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Monday,
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2009, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Delhi Metro bridge collapse kills 6
CM sets up panel to probe mishap
New Delhi, July 12
In the second such accident involving the Delhi metro rail in less than a year an overhead concrete bridge under construction gave way and collapsed today, crushing six people to death and injuring 14. The incident took place near the city’s posh southern residential locality of Greater
Kailash. Within hours Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC) managing director E
Sreedharan resigned, saying he “owned full moral responsibility” for
the accident. However, the Delhi government rejected his resignation.
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A heavy crane is used to clear wreckage at the site where a pillar supporting a section of the Delhi Metro carriageway collapsed in New Delhi on Sunday. Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan Bhui |
Sreedharan
quits, Sheila says no
New Delhi, July 12
The chief of the Delhi Metro
Rail Corporation (DMRC) Ellatuvalapil Sreedharan resigned today
owning moral responsibility for the accident at an
under-construction metro line in South Delhi. However, Chief
Minister Sheila Dikshit rejected his resignation.
Kerala CM removed from
Politburo
New Delhi: The CPM in Kerala on Sunday decided to drop veteran communist and state Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan from its all-powerful Politburo. He, however, continues to be the CM, lest his removal antagonises his large support base in Kerala.
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Education policy
— A Tribune Debate
The Yashpal Committee on education reforms and the plans announced by the new HRD Minister, Kapil
Sibal, have aroused nation-wide interest among parents, educationists, political parties and policy-makers.
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29 cops killed in Maoist attacks
Raipur, July 12
Thirty police personnel,
including a Superintendent of Police, were killed today in ambushes and
landmine attacks by Maoists in three separate incidents in Rajnandgaon
in a fresh wave of violence in Chhattisgarh.
Nation page: Recession a boon for Maoists!
Tribune Special
(Im)mobile medical units of Punjab
Chandigarh, July 12
Mobile medical units (MMUs) of the Punjab Health Department might as well be called “immobile” medical units.
Most of the two-dozen mobile medical vehicles brought in as part of the National Rural Health Mission
(NRHM) to offer OPD services in rural areas are not functioning properly.
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PM
to G8, G5 nations: Tell Pak to shed terror
July 12, 2009
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G8 pledges $20 bn for food security to poor nations
July 11, 2009
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G8
non-committal on emission targets
July 10, 2009
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Pak nurtured terror groups: Zardari
July 9, 2009
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No new taxes in Punjab Budget
July 8, 2009
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Pranab focus on rural poor
July 7, 2009
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Panic strikes border villages
July 6, 2009
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HC:
Exhume bodies of Shopian rape victims
July 5, 2009
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No hike in fare, freight
July 4, 2009
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Survey
sees 7% growth, urges radical reforms
July
3, 2009
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