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  • Texas shooting: How Hyderabad girl’s trip to mall ends in tragedy

    Texas shooting: How Hyderabad girl’s trip to mall ends in tragedy

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    Hyderabad: In a heartbreaking incident, Aishwarya Thatikonda, a 27-year-old girl from Hyderabad, lost her life in a shooting incident that occurred at the Allen Premium Outlets Mall in Texas. Alongside other victims, Aishwarya’s promising life was cut short, leaving her family and friends in deep sorrow.

    Aishwarya Thatikonda, a talented engineer from Osmania University in Hyderabad, embarked on a journey to the United States in 2020 to pursue her master’s degree at Eastern Michigan University. After completing her studies, she settled in the Dallas suburb of McKinney, Texas, where she started working for a construction firm in Frisco.

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    On the ill-fated day of May 6, 2023, Aishwarya went to the Allen Premium Outlets Mall in Texas accompanied by a friend. As they stood outside the mall, an assailant stepped out of his car and indiscriminately opened fire, targeting innocent bystanders.

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    Reports indicate that Aishwarya received a hail of bullets to her face, tragically losing her life.

    Her life was brutally taken away just 10 days before she was set to celebrate her 28th birthday. She had dreams and aspirations, including plans to return to Hyderabad in December.

    Her family had begun searching for a groom for her. Additionally, Aishwarya was in the process of obtaining an H1B visa, further demonstrating her ambitions and determination.

    Efforts to bring Hyderabad girl home

    Following the incident, the Consulate General of India in Houston provided updates on the situation, stating that they are facilitating the completion of formalities to repatriate Aishwarya’s mortal remains to India. The Consulate has also been in constant contact with local authorities, hospitals, the injured victims’ relatives, and community leaders.

    External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar is closely tracking the situation and the consulate is ensuring that the bereaved family receives all necessary assistance.

    Though efforts are being made to bring the mortal remains of the Hyderabad girl, the shooting incident has left her family members and friends in grief.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Militant Associate Arrested With IED, Major Tragedy Averted: Police

    Militant Associate Arrested With IED, Major Tragedy Averted: Police

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    SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday arrested a militant associate and recovered an Improvised Explosive Device(IED) from his disclosure in Pulwama district, officials said.

    In a tweet, Kashmir Zone Police said that the arrested person was a resident of Arigam.

    “Pulwama Police averted a major tragedy by apprehending a terror associate Ishfaq Ahmed Wani R/O Arigam Pulwama and recovering an IED (approx 5-6Kgs) on his disclosure. Case registered and investigation started,” it said.

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  • Militant associate arrested with 5-6 Kg IED in Pulwama, major tragedy averted: Police

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    Srinagar, May 07 : Jammu and Kashmir police on Sunday claimed to have averted major tragedy by arresting a militant associate along with 5 Kg Improvised Explosive Device in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

    Kashmir zone police in a Tweet, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) informed that based on the disclosure of apprehended militant associate 5-6 Kg IED was recovered, thereby a major tragedy was averted.

    Police said a case has been registered in this regard and further investigation has been taken up.

    “Pulwama Police averted a major tragedy by apprehending a #terror associate Ishfaq Ahmed Wani R/O Arigam #Pulwama and recovering an #IED (approx 5-6Kgs) on his disclosure. Case registered and investigation started,” police tweeted—(KNO)

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    ( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

  • Army Canine Detects Anti-Personnel Mine, Averts Tragedy Along  LoC

    Army Canine Detects Anti-Personnel Mine, Averts Tragedy Along  LoC

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    SRINAGAR: The Army’s canine detected an anti personnel mine along the Line of Control (LoC) in Manjakote sector of Rajouri on Saturday.

    The Canine Alvin along with the handler showing high standards of training and skills detected an anti personnel mine, which was drifted near a track along LOC fence in Manjakote sector, Army said.

    The army said with the timely detection of the anti personnel mine, a major tragedy was averted.

    The fresh incident came just a day after troops recovered a drone carrying payload in Beri Pattan area of Sunderbani, Rajouri.

    The army said that 5 AK magazines, 131 rounds of AK-47, some slings, and Rs 2 lakh cash had been seized from the payload.

    Following the recovery, the security forces launched a major search operation in the entire area.

    Earlier on April 9,  army killed an intruder and nabbed two others after they crossed the Line of Control (LoC) in the Pir Panjal valley’s Poonch district. The army also recovered three bags with 14 packets of narcotics weighing approximately 17 kg, Pakistan currency, some documents and eatables.

