Govt forms high-level committee to probe Sikkim tunnel disaster
The committee has been directed to submit its findings and recommendations to the competent authority within 15 days.
The committee has been directed to submit its findings and recommendations to the competent authority within 15 days.
Officials said slabs, support piers and shuttering structures crashed down around 2 am after strong winds and severe weather battered the region, triggering panic at the construction site. An urgent rescue operation was launched involving SDRF teams, police and district authorities.
A total of 36 workers had suffered severe burn injuries in the April 14 boiler explosion at the plant in Singhitarai village of Sakti district.
At least forty people were killed and many others injured after an explosion at a bar in the Alpine ski resort town of Crans-Montana in Switzerland during New Year celebrations.
At least nine passengers died after a bus overturned in Andhra Pradesh’s ASR district. Injured passengers were taken to Bhadrachalam Hospital. Leaders expressed grief.
According to the police, the mishap occurred in village Kachariya near the Budha-Takarwat Phante under the jurisdiction of the Narayangarh police station.
According to locals, the explosion around 12:45 pm was triggered by a massive stockpile of firecrackers that caught fire, reducing the unit to rubble.
The death toll from an outbreak of a tropical disease linked to heavy rainfall in Australia's northeast has increased to 26.
Six persons were killed while five others were injured in a landslide and tree fall near Gurdwara Manikaran Sahib in…
The death toll from the ravaging wildfires in Los Angeles has risen to 24, local media reported.
