2 NIT Kurukshetra students drown in canal
Kurukshetra (PTI): Two students of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) drowned in the Bhakra canal in this Haryana city, police said on Wednesday.
Both were third-year students of Civil Engineering.
Station House Officer (SHO) at Adarsh Police station Devinder Kumar said on Tuesday evening six students of NIT Kurukshetra had gone for a picnic and a bath at the Narwana Branch of the Bhakra canal at Jyotisar, near here.
Rahul, a resident of Prayagraj in UP, slipped into the canal and was swept away by the strong water current. Another student Anubhav, who hailed from Rajasthan, jumped into the canal to save his friend but he too was swept away, he said.
According to police, rescue operations were launched by the administration after the incident was reported. The divers recovered the bodies of both students from downstream of the canal Wednesday morning.
SHO said the bodies were sent for postmortem after the family members of the deceased arrived here.
NIT's Public Relations Officer, Prof Vikas Mittal said some students had gone to the canal in the evening, during which the incident happened.
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Trump says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ continuing Iran ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.
“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.
Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”
Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”
“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.
When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
