K K Society should M M GST Bill to be taken Ranbir Kapoor is Y Y cooperate to end C C up by Lok Sabha outstanding: Sayani manual scavenging: Monday Gupta Modi News on Page 9 News on Page 10 News on Page 7 DAILYGlimpses of FuturePrice `2.00 Pages : 12 JAMMU MONDAY | APRIL 27, 2015 | VOL. 30 | NO. 115 | REGD. NO. : JM/JK 118/15 /17 | E-mail : [email protected] |epaper.glimpsesoffuture.in www.glimpsesoffuture.in Death toll crosses 2,200, Fresh Fresh tremors shake tremors jolt Nepal again various states in India, Davidson said he felt the aftershock toll climbs to 57 Kathmandu, April 26: at Camp One on Mount Everest. Rescuers today dug with bare "Just had our biggest aftershock hands and heavy equipment yet here at C1 on Everest. Smaller through tonnes of rubble for sur- than original quake but glacier vivors as toll from the devastating shook & avalanches," he tweeted. temblor crossed the 2,000-mark in An Indian attempting to climb Nepal's worst quake in over 80 years, all the highest peaks in the seven with fresh aftershocks triggering continents, 54-year-old Ankur Bahl panic and hampering relief efforts. is also stuck at Camp II on Mount A strong 6.7-magnitude after- Everest along with 11 other fellow shock sent people running for open climbers. spaces as they struggled with the Bahl had moved to Camp II from devastation caused by yesterday's Camp I yesterday but is now strand- massive 7.9-magnitude temblor that ed due to the earthquake, his friends displaced and injured thousands be- in New Delhi said. sides causing a deadly avalanche on Two Indians, including the the Mount Everest claiming 17 lives. daughter of an Indian embassy em- "The latest figure says more than ployee, were among those killed in 2,000 people have died and several the powerful earthquake, an Indian thousands have been wounded and embassy official said. A house in the more counts are coming," said Indian Embassy complex collapsed, killing the daughter of a CPWD em- Narayan Khatkar, Nepal's Urban NEW DELHI, April 26: Kathmandu have been kept on hold till 4 ployee. Death of another Indian was Development Minister. PM. The tremors, which triggered panic A police official told media here reported at Bir Hospital here. Over Fresh tremors were today felt in among the people, came a day after a dev- that 2,123 people were killed. 550 Indians have been evacuated by various parts of India, including the na- astating temblor killed over 2,000 people Over 5,000 people were also in- the IAF from earthquake-hit Nepal tional capital Delhi, even as the death in Nepal. “All movement to Kathmandu jured in the earthquake and the even as India stepped up its relief toll in yesterday’s temblor climbed to 57. kept on hold till 1600 hrs due to fresh dozen aftershocks that continued till and rescue mission with 10 flights The fresh tremors, which had a tremors in Nepal,” Defence Ministry today, with the strongest measuring and 12 helicopters scheduled to carry magnitude of 6.9 on the Richter Scale spokesperson Sitanshu Kar said. 6.7 on the Richter Scale. quake and the aftershocks left be- ried out five casualty evacuation sor- rescue the survivors, around 100 in specialists and equipment to and epicentred in Nepal, were experi- IndiGo and SpiceJet flights did not Climbers on Mount Everest said hind a trail of death and destruction, ties and the injured have been number including foreigners who Kathmandu today. The Tribhuvan enced in West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, land in Kathmandu and returned as they saw fresh series of avalanches flattening houses and buildings, in- moved to military hospitals. As were said to be safe. A climber Jim See DEATH on page 11 Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttarakhand, ATC personnel at airport there were and a big landslide in the base camp. cluding the iconic Dharhara tower many as 17 Mount Everest climbers, Punjab, Haryana, UP and Delhi for over evacuated following aftershocks. International teams, including and the landmark Darbar Square in including foreigners, were reported- 30 seconds at 12:42 PM. With 18 members of the country’s from India, have touched down the heart of the capital, trapping ly killed in an avalanche triggered by No casualties or damage to property Under-14 girls football team stuck in quake-hit Nepal that has declared a scores of people. Thousands of peo- the earthquake. The latest after- 22 Climbers Dead in Quake-Triggered have been reported in the fresh tremors. Nepal following the earthquake, state of emergency in the wake of the ple spent last night in the open in shock hit at a shallow depth of 10 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has External Affairs Minister Sushma disaster caused, the worst in over 80 chilly weather, anticipating more af- kilometres at 12:39 IST, according to Avalanche on Mt Everest called a review meeting to take stock of Swaraj said they will be evacuated on years of Nepal's recorded history. tershocks. 