The latest from Jaipur, where public apathy was captured on CCTV which showed passerby leaving a woman and her infant bleeding to death after an accident. A 26-year-old woman and her 8-month-old daughter in Jaipur died waiting for help on a busy road after their bike was hit by a speeding truck. The traumatised father and the young son who survived, stood by crying for help, only to see several ...
11:59 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Jaipur: Rajasthan Governor Margaret Alva on Tuesday sought a report from the state government over an accident in a tunnel here two days ago in which passers-by ignored a man's pleas for help after a truck mowed down his wife and infant daughter, officials said. The accident in Jaipur occurred in the kilometre-long Ghat Ki Guni tunnel on Sunday. Guddi Devi and her eight-month-old daughter Arushi were killed when a...
05:42 AM, Apr 17, 2013
A 26-year-old woman and her infant daughter were killed on the spot when the motorcycle they were riding on was run over by a truck. The cries of help by the woman's husband were ignored by the passersby. ...
08:12 PM, Apr 16, 2013
The latest from Jaipur, where public apathy was captured on CCTV which showed passerby leaving a woman and her infant bleeding to death after an accident. A 26-year-old woman and her 8-month-old daughter in Jaipur died waiting for help on a busy road after their bike was hit by a speeding truck. The traumatised father and the young son who survived, stood by crying for help, only to see several ...
05:05 PM, Apr 16, 2013
A 26-year-old woman and her 8-month-old daughter were killed when the motorcycle they were riding on was run over by a speeding truck in Jaipur on Sunday. While the woman's husband and son escaped with minor injuries, their cries for help were ignored by the passersby and motorists and car drivers. ...
11:58 PM, Apr 15, 2013
The video of the incident, captured on CCTV camera, shows the public apathy towards accident victims. ...
09:43 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Jaipur: A young man who works at the Ghati Ki Guni tunnel traffic control booth and was the first one to come forward to help the Jaipur family that lost two members in a road accident on Sunday, blamed public apathy for the delay in help. "The accident happened at 2.13 pm. I saw the CCTV footage and rushed to help the family. But nobody on the road came forward...
04:59 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Jaipur: A 26-year-old woman and her 8-month-old daughter were killed when the motorcycle they were riding on was run over by a speeding truck in Jaipur on Sunday. While the woman's husband and son escaped with minor injuries, their cries for help were ignored by the passersby and motorists and car drivers. The video of the incident, captured on CCTV camera, shows the public apathy towards accident victims. The visuals...
04:20 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Ahmedabad: A three-member high-powered committee which probed a failed jail break bid in Sabarmati Central Jail by digging a tunnel, submitted its report to the Gujarat Home Department on Friday, a top official said. "A report has been submitted by the committee on the tunnel digging case," Principal Home Secretary SK Nanda told PTI. "Though I have not gone through the report, the probe focused on negligence of prison authorities,...
10:19 PM, Apr 12, 2013
The Deputy Superintendent of the Sabarmati Central Jail in Gujarat was suspended on Wednesday after a jail break attempt by inmates. Jail authorities on Monday had discovered an 18-feet long tunnel in the prison. ...
04:44 PM, Feb 13, 2013
Authorities have discovered an 18-feet long tunnel inside the Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad where 14 of Ahmedabad serial blast accused are presently lodged. ...
12:33 PM, Feb 11, 2013
Jaipur: An eighteenth century tunnel connecting Amber Palace and Jaigarh Fort, two major attractions in Rajasthan's capital city, was inaugurated on Sunday and thrown open for tourists, officials said. While inaugurating the tunnel, Rajasthan Tourism Minister Bina Kak said that the tunnel was believed to have been constructed as a defence mechanism. "In case of an attack on Amber Palace, the royal family, noblemen and others could be evacuated undetected...
10:39 AM, Oct 01, 2012
Chennai: Tunnel boring machines (TBMs) will begin burrowing beneath Washermenpet and May Day Park in the last week of September or October first week to build the underground infrastructure for metro rail, according to a Chennai Metro Rail spokesperson. The spokesperson told City Express that the tunnel boring machines are being lowered into the vertical shafts in these two sites and operations are set to begin soon. Metro rail is...
03:11 PM, Sep 18, 2012
Jammu: India will take up with Pakistan the issue of unprovoked firing along International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Secretary R K Singh said on Friday, indicating that it could be linked to the recently unearthed secret tunnel. Singh, who reviewed the security situation along IB and LoC, did not rule out the presence of other tunnels similar to the 400-metre underground...
06:39 PM, Aug 24, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: India has viewed seriously the matter of a tunnel being detected from Pakistan side into the country in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba sector, Defence Minister AK Antony on Saturday said. "Yes, a tunnel has been found. We have taken the matter seriously," Antony said when asked about the detection of 400-mt-long tunnel from Pakistan side into India in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba sector. Following the detection of the tunnel,...
04:20 AM, Aug 05, 2012
Jammu: India on Tuesday lodged a "strong protest" with Pakistan over detection of cross-border tunnel along the international border in Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir. "A strong protest was lodged late this afternoon by BSF with its counterpart Pakistan Rangers over detection of a tunnel in the Indian territory from Pakistan along the International Border (IB) in Samba sector of Jammu and Kashmir," a senior BSF official told PTI....
04:46 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Jammu: BJP on Monday dubbed as "serious intelligence failure" on the part of the UPA government the construction of 400-mt-long tunnel from Pakistan side into India in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba sector. "The UPA government is accused of serious intelligence failure as it has not been able to detect the construction of underground tunnel by Pakistan Rangers on the International Border close to Samba," BJP state president Shamsher Singh Manhas...
04:00 AM, Jul 31, 2012
Jammu: Having failed to make any headway in uncovering the 400-mt-long tunnel from Pakistan into India in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba sector, BSF has sought help from Army, Geological Survey of India and geo-physics and seismology experts for the task. "We have requested experts of Army, GSI, geo-physics and seismology besides geology and mining to conduct digging and excavation work to find out the extension and opening of the tunnel,"...
07:57 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Jammu: Authorities on Saturday discovered a 400-metre long tunnel, running between India and Pakistan, along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. "We have discovered a tunnel running between Pakistan and India in Samba district," SSP (Samba) Israr Khan told reporters. The tunnel was detected after an area caved-in at two or three places due to rains near the BSF's Chillayari Border Out Post (BOP), he said....
08:26 PM, Jul 28, 2012
Chennai: Come rain or floods, Chennai Metro Rail Limiteds (CMRL) tunnel boring machines (TBMs) will start drilling under our feet in two weeks. With the late monsoons finally cooling the summer heat, concerns have been raised on how the boring work will go on if the streets adjoining the parks-turned-stations are flooded. All the TBMs are completely water-proof and will not be affected by waterlogging, said a senior official with...
12:32 PM, Jul 16, 2012
