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  • ‘The person you are calling is no more’, aftermaths of Balasore train tragedy comes to light

    ‘The person you are calling is no more’, aftermaths of Balasore train tragedy comes to light

    Balasore: Odisha experienced the biggest train accident of the century with over 233 casualties and 900 injuries. On Friday evening, Coromandel Express train derailed after colliding with good train in Bahanaga Station in Balasore of Odisha leading to loss of lives in huge number.

    In such a situation, heart-wrenching scenes of strangers receiving calls from dead bodies and informing the deceased’s families about their demise is coming forward.

    The Howrah-Chennai Coromandel train was carrying thousands of passengers from all over the country. As the news of the accident is now all over the nation, the family of the passengers have been trying to contact them over the call to know their whereabouts. As the deceased cannot receive the calls, the residents and workers present in the hospital are receiving the call and informing them about the demise of the person.

    Meanwhile, the rescue operation is still continuing even after 12 hours of the mishap, informed Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena. The Chief Secy also informed that rescue operation is taking time as the last coach of the ill-fated train Coromandel has been extensively damaged while another coach has climbed onto it.

    NDRF and other personnel are carrying out the rescue operations. Several volunteers came forward and at present there is a stock of 900 units of blood in Balasore following a massive donation by the locals. Similarly, volunteers are also ready to donate blood in Bhadrak and Cuttack. The process of identifying the bodies and autopsy has already started.

    The bodies will be dispatched to their destinations after autopsy. The statutory procedure to identify the bodies has also been started, informed Chief Secy.

    Note-worthy, that over 900 passengers are stated to be injured while more than 238 died as 8-10 bogies of the train skidded off the track after being hit by goods train near Bahanaga.

    HELPLINE NUMBER:

    Disaster management Numbers at GRC- 03324503371, 03324397928

    • Rly Number – 46060, 46061.
    • HWH – 033-26382217.
    • KGP- 8972073925, 9332392339.
    • BLS- 8249591559, 7978418322.
    • SHM- 9903370746.

    Helpline numbers set up by SWR at

    • Bangalore: 080-22356409
    • Bangarpet: 08153 255253
    • Kuppam : 8431403419
    • SMVB : 09606005129
    • KJM :+91 88612 03980
  • Two superfast railway lines to connect Telangana, Andhra Pradesh

    Two superfast railway lines to connect Telangana, Andhra Pradesh

    HYDERABAD: In welcome news for the railway passengers of the Telugu states, the Union government has approved the construction of two new superfast railway lines connecting Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Railway authorities have been instructed to conduct the necessary surveys to enhance connectivity between these regions.

    One of the proposed superfast railway lines will run between Shamshabad (Umdanagar Railway Station) and Visakhapatnam via Vijayawada. This line will prove highly beneficial as it will offer direct connectivity to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad for passengers travelling from different parts of Andhra Pradesh heading to the Middle East. This will be the first time that Umdanagar will have a direct superfast railway line.

    The other new railway line will connect Visakhapatnam and Kurnool via Kacheguda. There has been a significant demand for the introduction of more trains towards Mahbubnagar and Kurnool. The Railway Board has granted approval for the necessary survey to strengthen connectivity between the two States with the construction of these two new superfast railway lines.

    The Railway Board has communicated to the South Central Railway zone instructing them to conduct surveys for the first railway line between Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada in AP as well as between Shamshabad and Visakhapatnam.

    A survey will also be carried out for the second railway line. The technical feasibility required for the implementation of the superfast railway project along these routes will be determined through these surveys. Once the surveys are completed, the project will move forward.

    Union Minister G Kishan Reddy has held multiple meetings with Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and submitted letters highlighting the benefits that these superfast railway lines will bring to the Telugu states.

    Taking this into consideration, the Railway Board has recently decided to conduct surveys for the superfast railway lines on these two routes.”The technical feasibility required to undertake the super-fast railway project on these routes will be determined through the survey. The survey will be completed in six months after which the project will be taken forward. Together, these two railway lines will account for a length of 942 km route (to travel at a maximum speed of 220 kmph),” according to a release by Minister Kishan’s office.

