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02/02/2023

Mandeep Kour New Div.comm Kashmir.

02/02/2023

Kashmiri Ex-Muslim girl in Begusarai, See what happened Actually After marriage,

02/02/2023

New regime default option amid tax cuts





NEW DELHI : Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave taxpayers across the spectrum — from those in the lowest tax bracket to those in the highest — the kind of sweetener they have not seen in years, although this will require them to move to the three-year old exemption-free regime that has so far not seen much traction.

Her tax bonanza comes with a rider. The government made the new income tax regime the default tax regime, with individuals interested in the older regime having to opt in.

02/02/2023

Adani withdraws FPO, to refund investors after stocks hammered







MUMBAI : Adani Enterprises has decided not to proceed with its fully subscribed follow-on public offer (FPO), the conglomerate said in a statement late on Wednesday, hours after the shares of the firm nosedived 28.45% to close at ₹2,128.70 on the BSE.

Citing market volatility and “the unprecedented situation”, the company attributed its abrupt decision to a need to protect its investors by returning their proceeds.

“The Board takes this opportunity to thank all the investors for support and commitment to our FPO,” Adani Enterprises chairman Gautam Adani said in the statement.

“The board felt that going ahead with the issue will not be morally correct,” he said, amid a rout sparked by allegations of fraud in a report by US short-seller Hindenburg Research.

On Wednesday, despite the ₹20,000-crore share sale sailing through on the last day on Tuesday after non-retail investors bid in big volumes, all the group companies settled in negative territory with shares of three companies hitting their lowest price band.

The counter of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone plunged 19.69%, Adani Total Gas slumped 10%, Adani Green Energy declined 5.78%, Adani Wilmar fell 4.99%, Adani Wilmar went down 4.99%, Adani Power dropped 4.98% and Adani Transmission (2.46%). In addition, Ambuja Cements tanked 16.56%, while ACC plunged 6.34% and NDTV went down 4.98%.

Taken together, the decline is about 38% compared to the market valuation of the group companies at the end of trading on January 24, the day when the report was released.

The company in its statement asserted “our balance sheet is very healthy with strong cashflows and secure assets”.

“The decision will not have any impact on our existing operations and future plans. Once the market stabilizes, we will review our capital market strategy,” it said.

The company said that it is working with its Book Running Lead Managers (BRLMs) to refund the proceeds received in escrow and to also release the amounts blocked in Investors bank accounts for subscription to this issue.

The stock losses saw Gautam Adani slip to 15th on Forbes rich list with an estimated net worth of $75.1 billion, below rival Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd who ranks ninth with a net worth of $83.7 billion.

Before the critical report Hindenburg, Adani had ranked third.

The report by Hindenburg Research on January 24 alleged improper use of offshore tax havens and stock manipulation by the Adani Group.

The group has denied the allegations, saying the short-seller’s narrative of stock manipulation has “no basis” and stems from an ignorance of Indian law.

It has always made the necessary regulatory disclosures, it added.

Earlier in the day, people familiar with the matter said that market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is examining the crash in shares of Adani Group and looking into any possible irregularities in a share sale by its flagship company.

India’s benchmark Nifty index has fallen 2.7% since the Hindenburg report.

On Wednesday, Sensex and Nifty ended on a mixed note after finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman raised the personal income tax rebate limit, doled out sops on small savings and announced one of the biggest hikes in capital spending in the past decade in Budget 2023-24.

Meanwhile, Credit Suisse Group AG has stopped accepting bonds of Gautam Adani’s group of companies as collateral for margin loans to its private banking clients, a sign that scrutiny of the embattled tycoon’s finances is growing after allegations of fraud by short-seller Hindenburg Research.

02/02/2023

Budget designed to fulfil dreams of all sections: Modi



NEW DELHI : The first Union Budget of Amrit Kaal, or the 25 years in the run-up to 2047 when Independent India turns 100, will build a strong foundation for a developed India and fulfil the dreams of an aspirational society including the poor, the middle-class, and farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday.

In a televised speech soon after Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Budget in Parliament, Modi said the provisions prioritise the deprived sections, including craftspersons, who he dubbed as the creators of the nation.

