After 20 hours under rubble, man rescued on birthday

After 20 agonising hours of being trapped under the debris following the Bhiwandi building crash, labourer Sunil Pisal (32) was safely rescued on Sunday, which was also his birthday. When NDRF and Thane Disaster Relief Force personnel extracted Pisal from the rubble around 8am, he was conscious and thanked them with folded hands for giving him a second life. His relatives and friends cheered on as he was taken to hospital. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/57omx8O

3 families lose 10 members in Gyaspura gas tragedy in Ludhiana

In a tragic incident, 11 people were killed and four injured as they inhaled a toxic gas in Ludhiana’s Giaspura neighbourhood on Sunday morning. Ten of those killed belong to three families from Bihar, who had been living in Punjab for over two-three decades, and one person is yet to be identified. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/57omx8O

Landslides leave Badrinath pilgrims stranded for 8 hours

The Badrinath national highway — NH-58 — remained blocked due to recurring landslides near Pinola and Tayapul in Chamoli district since Sunday morning, leaving hundreds of pilgrims en route to the holy shrine stranded for over eight hours. The highway was opened up only after 1pm, according to the district emergency operation centre. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/57omx8O

IPL: Mumbai pip Rajasthan in a high scoring thriller

Tim David's unbeaten 14-ball 45 blitzkrieg trumped Yashasvi Jaiswal's dazzling maiden IPL ton as Mumbai Indians pipped Rajasthan Royals in a high-scoring last-over thriller at the iconic Wankhede in Mumbai on Sunday. Making the 1,000th match of the Indian Premier League a blockbuster, Mumbai shot down the 213-run target with three balls to spare. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/57omx8O

'I have worked a lot on my batting': Yashasvi Jaiswal

Yashasvi's maiden century powered Rajasthan Royals to 212/7 against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. Yashasvi, who scored a brilliant 124 off 62 balls, has become the 'Orange Cap' holder in the IPL 2023. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/57omx8O

Galwan hero’s wife Army officer now, posted in LAC

The Army inducted its first batch of five women officers into its combat-support arm Regiment of Artillery on Saturday, while Rekha Singh, wife of Naik Deepak Singh who was killed in the Galwan Valley clashes of 2020, became a Lieutenant and was posted to a frontline base along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/MftC0ia

Govt to sell buffer wheat stock every quarter to control price

The government has decided to sell wheat from its stock in the open market every quarter, starting July, in its bid to check any rise in prices of the foodgrain, atta and other wheat products. Till now the Food Corporation of India offered some of its wheat stock only during the last quarter of the financial year — January and March — when availability of the winter crops dips. Sources said sale of first tranche of wheat under the ‘open market sale scheme’ will be conducted before July. Via Times of India https://ift.tt/MftC0ia