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Updated: The major news headlines of the day, and more. Share Article AAA A view of the world’s largest cricket stadium, the Motera Stadium, in Ahmedabad.   | Photo Credit: PTI The major news headlines of the day, and more. Describing terrorism as one of the gravest threats to humankind, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Tuesday that the bodies dealing with human rights should realise that terrorism can never be justified, nor its perpetrators ever equated with its victims. Agitating farmer union on February 23 objected to Delhi Police putting posters that allegedly warned...

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel on Monday have reached up to 171 metres inside the Tapovan tunnel. According to NDRF, the excavation work went on from 11:50 pm to 2:15 am last night to dewater the tunnel. Union Home secretary Ajay Bhalla is scheduled to hold a meeting today with Director General of Police (DG) SS Deswal of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Uttarakhand state officials and other senior officials to discuss further course of action on the artificial lake created after the flood in Chamoli district, according to government sources. The progress of rescu...

Chamoli disaster: Indian Navy Divers measure depth of the lake Total 68 bodies and 28 body parts have been recovered to date while 136 are still listed as missing. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- Aerial view shows washed away Tapovan hydel power project plant after Sunday’s glacier burst, in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand | PTI Express News Service DEHRADUN: Divers from the Indian Navy formed 8kms upstream from Raini village at Rishi Ganga river to measure the depth of the lake, said, officials.  Ridhim Agarwal, deputy-inspector general of State Disaster Response Force said, "The depth...

A total of 67 bodies have been recovered so far from the debris of dam Tapovan. NDRF personnel rappelled his way down the mountain to install a gauge in the Dhauliganga river in Chamoli. "Water level of the river is likely to rise. We are installing a gauge to measure its depth and water level," said Aditya P Singh, Deputy Commandant, NDRF. After a detailed survey of the lake formed in the upper reaches of Chamoli, ITBP and DRDO teams returned to Joshimath. Meanwhile, the State Department Response Force (SDRF) had said on Thursday that 12 of its teams are engaged in the rescue operation f...

The body was found at a coffer barrage of the THDC, it said. With this recovery, the toll in the February 7 disaster has risen to 62 while 142 people are still missing, they said. The number of bodies recovered from the intake Adit tunnel of Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel project where a massive search operation has been underway ever since the tragedy struck still stands at 13.