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Topic: Uttarkashi

Uttarakhand CM Dhami meets rescued tunnel workers at hospital, gives Rs 1 lakh cheque to each

The chief minister also announced Rs 50,000 reward for each of the rescue workers who went inside the evacuation passage and helped the trapped labourers come out of the tunnel.

Easy does it — rescuers don’t want to rush complex Uttarakhand tunnel op as 41 lives at stake

After auger machine deployed for horizontal digging through rubble to rescue workers broke down again, vertical digging through hill above has begun. By Monday, 31m had been completed.

Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Debris cleared by Auger machine, manual drilling to start soon

Earlier today, the auger machine being used for horizontal drilling of the tunnel that got stuck inside the pipe was cut and removed using a plasma cutter.

Vertical drilling begins in Uttarkashi tunnel to rescue trapped workers. ‘Big risk,’ say geologists

Vertical drilling expected to be completed in 2 days. Horizontal drilling by auger machine stopped after it broke down. Plasma machine from Hyderabad removing parts from rubble.

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Rescue halted due to auger machine breakdown, focus shifts to vertical route

Rescue operations stopped Thursday after teams encountered problems in digging a horizontal path to trapped men, even though they had just 15 more metres of debris to push through.

‘When ruling party’s hurt, EC’s bold as a lion’ — Urdu press criticises show-cause notice to Rahul

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Rescuers consider manual drilling as auger machine encounters hurdles

Drilling work to rescue the trapped men was halted again Friday night, in yet another setback to the multi-agency effort. Auger machine apparently hit a metal object.

Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: NDRF conducts evacuation rehearsal using wheeled stretchers

A passage has been made using 800 mm diameter steel pipes through the rubble at the tunnel to rescue the workers who have been trapped inside for the past 12 days.

Men inside collapsed Uttarkashi tunnel could be rescued by tonight ‘if there are no major obstacles’

The complex operation to rescue 41 trapped men, which has hit several snags, picked up in the last few days after the heavy drilling machine proved most successful.

Rescue ops at collapsed Uttarkashi tunnel in final stages, last pipe being pushed in through rubble

A 41-bed ward at the community health centre has been readied for the workers trapped, and ambulances are waiting outside the tunnel to rush them there.

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.