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Majerhat bridge collapse: Death toll rises to 3
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Sept 6 (ANI): Another body has been recovered from the site of Kolkata's Majerhat bridge collapse on Thursday, taking the death toll to three.
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PWD issued tender for Majherhat bridge's repair work in April
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata [India], Sep 5 (ANI): Four months before the Majherhat bridge collapse, West Bengal Public Works Department (PWD) had floated a tender document for the repair work of the bridge.
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Majerhat collapse: Death toll rises to 2, Bengal CM announces ex-gratia
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Sep 5 (ANI): Announcing compensation of Rs. 5 lakh to the families of those killed in the Majerhat bridge collapse, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday confirmed that one more person's body has been recovered from the site.
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Suo motu case registered in Majerhat bridge collapse
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Sep. 5 (ANI): The Alipur police station on Wednesday registered a suo motu case against unknown responsible persons (maintenance agency) in connection with Kolkata's Majerhat bridge collapse.
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Uttarakhand: Sans bridge, villagers use rope to cross river
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], Sep. 5 (ANI): After torrential rains in the region washed away the only bridge built on a river two months back, the locals of a village in Uttarakhand's Chamoli are forced to use a rope to cross the river, even when the water current is high.
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'Deeply unfortunate': PM Modi on Kolkata bridge collapse
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal), Sep 4 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday termed the Kolkata bridge collapse as a "deeply unfortunate" incident and hoped for a speedy recovery of those who were injured.
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Bridge collapses in Kolkata, several feared trapped
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Majerhat (Kolkata), Sep 4 (ANI): In a tragic incident, a section of a bridge in South Kolkata's Majerhat came crashing down, on Tuesday. While many commuters have been feared to be trapped, the number of casualties are yet to be ascertained. The State government, along with the National D
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India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka skip inauguration of China-funded bridge in M
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 2 (ANI): India-Maldives relations are not passing through the best of times.
According to sources, India did not send its representative on the recent inauguration event of the Sinamale Bridge, which has been constructed with the help of USD 72 million loan fro
Debutant Shibhnath Sarkar elated at Asian Games gold
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], Sept 1 (ANI): 56-year-old Asian games debutant Shibhnath Sarkar, who bagged a gold medal in men's pair bridge event along with 60-year-old Pranab Bardhan, said the feat was the duo's biggest achievement yet.
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Asian Games: Amit Panghal, Men's Bridge team earn gold medals for India
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], September 1 (ANI): Indian boxer Amit Panghal on Saturday helped India bag another gold as he defeated 2016 Olympic champion, Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan 3-2 in Men's Light Fly 49 kg category at the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian Games.
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Nottingham Test: India register thumping 203 runs victory against England
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 22 (ANI): Producing a stunning turnaround, the Indian team registered a thumping 203 runs victory over England on the final day of the third Test here at Trent Bridge Cricket Ground on Wednesday.
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Odisha: Bamboo pole turns into makeshift bridge for locals
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], Aug 22 (ANI): For more than 3000 people in eight villages of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha, life hangs on a bamboo bridge - the only means of connectivity between the villages and parts of the district.
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