The Budget announced assistance for craftsmen that will enable them to improve the quality, scale and reach of their products, while integrating them with the MSME value chain, he said. The scheme will also afford access to advanced skill training, knowledge of modern digital techniques, and efficient green technologies and social security, he added.

“For the first time, the country has come up with many schemes as a tribute to the hard work and creation of these people. Arrangements have been made for training, credit and market support for them. PM Vishwakarma Kaushal Samman- PM-ViKaS will bring a big change in the lives of crores of Vishwakarmas,” the PM said.

The Budget, which has rejigged the existing tax slabs, Modi noted, has the potential to help the middle class in realising their dreams in the run up to 2047. He said the government has taken many significant decisions in previous years that have ensured the ease of living.

“Our government that always stood with the middle class has given huge tax relief to them,” the Prime Minister said, referring to the reduction in tax rates and transparency and speed in filing taxes and processing disputes.

Talking about provisions for women, who are a key support group of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, Modi said the government has taken significant steps through policies such as the Jal Jeevan Mission (water), Ujjwala Yojna (cooking gas), and PM Awas Yojana (housing) to empower women. He said self-help groups, if utilised to their full potential, can play a pivotal role in further empowerment.

The Budget will also make cooperatives a fulcrum of the development of the rural economy, he said, speaking of the government’s scheme to form new primary co-operatives, which will expand milk and fish production along with farming and animal husbandry.

The PM, who has been advocating the use of millets, said the Budget gives special recognition to the grain, calling the step one that is necessary to promote it globally through economic support to small farmers and cultivators in the tribal areas. “This superfood has been given a new identity of Shri-Anna,” Modi said.

He also underlined that the Budget will offer “unprecedented expansion” to green growth, green infrastructure, and green jobs for a sustainable future. “In the Budget, we have laid a lot of emphasis on technology and the new economy. The aspirational India of today wants modern infrastructure in every field like road, rail, metro, port, and waterways. Compared to 2014, investment in infrastructure has increased over 400%,” he said.

Stressing on the government’s commitment towards ensuring ease of doing business, he said an additional loan guarantee of ₹2 lakh crore has been arranged for MSMEs and increasing the limit of presumptive tax will help the sector grow.

02/02/2023

TAX-CAPEX DOUBLE ENGINE
Finance minister Sitharaman manages to give tax incentives and capex boost while keeping the fisc in check; middle class as well as high earners given more cash in hand in a bid to spur consumption and stimulate the economy





New Delhi : Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday presented a Budget that continued the government’s emphasis on capital investment, with a record ₹10 lakh crore spend planned in 2023-24, sought to encourage taxpayers to spend more with tax cuts, and announced a ₹35,000 crore expenditure on energy transition even as she managed to reduce the fiscal deficit to 5.9% from 6.4% this year. She did all this without any major cut in the spending of major ministries or any sharp hikes in tax rates, but with significant increases in key schemes such as the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (housing) and the National Drinking Water Mission.

“This Budget will fulfil dreams of an aspirational society including poor people, middle-class people, farmers,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said after the Budget was presented. It “infuses new energy to India’s development trajectory”, he added. Both the PM and the finance minister referred to Union Budget 2023-24 as the first budget of Amrit Kaal, the government’s term for the 25 years in the run-up to 2047, the country’s 100th year of Independence.

The Opposition targeted the government for a reduction in the expenditure on welfare schemes, and some analysts said its revenue projections for 2023-24 were optimistic, but the general consensus was that the Budget had ticked all the boxes: addressed key political constituencies (women, tribals, farmers, promoters of small entrepreneurs, the middle-class) ahead of the 2024 general elections without being overtly populist; focused on productive spending; and maintained some level of fiscal discipline.

India’s vision for Amrit Kaal “includes (a) technology-driven and knowledge-based economy with strong public finances and a robust financial sector”, Sitharaman said in her 87-minute-long speech, adding that the “economic agenda” underlying this revolved around “facilitating ample opportunities for citizens, especially the youth, to fulfil their aspirations; providing strong impetus to growth and job creation; and strengthening macro-economic stability”.

