Read more about NTPC says Chamoli avalanche damages hydropower project on Business Standard. An avalanche near Tapovan in Uttarakhand has damaged a part of NTPC s under-construction hydropower project Tapovan Vishnugad [520 mega-watt (MW)] in the region.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday responded to Union Minister Amit Shah s attack on Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray about promises made in a closed room , saying that the same closed room has benefited the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well. In the same closed room that Amit Shah is talking about, Balasaheb ji gave his blessings to the BJP and many senior leaders for Hindutva. PM Modi and Amit Shah have benefitted. Everyone knows this, Raut told ANI. Why should we (Shiv Sena) lie about anything? For power? Shiv Sena was not born for power, he said, adding that for them, it was a temple, not a closed room .
Pakistani Rangers opened fire on forward posts and villages along the International Border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. The firing from across the border in Karol Krishna border outpost area started around 10:20 pm Sunday, prompting strong retaliation by the Border Security Force (BSF), the officials said. They said the cross-border firing between the two sides continued till 5 am but there was no report of any damage on the Indian side.
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The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Monday removed the debris and slush at the tunnel near Tapovan dam here in Chamoli district, following the glacier burst which led to heavy flooding in Dhauliganga and Alaknanda rivers. Earlier today, SDRF members had to wait for the level of the Mandakini river to lower, to commence rescue operations for the people who are stranded in the tunnel. The Indo-Tibetan Border Police s (ITBP) Public Relation Officer had earlier said that almost 30 labourers have been trapped inside tunnel number 1 in Tapovan area, adding that 12 workers were rescued from tunnel number 2 after a part of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off at Joshimath in Chamoli.
Read more about PM should ask MPs, MLAs to give up pension, says Rakesh Tikait on Business Standard. The way Modi had urged people to forego subsidy on LPG cylinders, he should now ask MPs and MLAs to give up their pension so that funds can be used to financially support the youth, Tikait said