9 killed in Manipur landslide
Imphal, July 11 : At least nine persons, including five children, died after a landslide hit Manipur's Tamenglong district early on Wednesday.
Among the victims were three girls and two boys, while two more children have gone missing, Adim Panmei, Chairman of State Disaster Management said.
Panmei and his team along with the police and fire fighters are searching for the two missing children, but District Collector Ravindra Singh said chances of finding them alive were slim.
The national highway adjoining Nagaland was also damaged by the landslide that was triggered by heavy rains. All traffic on the route has been suspended.
In another incident, a young mother and her nine-year-old daughter were swept away by a strong current in the Iril river on Tuesday.
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Govt tells media channels not to use civil defence sirens sounds in programmes
New Delhi, May 10 (PTI): The government on Saturday advised all media channels to refrain from using civil defence air raid sirens sounds in their programmes other than community awareness drive.
In an advisory, the Directorate General Fire Service, Civil Defence and Home Guards said exercising the powers conferred under the Civil Defence Act, 1968, all media channels were requested to refrain from using civil defence air raids sirens sounds in their programmes other than for educating the community.
It said that the routine use of sirens may likely to reduce the sensitivity of civilians towards the air raids sirens and civilians may misunderstood it as routine matter, used by the media channels, during the actual air raids.
The advisory came amidst the heightened tension due to the ongoing India-Pakistan conflict.