  • No merger with any party, will fight polls alone, says Sharmila

    No merger with any party, will fight polls alone, says Sharmila

    HYDERABAD: While dismissing the rumours of YSRTP merging with BRS or Congress, the party’s president YS Sharmila on Thursday predicted that the ruling BRS will not win more than 30 seats in the upcoming Assembly elections, Speaking to the media after paying tributes to Telangana Martyrs at the Martyrs Memorial in Gun Park on Thursday, she recalled how 14 Congress MLAs joined the BRS after 2018 elections and asked: “what is the guarantee that Congress won’t continue to be a supplying company for BRS.”

    “Both BJP and Congress have been acting as stooges of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. YSRTP is the only party that has been fighting for the cause of the people,” she added.“I have not completed 3,850 km padayatra to merge YSRTP with Congress. If I really want to join any party, there will be no objection from anyone. Even if I want to join hands with KCR will he say no? It is not proper to talk about merger of my party, after all the hard work I have done. It is nothing but insulting a woman,” she said.

    Stating that the YSRTP will fight the elections alone, Sharmila said that the party was identifying candidates to contest from all Assembly constituencies, and that the talk of an alliance would only come at a later stage.She said that only if all the parties gave an assurance that they were solidly against the chief minister, she would consider any form of an alliance.Sharmila also asked the CM to respond to 10 questions she posed before starting the decennial Telangana Formation Day celebrations.

    “How many jobs were filled in 10 years? What was your family’s wealth before and after these 10 years? What happened to the promise of making a Dalit the chief minister? Is it not true that your government has sold 30,000 acres during this decade? What happened to KG to PG free education? If farmers have become millionaires as you claim, then why have 9,000 farmers died by suicide under your rule? You had promised to irrigate one crore acres. How many have you irrigated? What is the condition of the families of Telangana martyrs,” she asked.

  • Demolition drive against ‘illegal’ commercial complex triggers protests in J&K’s Kathua

    Demolition drive against ‘illegal’ commercial complex triggers protests in J&K’s Kathua

    By PTI
    KATHUA/ JAMMU:     Authorities attempted to carry out a demolition drive and partially damaged an “illegal” commercial complex in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Friday, prompting traders to stage a protest against the administration.

    The owners of the building alleged that the demolition drive was carried out without issuing any notice to them.

    They added that they have filed a plea in the high court and the hearing is scheduled for Friday.

    Amid a heavy deployment of police personnel, men and machines of the Kathua Municipal Council, led by its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Santosh Kotwal, attempted to carry out the demolition drive at the complex located on the Shaheedi Chowk road, sources said.

    The owner of the building, Mohinder Mahajan, reached the spot and raised objections to the government’s action. He asked the CEO to show the demolition notice.

    The CEO failed to produce it, resulting in anger among the traders’ community and triggering protests, the sources said.

    Authorities alleged that the owners of the building had bribed officials to raise the structure illegally, resulting in heated arguments between the owners and officials.

    Police had to intervene to avert a clash between the two sides. The Beopar Mandal Kathua has voiced concern over the development.

    Members of the organisation staged a protest against Kathua Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Minhas and raised anti-BJP slogans.

    The administration’s move came only a few days after the owners of the building converted the residential complex into a commercial one.

    The municipal council had served a notice to the building owners. The matter was under the deputy commissioner’s consideration.

    “We have filed an application in the high court. The hearing is scheduled for Friday itself. It is unfortunate that they damaged the structure without issuing any notice,” one of the owners told reporters.

    The protesters have sat on a dharna, blocking a highway in the district. Police are requesting them to disperse to ensure a smooth flow of traffic.

  • Nepal’s PM appeals to India to resolve border dispute

    Nepal’s PM appeals to India to resolve border dispute

    New Delhi: Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ on Thursday urged India to bilaterally resolve the lingering border issues between the nations.

    He made these comments in a joint statement along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after their bilateral talks in the national capital.

    “I urge PM Modi, to resolve the border issues with bilateral talks,” Prachanda said.

    The Nepal Prime Minister’s comments were in the context of territorial disputes between the two countries over the Kalapani-Limpiyadhura-Lipulekh tri-junction area, over which both the nations claim ownership.

    Modi said that nine years after he had given a “HIT” formula for India-Nepal relations, several decisions have been taken between the two neighbouring nations to make the association a “superhit” in future.

    “I remember nine years ago in 2014, I made my first visit to Nepal. At that time I had given a “HIT” formula for India-Nepal relations — Highways, I-ways, and Trans-ways. I had said that we will establish such contacts between India-Nepal that our borders do not become barriers between us,” Modi said while delivering a joint statement along with his visiting Nepalese counterpart Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, after their bilateral discussions.

