Democratic Progressive Azad Party chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday visited Government Medical College (GMC), Hospital Doda, to inquire about the health of patients injured in a bus accident that claimed the lives of 38 passengers.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha visited the citizens who were injured in a bus accident in Doda district and admitted to Government Medical College in Jammu.
The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association offered assistance to the Indian rescue team as 40 labourers remain stranded due to a tunnel collapse in Uttarkashi.
Relief and rescue operations are underway for the sixth day on a war footing at Silkyara Tunnel, where 40 labourers were trapped following the collapse of the under-construction tunnel.
Comedian Dana Carvey's son Dex Carvey passed away at the age of 32 due to an "accidental drug overdose", reported The Hollywood Reporter, a US-based media outlet.
Four people died on the spot. The tanker truck was transporting petrol from Irugur in Coimbatore district near Manakadau on the Dhrapuram-Palani road while the car was moving from Periyanayakan Palayam in Coimbatore district to Palani in Dindigul district for a wedding ceremony.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters on Thursday were deployed at the site of a bus accident at Assar in Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. The helicopters evacuated critically injured survivors to Jammu.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is reviewing the rescue operation and is continuously in contact.
As relief and rescue operations in the Uttarkashi tunnel collapse incident are underway, Union Minister and former Army chief General VK Singh took stock of the operation on Thursday and said that "we are trying our best."