The minister further broke this up into four “transformative” opportunities — economic empowerment of women; a scheme to integrate handicraft artisans with MSME supply chains, tourism, and green growth — and seven priorities: inclusive development; reaching the last mile; infrastructure and investment; unleashing the country’s potential; green growth; youth power; and the emphasis on the financial sector. The Budget’s main thrust involved plans and schemes under each of these — from a ₹35,000 crore allocation for energy transition to AI labs; from an agriculture accelerator fund to enhanced agriculture credit of ₹20,000 crore; from decentralised storage for farm produce to 157 new nursing colleges; and from a national digital library for children to a 66% increase in the allocation for the government’s flagship housing programme.

But the number that got industry excited was the ₹10 lakh crore capital expenditure (including grants-in-aid to states the number comes to ₹13.7 lakh crore, 4.5% of GDP), including a massive ₹2.4 lakh capital outlay for Indian Railways and 100 “critical transport infrastructure projects” involving government spend of ₹60,000 crore.

“The continued thrust on capital expenditure will boost overall economic productivity, crowd in private investment, and drive growth through a multiplier effect. Capex spending is budgeted to rise steeply for the third year in a row. Capex spending budgeted at ₹10 lakh crore in FY24 as compared to budgeted print of ₹7.5 lakh crore in FY23, implies over 33% rise in FY24 BE over FY23 BE. This is in line with CII recommenda

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01/02/2023

*JMC sealed a building complex of International Delhi Public School, Sunjwan*

According to the Official sources the Enforcement team of Jammu Municipal Corporation in the presence of magistrate sealed the illegally raised multistorey building of IDPS at Sunjwan under the provisions of section 8 (1) of J&K Control of Building Operation Act, 1988.

The owner has illegally constructed multistorey building and also violated the status quo order of Honble Tribunal.

01/02/2023

Bhagwah,Doda road accident JE Anil Manhas of irrigation department from Kastigarh died on spot.

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One body recovered, another seriously injured, as massive snow avalanche hits Gulmarg Phase 2 Affarwat Hills.

2 more are believed to be trapped.
All are said to be foreigners.

More details awaited.

01/02/2023

One truck bearing registration no. JK14H - 0496 on the way from udhampur to shairbibi has trapped in a landslide at blocked due to mudslid at Rampari/Wagon, Banihal.NH 44 closed for vehicles movement.

01/02/2023

Anti-Encroachment Drive was Launched in Karan Nagar Srinagar, 3 Shops and 12.5 Kanal Land were Sealed.

01/02/2023

Collegium picks two judges for SC, sends detailed resolution to Centre









New Delhi : The Supreme Court collegium on Tuesday recommended two sitting chief justices of high courts for elevation to the top court, issuing a detailed resolution that specified the selection procedure and the yardsticks which guided the judges’ selection body to pick them.

Allahabad high court chief justice Rajesh Bindal and Gujarat HC chief justice Aravind Kumar were recommended for their appointment to the Supreme Court following the collegium meetings on Monday and Tuesday.

While all the collegium members were unanimous on justice Bindal, justice KM Joseph expressed his reservations over justice Aravind Kumar’s name on the grounds that his name can be considered at a later stage, according to the resolution published on the court website on Tuesday evening.

Marking a departure from the past when only the names used to be released, the resolution laid bare the criteria of selection and bouquet of considerations made by collegium while making the recommendations to the Centre.

01/02/2023

Morbi tragedy: Oreva chief Patel surrenders





Jaysukh Patel (right) being escorted by police on Tuesday. ANI
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Ahmedabad : Three months after 135 people died in the collapse of a British-era bridge in Gujarat’s Morbi town, the prime accused in the case surrendered before a local court on Tuesday and was later arrested by police on charges of culpable homicide and endangering human life.

Jaysukh Patel — the managing director of Oreva Group that was responsible for the maintenance, repair and operations of the 143-year-old suspension bridge — gave himself up to the Morbi-based court of chief judicial magistrate MJ Khan. The court, which had issued a warrant for his arrest, sent the businessman to jail under judicial custody; the businessman was subsequently arrested by the police.

