopped just at the edge of the broken bridge. A video of the tanker hanging in the middle of the broken bridge surfaced online. In the video, it could be seen that a slab of the Gambhira bridge fell into the river. The front part of the vehicle was ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, July 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday announced Rs 4 lakh solatium for the next of kin of the deceased in the bridge collapse in Vadodara. He also announced Rs 50,000 for the injured. Of the nine deceased in the tragedy, six have been identified as Vedika Padhiyar, Naitik Padhiyar, Hasmukh Parmar, Ramesh Padhiyar, Vakhtsinh Jadav, and Pravin Jadav. Some of the injured have been identified as Sonal Padhiyar, Narendrasinh Parmar, Ganpatsinh Rajul ...Read More >
Vadodara: Nine persons, including a child, were killed and nine others rescued after a portion of a four-decade-old bridge collapsed in Gujarat's Vadodara district Wednesday morning, officials said. A slab of the Gambhira bridge, located on Mahisagar river which connects central Gujarat to the Saurashtra region of the state, collapsed, killing nine persons, Superintendent of Police (Vadodara rural) Rohan Anand said. The bridge was located near Padra town in the district. "According to the det ...Read More >
Vadodara, July 9: The death toll in the Vadodara bridge collapse mounted to nine, said officials here on Wednesday. Expressing deep sorrow over the loss of lives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced ex gratia compensation to the families of the victims. The 43-year-old bridge over the Mahisagar River in Gujarat's Vadodara district collapsed early Wednesday morning, killing at least nine people and injuring several others. PM Modi, expressing grief over the loss of lives, announced ex-gratia ...Read More >
VADODARA: Eight persons were killed and five others rescued after several vehicles fell into a river following the collapse of a portion of a four-decade-old bridge in Gujarat's Vadodara district on Wednesday morning, police said. Five vehicles fell into the Mahisagar river after a slab of the Gambhira bridge, located on the river which connects central Gujarat and Saurashtra regions of the state, collapsed, Superintendent of Police (Vadodara rural), Rohan Anand told PTI. Eight persons died in ...Read More >
Vadodara, Jul 9 (PTI) Nine persons, including a child, were killed and nine others rescued after a portion of a four-decade-old bridge collapsed in Gujarat's Vadodara district on Wednesday morning, officials said. A slab of the Gambhira bridge, located on Mahisagar river which connects central Gujarat to the Saurashtra region of the state, collapsed, killing nine persons, Superintendent of Police (Vadodara rural) Rohan Anand said. The bridge was located near Padra town in the district. "Accor ...Read More >
Vadodara: The death toll in the Vadodara bridge collapse mounted to nine, said officials here on Wednesday. Expressing deep sorrow over the loss of lives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced ex gratia compensation to the families of the victims. The 43-year-old bridge over the Mahisagar River in Gujarat's Vadodara district collapsed early Wednesday morning, killing at least nine people and injuring several others. PM Modi, expressing grief over the loss of lives, announced ex-gratia compens ...Read More >
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