The workers have sent out signals indicating that they are safe, the Press Trust of India news agency cited a state government official as saying.
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Floods kill at least 31 in Somalia after UN warns of once-in-a-century event
Mogadishu has been ravaged by downpours that swept away vulnerable people, including children and older adults, and disrupted transportation.
Trump joins media outlets in pushing for his federal election interference case to be televised
The request for a televised trial comes as the Washington case has emerged as the most potent and direct legal threat to Trump’s political fortunes.
Several people shot on I-59 in Alabama, police say
Police in Alabama say multiple people have been shot on Interstate 59 southbound in Birmingham
Newly elected House speaker grasps for funding plan amid shutdown approaching
House lawmakers left Washington for the weekend without a plan in hand after several setbacks.
McConnell, standing apart in a changing party, digs in on his decadeslong push against Russia
While McConnell still thinks of himself as a Reagan Republican, many in his party no longer do.
Yellen stresses economic cooperation with China as she begins talks with her Chinese counterpart
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s talks with Vice Premier He Lifeng are designed to lay the groundwork for an expected meeting between President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping next week.
10 alleged Gambino crime family members, associates charged in federal indictment
Law enforcement agencies including the FBI, the New York Waterfront Commission, and the prosecutor in Palermo, Italy, assisted in the multiyear investigation, authorities said.
Hawaii governor announces $150 million fund for Maui wildfire victims modeled after 9/11 fund
Beneficiaries will receive payments of more than $1 million as early as next year, the governor’s office said in a news release.
U.S. launches airstrike on site in Syria in response to attacks by Iranian-backed militias
The strike by two U.S. F-15 fighter jets was on a weapons storage facility linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.