A major mishap was averted at the Delhi airport on Wednesday morning as a Vistara Airlines aircraft was given permission for take-off while another was in the process of landing. The take-off was aborted after instructions from ATC.
Pakistani rescuers saved all the passengers, including 7 children and one man, after their cable was stranded high since early Tuesday morning in Allai tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Battagram, ending an ordeal lasting more than 14 hours.
Dawn cited state broadcaster PTV News as reporting that the aerial operation had been “called off” due to “night and weather conditions” but rescue efforts through “alternative means” were ongoing.
In the aftermath of the massive landslide which struck the Summer Hill area of Shimla and the subsequent mishap in which a temple was washed away, locals and visitors worry that the calamity was posing threat to the iconic building of Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS).
"I am deeply saddened by the news of the death of many people in unfortunate accidents due to excessive rains in Himachal Pradesh," President Droupadi Murmu said in a message on X.
A husband and wife were killed in the accident that took place on Monday night. One of the passengers in the car died on the spot while another occupant sustained a fracture injury to his left thigh. He later succumbed in hospital on Tuesday evening.
In order to ensure that incidents like Chamoli (electrocution incident) do not recur, a high-level meeting of all executive organizations working in the state was taken by Additional Chief Secretary Radha Raturi at the Secretariat on Tuesday on the instructions of the Chief Minister.
"Deeply saddened by the tragic mishap at a cracker factory in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, resulting in the loss of precious lives. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims during this extremely difficult time. May the injured recover soon. An ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh from PMNR