Lead Story
- India
Uttarakhand tunnel: Option of manual drilling being considered
Uttarkashi: With the auger machine encountering hurdles in the rubble time and again, rescuers are considering switching over to manual drilling at the Silkyara tunnel where 41 labourers have been trapped for…
- India
Drilling at Silkyara tunnel on hold for another day, 41 trapped workers await rescue
Uttarkashi: Drilling at the collapsed Silkyara tunnel to evacuate 41 workers trapped inside for 12 days was yet resume Friday evening, a day after it was put on hold following a snag.…
- India
Centre gives 7-day deadline to social media platforms to address deepfakes
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday gave a seven-day deadline to social media platforms to tweak their policies as per Indian regulations in order to address the spread of deepfakes on their…
- Middle East
Qatar accepts India’s plea against death sentence to 8 ex-navy officials
India’s appeal against the death penalty to eight former Indian Navy personnel, sentenced last month, in an alleged espionage case has reportedly been accepted by a court in Qatar. According to reports,…
- India
Timeline: 12 days since Uttarakhand tunnel collapse, rescue ops put on hold again
Dehradun: As the rescue operations to evacuate 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand’s Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi district entered the twelfth day on Thursday, it faced a fresh hurdle. Drilling had to be…
- India
UP Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act does not prohibit beef transport: HC
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has observed that the Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act does not prohibit transportation of beef. The above observation was made by Justice Pankaj Bhatia while…
- India
Workers may be rescued in few hours or by tomorrow from Silkyara tunnel: NDMA
New Delhi: 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand’s Silkyara tunnel for the last 11 days are likely to be rescued in the next few hours or by tomorrow, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)…
- Middle East
Director of Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital arrested by Israeli forces
Tel Aviv: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday arrested Mohammed Abu Selemya, director of the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, along with few other staffers of the largest medical facility in the…
- India
Uttarakhand tunnel rescue operations enter final stretch; iron hurdle removed
Uttarkashi: Rescue operations to evacuate 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand’s Silkyara tunnel entered the final stretch early Thursday after a late-night hitch when the machine drilling the escape passage through the rubble…
- Kashmir
J&K: 4 army personnel, 1 militant killed in Rajouri encounter
Four Army personnel and one militant were killed in an encounter in the Dharamsal village in Kalakote tehsil in the border district of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, November 22.…
- India
US foiled assassination plot against Sikh separatist, warned India: Report
Washington: US authorities have thwarted a conspiracy to assassinate a Sikh separatist on American soil and issued a warning to India over concerns that it was involved in the plot, according to…
- Middle East
Israel agrees for 4-day ceasefire, Hamas to release 50 hostages
Tel Aviv: The Israeli Cabinet has agreed to a four-day humanitarian pause and a deal with Hamas to secure the release of 50 hostages, including women and children, being held in Gaza…
- India
Uttarkashi tunnel rescue enters day 10; new pipeline makes communication easier
Uttarkashi: Tuesday morning brought some relief for family members of the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel for nine days here as the newly inserted six-inch pipeline made communicating with them…
- Telangana
I-T raids at premises of Telangana Congress Chennur candidate Vivek Venkataswamy
Hyderabad: The Income Tax Department officials were conducting searches at the houses and offices of G. Vivek, Congress party candidate from the Chennur Assembly constituency in Telangana. Simultaneous searches began early Tuesday…
- India
Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Food & mobile aid sent to trapped workers
Uttarkashi: On the ninth day of rescue operations at the Silkyara tunnel collapse site here, rescuers on Monday achieved a ‘breakthrough’ by pushing a six-inch-wide pipeline through the rubble of the collapsed…