    The drone dropping of arms, ammunition, narcotics and cash has become a major challenge for the counter insurgent forces in border areas while major consignments have been recovered in the recent past along the International Border (IB) and LoC. (KNO)

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • From Tragedy To Triumph: Insha Bashir Soars On Wheels

    From Tragedy To Triumph: Insha Bashir Soars On Wheels

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     SRINAGAR: Around 15 years ago, a tragic accident not only shattered the dreams of a Budgam woman of becoming a doctor but also confined her to a wheelchair. But nothing stopped her from working hard and becoming the first wheelchair-bound basketball player of Kashmir.

    Insha Bashir (29), a resident of Beerwah area of Budgam, despite her disability, is climbing the ladder of success, not only for herself but also helping other specially-abled children to make their dreams come true. Insha said, “I was not disabled from birth. I had a regular life like every other girl. When I was in 12th grade, I had been diagnosed with gastric ulcers and suffered oral bleeding. In the same year, one day, I was at the terrace with dizziness and nausea and started vomiting blood from where I fell down and hit the ground underneath, resulting in grievous injuries to my spine.”

    “It wasn’t just a spinal cord injury, but this incident shattered my dream of becoming a doctor and made me wholly and solely dependent on my family. I started suffering from depression, facing taunts from relatives and other issues. My health started deteriorating despite full support from my family,” she said.

    “Despite facing the entire trauma, though I had to change my subjects, I continued my studies and passed the 12th grade. Then I pursued a bachelor’s degree and B.Ed as well, and currently, I am pursuing a master’s in social work,” Insha said.

    “My dad’s deteriorating health pushed me to take charge of my life. And so, I began researching my condition and what I could do about it. I came across the Shafqat Rehabilitation Center in Srinagar that gave six months of physiotherapy,” she recalls. Her father, her steadfast cornerstone, had been diagnosed with Parkinsonism, and this proved to be the final nail in the coffin, ensuring that she finally mustered enough strength to stand up on her own feet.

    After repeated attempts by her father, Bashir Ahmad Wani, and constant counselling sessions by Dr. Saleem Wani- the valley’s famous urologist, Insha was able to overcome this difficult phase of her life.

    “Though it took me a long time to accept this reality, when I realized it, I started taking everything positively and saw my disability as a challenge that had become a hurdle. At the center, when I saw more people with more complex problems than me, it gave me the courage that I am not the only person who is facing this problem in the world. When I saw specially-abled boys playing basketball and other games in a very happy mood, it reignited my childhood inclination towards it as well,” she added.

    “Once I overcame my initial hesitation, I found the game to be enjoyable, convenient, and suitable to partake in, from a wheelchair. I found the game very interesting, and it got me impelled by the enthusiasm of representing Jammu & Kashmir,” she said.

    “I was the first wheelchair-bound woman from Kashmir to play basketball. I started training others, and in some time, a team was ready following which I played at the national and international levels and won many medals,” Insha said.

    She represented India in the US in 2019 and participated in the National Championship as the captain of the J&K Wheelchair Basketball Women’s team in 2019. Besides that, she was invited by the US consulate to be a part of the prestigious Sports Visitor Program.

    She now motivates and inspires others in the valley to overcome their inhibitions and impediments and take up sporting pursuits.

    “Besides playing and training my team, my major area of focus is to encourage differently-abled girls in sports, not just in Kashmir but across the country, and ensure that they have a say in their own lives,” she said.

    She practices on a daily basis following a professional schedule. After practice, she returns to the hostel and mentors, counsels, and instructs young girls who wish to rise beyond their struggles and play like her.

    “My message to other specially-abled persons will be that your disability isn’t the end of life. Rather, you need to be courageous to fight all odds and overcome challenges,” she said. “If one of your organs isn’t functioning, your brain is working and that is enough to dream and work on your dreams to make them come true.” (KNO)

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • Bijbehara Road Tragedy: Second Tourist Fatality, Toll Reaches Two

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    SRINAGAR: A second tourist who was involved in a collision between an ETIOS car and a truck near Arwani Bridge in Bijbehara, Anantnag district in south Kashmir, has died from their injuries. This brings the total number of fatalities from the accident to two. The deceased has been identified as Karuna Sardar, a 35-year-old resident of Kolkata who was injured along with four others in the incident.