1,053 people are reported the US Geological Survey. the relief and rescue operations in the af- “priority”. The toll in yesterday’s disas- Rescuers have been hunting for killed in the Kathmandu Valley The aftershock was registered KATHMANDU | APR 26: termath of the quake. NDRF Chief O P ter, meanwhile, climbed to 57, according survivors under heaps of debris with alone. Officials fear the death toll 17 kilometres south of Kodari - 114 Singh has rushed to Nepal in order to co- to Home Ministry sources. They said an- bare hands as well as heavy equip- could rise as desperate search for kilometres north of here - near the At least 22 climbers have died near the base camp of Mt Everest where ordinate operations of the Indian rescue other 240 people have been injured in the ment though the efforts have been survivors continued. Tibet Autonomous Region of China. hundreds of climbers, including many foreigners, are stranded after an ava- forces and local authorities in the quake- quake. Government has announced a hampered due to fresh tremors and According to initial reports re- The tremors - that were felt also in lanche triggered by Nepal's massive earthquake slammed into a part of the hit country. Singh will be joining the compensation of Rs two lakh to the fami- thunderstorms. Locals and tourists lated to today's aftershock, a tunnel India including its national capital - camp on the world's highest peak. More than 60 climbers were injured and seven National Disaster Response Force lies of those who lost their lives in the sifted through mounds of debris for caved in at the Trishuli Hydel sent people running for open spaces. hundreds of foreign adventurers, hikers and guides at the base camp were (NDRF) teams which have already land- powerful quake and stepped up relief ef- survivors. Cheers rose when people Project and around 60 labourers are According to reports, the route feared missing when the avalanche swept down the Everest and buried under ed in Kathmandu. In view of the after- forts in the affected states. Fresh deaths were found alive, thought mostly feared trapped. MI-17 helicopters of to the base camp has been destroyed See 22 CLIMBERS on page 11 shocks, all relief operations headed to See FRESH on page 11 bodies were pulled out. The earth- the Indian Air Force (IAF) have car- and the IAF choppers were trying to News Digest India will try to Nepal quake: Father-son duo of Jammu hamlet killed PDP-BJP ministers’ CM grieved over death wipe the tears of Jammu, April 26: panel to meet PM of 2 RS Pura persons A pall of gloom descended on a Nepali people: PM sprawling hamlet in the border belt of next week in Nepal quake Simbal-Link road area of Miran Sahib in Jammu district as news of recovery Srinagar, Apr 26 : Srinagar, April 26: of bodies of a hotelier father-son duo from the village reached villagers a A panel of ministers which was formed by Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad day after the two went missing follow- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed today expressed grief over the ing a massive earthquake in Nepal. Mohammad Syeed is visiting New Delhi next week death of two persons from RS Pura in the Sujaan Singh and his son to resolve issues related to implementation of devastating earthquake that hit Nepal on Parminder Singh, who owned a hotel ‘Agenda of Alliance’ or Common Minimum Saturday. In his condolence message, in Nepal, went incommunicado after Programme of the PDP-BJP government in the Mufti Sayeed conveyed his sympathies to the strong earthquake measuring 7.9 state. Last week Mufti formed the group of PDP-BJP See CM on page 11 on Richter scale struck the Himalayan ministers headed by Deputy Chief Minister Dr nation on Saturday. Nirmal Singh to oversee the implementation of var- 9 hurt as part of After hours of uncertainty and ious components of the ‘Agenda of Alliance.’ anxiety their family finally got some Minister for PHE, I&FC, Sukhnandan Kumar under-construction news on Sunday: it was, however, trag- who is one of the members of panel told Kashmir NEW DELHI | APR 26: ic. Support poured in from numerous News Service (KNS) that they will visit New Delhi quarters as relatives and friends next week to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi building collapses Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India poured in to mourn the two deaths, working with his brother at their hotel of endless, anxious wait for some and other union Ministers.