Jaipur, April 21 (IANS) Rajasthan’s Parliamentary Affairs Minister Jogaram Patel on Tuesday announced that the inauguration of the Pachpadra Refinery has been temporarily postponed due to technical reasons, following a leakage incident at the facility. The refinery was scheduled to be inaugurated by PM Modi, but the event has been deferred as a precautionary measure.Addressing a press conference, Minister Patel said the incident occurred around 1:55 p.m., when a leakage was detected with…
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Raipur/Sakti, April 14 (IANS) A major boiler tube explosion at the Vedanta Power Plant in Singhitarai village of Chhattisgarh’s Sakti district triggered panic and chaos on Tuesday, leaving at least nine workers dead and more than 20 others critically injured, officials said. Sakti Superintendent of Police (SP) Praful Thakur has confirmed that nine people have died and more than 20 others were injured in the blast at the Vedanta power plant.The death toll rose to nine as rescue operations continu…
Patna, March 2 (IANS) An under-construction Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC) bridge over the Ghoghari River collapsed during casting in Gangwa village in Bihar’s Gopalganj district, said an official, adding that there was no casualty and no one was injured.The bridge, approximately 29 metres long, is being constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 2.89 crore.At the time of the incident, casting work was underway. Fortunately, no workers were injured, averting what could have been a major disaster.T…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) The length of tracks permitting speeds of 110 kmph and above on the Indian Railways network has more than doubled from 31,445 kilometres in 2014 to 84,244 kilometres in the last 11 years. In percentage terms, the high-speed tracks have jumped from 40 per cent of the total network to 80 per cent at present, enabling faster and more efficient train operations, according to an official statement issued by the Ministry of Railways on Sunday.Indian Railways has recorded signi…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Tuesday issued a fact check, declaring as “misleading” a video of a swinging gondola of the upcoming Varanasi Ropeway shared on social media with allegations of it being unsafe.Though the service is not open for public use yet, the social media video caused concern among citizens who mistook the claims that the swaying mid-air gondola was unfit.Countering the misinformation propagated by a social media user, the Pess …