New Delhi: In an accidental firing, a CISF officer on Wednesday injured his junior colleague during a mock-drill being conducted at a metro station in Delhi. The incident occurred at around 10:40 am at Rohini West metro station when a mock-drill was being conducted by the CISF, the Delhi Police and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC).
During the drill, sub-inspector Sitaram fired an accidental shot from his 9mm pistol which hit constable Riptesh Tripathy in the lower abdomen. He was immediately taken to a hospital and is said to be out of danger.
"The sub-inspector has been suspended and a court of Inquiry has been ordered by the force," a senior official said, ruling out any foul play in the incident. The injured trooper, posted for Delhi Metro security, is now recuperating in a city hospital, the official said.
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05:55 PM, Jun 05, 2013
Lucknow: The Japan International Cooperative Agency (JICA) has offered the Uttar Pradesh government financial assistance for the Metro rail project and a host of other projects, including the Agra-Lucknow expressway, officials said Tuesday. JICA sought details of the projects at a meeting with Chief Secretary Jawed Usmani Monday. The World Bank has already expressed its willingness to give funding for the Lucknow Metro rail and Agra-Lucknow expressway projects. Both these...
11:21 AM, May 14, 2013
Patna: The Bihar capital city's dream of a Metro train may come true by 2016 if the state urban development minister is to be believed. The project is set to cover a distance of 40-km stretch at a cost of Rs 8,000 crore, Urban Development Minister Prem Kumar said. Rail India Technical and Economic Service (RITES) will conduct survey for the construction of the Metro rail in Patna, he said...
06:08 PM, May 05, 2013
The Kochi Metro rail project would be completed in three years if various issues like strikes and labour problem in Kerala are avoided, principal advisor to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation E Sreedharan said on Tuesday. "The Metro rail project can be a reality within three years if various issues like strikes, shortage of sand and labour problem are avoided," Sreedharan, also the principal advisor of the Kochi project, said....
11:21 AM, Feb 26, 2013
The Delhi High Court on Friday admitted a plea seeking the quashing of FIR that had been filed against eight persons over police constable Subhash Tomar's death during the anti-rape protests that erupted following the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old physiotherapist. ...
12:33 PM, Jan 04, 2013
Thiruvananthapuram: The incident of two Italian marines allegedly shooting dead two Indian fishermen off Kerala's coast in February and the subsequent legal and diplomatic issues made headlines throughout 2012, which also saw many developments on the state's political arena. Coming to power with a wafer-thin majority in 2011, the Congress-led UDF government of Oommen Chandy won two assembly by-elections held during the year but strutted and fretted on the state's...
11:11 AM, Dec 19, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi Metro on Saturday said it has rejected an offer by Reliance Infrastructure to quit the showcase Airport Metro Express citing financial non-viability and asserted that the corridor would soon be thrown open to public after due repairs are completed. Delhi Metro Managing Director Mangu Singh admitted that Reliance Infrastructure-led Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Limited (DAMEPL) had sent a notice for terminating the Concession Agreement signed...
02:40 PM, Oct 27, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Friday conducted security drills at station and a prominent private hospital to check the preparedness of authorities in case of a terror strike. The mock drills reportedly went well, sources said. The first drill was conducted at the Pratap Nagar Metro Station and the second drill at Apollo Hospital, officials said. A mock terror attack was conducted at the metro station...
12:44 PM, Oct 05, 2012
Kochi: Noting that an efficient transport system was 'critical' for orderly growth of cities, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the government has decided to support preparation of Detailed Project Reports (DPR) for Metro rail in all 19 cities with a population of over two million. Laying the foundation for the Rs 5,181 crore Kochi Metro project, Singh said DPRs had already been prepared for 12 cities and Metro...
12:47 PM, Sep 13, 2012
Mumbai: A site engineer and a supervisor involved in the construction of a Metro rail bridge in suburban Andheri have been arrested three days after a section of the bridge collapsed on Tuesday killing a labourer and injuring 16 others, police said on Friday. Sachin Valvekar (29), engineer for Hindustan Construction Company and Kalicharan Patra (53), supervisor from Narendra Constructions, were arrested on Thursday. After the mishap, the site engineer,...
07:04 PM, Sep 07, 2012
New Delhi: The water level in the Yamuna has been rising steadily due to the incessant rains in the capital for the past five days. The government, however, says there is no need to panic as yet. No evacuations have been ordered so far. Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court has directed the government to set up a committee to solve the problem of waterlogging. The Committee will have a representative...
02:46 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Chennai: One labourer was killed and six others were injured when a crane at a Metro Rail construction site in the city collapsed, police said. According to the police, the site is located opposite Pachayappa's college. Expressing grief over the incident, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced a compensation of Rs one lakh for the family of the victim and Rs 25,000 each for the six persons injured and undergoing...
10:57 PM, Aug 08, 2012
The power outage on Tuesday had half of the country in dark, here's a family from Delhi talking about how they coped. ...
05:55 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Power Grid Chairperson RN Nayak assured that efforts are being made to bring back normalcy by evening to major towns effected by the grid collapse. ...
05:22 PM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: Blaming overdrawal of power by certain states for the current crisis, Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Tuesday said the government is working to bring back normalcy in about one hour. "We are trying to restore the situation back to normalcy in one hour or so. We are trying our level best to restore it," Shinde told reporters here as the country faced one of its worst power...
03:16 PM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: At least 300 trains came to a grinding halt at various places this afternoon due to failure of both the Northern and the Eastern grids covering close to 10 states, with movement on the busy Delhi-Howrah route almost paralysed. According to Railways, services in six railway zones such as the Northern Railway, North Central Railway, West Central Railway, East Central Railway, Eastern and South Eastern Railway have been...
03:08 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Kolkata: After the Northern Grid, the Eastern Grid also collapsed on Tuesday affecting power supply to West Bengal, Sikkim, Jharkhand, Bihar and Odisha. Emergency work has been taken up on an emergency basis after the Eastern Grid collapsed at 1:00 pm, West Bengal Power Minister Manish Gupta said. Gupta said power supply is expected to be restored by Tuesday evening. Sources in the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd...
02:51 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Nelhi Delhi: Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Tuesday said that the government will look to first restore the services of railways and hospitals in the country. "We will try to restore services of railways first. Bhakra Nangal plant has been started and we are drawing hydel power for the time being from Punjab," Shinde said. "Yes, I've heard that the Northern and Eastern grids have failed. We are looking...
02:40 PM, Jul 31, 2012
New Delhi: The Northern and Eastern Grids tripped again on Tuesday, leading to power failure in as many as 14 states of the country affecting hundreds of millions of people. Power supply was disrupted in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Delhi, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Assam and Sikkim. The power crisis led to immediate shut-down of Delhi Metro lines in the national capital,...
02:35 PM, Jul 31, 2012
