Army chopper makes safe emergency landing in Hry
Chandigarh: An Army helicopter, flying from Bathinda in Punjab to Delhi, made an “emergency landing” in an agricultural field in Haryana's Jind district on Sunday and all the three persons onboard are safe, a police official said. The Army helicopter, which was flying from Bathinda in Punjab to Delhi made an emergency landing in Jajanwala village in Jind district, the official said. After the chopper landed in the fields, many villagers gathered at the site.
Haryana landslide: Rescue ops on
Chandigarh: Rescue operation continued at Dadam mining site in Haryana’s Bhiwani district for the second day on Sunday, where four people were killed in a landslide, a day earlier. Sub-Divisional Magistrate Manish Phogat said at least one more person continues to be trapped under the debris and the rescue operation is likely to continue until Monday. He did not rule out the possibility of more persons, such as the helpers, being trapped as their records may not have been maintained. After the incident at around 9 am on Saturday, police had said around half-a-dozen dumper trucks and some machines were buried under the debris.
‘Govt-mafia alliance responsible for Dadam case’
Chandigarh: Haryana Congress chief Kumari Selja said that the people in government and the mining mafia are responsible for the fall of the mountain at Dadam in Bhiwani district. It should be investigated under the supervision of a sitting judge of the Supreme Court only then will the layers of this mining scandal of thousands of crores be opened, she said. The Congress demands that Rs 25 lakh as assistance be released to the families of each person who lost his life due to the fall of the mountain and Rs 10 lakh be released to the injured, she added.
GST collection of Rs 342 crores made in Dec in HP
Shimla: A spokesperson of Himachal Excise and Taxation Department said that the Department has collected Rs 342 crores under GST in the month of December. The GST collections in the current financial year upto December, 2021 stands at Rs 3157.26 crores vis-a-vis Rs 2370.45 crores during the same period of the last financial year which is 33 percent more than the last financial year. He said a number of initiatives of the Department including capacity building of tax officers, nudging non-filers after the last date of filing of returns, performance monitoring of field functionaries, verification of e-way bills and input tax credit are some of the factors which have led to the improvement in collections.