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Our observa- ried out the expansion of his joined JD(U) after getting elect- the State Emergency Geology (WIHG) have sug- tions suggest that the rock Cabinet and showed that ed as a BSP legislator from Operations Centre (SEOC), gested that a rock mass, weak- mass may have weakened due despite having fewer seats than Chainpur. The JD(U) had field- about 100 metres of the tunnel’s ened due to years of freezing to freezing and thawing. This the BJP, he still calls the shot in ed 11 Muslim candidates in the length has been cleared of the and thawing of snow, may sometimes leads to the devel- the alliance Government. 2020 Assembly elections, but all debris. The sludge and debris have led to the creation of a opment of a weak zone and Governor Phagu Chouhan of them lost. drying and becoming hard weak zone, triggering its col- fractures. administered the oath of office However, Nitish didn’t have made it harder for the res- lapse that resulted in flash “A s t h e r o c k m a s s w e a k - to the new Ministers — nine induct even a single Yadav cue teams to clear it. floods in Uttarakhand’s ened, the glacier and snow from the BJP and eight from MLA this time around. Of his Meanwhile, the death toll Chamoli district on Sunday. came down crashing, it result- the JD(U) — at a function at 13 Ministers, just one comes stood at 32 with 174 persons The scientists made this ed in flash floods,” he said. The the Raj Bhavan. from the Yadav caste. Nitish still missing as on Tuesday observation after conducting a steep slopes of the mountains Neeraj Kumar Babloo also completely ignored the evening. Of the 32 bodies helicopter survey of the area to in the region further increased JD(U), who is a five-time MLA Bhumihar caste in the expan- recovered, only seven have ! " find clues as to what led to the the intensity of the crash. from Chhatapur and a relative sion and inducted been identified so far. deadly flash floods that swept Two teams of the WIHG of deceased Bollywood actor In the Assembly polls, the The DIG, Law and Order, According to the SEOC, of the flow of slush but efforts are earlier Tuesday and also met 12 away everything. So far, the comprising five glaciologists Sushant Singh Rajput, also BJP won 74 seats and the and the chief spokesman of the 206 persons reported miss- on to reach those trapped workers who were rescued flash floods have claimed 32 left for Joshimath on Monday joined the Nitish Cabinet. JD(U) just 43. After the polls, Uttarakhand Police, Nilesh ing initially, the number of inside by drilling through the from the tunnel on Sunday lives with over 170 people still to find out the reason behind Of the 17 Ministers induct- State BJP leaders were putting Anand Bharne informed the missing persons now stands at debris with the help of ropes. evening. missing. the incident. An institute under ed on Tuesday, the BJP got nine pressure on the national lead- media that in addition to per- 174 with 32 bodies having “Undaunted multi-agency Thirteen border villages The crashing rock mass the Department of Science and berths, just one more than the ership to corner a maximum sonnel involved in the rescue been recovered. security personnel are trying — Raini Palli, Pang, Lata, also brought earth and mounds Technology (DST), the WIHG JD(U). The JD(U) also grabbed number of berths. But Nitish effort, teams of experts and Uttarakhand Chief hard to make their way through Suraithota, Suki, Bhalgaon, of snow with it. The friction studies the Himalayan envi- important portfolios like made sure that his party is not necessary equipment were pre- Minister Trivendra Singh the tunnel. Let us see how Tolma, Fagrasu, Long Segdi, may have resulted in heating, ronment and its geology. Sain Home, Personnel, Education, seen surrendering to the BJP. sent at the tunnel where the Rawat visited Chamoli district many lives we can save,” Rawat Gahar, Bhangyul, Juwagwad which could have caused the said an initial report will also Rural Development, Rural The BJP has now 16 min- workers are stranded. He said on Tuesday to meet the resi- told reporters. and Jugju — of Joshimath floods, the observations sug- be sent to the DST. Works, Water Resources. isterial berths and JD(U) 13, that the task of drilling through dents of the avalanche-hit vil- He reached Tapovan on block were cut off following the gest. In Uttarakhand which has Nitish ensured that his bit- but Nitish’s party has grabbed the debris is difficult but efforts lages. He said the pace of res- Monday evening to review res- avalanche in the Rishiganga Kalachand Sain, Director 1,400 glaciers, fewer than 10 are ter detractor Sanjay Paswan 21 portfolios, just one less than are being undertaken relent- cue operation at the Tapovan cue efforts, undertook an aer- river on Sunday. of the WIHG, said the glaciers being monitored. (BJP) was denied a Cabinet 22 of the BJP. lessly. tunnel has slowed down due to ial survey of the affected areas Continued on Page 11 where the incident occurred Continued on Page 11 berth along with Nitish Mishra, Continued on Page 11 ' $ R # 0-1-23 0-1-23 rime Minister Narendra unjabi actor-turned-activist PModi became emotional PDeep Sidhu, who was 4/./4-. “The farmers’ agitation against and broke down a couple of allegedly involved in the vio- the Centre’s farm laws is times in the Rajya Sabha on lence and vandalism at the haratiya Kisan Union nationwide and not limited to Tuesday while bidding farewell Red Fort during the farmers’ B(BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait Punjab or Haryana.” to Leader of Opposition tractor rally on January 26 Tuesday criticised Prime “We will win this fight,” he Ghulam Nabi Azad. He along against Centre’s farm laws, was Minister Narendra Modi’s declared. with three MPs from Jammu & arrested by the Delhi Police’s “Andolan-jivi” (professional Without naming the Prime Kashmir will retire in the next Special Cell late on Monday protestors) remarks and asked Minister or using his “Andolan- few days from the House. night and on Tuesday a Delhi if people like great freedom jivi” phrase, Tikait said, “In The other retiring mem- court sent Sidhu to seven days fighter Bhagat Singh will also Parliament, they are saying bers are Shamsher Singh police custody. be put in that category. these are parjivis (parasites). Manhas (BJP), Mir Sidhu was produced before Addressing a well-attend- Was Bhagat Singh who sacri- Mohammad Fayaz (PDP) and Metropolitan Magistrate Prigya ed Kisan Mahapanchayat at ficed his life for this nation a Nazir Ahmad Laway (PDP). Gupta. Police alleged he was # $% P Gumthala Garhu village in parjivi? What about 150 farm- Recalling his long associa- one of the main instigators of % ! $ ! " Pehowa in this district, a third ers who died during this agi- tion with Azad, Modi cried the violent incidents at the within a week in Haryana, he tation? Were they parjivis too? while narrating an incident Red Fort. Crime Branch will investigate it to her, and she used to said the government should not Had they gone to Delhi to agi- when they were Chief ! ' ' Sidhu’s counsel, however, his role in detail,” said the upload them on his Facebook be under the wrong impression tate and die?” Ministers of Jammu & Kashmir ( # *$ ! " claimed he had nothing to do DCP. account,” said the source. Sidhu that the protesting farmers will Speaking in the Rajya and Gujarat respectively. with the violence and was at the Asked where he was hiding kept changing his locations to return to their homes without Sabha on Monday, the Prime Terrorists had killed some Prime Minister said. speech later. wrong place at the wrong time. after the January 26 violence, evade arrest, he added. their demands being accepted. Minister had hit out at those tourists from Gujarat while Remembering that con- The veteran Congress According to Sanjeev Yadav said the investigation is The police had announced He alleged that attempts behind the farmers’ protests, they were travelling in Srinagar versation years back, Modi was leader said he is a proud and Kumar Yadav, the Deputy in an initial stage.
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