Thane, Nov 25 (IANS) A senior citizen and his wife were killed, while three other family members were injured when a fire broke out in a residential building on Ghodbunder Road of Thane, on Saturday, police said.
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday dialed Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and took stock of the rescue operation to evacuate workers trapped in the partially collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi.
Uttarkashi, Nov 24 (IANS) Former adviser to the Prime Minister's Office, Bhaskar Khulbe, has said the rescue operation at the Silkyara tunnel here will conclude by Friday evening and hopefully 41 trapped workers will be evacuated.
Uttarkashi, Nov 24 (IANS) The operation to rescue 41 workers trapped inside the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district was halted after the platform supporting the auger machine which is drilling through the debris collapsed on Thursday evening.
Uttarkashi, Nov 23 (IANS) Rescue operation at the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi is likely to complete on Thursday as only six to eight metres of drilling is left to reach to the workers who are trapped in it since November 12.
Manila, Nov 23 (IANS) Four children, including an 11-month-old infant, were killed and two others injured in a fire that erupted at a residential complex in Cebu City in the central Philippines on Thursday, authorities said.
New York, Nov 23 (IANS) The fiery explosion on a US-Canada bridge that shut down links with New York in the Niagara Falls area is being investigated as a "terrorist act," according to a media report.
Rome, Nov 22 (IANS) A two-year-old toddler was dead, while at least eight people remained missiing and 42 others rescued after a migrant ship capsized off Italy's Lampedusa island, local media reported.
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Amid ongoing efforts to rescue 41 trapped workers from Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday once again spoke to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami over the phone and enquired about the ongoing operation to get them out safely.
Uttarkashi, Nov 21 (IANS) First images of labourers, who were trapped for more than a week in under construction Silkyara Bend - Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district, have emerged on Tuesday and show all of them are safe.
