ULFA (I) Releases Kidnapped ONGC Employee in Nagaland
Ritul Saikia was released this morning by ULFA (I) militants near the Myanmar border in Longwa village of Mon district, Nagaland.
ULFA (I) chief Paresh Baruah. Photo: PTI
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Guwahati: Responding to an appeal from Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) freed ONGC employee Ritul Saikia, who they had kidnapped over a month ago.
Saikia, abducted on April 21, was released this morning by ULFA (I) militants near the Myanmar border in Longwa village of Mon district, Nagaland, a top official at Assam Police headquarters told PTI. He reached home late in the evening.
Barge P-305: Death toll climbs to 70, divers continue search for missing persons
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The Indian Navy recovered four more bodies from the Arabian Sea as divers from a specialised vessel continued to search for the remaining missing persons after the tragedy that befell Barge Papaa-305 last Monday in the Bombay High Fields, officials said here on Sunday. With this, the toll has shot up to 70 and around six are still reported missing, while 188 have been rescued safely so far.
The specialised vessel, INS Makar, which located the wreckage of the Barge Papaa-305 late on Saturday is now continuing to search for the sunken anchor-handling tugboat Varaprada .
ONGC, Afcons Infra announce separate cyclone Tauktae compensation plans
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Last Updated: May 22, 2021, 08:08 AM IST
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Synopsis ONGC and its service provider Afcons Infrastructure Ltd have announced separate compensation plans for the families of the deceased and the survivors of the barge that sank after being hit by Cyclone Tauktae on Monday.
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“While the modalities of the payments are being worked out, it is estimated that total compensation would range from Rs 35 lakh to Rs 75 lakh per family,” Afcons said.
ONGC and its service provider Afcons Infrastructure Ltd have announced separate compensation plans for the families of the deceased and the survivors of the barge that sank after being hit by Cyclone Tauktae on Monday.
The Shiv Sena on Saturday held Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) responsible for the death of several personnel of the barge that sank off the Mumbai coast when cyclone Tauktae brushed past the city earlier this week, and sought to know if Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan would resign owning the moral responsibility of the tragedy. In an editorial in its mouthpiece Saamana , the party said the deaths were not caused due to a natural disaster, but it was a case of culpable homicide as ONGC did not take the cyclone warnings seriously. Barge P-305, which housed personnel engaged in maintenance work of an offshore oil drilling platform of state-run oil and gas major ONGC, sank on Monday evening during the cyclone. The official death toll in the tragedy has reached 60.
The Mumbai police have so far found the bodies of 61 crew members.
MUMBAI: Politics has erupted over the P-305 barge tragedy, where a barge sank in the sea during the cyclone Tauktae on May 17. The Mumbai police have so far found the bodies of 61 crew members.
The Shiv Sena has held the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) corporation responsible for the incident and sought to know if Union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan will take moral responsibility for the incident and resign.
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Meanwhile, the state BJP has alleged that the Maharashtra government is trying to save Afcons, the company that chartered the barge and a police complaint was filed against the captain of the barge to derail the investigation.