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Govt. withdraws customs Hyderabad-based construction com- Ministry of Defence spokesperson Wing
pany IVRCL, which was contracted to Commander S. S. Birdi said.
duty on imports of life- build the giant flyover, called the disas-
ter an "act of God", while an FIR has Mhadei, an all women
saving drugs been lodged against the local officials crew navy vessel
of the company.
As many as 74 drugs, including life-sav- An all-women-crew navy vessel
ing ones used for treating cancer and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has Mhadei has arrived at the Chennai port
HIV, will see sharp rise in prices as the said "stringent action" will be taken ahead of its attempt to circumnavi-
government has withdrawn customs against the owners of the company gate the globe. This is the first time an
duty exemption on their imports. The assigned to construct the bridge, con- all-women crew is leading a navy ves-
Central Board of Excise and Customs necting the central part of the city to sel. It will reach Kochi and then return
(CBEC) had issued a notification with- the north. to Goa next year.
drawing exemption of levy of basic
customs duty on as many as 74 drugs.
Unfinished Vivekananda The National Disaster Response Force Associated Journals to
Bridge in Kolkata collapses deployed five of its teams. Specialist turn not-for-profit
taking life of about 27 rescue teams armed with concrete
and metal cutters, drilling machines, Associated Journals Limited (AJL), the
At least 27 people were killed and sensors to detect life and sniffer dogs publisher of the now-defunct National
more than 60 injured as two parts of arrived around 2 p.m. But many of Herald and two sister newspapers, has
an under-construction 2.2-km-long those engaged in the rescue appeared decided to revive the three dailies. AJL
Vivekananda Flyover collapsed in a to be ordinary people who were seen shareholders, who attended an ex-
congested market area in BurraBazar, trying to pull away concrete slabs with traordinary general meeting (EGM),
north Kolkata, on 31st March after- their bare hands. considered and approved several reso-
noon. lutions to convert the company into a
Workers struggled to get cranes and not-for-profit one.
A 100-metre (330-ft) section came other large machinery through the
crashing down suddenly on a crowded narrow streets of Burrabazar, one of No coal shortage for
street around 12:30pm, crushing pe- the oldest and most congested parts of power generation: Piyush
destrians, cars and other vehicles un- the city. "We have deployed five col- Goyal
der huge concrete slabs and metal. umns of personnel along with a team
of engineers. A medical team from the The government has transformed the
K.P. Rao, a representative of the Command Hospital is also at the spot," country's coal scenario in a short span
"The best revenge is massive success."
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