13 stuck inside lift for half-an-hour at GRH
The Hindu
Thirteen persons, including a child, were stuck inside a lift for nearly 30 minutes on Thursday late evening at Government Rajaji Hospital. Fire and Rescue Services personnel from Tallakulam rushed to
Thirteen persons, including a child, were stuck inside a lift for nearly 30 minutes on Thursday late evening at Government Rajaji Hospital. Fire and Rescue Services personnel from Tallakulam rushed to the spot and rescued them. “It seems the lift got overloaded and malfunctioned while coming down from the third floor. Since people could not get mobile phone signal to alert others and outsiders did not notice the malfunctioning, they got stuck inside the lift for nearly 30 minutes,” an official said.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.
The Deputy Commissioner and the Election Officer for Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency M. P. Mullai Muhilan said here on Friday that over 600 staff will be involved in the counting of votes cast in the April 26 elections, at the counting centre at the National Institute of Technology – Karnataka, Surathkal, on June 4.