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IAF Hercules aircraft lands at Chinyalisaur airstrip near China borderDemonstrating its capabilities, an Indian Air Force Hercules aircraft executed two pivotal operations at Chinyalisaur airstrip in Uttarkash...
Road ministry to prioritise slope stabilisationRoad safety in hilly regions is set to improve. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways will now focus on stabilizing slopes before bui...
PM Modi holds roadshow in Dehradun ahead of Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor inaugurationPrime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor, a 213 km, six-lane expressway developed at over Rs 12,000 cr...
PM Modi to visit Uttarakhand, UP today to inaugurate Delhi-Dehradun Economic CorridorPrime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, where he will inaugurate the Delhi-Dehradun Ec...
Uttarakhand tunnel: Australian tunnelling expert Arnold Dix calls 41 rescued workers his "adopted Indian sons"The emotional proclamation came after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese publicly commended Dix for his pivotal role in the miraculous rescue ...
Uttarkashi Tunnel: How Jhansi rat miners rescued workers after high-tech American machine failedA group of skilled miners from Uttar Pradesh joined the rescue operation to save 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkash...
The great tunnel escape: A remarkable story played out inside while rescue teams toiled away outsideAccording to various accounts of the events, the workers who went 17 days without sufficient food and fought irregular sleep and bouts of a...
Tunnel rescue mission discussed at Cabinet meet; PM Modi was very emotional: Anurag ThakurA successful operation to rescue 41 workers trapped in an under-construction road tunnel in Uttarakhand culminated on Tuesday night.
Uttarakhand tunnel case: Gabbar Singh Negi, the one who kept 41 trapped men's spirits upThe man, Gabbar Singh Negi, reportedly played a stellar role in keeping the situation under control inside the tunnel as workers waited for...
Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: All 41 workers trapped inside the tunnel rescued after 17 days in darknessAll 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel since November 12 were successfully rescued in a challenging operation involving ma...
Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Drilling to evacuate trapped workers halted againOn Thursday, efforts to drill through the debris of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel were once again halted as the platform supporting the equ...
Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Escape passage mentioned in tunnel plan, but panel finds it is not thereCase in point, a statement by the Press Information Bureau dated February 20 announcing the approval of the Cabinet Committee on Economic A...
Uttarkashi tunnel disaster: Expert panel's observations point to weak shear zoneThe Uttarakhand tunnel disaster was caused by a 'shear zone' situation, with no escape route or piped passage in place. The tunnel collapse...
Uttarkashi Tunnel collapse: Govt must compensate workers for risking lives to serve nation, says Priyanka Gandhi VadraCongress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra expressed concern for the 41 labourers stuck in Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel, urging the government ...
Inspected tunnel last month, work was going well: Uttarakhand policeman first to reach collapse siteUttarakhand policeman Suresh Kumar, the first to reach the site of the collapsed Sikyara tunnel, said he had inspected the tunnel last mont...
First images of trapped tunnel workers: What did they eat, drink and do?Five agencies—ONGC, SJVNL, RVNL, NHIDCL, and THDCL—have been assigned specific responsibilities, working collaboratively with occasional ta...
Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: New pipeline makes communication with trapped workers easierA six-inch pipeline has been inserted into the Silkyara tunnel, providing relief to 41 trapped workers. The new pipeline allows for clear c...
Uttarakhand Tunnel: Vertical tunneling initiated to reach 41 trapped workers; new road expected todayRescuers, including geologists, engineers, tunnelling experts and geotechnical experts, have been exploring various options to evacuate the...
Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: IAF deploys C-17 to airlift critical equipment from Indore to Dehradun"The IAF has continued with its operations to assist the ongoing tunnel rescue underway at Dharasu, Uttarakhand. An IAF C-17 has been deplo...
Patnaik expresses concern over workers from Odisha trapped in Uttarakhand tunnel collapseOdisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed concern over the situation in Uttarakhand where several workers, including some from the sta...