    “Nepal’s Prime Minister and I have taken many important decisions to make our partnership a super hit in the future,” Modi added further.

  • Authorities demolish shanties near Delhi’ Pragati Maidan

    Authorities demolish shanties near Delhi’ Pragati Maidan

    New Delhi, Authorities here on Thursday demolished several shanties near central Delhi’s Pragati Maidan as part of an anti-encroachment drive, officials said.

    Security personnel were deployed in the area to prevent any untoward incident, they said.

    The authorities have been conducting anti-encroachment drives across the national capital ahead of the G20 summit to be held in the city later this year.

    Several shanties on Bhairon Marg near Pragati Maidan were removed, the officials said.

    The locals, who lost their homes, refused to speak to reporters. They were seen sifting through the rubble to salvage their belongings.

  • Gold worth Rs 20 crore smuggled from Sri Lanka recovered in joint operation

    Gold worth Rs 20 crore smuggled from Sri Lanka recovered in joint operation

    New Delhi (ANI): In a joint operation, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) with the help of Indian Coast Guard (ICG), Mandapam and Ramnad Customs, Preventive Division intercepted two fishing boats and seized 32.869 kg of foreign origin . Gold price Rs. According to an official statement on Thursday, Rs 20.21 crore was smuggled into India from Sri Lanka via the coastal route.
    Specific intelligence was developed by DRI, Chennai, that gold of foreign origin is being smuggled from Sri Lanka through Vedhalai coast in Ramnad (Tamil Nadu) by various gangs using fishing boats. Accordingly, DRI officials with the help of ICG carried out extensive coastal surveillance and identified suspected fishing boats, read a statement from the Finance Ministry.
    A team of DRI officials and Coast Guard officials intercepted one of the suspected fishing boats on the morning of 30 May 2023 after a chase in the sea. During the interception, men aboard a fishing boat dropped the contraband parcel into the sea.
    The restricted parcel contains 11.6 kg of foreign origin gold valued at Rs. Rs 7.13 crore was recovered from the sea bed with the help of expert divers of the Coast Guard and it was seized along with a boat used for gold smuggling.
    The second suspicious fishing vessel was identified on the night of May 30, 2023, according to the statement. Thereafter, the DRI officials boarded an Indian Customs patrol boat and proceeded towards the suspected fishing boat and observed from a distance that the boat’s captors were handing over a parcel to two receivers waiting on the shore. On seeing the fast approaching Indian Customs boat from the sea, both the receivers tried to escape in the dark carrying the smuggled gold. The officers chased the receivers in the dark and overpowered them.
    On questioning people, eight packets were found in a jacket from them. On detailed investigation, 21.269 kg of foreign origin gold worth Rs. 13.08 crore from individuals and a boat used for smuggling gold and a two-wheeler were seized along with it.
    Further investigation is underway. (ANI)

  • India Conducts Asia’s First Demonstration Of Performance-based Navigation For Helicopters

    India Conducts Asia’s First Demonstration Of Performance-based Navigation For Helicopters

    India conducted Asia’s first demonstration of performance-based navigation for helicopters for a flight from Juhu to Pune using GAGAN satellite technology.

    In a tweet on Wednesday, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said it is a fine example of the “Indian aviation sector blazing a trail in innovation!”.

    “India conducts Asia’s first demonstration for Performance-Based Navigation for helicopters.

    “The flight from Juhu to Pune made use of the #GAGAN satellite technology that enhances accuracy, allowing for high quality air traffic management. Congratulations @AAI_Official,” the minister said.

    GAGAN refers to GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation. It is a space-based augmentation system for providing the best possible navigational services over the Indian FIR (Flight Information Region) with the capability of expanding to neighbouring FIRs.

    It was jointly developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Airports Authority of India (AAI).

  • Decision on Hijab ban to be in students’ favour, says education minister

    Decision on Hijab ban to be in students’ favour, says education minister

    A day after academicians met Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah over the hijab ban in educational institutes and changes to textbooks brought in by the former BJP government, state education minister Madhu Bangarappa on Tuesday said that the Congress government will take a “decision that will benefit all students”.

