Uttarakhand

Of these, 21 individuals fell victim to leopard attacks, while 22 lost their lives in tiger encounters.

According to the police, the disaster management received information around 6 am about the collapse of a wall with an iron plate at a brick kiln in the Roorkee development block of Narsan.

Several social organisations, assembled under the Uttarakhand Moolniwas Swabhiman Samanvay Samiti,

The bench put off the hearing in the case on the plea of the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board and other Muslim litigants.

Soon after the workers were brought out of the tunnel, Modi saluted the spirit of those involved in the operation and said their courage and resolve have given a new life to them.

After removing the 'head' of the Auger machine trapped inside the tunnel, a team of 'rat miners' who specialize in excavation will carry out manual digging here.

Vertical drilling, one of the several chalked-out options to bring out 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel, started on Sunday afternoon.

Campaigners say that while development is needed, the breakneck pace is causing problems, including a surge of unregulated building development replacing forests that helped keep hillsides stable.

Drilling was resumed on Friday afternoon, only to be stopped again shortly afterwards due to another encounter with a metal rod.

On Wednesday night, there was hope that after three hours of drilling, the rescue team would reach the labourers, but on Thursday, the Auger machine had to be stopped after hitting a metal shaft.

The drilling of 800 mm diameter steel pipes through the rubble had hit a minor hurdle late Wednesday when some iron rods came in the way of the auger machine.

Anurag Jain, secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, said that under the current circumstances “vertical drilling is the second best option”.

On Sunday, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari after visiting the tunnel site, stated that the area where the workers are trapped measures 8.5 meters in height and extends for 2 kilometers.

The Silkyara tunnel, about 30 km from the district headquarters of Uttarkashi, is part of the ambitious Char Dham all-weather road project of the Central government.

Pipes measuring 25 m in length inserted in rubble so far; IAF flies in another auger machine

When our Plan A with an old auger machine failed, we went for Plan B, which was using the US-made auger. Plan C is also ready,” he said.

Another auger machine airlifted by the IAF; help of experts in Thailand, Norway sought

All 40 trapped workers safe; collapse occurred between 205 m and 265 m on Silkyara side on Sunday at 5.30 am

"The committee formed under the chairmanship of the District Magistrate of every district will identify such buildings which are built at more than 30 degrees gradient or are built in the flood zone."

Officials say there have been many cases of those migrating from Nepal fraudulently obtaining Aadhaar cards and voter ID cards in India.