“We have arrested him after the court allowed his custody. We will seek his remand in due course,” Morbi superintendent of police Rahul Tripathi said.

The surrender and arrest cap three months of investigation during which Patel inexplicably evaded police interrogation and summons, even as authorities said he was absconding.

Soon after the news of his surrender spread, members of the victims’ family reached the court premises and raised slogans against Patel.

Gujarat Police named Patel as the main accused in its 1,262-page charge sheet filed on January 27. Nine other accused — including two managers of the Oreva Group, two ticket booking clerks, two subcontractors who repaired the bridge, and three security guards deployed on the cable-stayed structure to guide and control the crowd — were arrested a day after the tragedy on October 30.

After repeated summons for questioning were ignored by Patel, the state police approached a local court in Morbi in the second week of January, which granted an arrest warrant against him on January 13. All 10 accused, including Patel, were charged under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 336 (act which endangers human life), 337 (causing hurt to any person by doing any rash or negligent act), and 338 (causing grievous hurt by doing rash or negligent act).

In March 2022, Oreva group, which specialises in making clocks, home appliances and e-bikes, was given the contract to repair, renovate, maintain and operate the “Jhulto Pul”, or suspension bridge, originally built in 1879.

After ostensibly going through a renovation process and being shut for a few months, the bridge was thrown open for the public on October 26 by Patel and members of his family. Three days later, the bridge collapsed even as questions were raised about the quality of the repairs, and the number of people that were allowed on the bridge at one time.

According to officials, there were nearly 250 people on the bridge, a popular tourist site in the area, when it collapsed.

The firm later offered to pay compensation to the victims, but the court made it clear the compensation would “not absolve it of any liability”.

A government-appointed special investigation team (SIT) to probe the collapse cited several lapses on the part of the firm.

The lapses included no restriction on the number of people accessing the bridge and no curb on sale of tickets, which led to unrestricted movement on the bridge. The group had sold 3,165 tickets on October 30 (the day of the collapse) alone.

The firm was also accused of carrying out repairs without consulting experts to assess the load-bearing capacity of the bridge before throwing it open to the public. During the probe, it was revealed that the new metal flooring increased the overall weight of the structure, and the firm did not change the rusting cables on which the bridge was hanging.

On January 18, the state government issued a show-cause notice to the Morbi municipality asking why it should not be dissolved for failing to discharge its duties that led to the bridge tragedy. The civic bod

01/02/2023

Self-reliant India now taking shape: Murmu





President Droupadi Murmu with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday. PTI
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Smriti Kak Ramachandran

New Delhi : The world is looking towards India with high hopes and the country has started reaping the benefits of its self-reliance push, President Droupadi Murmu said on Tuesday, underscoring Delhi’s rising heft on the international stage and the achievements of the Union governments in helping poor people by providing basic amenities and economic empowerment.

In her first address to a joint sitting of Parliament, President Murmu underlined the government’s efforts to help marginalised communities, expand health care and stimulate manufacturing, and referred to India’s growing role in resolving world crises and being at the forefront of the fight against terror.

“The country has started reaping the fruits of success of the Make in India and the Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self-Reliant India) campaigns. Today India’s manufacturing capacity is increasing and manufacturing companies from all over the world are also coming to India,” she said on the first day of the budget session of Parliament.

“India has emerged as a country that is connecting today’s divided world in some form or the other. India is today among those countries that are reinforcing the trust in the global supply chain. Therefore, today, the world is looking towards India with high hopes,” she added.

Reading out a speech drafted by the Union government, Murmu presented a vision for India at 2047, the centenary of its Independence. “We have to build a nation, which not only embraces its glorious past, but also encompasses every golden aspect of modernity. We have to build a Bharat, which is self-reliant and also able to fulfil its humanitarian obligations. A Bharat which has no poverty and where the middle class is also prosperous,” she said.

This India, she added, will be a place where women and young people will be at the forefront, where diversity will be vivid and unity unshakeable.

In the nearly hour-long speech, Murmu said this was the best phase in India’s global relations. “We have strengthened our cooperation and friendship with various countries of the world…on the one hand, we are chairing the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) this year, and on the other, being a member of the Quad, we are working for peace, stability and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific.”

