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Will respond after SIT files final report: Champat Rai

Ayodhya: Former Ram temple trust chief Champat Rai Tuesday said he would respond to all allegations of embezzlement of donations against him after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) submits its final report. In a handwritten letter addressed to "Ram bhakts", the former general secretary of...

PM Modi receives Indonesia’s highest civilian honour

New Delhi: The 'Bintang Adipurna of the Republic of Indonesia' has become the latest addition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's growing list of international honours, taking the total number of global awards conferred upon him to 35. The Bintang Adipurna, also known as the 'Medal...

At least five people were killed in a major mudslide at the Meppadi-Kalladi tunnel construction site in Kerala's Wayanad on Tuesday, while three persons remained missing and seven others were undergoing treatment in hospital, as rescue teams pressed ahead with a massive search operation involving personnel, heavy earth-moving machinery, and sniffer dogs. Authorities said the rescue efforts would continue through the night in the hope of tracing the missing workers buried under the huge mound of earth that collapsed at the construction site. Meppadi police have registered a case in connection with the incident, and investigations are under way. The mudslide occurred near Meenakshi Bridge at Kalladi, where the Wayanad end of the tunnel road project is under construction. Preliminary reports indicate that incessant rain triggered the collapse of massive heaps of excavated earth stacked at the site, burying parts of the work area. The incident followed exceptionally heavy rainfall in Meppadi, which recorded 226 mm of rain in the past 24 hours. The area is a popular tourist stop, and several private vehicles, along with a bus used to transport construction workers, were parked nearby when the mudslide occurred.

Kerala mudslide kills five at Wayanad tunnel project; three missing

Thiruvananthapuram/Wayanad: At least five people were killed in a major mudslide at the Meppadi-Kalladi tunnel construction site in Kerala's Wayanad Tuesday, while three persons remained missing and seven others were undergoing treatment in hospital, as rescue teams pressed ahead with a massive search operation involving...

 

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