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Boat Carrying 32 Capsizes in East Godavari, Six Missing
Six people, including five girls and a woman, were missing after a country boat they were travelling in capsized in river Gautami in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district on Saturday evening, an official communique said.
The AP State Disaster Management Authority said 26 passengers of the boat were rescued but two of them were hospitalised with injuries.
Thirty-two passengers were travelling in the boat that was on its way from Saladivari Palem to Pasuvullanka when it capsized after colliding with a pier of an under-construction bridge.
The number of fatalities was yet to be confirmed, the SDMA said.
(PTI)
India Expected to Be $10 Trillion Economy by 2030: Garg
Indian economy is on a stage of "take off" and is expected to be the world's third largest by 2030 with GDP worth USD 10 trillion, Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said on 14 July.
"Good days are ahead and lot of good work is happening in the economy. The economy is on a stage of take off where Indians can legitimately hold their heads high," he said.
Modi Lays Foundation Stone for Purvanchal Expressway
PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh.
He said, “Purvanchal Expressway will take UP, especially eastern UP, to greater heights. More than Rs 23,000 crore will be spent on it. All the cities, towns and places falling in the route will experience a change.”
He added, “We are working on not only highway but also waterway and airway. Ships sailing from Varanasi to Haldia will take this entire region ahead on the path of industrial development. 12 airports are being developed under UDAN scheme.”
“The take of these parties on triple talaq have exposed them. On one side the Centre is trying to make the lives of women easy, on the other side these people have grouped together to make the lives of women, especially Muslim women, difficult”, said PM Modi.
BJP: Amit Shah Shah Making Assurances on Ram Mandir Was Not Even on Agenda
The BJP denied reports that party president Amit Shah made assurances that a Ram Mandir would be built, in a meeting in Hyderabad yesterday. The party said to ANI, that “no such matter was even on the agenda”.