Her address was boycotted by the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi. The last time political parties boycotted the President’s address was in 2021, when over a dozen parties gave the address a miss in protest over the now repealed farm laws.

The President stressed on the government’s pitch for enhancing indigenous production and said until a few years ago, India used to import mobile phones in large numbers, but had now become a major exporter of mobile phones. “The import of toys in the country has decreased by 70%, while the export has increased by more than 60%,” she said.

The President said India kept its national interest paramount but was the first to offer humanitarian aid in international disasters. India had extended $3.8-billion assistance to Sri Lanka in July 2022 amid an economic crisis and shipped emergency relief assistance to quake-torn Afghanistan in June last year.

Referring to India’s presidency of G20, Murmu said the country was attempting to find collective solutions to current global challenges with the mantra of One Earth, One Family, One Future, the theme of its presidency.

“Today the world is also acknowledging India’s tough stand on terrorism. Due to this, India’s voice against terrorism is being heard seriously on every global platform. In October last year, a special meeting of the United Nations Security Council Counterterrorism Committee was organised for the first time in India. In this too, India made its position clear against terrorism,” sh

01/02/2023

Eco survey pegs FY24 GDP growth at 6-6.8%





Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman with CEA V Anantha Nageswaran at Parliament House. ANI
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Roshan Kishore and Rajeev Jayaswal

New Delhi : India’s GDP will grow at a baseline value of 11% in nominal terms and 6.5% in real terms in 2023-24, according to the 2022-23 Economic Survey, which put real growth in the range of 6-6.8% depending on downside and upside risks.

It added that structural reforms undertaken over the past eight years – GST, inclusion, privatisation, ease of doing business, creation of a public digital infrastructure, and other such – haven’t really paid off on account of shocks to the economy such as balance sheet stress of banks and private sector companies, the pandemic, and a global commodity price shock. As these “fade away”, the “economy is well placed to grow at its potential in the coming decade”, the survey argued.

The survey, tabled in Parliament on January 31 underlined the fact that “agencies worldwide continue to project India has the fastest growing major economy” despite the three shocks of Covid-19, the Russia-Ukraine war, and synchronised policy rate hikes by central banks across the world that led to appreciation of the US dollar and widening of the current account deficit (CAD) in net importing economies.

The survey credited private consumption and (government driven) capex (capital expenditure) as the principal drivers of growth in 2022-23 even as it underlined that “private capex soon needs to take up the leadership role to put job creation on fast track”. Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran, the architect of the Economic Survey attributed the reason behind the range to geopolitical uncertainties globally.

He said the survey gave a range between 6% and 6.8% deliberately. “We do understand that global political and economic environment remain still ripe with uncertainties. We have many known-unknowns as well as unknown-unknowns.”

“We also do not know how the speed with which global economy recovers, will lead to the kind of inflation pressures that we saw last year,” he said. In this context, he pointed to the rapid reopening of the Chinese economy. And “as of now” the US economy looks to avoid “a full-fledged formal recession”, he added.

The CEA said international crude oil and industrial metal prices would also impact the GDP growth because they are higher compared to December 2022. “From the Indian standpoint, a moderate to somewhat significant global economic slowdown will [lead to better outcome] because it would lead to lower commodity prices and secession of interest rate tightening in the developed world, weaker dollar, etc.,” he said. “Therefore, in order to make sure, that we fully accommodate the downside risks the band has been kept at 6 to 6.8 %, and baseline number at 6.5 percent.”

The survey identified four key upsides in India’s growth outlook. They are, limited health and economic fallout for the rest of world from the surge in Covid-19 infections in China; inflationary impulses from China’s opening up turning out to be neither significant nor persistent; and recessionary conditions in major advanced economies triggering a cessation of monetary tightening and return of capital flows to India amidst stable domestic inflation below 6%. These three factors, the Economic Survey reasoned, would generate the fourth upside, an improvement in animal spirits providing further impetus to private sector investment.

