Senior Congress MLA P T Thomas passes away
Kochi(PTI): Senior Congress leader and MLA P T Thomas died at a hospital in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, party sources said here.
He was 71. His end came this morning while he was undergoing treatment for pancreas related ailments at Christian Medical College in Vellore, they said.
Thomas, who was elected as MLA from Thrikkakara Assembly seat in April this year for the second consecutive term, represented Idukki in Lok Sabha during 2009-2014 period. He was the working president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC).
Born in 1950, Thomas began his political career as a worker of the Kerala Students Union (KSU), the student outfit of the Congress in Kerala. He held several positions including state president of the KSU, Youth Congress during his eventful political career.
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Assam hit by 5.1 magnitude earthquake; no casualty reported
Guwahati (PTI): An earthquake of 5.1 magnitude jolted the central part of Assam on Monday morning, an official bulletin said.
There is no immediate report of any injury to anyone or damage to any property, officials said.
A National Centre for Seismology report said the quake was recorded at 4.17 am in Morigaon district on the southern bank of Brahmaputra, at a depth of 50 km.
The epicentre of the earthquake was located at a latitude 26.37 N and longitude of 92.29 E in central Assam, it added.
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People in the neighbouring Kamrup Metropolitan, Nagaon, East Karbi Anglong, West Karbi Anglong, Hojai, Dima Hasao, Golaghat, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Charaideo, Cachar, Karimganj, Hailakandi, Dhubri, South Salmara-Mankachar and Goalpara districts also felt the jolt.
Darrang, Tamulpur, Sonitpur, Kamrup, Biswanath, Udalguri, Nalbari, Bajali, Barpeta, Baksa, Chirang, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon and Lakhimpur on the northern bank of Brahmaputra too felt the tremor.
The earthquake could be felt in some areas of central-western Arunachal Pradesh, entire Meghalaya, and several areas of Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and West Bengal.
Central-eastern Bhutan, parts of China and Bangladesh were also shaken, the report showed.
The tremor forced people to scamper out of their homes to open areas from their sleep.
The northeastern region falls in the high seismic zone, making it earthquake-prone.
