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At least 15 people were killed and 50 others injured when the Delhi-bound Goa Express rammed into the stationary Mewar Express near Mathura on Wednesday morning.
The incident took place at around 4:00 a.m. between Mathura and Vrindavan stations.
The injured are undergoing treatment at Mathura and Vrindavan hospitals.
An unreserved compartment of the Mewar Express was damaged.
Railway authorities were using gas cutters to extricate trapped passengers from the damaged bogey. Army jawans are assisting in rescue operation.
Senior officers of Mathura administration and railways have reached on the site
Train traffic on this route of Agra division of Northern Central Railway is disrupted.
The Railways has opened helpline numbers for any inquiry. The numbers are: 1800-180 6131 (Toll free)
Chandrayaan-1, India’s first lunar mission, has found evidence of large quantities of water on its surface, Data from the spacecraft also suggests water is still being formed on the moon.
Describing as “path-breaking” the evidence of water on Moon by India’s Chandrayaan-1 mission, ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair today said no lunar odyssey so far had given a “positive” conclusion.
“There is confirmation of traces of water.It is a path-breaking event as far as Chandrayaan-1 mission is concerned. It is very very significant. So far, no mission has confirmed the presence of water positively,”
The quantity is tiny but could become a useful resource for astronauts wishing to live on the Moon, scientists say.
“If you had a cubic metre of lunar soil, you could squeeze it and get out a litre of water,” explained US researcher Larry Taylor.
Scientists suspect the water is created in the soil in an interaction with the solar wind, the fast-moving stream of particles that constantly billows away from the Sun.
Space radiation triggers a chemical reaction in which oxygen atoms already in the soil acquire hydrogen nuclei to make water molecules and the simpler hydrogen-oxygen (OH) molecule.
The amounts are small, say researchers, but boost the notion that astronauts based on the Moon could use it as a resource.
“If it is a little or a lot, it’s easy enough to split into hydrogen and oxygen and then you have rocket fuel,” said Professor Taylor.
The Indian Moon mission was launched late last year but has already stopped working due to a fault. Nevertheless, the Indian space agency (Isro) will consider the water discovery a major triumph and a vindication of its endeavours.
At least 12 people were killed when a chimney at the under-construction 1,200 MW thermal power plant at the Bharat Alumnium Co Lt (BALCO) premises collapsed. Many labourers are injured and some more are feared trapped under the debris,” SP Ratanlal Dangi said, adding that rescue work was on
The mishap occurred when labourers were working on the chimney,
‘It’s a massive accident that has claimed at least 15 lives. We have launched a rescue and relief operation to save about 50 workers and engineers trapped under the collapsed chimney’s debris,’ district Superintendent of Police Ratanlal Dangi told IANS on phone.
The state government instructed the district collector and superintendent of police to
register a first information report (FIR) against the Balco management for allegedly overlooking security aspects and announced a judicial probe into the accident.
Rajiv Gandhi was killed by a suicide bomb at an election rally in May 1991. India has always blamed the attack on Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels.
Sriharan was convicted for being part of the assassination squad.
She was one of four people initially given a death sentence, for being part of the plot to assassinate Rajiv Gandhi.
At least 14 other people – including the suicide bomber – were also killed in the attack.
Sriharan’s sentence was commuted to a life term, following a plea for clemency by Rajiv Gandhi’s widow and Congress Party president, Sonia Gandhi.
She has served more than 18 years in Vellore prison. She claims she is only required to serve 14 years in prison before being entitled to premature release under Indian laws.
Sriharan began her “indefinite” fast on Monday morning, demanding that an advisory board to decide on her release be set up as soon as possible.
In 2006, the Tamil Tiger rebels expressed “regret” for the murder of Rajiv Gandhi in a move which correspondents say was a realisation by the rebels that the assassination was a huge mistake.