Commenting on India’s performance in 2022-23 -- economic growth “in the range of 6.5-7% -- the survey noted that while RBI’s interest rate hikes, widening of CAD, and plateauing export growth, posed downside risks to India’s growth, “the growth estimate for 2022-23 is higher than for almost all major economies and even slightly above the average growth of the Indian economy in the decade leading up to the pandemic”. India’s growth performance, “and that too without

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*Jammu-Srinagar NHW still blocked. Raining weather in whole NH-44. People are advised not to travel on NH-44 without confirmation from TCUs*

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Driving recklessly, otherwise such an accident may happen to you.

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12 crore worth property, 12 kanal land Sealed in Karan Nagar Srinagar.

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100 of Machine's Sent From Delhi To Kashmir

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Rahul Gandhi pushes car stuck in snow on Boulevard road in Srinagar

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Meet Parisa Nissar From Nachiyan Karnah Bagged Gold Medal in Pencak Cilat Federation Cup

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40 Kanal state land retrieved at Nedou's
Hotel M.A roads srinagar👇

31/01/2023

India lodges protest over attacks in Aus





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India on Monday lodged a protest with Australian authorities over attacks by Khalistani activists on people of Indian origin who were protesting against a so-called “Khalistan referendum” organised by the outlawed Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) over the weekend. Indian high commissioner Manpreet Vohra took up the violent incidents in central Melbourne on Sunday with the premier of Victoria state, Daniel Andrews, at a meeting on Monday. In New Delhi, Australian high commissioner Barry O’Farrell said he was “appalled” by the incidents and that Victoria police are probing a number of people for “criminal acts of violence”. Scuffles between Khalistani activists and pro-India groups occurred at Federation Square in Melbourne on Sunday amid the non-binding referendum on creating an “independent Khalistan”, which has already been denounced by

31/01/2023

Guj court convicts Asaram in 2013 case







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A sessions court in Gandhinagar on Monday convicted self-styled godman Asaram Bapu in a 2013 r**e case and acquitted six people, including his wife, due to lack of evidence. Senior advocate Nitin Gandhi, who appeared for the survivor, said the court reserved its order on the quantum of sentence for Tuesday. “The court convicted Asaram Bapu in the case. The complaint was filed in 2013… The court will hear us tomorrow before pronouncing the quantum of punishment. We will try to get the maximum sentence,” Gandhi said. A Surat-based woman had filed a case against Asaram Bapu and six others in 2013 for ra**ng and illegally confining her at his ashram in Ahmedabad between 2001 and 2006. Asaram is serving varying jail terms, including life sentences in two sexual assault cases.

31/01/2023

24 schoolchildren injured in seven-vehicle pile-up



31/01/2023
At least 28 people, 24 of whom are students of three government-run schools, were injured after seven vehicles collided with each other on the Salimgarh flyover near Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in central Delhi on Monday, police said. The other injured included three school employees and a biker. Of the seven vehicles involved in the pile-up were four buses in which 216 students were travelling with school employees on a trip to the Delhi zoo and Akshardham temple, police said, adding that the students were from Government Co-ed Secondary School, Bhalswa Village, Government Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, Khajoori, and GB Secondary School, Dilshad Garden. Dy commissioner of police (central) Shweta Chauhan said at 10.57am, the police control room received an alert about the pile-up and a police team rushed to the spot. They found that four buses, one auto-rickshaw, one Renault Triber car, and a motorcycle had crashed into each other.

31/01/2023

‘IAF pilots may have witnessed accident’





31/01/2023
Two Indian Air Force pilots in a Sukhoi-30 may have witnessed the possible mid-air collision between another Su-30 and a Mirage 2000 on Saturday, in which one fighter pilot was killed and two other pilots injured in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district on Saturday, officials familiar with the matter said on Monday asking not to be named. A third aircraft, a Su-30, was also a part of the routine operational flying training mission, and its two pilots possibly witnessed the accident even as an inquiry is on to determine the cause of the mishap, said one of the officials cited above. While Wing Commander Hanumanth Rao Sarathi, who was flying the Mirage 2000, was killed in the accident, the two Su-30 pilots ejected safely. The rare accident is being probed by an air commodore at the Air Headquarters.