Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat said that govt was not aware of a subsidiary company's project in Tapovan till yesterday & estimated that 35 people are stuck in another tunnel.
UN chief Antonio Guterres also expressed his condolences to the families of the victims in Uttarakhand. UNGA President Volkan Bozkir said he is closely following the situation.
Scientists studying satellite imagery from before & after the disaster say a chunk of glacier appears to have crashed down a mountain, triggering a landslide & subsequent floods.
More than 150 labourers working in a power project are missing after a glacier broke off at Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district Sunday, leading to a massive flood.
Connectivity with some ITBP border posts along LAC has been restricted since at least three bridges in Reni village collapsed due to the glacier burst in Uttarakhand.
The disaster caused a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river in Uttarakhand. Authorities have ordered 24x7 monitoring of water levels and to be prepared to carry out evacuations.
A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde however refused to stay the controversial provisions of the laws and issued notices to both state governments on two different petitions.
Even as India, Pakistan have seemed on the edge of war, their intelligence services have often sought to find space to de-escalate tensions and reduce risks for the two countries.
Speaking at 2nd Investor Connect, CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 'we have been able to attract a lot of investors.' The focus of the event was the steel sector.
Not only did S-400 record its longest hit during India-Pakistan 88-hour conflict, ability of the system to shoot and scoot in a short time, which allows it to evade enemy fire, was also proved.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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