    The injured persons identified as Rakesh son of Ratan Lal of Udhampur, Nandita Vedi and Bahnolal Chjerveti, both residents of Kolkata and an unidentified man, were evacuated from the site to a nearby hospital for treatment, they said.

    Another injured person identified as Retu Devi (42) of Kolkata, undergoing treatment at the hospital succumbed later on, taking the toll of deaths to two.

    Confirming the incident, a police official said that a case has been registered in this regard for further investigations. (GNS)

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

  • Bhopal gas tragedy survivors condemn SC’s dismissal of Curative Petition

    Bhopal gas tragedy survivors condemn SC’s dismissal of Curative Petition

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    Bhopal: Five organizations of the December 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal have jointly condemned the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the Curative Petition on Tuesday.

    Likening Tuesday’s decision with the apex court’s February 1989 decision on the settlement of the case, the organizations called it a “judicial assault on the constitutional and legal rights of the Bhopal survivors”. The organizations resolved to continue their struggle for justice in Bhopal till all survivors are adequately compensated.

    Rashida Bi, president of the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationary Karmchari Sangh, said: “The Bhopal victims were denied their day in court because of the pro-corporate bias of the Supreme Court bench. The counsel for Union Carbide that continues to abscond from charges of culpable homicide was given ample time to speak by the bench, while the counsel for the survivors’ organizations was only heard for just 45 minutes. Apparently, the Bench believes in a ‘fugitive entitlement doctrine.”

    “The Supreme Court judges dismissed the case for additional compensation due to their insistence that the case must attain finality in line with the wishes of the corporate counsel,” said Balkrishna Namdeo, President of the Bhopal Gas Peedit Nirashrit Pensionbhogee Sangharsh Morcha.

    “How can you impose finality when the corporation’s crimes continue to victimize people? When gas affected people continue to die untimely deaths from cancers and other exposure induced chronic diseases? When the criminal remains absconding, and the suffering of its victims, including that of their progeny, continues, how can a Supreme Court bench draw the curtain over the injustice in Bhopal?

    Rachna Dhingra of the Bhopal Group for Information & Action condemned the Supreme Court for deliberately ignoring arguments and facts presented by the survivors’ organizations.

    “We presented official figures of injury and death analyzed by an international expert on epidemiology that proved the 1989 settlement has perpetrated a gross miscarriage of justice but the Supreme Court bench chose to blind themselves to it. The bench said that only an argument of fraud could re-open that settlement, while entirely ignore our counsel’s detailed submissions on the fraud committed by the Union Carbide to procure the settlement of 1989,” Dhingra pointed out.

    “We refuse to accept the injustice delivered by the Supreme Court on Tuesday”, said Nawab Khan, President of the Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha. “We fought and won against the injustice of the settlement of 1989 and we will resume our fight again. We will fight in the court and we will fight on the streets till justice is done in the World’s worst corporate massacre”, he said.

    Nousheen Khan of Children Against Dow Carbide said: “Tuesday’s decision exposes the perversity of the Supreme Court bench that took the government to task for ignoring the health impact on the next generation but failed to hold the corporation accountable for the crime against the unborn.”

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Bhopal gas tragedy: SC to deliver judgment on Centre’s plea on Tuesday

    Bhopal gas tragedy: SC to deliver judgment on Centre’s plea on Tuesday

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    New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Tuesday deliver its verdict on a curative petition filed by the Centre demanding an additional compensation of Rs 7,400 crore from the successor firms of Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) for the victims of 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.

    The successor firms of the UCC had told the Supreme Court that the Indian government never suggested at the time of settlement (of 1989) that it was inadequate. The firms’ counsel emphasized that depreciation of the rupee since 1989 cannot become a ground to seek a top-up of compensation now for the Bhopal gas tragedy victims.

    After hearing detailed arguments, a five-judge bench headed by justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul on January 12 reserved its verdict on Centre’s curative petition seeking an additional Rs 7,844 crore from the successor firms of UCC for extending greater compensation to the victims.

    Senior advocate Harish Salve, representing successor firms of the UCC, submitted before the bench – also comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna, Abhay S. Oka, Vikram Nath, and J.K. Maheshwari – that there are affidavits starting from 1995 and ending as late as 2011, where the Indian government has opposed every single attempt to suggest that the settlement is inadequate.

    During the hearing, Salve also cited several conspiracy theories connected with the case. He said in one of the theories it was claimed the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had met UCC Chairperson Warren Anderson in a hotel in Paris before the settlement, and added that Anderson had by then retired from his post.

