41 construction workers trapped for 17 days in a collapsed tunnel in India’s Himalayan Uttarakhand state were successfully brought to safety on Tuesday. The workers, who had been stranded since November 12, emerged dazed but smiling from the tunnel, culminating in a jubilant celebration at the site. The rescue mission had faced numerous setbacks, including…
Rescue teams in Uttarakhand, India, are on the brink of success in their 17-day-long effort to save 41 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel since November 12. The low-wage workers, stranded 2.8 miles inside the tunnel, faced numerous challenges, including a failed drilling machine. The breakthrough came as skilled miners used hand tools to make…
The rescue operation to free 41 construction workers trapped for nearly two weeks in a collapsed tunnel in northern India is in its final stages. The workers, stuck since November 12 after a landslide caused a section of the 4.5km tunnel to collapse, are now just a few meters away from potential liberation. The operation…
The first images of 41 Indian workers trapped for 10 days in a collapsed road tunnel in the Indian Himalayas have emerged. The workers, stuck behind a mountain of rubble in the northern Himalayan state of Uttarakhand since November 12, were seen on camera for the first time on Tuesday, appearing exhausted but alive. Rescue…
Indian rescue workers have made contact with about 40 workers trapped in a tunnel collapse in Uttarakhand state and confirmed that all of them are safe, officials have said. “All the 40 workers trapped inside the tunnel are safe,” Karamveer Singh Bhandari, a senior commandant in the Public Catastrophe Reaction Power, said in an explanation…
Canadian Sikhs gathered outside India’s diplomatic mission Monday morning in Ottawa, Canada in protest against the India’s government involvement in the Hardeep Sighn Sikhs murder in British Columbia on June this year. The staged protest comes a week after the Canadian Prime Minister Mr. Trudeau appeared before the Canadian Parliament and said that New Delhi…
India’s suspension of visa services for Canadians has damaged relations between Canada and India, which are still strained. In the midst of an intensifying controversy over the murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil, the Indian government has urged its residents there to be brave and watchful while warning them of politically-sanctioned…
Russian President Vladimir Putin will skirt the G20 summit in India one month from now and will send his unfamiliar clergyman all things considered, Indian State head Narendra Modi’s office has said. Modi’s office said he addressed Putin by phone on Monday, “communicating a comprehension” for his choice not to go to the September 9-10…
India has become the fourth Nation in history to land on the moon after its Chandrayaan-3 touched the lunar surface Wednesday. The craft, which means ‘moon vehicle’ in Hindi and Sanskrit, landed on the south pole – beating the US, China and Russia to the unmapped region. For India, the successful landing marks its emergence as…
Just days after a Russian probe crashed in the same landing zone on August 19, India is poised to make history by landing a spacecraft on the South Pole of the moon. The Luna-25, Russia’s first lunar expedition in more than 50 years, came to an abrupt end when its spacecraft crashed into the moon…