    State education minister says decision on Hijab ban will be in students’ favour. (ANI)
    State education minister says decision on Hijab ban will be in students’ favour. (ANI)
    Refusing to comment on the hijab row as the matter is sub-judice, Bangarappa said, “The case is currently in the court and the law department will fight it legally. It would be wrong to comment on it further. But we will take a decision that will benefit all students.”

    On Monday, about 30 academicians met CM Siddaramaiah in Bengaluru, and submitted a memorandum with various demands to reform the education sector.

    “Thousands of girls are deprived of education due to the hijab controversy,” they said in the memorandum, urging the government to revoke a ban on students wearing the hijab to classes.

    A controversy erupted in the state in December 2021 when six students of a government pre-university college in Udupi district protested after being barred from attending classes for wearing the headscarf. After the state government issued an order banning entry to classes of students wearing the hijab, the matter reached the Karnataka high court on January 31 last year. While the high court ruled that hijab is not “essential” to the practice of Islam, the Supreme Court in October last year referred the case to a bench led by Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud.

    Ahead of the elections, the Congress in its manifesto said that the BJP “distorted textbooks” by “insulting great souls of Karnataka such as Vishwaguru Basavanna, Rashtrakavi Kuvempu”. The party promised it will restore the “true values of Bharath and Karnataka and scientific temper”.

    On Tuesday, Bangarappa, who was the vice president of the Congress’ manifesto committee, said, “We have already said that students come to schools to get educated and we don’t want it to be disturbed, and there should be no mistake on part of the government or me or officials or the system in this regard. We have given the commitment.”

    He further said, “In the manifesto, we had said clearly that textbook revision will take place in the interest of the students’ future. We don’t want their minds to get polluted.”

    The textbooks with changes made by the BJP government have already been dispatched and the school session begins from Wednesday.

    “The challenge before us now is, how we will do it (review the changes) with care, without affecting the students and their studies,” Bangarappa said. The commitment in the manifesto will be taken forward with the guidance of the chief minister and deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar, he said.

    Congress leader and public works minister Satish Jarkiholi also said that the textbooks will be reviewed. “We will remove the unnecessary content in the textbooks. The process of addition and removal of new text will be done based on the report given by the expert committee,” he said in Belagavi.

    The Congress government is expected to set up a committee to review the revisions made to the textbooks, a senior leader familiar with the matter said.

    Former CM Basavaraj Bommai, however, took exception to the Congress government’s plans of reviewing the changes made to the textbooks.

    “We had introduced certain new lessons based on Indian culture, literature and principles. However, the new government is trying to target this, and is set to form a new committee to reverse this. The society will respond to this,” Bommai said.

    “Parents are observing the moves of the new government. Students should not be inconvenienced due to frequent revisions in textbooks. Let us see how responsibly this government will behave,” he said.

  • OGH surgeons remove ovarian cyst weighing 7 kg from woman

    OGH surgeons remove ovarian cyst weighing 7 kg from woman

    Hyderabad: Surgeons at Osmania General Hospital (OGH) on Wednesday announced the successful removal of a huge benign ovarian cyst weighing 7 kg in a 38-year-old woman patient from Maharashtra.

    The surgery, which could have cost anywhere between Rs 6 lakh and Rs 7 lakh in private hospitals, was conducted free of cost under non-Aarogyasri and non-Aysuhman Bharat scheme by Head of Unit-4, General Surgery, OGH, Dr B Raju.

    A resident of Udgir in Maharashtra, Vandana came to OGH on May 4 with complaints of abdomen tightness, swelling and lump since eight months. “Tests including CT and MRI revealed that the patient had Mucinous Cystadenoma of ovary Multiloculated ovarian cyst, which a tumour arising in the ovary. The size of the cyst was huge and there was an urgent need to conduct surgery,” doctors said.

    On May 27, the OGH surgeons conducted excision of ovarian cyst and total abdominal hysterectomy, which took over 4 hours and the cyst weighing 7 kg was removed safely.

    Following the surgery, the patient has started to walk and remain active on her own. The complex surgery was led by Dr B Raju and involved Dr Haritha, Dr Vinaya Deepa from Surgery Unit (4), Dr Venkateshwar Rao, Associate Professor, Dr Rehmen, Assistant Professor, Dr Priyanka, Assistant professor from Anesthesiology department.

    The OGH Superintendent, Dr B Nagender congratulated the team for conducting the complex surgery for free of cost for the poor family from Maharashtra.