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The National News
21 September 2022
India
<p>Indians are calling for the return of Koh-i-Noor, the world’s most expensive diamond, after the death of Queen Elizabeth II last week.<br />The 105.6-carat oval-shaped Koh-i-Noor, which means “mountain of light” in Persian and is worth ...
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Advanced Knowledge
<p>The Central government and Indian Railways will soon open the Delhi to Kashmir rail route for public travel since the project is nearing completion and the railway bridge over the Chenab River in the district of Reasi on the Baramulla railway line is also ...
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Construction News
<p>New Delhi: A multi-storey building collapsed in Shimla on Thursday (September 30, 2021) evening due to a landslide triggered by recent rains, a senior official said. <br />The State Disaster Management Director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said that the incident ...
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Disasters & Failures
<p>Nine tourists have been killed in northern India after the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by falling boulders.<br>Three others were reportedly injured in the incident, which happened in the state of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday.<br>Dramatic footage ...
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Disasters & Failures
<p>Ten persons missing in a massive landslide at Boh valley of Kangra district on Monday are presumed dead now by the authorities, taking the toll in the calamity to 11. <br />One body was retrieved on Monday while 10 persons were missing. The rescue operations ...
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<p>Emergency teams are working round the clock to rescue up to 35 people believed to be trapped in a tunnel in northern India.<br />The tunnel was blocked after a huge flood in the state of Uttarakhand on Sunday in which 28 people have been killed, and as ...
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<p>Coimbatore: International geologists and glaciologists studying satellite imagery say the cause of the Chamoli flooding disaster in Uttarakhand appears to be a landslide and not a glacial outburst as widely believed.<br />The first identification was done ...
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Disasters & Failures
<p>Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat inaugurated the country’s longest single-lane motorable suspension bridge in Tehri Garhwal district to mark the state’s 21st foundation day on Sunday.<br />Rawat inaugurated the 725-metre long Dobra-Chanti ...
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Construction News
The Tribune India
07 October 2020
India
<p>The longest bridge on the strategic Manali – Leh highway, located in Himachal Pradesh, is complete and will be opened for traffic this month.<br />While easing the flow of traffic, the new structure had greatly increased load carrying capacity. <br ...
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Construction News
<p>A landslide and floods caused by heavy rains have killed at least 41 people in Nepal and India in the past week, officials said on Monday, as the annual monsoon season enters its final stretch after claiming hundreds of lives in South Asia. Ten people, ...
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Disasters & Failures