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Thursday, August 13, 2009 NEW DELHI: Panic ridden citizens in India, particularly in Maharashtra state have started criticizing the government for not taking adequate measures to control swine flue as death till rose to 15 on Wednesday. Schools, colleges, cinema halls have been shut in Mumbai city, Pune and adjoining areas. Some educational schools in national capital were also closed. People have been asked to stay away from crowded places. The spreading flu has claimed a total of 15 lives—one each in Ahmedabad, Vadodra, Thane, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram, two in Mumbai and eight in Pune. More than one thousand persons are affected. The Indian Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is under focus of media criticism for not taking timely and adequate measure to control the new disease is holding emergency meetings with the centre and state officials and medical experts. Passengers on entry points at airports and border areas are being screened while warnings have been issued to the p...

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 NEW DELHI: Indian authorities are undertaking search following a bomb threat in a plane scheduled to leave for Kolkata from New Delhi, an Indian TV channel reported on Wednesday.

Monday, July 13, 2009 NEWS DELHI: In the second mishap in as many days, six persons were injured on Monday when cranes carrying out debris clearance operation at the site of the metro accident collapsed. The incident comes a day after six persons were killed when an under-construction bridge of the Delhi Metro gave way at South Delhi's Jamrudpur. Metro authorities said the crane mishap was caused due to a mechanical fault and that heavier cranes would be used from now on. Metro chief E Sreedharan, who had resigned on Sunday taking moral responsibility for the accident, reached the site for the second time in the day following the mishap which occurred at around noon. Doctors at the AIIMS trauma centre said six persons were brought to the hospital from the accident site with minor injuries. However, DMRC officials said no one was hurt.

Sunday, July 12, 2009 NEW DELHI: Three people were killed and eleven other injured when an under-construction bridge of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation collapsed near Lajpat Nagar in India early Sunday morning.Fire Brigade officials said a pillar holding up the overhead railway tracks collapsed near the Lady Sri Ram College around 5:00 am. The labourers working at the site came under the concrete slabs that came crashing down.According to eyewitnesses more than 25 labourers were working at the site when the incident occurred. The falling structure has caused a major pipeline burst, hampering rescue operations. The Fire brigade officials are saving the people trapped under the debris while lifting the heavy concrete slabs with the help of cranes.Delhi Metro spokesperson Anuj Dayal told the media that it was a structural collapse. "We are investigating the matter.""It appears there is a problem in design of the peer of the bridge. We were trying to rectify it," he s...

Sunday, July 12, 2009 NEW DELHI: Three persons have died and 11 others injured in a major mishap that took place at an under-construction site of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in Delhi on early Sunday morning. A pillar holding up the overhead railway tracks collapsed near LSR College. As the structure collapsed, the concrete slabs being laid came crashing down. The crash also burst a water-pipeline, causing flooding in the area. Rescue efforts are two-pronged. One group is working to save the man who's trapped under the debris. Another group is using a crane to lift the concrete slabs and clear the space. Making the rescue and clearing operations difficult is the fact that the area is flooded with water as a major pipeline burst due to the falling structure, flooding the area.Six cranes of 250 tonnes each and one crane of 400 tonnes have already been mobilised and they are working at the site for rescue operations. In addition, gas cutters have also been deployed and ove...