SRINAGAR: A couple was injured in a road accident in Gund village of Kangan in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Monday morning.
Quoting an official, KNO reported that Mushtaq Ahmad Raina and his wife Mymoona Raina were injured after their vehicle collided with truck in Gund village.
He said both the injured were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment, where doctors referred them to the SKIMS Soura for advanced treatment.
The official said driver of the truck has been arrested, while a case has also been registered in this regard.
Hyderabad: Two labourers were killed and 12 others injured after a car collided with an autorickshaw carrying daily wagers in Telangana’s Khammam district on Tuesday.
The accident occurred near Enkoor.
A total of 14 were injured in the collision. They were shifted to a hospital where two of them, both women, succumbed.
They have been identified as Varamma and Venkatamma, both residents of Kallur.
Those critically injured have been shifted to government hospital at Khammam while the remaining were admitted to a local hospital.
The labourers from Kallur were on their way to work in an agricultural field in Repallevada village of Enkoor mandal.
Due to the delay in the arrival of the ambulance, locals shifted the injured to the hospital in their vehicles.
Amaravati: Four persons were killed and four others injured in a road accident in Andhra Pradesh’s Annamayya district.
The accident occurred when two cars collided head-on on Chittoor-Kadapa national highway near Kothapalli cross in Ramapuram mandal in the wee hours of Sunday.
Four persons including two women died while four others were injured. Police shifted the injured to Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) at Kadapa.
The deceased were identified as Lakshmamma (65), Chinnakka (60), Narsaiah (41) and car driver Raja Reddy (35).
Lakshmamma of Budvel in YSR Kadapa district had suffered paralysis and her family members were taking her for treatment to Virupakshapuram in Chittoor district in a car. However, the car in which they were travelling collided with another car coming from the opposite direction near Kothapalli cross.
Lakshmamma, her son Narsaiah and driver Raja Reddy died on the spot. Two other relatives — Chinnakka and a boy Harshvardhan — were critically injured. Chinnaka succumbed at RIMS Kadapa.
Three occupants of the car that was heading to Kadapa from Rayachoti were injured in the collision. They were admitted to RIMS Kadapa.
Islamabad: Pakistan’s parliament and judiciary have arrived at a standoff as the ruling alliance rejected the eight-member bench constituted to hear the petitions challenging the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill 2023, a media report said.
The Pakistan Supreme Court, on the other hand, while exercising “anticipatory injunction”, stayed the operation on the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure Bill) 2023 aimed at curtailing the powers of the Chief Justice of Pakistan to take suo motu notice and constitute benches, The News reported.
The PDM coalition government released a statement, which rejected the eight-member bench, terming it controversial. The allies in the federal government vowed to resist attempts to take away parliament’s authority and to interfere in its constitutional scope, The News reported.
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill 2023 was passed by a joint sitting of parliament after Pakistan President Arif Alvi returned it. Following the development, an eight-member bench was constituted to hear petitions arguing that the “concept, preparation, endorsement and passing of the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Bill 2023 is an act tainted with mala fide”.
Subsequently, four separate petitions were filed under Article 184(3) of the Constitution, asking the top court to set aside the bill.
The ruling coalition statement termed the development “unprecedented” as the pleas were admitted even before the completion of the legislative process. It said the move was equivalent to sabotaging the credibility of the country’s highest court, making the constitutional process of justice “meaningless”, The News reported.
“This bench itself is a testament to the division of the SC, which once again supports the earlier stated position of the ruling parties,” the statement said. It said that the ruling alliance considers this an “attack” on parliament and its authority, The News reported.
The statement lamented the formation of the “controversial” bench – which does not include any of the judges who raised questions on the powers of the CJP — and the non-inclusion of judges from Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It said that attempts to snatch the authority of parliament and to interfere in its constitutional domain will be resisted. “No compromise will be made on the authority of parliament in the light of the Constitution of Pakistan,” the coalition partners maintained.
They said that the top court judges – Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail – had in their earlier judgments expressed their objection to the “one-man show”, biased and dictatorial behaviour, and the formation of special benches. “With the formation of the eight-member controversial bench, the facts stated in the judgments of these honourable judges have become more clear,” the statement said, The News reported.
“The constitution of the controversial bench in haste and fixing the bill for hearing, apart from the will and intent, also clearly expresses the decision to come which is sad and tantamount to murder of justice,” the ruling alliance maintained.
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SRINAGAR: A bike rider was killed while another was injured after their bikes collided with each other in Imam sahib area of Shopian on Monday.
An official said that an accident took place at Adkara Imamsahib between two bike riders apparently due to rash driving.
In the incident Tahir Ahmad Malla son of Bashir Ahmad and Ilyas Ahmad son of Mansoor Ahmad Sheikh both residents of Chatterwach Imamsahib received injuries and were taken to hospital for treatment, he said.
However, Tahir Ahmad Malla succumbed to his injuries.
