Harbhajan Singh to spend his Rajya Sabha salary on education of farmers' daughters
Chandigarh(PTI): Rajya Sabha MP and former cricketer Harbhajan Singh on Saturday said that he will contribute the salary he will get as a member of the Upper House towards the education of farmers' daughters.
Singh, who was elected to Rajya Sabha last month, said he will do everything he can for the betterment of the country.
"As a Rajya Sabha member, I want to contribute my RS salary to the daughters of farmers for their education & welfare. I've joined to contribute to the betterment of our nation and will do everything I can. Jai Hind," he tweeted.
Singh was among the five Aam Aadmi Party candidates who were elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Punjab.
At the time of filing his nomination papers, he had said his focus would be on promoting sports and improving sports-related infrastructure.
Singh was a former spinner of the Indian cricket team. Hailing from Jalandhar, he also captained Mumbai Indians and Kings Xl Punjab in the IPL.
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Five killed, 14 injured in landslide on route to Vaishno Devi shrine
Jammu (PTI): Relentless heavy rain led to a landslide on the route to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine atop the Trikuta hill on Tuesday afternoon, killing at least five people and injuring 14, officials said. Several people were feared trapped.
The pilgrimage to the famed shrine in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district was suspended when the mountainside literally gave way and stones, boulders and rocks came hurtling down around 3 pm, catching people unawares.
Rescue operations are underway near the Inderprastha Bhojnalaya at Adhkwari, officials said. The landslide struck at a point about halfway along the winding 12-km trek from Katra to the hilltop shrine.
There are two routes up to the shrine -- while the yatra had been suspended on the Himkoti trek route since morning, it was going on on the old route till 1.30 pm when authorities decided to suspend it till further orders in view of the torrential rain.
"In an unfortunate incident of landslide at Adhkwari, 5 people have lost their lives and 14 others have been injured. Rescue operations underway," the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board said in a post on X.
Kiran, from Mohali in Punjab, was among those caught in the hail of stones, trees and boulders.
"I was coming down the hill after performing darshan when people started shouting. I saw stones falling down. I rushed to safety but was injured," Kiran told reporters from a hospital bed in Katra.
"We were a group of five out of which three are injured," added another girl, traumatised by her narrow escape.
Three days of continuous rain has wreaked havoc across many parts of Jammu.
