Author: News Desk

Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Rescuers explore new ways to reach trapped Indian workers The rescue plan to free 41 workers, who are currently trapped inside a tunnel in Uttarakhand state, has suffered a major setback, but authorities are working on new ways to free the trapped workers.  Rescuers had been drilling a hole horizontally through the rocks to allow the men to crawl through. But that operation has been halted as the drilling machine broke down on Friday. The workers have now been stuck for two weeks after a landslide caused part of the tunnel to collapse. The operation has been…

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Samuel Paty: Six French teenagers on trial over teacher’s murder The trial of a murdered school teacher starts today, with six French teenagers accused of complicity in Samuel Paty’s murder. The children, aged between 13 and 15 at the time of Paty’s murder at the hands of a Chechen refugee.  They are accused of inciting the murder and pointing out the teacher to the killer at the school. They face a maximum of 2,5 years in prison. Paty was stabbed and beheaded on 16 October 2020 after reportedly showing students cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad during a class on freedom…

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