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Less than 24 hours after the Morbi bridge collapse that killed more than 140 people, the Gujarat Police on Monday arrested nine people, including officials of Oreva, the company that renovated the bridge. Also among those arrested are ticket collectors, bridge repair contractors and three security guards whose job was to control the crowds. The […]
The entire Keshabbati village in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district plunged into mourning on Monday after the news of 18-year-old Habibul Sheikh’s death in the Morbi bridge collapse became public. Habibul dropped out of school after class 10 due to financial difficulties and was working as a goldsmith in Morbi for the last 10 months. […]
Heart-rending scenes have been pouring out of Morbi, a town which has been stunned by Sunday’s tragedy that has already claimed 143 lives. A day after the 140-year-old bridge collapsed over Machchu River, serpentine queues have formed outside crematoriums and graveyards where the kin of the victims are waiting for the last rites of their […]
More than 143 people were killed as a bridge collapsed in Morbi on Sunday, and around 190 others are being treated. Recently, there is a stir in the entire country, including Gujarat, regarding the accident of The Morbi Hanging Bridge. In view of this incident, an immediate decision has been taken to reduce the number […]
The toll in the Morbi bridge collapse rose to 143 on Monday even as rescue operations are still under way. The world witnessed the second major tragedy in two days, after the Halloween stampede in South Korea’s Seoul killed 151 people on Saturday. The very next day, a 140-year-old cable suspended bridge in Gujarat’s Morbi, […]
In the wake of the bridge collapse in Morbi that has led to the death of more than 143 and still counting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting the Morbi on Tuesday, November 1. PM Modi condoled the deaths caused by the bridge collapse in Gujarat’s Morbi city while addressing a gathering at the […]
As soon as the news of the Morbi cable bridge tragedy came in, the BAPS volunteers of the Swaminarayan sect were one of the first to reach the spot and start helping in the rescue operations. The sect is known to be ready to help in times of calamity or disaster. The dedicated volunteers and […]
The death toll in the Morbi suspension bridge collapse in Gujarat has risen to more than141, official sources said Monday morning, even as search and rescue operations continued with teams from the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force pitching in. However, Facebook has temporarily blocked the Hashtag of Gujarat, after the Morbi bridge tragedy. Meanwhile, […]
The horrific bridge collapse on Sunday over Machchu River in Morbi has reopened painful memories of Gujaratis the world over. Scores of Gujaratis, from Ahmedabad to Amsterdam, remembered the 1979 Machchu dam failure that wiped out almost half the town. A Gujarati movie, Machchu, is based on the Machchu dam failure, in which the number […]
In the backdrop of the gruesome Morbi bridge collapse that claimed over 140 lives and counting, an FIR in the B division police station of Morbi City has been filed against the agency entrusted with the task of maintenance and management of the hanging bridge. Sections 304,308 and 114 of IPC have been applied against […]
The overwhelmed authorities are still struggling to identify all the victims of the Morbi bridge tragedy. Some of the victims who have been identified are Sujal Hareshbhai Chavda Hanifbhai Husainbhai Kumbhar Ilaben Maheshbhai Chhatrola Ayuben Dhambha Gokhru (Gadhvi) Kiranba Pratapsing Jadeja Bhavyrajsinh Pradyumansinh Jenviben Hareshbhai Amrutiya Chirag Kanjibhai Nitin Pranjivanbhai Vadgama Nareshbhai Bhikhabhai Solanki Hardik […]
More than 141 people have died after Gujarat’s Morbi collapsed last evening. Some 177 people have been saved and teams are searching for several others who are still missing. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Army are on site as rescue operation continues today. Around 500 people, including women and children, were […]
Gujarat witnessed one of its biggest tragedies on Sunday night, when more than 130 people lost their lives when 140-year-old cable suspension bridge collapsed over Machhu River in Morbi. Shockingly, the bridge was refurbished and reopened less than a week ago. It was called an “engineering marvel” when first constructed at the turn of the 19th […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a three-day tour to Gujarat and Rajasthan, has decided to cancel his roadshow to be held in Ahmedabad on Monday in the wake of the Morbi cable bridge collapse in which over 130 people lost their lives on Sunday evening. The prime minister said in his address, “Chief […]
As many as twelve family members of Mohan Kalyanji Kundariya, BJP MP from Rajkot, also lost their lives in the Morbi bridge collapse in Gujarat. Mohan Kalyanji Kundariya said, “I have lost 12 members of my family, including five children, in the mishap. I lost family members who were from my sister’s family.” The BJP […]
The toll in the Morbi bridge collapse rose to 132 on Monday, Gujarat Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi said. He added that rescue personnel are looking for two people still missing. “The rescue operation is in its last stage in the Machchhu river. It will be over soon,” the minister told reporters. “As […]
In a big mishap, a cable bridge collapsed in the Machchhu river of Morbi district, Gujarat on Sunday evening. This incident left several people injured. Over 500 people around over 150 fell in the river when the bridge collapsed. Currently, more than 100 people are untraceable and over 60 people are found dead. The area […]
Former Patidar quota agitation leader Alpesh Kathiriya on Sunday joined the Aam Aadmi Party in the presence of the party’s national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. This was during a public gathering in Bhavnagar district. Kathiriya was part of the 2015 agitation for reservation to the community in Gujarat. On this occasion, Kathiriya […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday promised to provide fixed jobs to contractual labourers and bring back the old pension scheme if voted to power. Gandhi is leading Bharat Jodo Yatra–it entered Telangana on October 23 from Karnataka. In a tweet in Hindi, Gandhi said the Congress’ firm promise ‘fixed jobs for contractual workers, bringing […]