    The top court had grilled Attorney General R. Venkataramani, representing the Centre, on how the government could file a curative petition without filing the review. It told the AG that the Central government was not prohibited from granting relief to the Bhopal gas tragedy victims, and it cannot absolve from itself from the welfare state principle saying, “I will take it from them (successor firms of Union Carbide Corporation), as and when taken from them, I will pay”.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Turkey quake tragedy: Over 600 people under lens

    Turkey quake tragedy: Over 600 people under lens

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    People and emergency teams rescue a person on a stretcher from a collapsed building in Adana, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (Photo: AP)

    Ankara: More than 600 people are being investigated in Turkey over buildings that gave way after the February 6 devastating earthquake.

    In connection with the tragedy, around 184 suspects, including construction contractors and property owners, had already been arrested, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said in televised remarks on Saturday, BBC reported.

    As per Turkish media, the arrested include a mayor of one of the towns close to where the tremors rocked.

    On opposition and construction experts charging Turkish government with failing to enforce building regulations, though President Recep Tayyip Erdogan admitted shortcomings, he blamed the fate for the scale of disaster.

    The combined death toll in Turkey and Syria has surpassed 50,000.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Corroded wires, welded suspenders behind Morbi bridge tragedy: SIT report

    Corroded wires, welded suspenders behind Morbi bridge tragedy: SIT report

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    Morbi: Gujarat government-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) has in its preliminary probe found that corrosion on nearly half of the wires on a cable and welding of old suspenders with new ones were some of the major faults that led to the collapse of a suspension bridge in Morbi last year in which 135 people were killed.

    Of the two main cables of the British-era bridge, built by the erstwhile rulers in 1887 over the Machchhu river, one cable was having issues of corrosion and nearly half of its wires “may be already broken” even before the cable snapped on the evening of October 30, 2022, the SIT noted.

    The main cable on the upstream side of the river snapped, leading to the tragedy, as per the SIT.

    The findings are part of the ‘Preliminary Report on Morbi Bridge Incident’ submitted by the five-member SIT in December 2022. The report was recently shared by the state Urban Development Department with the Morbi Municipality.

    Ajanta Manufacturing Limited (Oreva Group) was responsible for the operation and maintenance of the British-era suspension bridge on the Machchhu river which collapsed on October 30, 2022.

    The SIT found several lapses in repairs, maintenance and operation of the bridge.

    Each cable was formed by seven strands, each comprising seven steel wires. Total 49 wires were clubbed together in seven strands to form this cable, the SIT report said.

    “It was observed that out of the 49 wires (of that cable), 22 were corroded, which indicates that those wires may have already broken before the incident. The remaining 27 wires recently broke,” it said.

    The SIT also found that during the renovation work, “old suspenders (steel rods which connect the cable with the platform deck) were welded with the new suspenders. Hence the behaviour of suspenders changed. In these types of bridges, single rod suspenders should be used to bear the load”.

    Notably, the Morbi Municipality, without the approval of the general board, had awarded the contract to maintain and operate the bridge to Oreva Group (Ajanta Manufacturing Limited), which had closed the bridge in March 2022 for renovation and opened it on October 26 without any prior approval or inspection.

    According to the SIT, there were nearly 300 people on the bridge at the time of collapse, which was “far more” than its load bearing capacity.

    It, however, said the actual capacity of the bridge will be confirmed by laboratory reports.

    The probe report also pointed out that replacing individual wooden planks with an aluminium deck also played a role in the collapse.

    “Walking structure was made up of rigid aluminium panels instead of flexible wooden planks. If there were individual wooden planks (which were there before renovation), the number of casualties could have been lower. Moreover, no load test or structure test was conducted before opening the bridge,” it added.

    The aluminium honeycomb panels were fixed without any gap in between, which makes the deck less flexible to deform in its own plane, the SIT said, adding the use of aluminium could have increased the overall weight of the bridge too.

    IAS officer Rajkumar Beniwal, IPS officer Subhash Trivedi, a secretary and a chief engineer from the state Roads and Building Department and a professor of structural engineering were members of the SIT.

    The Morbi police have already arrested 10 people, including Oreva Group’s MD Jaysukh Patel, and booked them under Indian Penal Code sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 336 (act which endangers human life), 337 (causing hurt to any person by doing any rash or negligent act) and under 338 (causing grievous hurt by doing rash or negligent act).

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )