300 tourists stranded mid-air as Gulmarg Gondola malfunctions
SRINAGAR, May 25: Around 300 tourists in 65 cabins were stranded mid-air for hours after the cable car system developed technical problems in J&K’s Gulmarg, with rescue operations hampered by heavy rain.A major multi-agency rescue operation was launched soon after the system malfunctioned around noon, and 179 tourists were evacuated safely in the first five hours, adding that some of the cabins were nearly 500 ft above ground.Operations of both phases of the Gulmarg cable car service, popularly known as the Gondola, were suspended following a malfunction, they said. No casualties were reported.Restoration work on the cable car system is currently underway, the officials said.The officials said that some of the cabins were hanging at a height of around 500 ft, so evacuating the passengers from these cabins was taking time. (PTI)
3 AIADMK rebel MLAs resign, set to join TVK
CHENNAI, May 25: The AIADMK suffered another blow on Monday when three of its party legislators belonging to the rebel group led by senior leaders Shanmugam and Velumani resigned and are set to join the ruling TVK, prompting “horse-trading” charges from the opposition DMK and AIADMK .AIADMK chief Palaniswami lashed out at the “fraud jobs” of the TVK government and said such things were new to Tamil Nadu politics. He called the resignation episode a “pre-planned conspiracy.”The development comes weeks after the AIADMK lost the April 23 polls, its MLAs split into two groups, each supporting party general secretary Palaniswami and the Shanmugam-Velumani duo. The two camps took divergent positions on the TVK government’s floor test, with the Palaniswami faction voting against it and the 25-member group on the other side backing the Vijay-led government which won the confidence vote.With the Speaker accepting the resignation of the three MLAs, the strength of the AIADMK has dropped to 44 from 47 in the Assembly. (PTI)
Man kills wife over extramarital affair, dies by suicide
INDORE, May 25: A 34-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and died by suicide over her extramarital affair in MP’s Indore district, triggering a chain of events where the woman’s paramour also ended his life.A man strangled his 28-year-old wife at their home in Indore city, allegedly following a dispute over her extramarital affair, and then committed suicide by consuming poison.He said that in a suicide note recovered from the scene, the husband alleged that a man living in Pithampur had seduced his wife, established physical relations with her and had threatened to circulate private photos of her on social media.The note further claimed that despite repeated pleas and persuasion to stay away, the woman’s paramour refused to back down.The deceased woman’s alleged lover panicked upon receiving news of the couple’s deaths on Sunday and rushed to his native village and consumed a poisonous substance. (PTI)