Meanwhile, police have taken cognizance of the incident and started investigation. (KS)
Washington: Nine US servicemen of the elite 101st Airborne Division – the US Army’s sole air assault formation – were killed when two Black Hawk helicopters crashed during a “routine training mission” in US’ Kentucky state late on Wednesday, media reports said.
The incident, involving the 101st Airborne Division, happened during a training mission near the Fort Campbell military base at around 10 p.m. local time (2 a.m. GMT) on Wednesday, the BBC reported.
It said the US military officials termed the incident as a “truly tragic loss”.
Crew members were flying “during a routine training mission when the incident occurred”, the Fort Campbell base said in a statement on Facebook.
Kentucky State Police got the call at around 10.15 p.m. (local time) and rushed to an area with a field and woods, State Police Post 1 spokesperson Trooper Sarah Burgess said, adding that no residential areas are affected.
As per the BBC, a US Army spokesperson, in a statement issued earlier, said two HH60 Black Hawk helicopters had crashed during “a routine training mission” and the incident was under investigation and more information would be released as they become available.
A US drone has crashed into the Black Sea following a collision with a Russian fighter jet, heightening tensions between the two countries amid the ongoing Ukraine conflict.
According to the US military, the MQ-9 Reaper drone was on a routine mission in international airspace when it was intercepted by two Russian jets. The unmanned aircraft was hit by one of the Russian aircraft and crashed into the sea, resulting in a complete loss of the drone.
Russia has denied that the two planes made direct contact, instead blaming the incident on the drone’s “sharp manoeuvre”. The country’s defence ministry also claimed that the MQ-9 Reaper was flying with its transponders turned off, preventing it from being tracked by communications devices.
The US has summoned the Russian ambassador to Washington to protest against the incident, which occurred at approximately 07:03 Central European Time (06:03 GMT) on Tuesday. The collision followed several instances of the Su-27 fighter jets dumping fuel on the drone in an “unprofessional and environmentally unsound manner”, according to the US military.
While the US and UK have increased reconnaissance and surveillance flights over the Black Sea in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and full-scale invasion of Ukraine, this incident marks a significant escalation. The key question is whether the collision was a deliberate attempt to bring down the drone or an attempt to disrupt its work.
US military commanders have warned that the incident could lead to miscalculation and unintended escalation, citing a “pattern of dangerous actions by Russian pilots” in the region. If the collision is found to have been a deliberate attack by Russia, it could be viewed as a provocation and test of the US response.
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine has raised tensions between Russia and the West, with allies working to prevent a direct confrontation. However, this incident highlights the increasing risk of direct confrontation between the two countries. The US will now need to carefully evaluate its response to the incident.
Department spokesperson Ned Price said earlier that the administration was briefing allies and partners on the collision and was in touch with Russian officials about it, as well. The U.S. ambassador in Moscow, Lynne Tracy, has voiced concerns to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Price said.
The MQ-9 Reaper drone was making a routine flight before it was intercepted by two Russian Su-27 fighter jets on Tuesday. The warplanes dumped jet fuel on the drone and flew in front of it in a “reckless, environmentally unsound and unprofessional manner,” according to a statement from U.S. European Command.
One of the Russian aircraft then struck the drone’s propeller, rendering it unflyable and prompting U.S. operators to ditch it in the Black Sea.
“In fact, this unsafe and unprofessional act by the Russians nearly caused both aircraft to crash,” Air Force Gen. James Hecker, commander of U.S. Air Forces Europe, said in a statement. “U.S. and Allied aircraft will continue to operate in international airspace and we call on the Russians to conduct themselves professionally and safely.”
The downing of the drone comes as the war in Ukraine has entered its second year. President Joe Biden is intent on keeping U.S. forces out of the war, even as he pledged to continue to support Ukraine in its fight against Moscow.
The statement added that the episode over the Black Sea also follows “a pattern of dangerous actions” involving U.S. and allied aircraft and Russian planes.
“These aggressive actions by Russian aircrew are dangerous and could lead to miscalculation and unintended escalation,” European Command said.
During a briefing with reporters on Tuesday, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said this marked the first time one of these aerial intercepts “resulted in a splashing of one of our drones.”
One Reaper drone costs roughly $14 million.
Gen. Christopher Cavoli, supreme allied commander for Europe, has briefed allies on the episode, according to a NATO official.
A senior diplomat in Eastern Europe, who was granted anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue, said officials were concerned, “as it shows the aggressiveness of the Russian conduct. … This again shows the importance of the Black Sea and the need to have an approach on it for medium and long term.”
Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the episode served as a “wake-up call to isolationists” about the threats posed by Vladimir Putin.
“Putin wants nothing more than for incidents like these to push the United States away from our support of Ukraine and prevent us from rolling back his destructive policies,” Wicker said in a statement. “We must choose to project strength against our adversary, not appease this dictator with words or so-called ‘de-escalation.’ ”
Alexander Ward and Lili Bayer contributed to this report.
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