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.

2nd major accident involving Gammon India
Metro accidents dateline

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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SP, 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.