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Entrance of the Silkyara tunnel where rescue operations are in progress
Committee has been formed over Uttarkashi tunnel escape passage, findings to be out soon: NHIDCL
Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Rescuers make 8-metre progress through vertical drilling in last one and half hours
With vertical drilling underway to further aid the rescue of the trapped workers in Silkyara tunnel, the rescuers managed to make progress over a distance of 8 metres down the ground in the last one and a half hours.
According to official sources, drilling of up to 8 metres has been completed in the last one and a half years, and currently, the work to lay a 900-mm pipeline is being undertaken.
Vertical drilling, one of the several chalked-out options to bring out 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel, started on Sunday afternoon.
Deal between Cong and BRS to make KCR as CM, Rahul as PM, alleges Amit Shah
Union Minister Amit Shah on Sunday alleged that a deal has been done between the ruling BRS in Telangana and Congress to make K Chandrasekhar Rao as chief minister again and that he would later help Rahul Gandhi to become prime minister.
Shah, who addressed an election rally at Makthal, said if a vote is given to Congress to dislodge Rao from power, the grand old party MLAs would go to BRS
SKM's 3-day protest: Farmers gather near Mohali border to take part in stir
Farmers from different parts of Punjab Sunday gathered at the Mohali-Chandigarh border under the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha, beginning their three-day nationwide protest for a legal guarantee of minimum support price.
Heavy security arrangements were made ahead of the protest and traffic diverted to alternative routes on some roads, officials said.
World has also come to regard us as Vishwamitra: PM Modi in Telangana
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday extolled the spirit of the 'New India', saying the manner in which the country navigated and emerged stronger from difficult times and challenges, including the Covid-19 pandemic, enhanced its standing in the eyes of the world, which has now come to regard it as 'Vishwamitra' (a friend of the world).
Addressing a public meeting at Kanha Shanti Vanam at Hyderabad in election-bound Telangana on Sunday, Prime Minister Modi said the country is poised to enter a new chapter of renaissance in terms of its global economic, strategic, and cultural heft and progress across spheres.
K'taka BJP to open control rooms offering legal aid to its workers harassed by cops
The opposition BJP will open control rooms at the state district level for its workers and leaders to receive complains about police harassment, Karnataka BJP chief B Y Vijayendra said on Sunday.
In a message on 'X', the Shikaripur MLA said the party will provide legal aid to them (workers) if they are harassed for speaking up against the anti-people attitude of the Congress government in the state.
India came out of adverse situations due to its Constitution: Meghwal
Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Sunday said India was able to strengthen democracy as the judiciary and the governments did their work.
He also said that India fared better than its neighbours due to its Constitution, which he described as a living document.
India 'convicted' before investigation completed': Indian envoy on Canada's allegations over Nijjar's killing
India was absolutely and decidedly not involved in the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada and Ottawa has "convicted" New Delhi even before the completion of the investigation, India's High Commissioner here Sanjay Kumar Verma has said.
Verma's remarks came during an interview with CTV News, Canada's largest privately owned television network.
PM Modi questions practice of families organising weddings abroad
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he is troubled by the trend of some "big families" conducting weddings abroad, and urged people to hold such celebrations on Indian soil so that the country's money does not leave its shores.
In his Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast, Modi said while shopping for weddings, people should give importance to products made in India only.
Over 30 injured as two govt buses collide head on in Kerala
Over 30 people were injured in a head-on collision between two buses of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation near Neyyattinkara here, police said on Sunday.
The drivers of the two buses were seriously injured in the incident, which occurred at around 10 pm on Saturday, they said.
Excerpt from PM Modi's Mann Ki Baat
India crushing terrorism with courage: PM Modi on 26/11 attack anniversary
On the anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India faced the most heinous attack on this day but it was the country's capability that it recovered from that assault and was also crushing terrorism with all its courage.
In his Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast, Modi paid homage to all those who lost their lives in the Mumbai attack and noted that the nation is remembering the brave martyrs.
Murmu unveils Ambedkar's statue in Supreme Court on Constitution Day
President Droupadi Murmu Sunday unveiled a statue of Dr B R Ambedkar in the Supreme Court premises on the occasion of Constitution Day.
Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud and Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal paid their tributes to the father of the Indian Constitution folding hands and offering flowers to the over 7-feet tall sculpture.
Congress extends Dalit outreach programme in UP till December end
Seeking to further connect with the Dalit community ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress has decided to extend its ongoing Dalit outreach programmeme in Uttar Pradesh till December end.
The 'Dalit Gaurav Samvad' which started on October 9 --- the death anniversary of BSP founder Kanshiram --- was earlier scheduled to end on Sunday to coincide with Constitution Day.
'We can never forget Nov 26', says PM Modi during Mann Ki Baat address
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First Published: Nov 26 2023 | 8:15 AM IST
