CCTV cameras avert Lonavala train accident
Mumbai: CCTV cameras installed in the ‘ghat’ (hilly) section of Mumbai-Pune route for monitoring during monsoon proved useful on Thursday night as a train was stopped well in time before it could hit a fallen boulder. A huge boulder fell on the track near Lonavala around 8.15 pm on Thursday, which held up the Mumbai-Kolhapur Sahyadri Express for over two hours. But an accident was averted as CCTV monitoring staff noticed the boulder in time, a railway official said Friday. PTI
Goa CM offers midnight meal to delayed flyers
Panaji: Stranded at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji airport late Thursday night for several hours, protesting passengers of an Air India flight to Goa were offered a free meal from an airport restaurant at the instance of Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. An office-bearer of the ruling alliance partner Goa Forward Party, Ketan Bhatikar, who was one of the passengers, called up Sawant, who arranged for food, placating the frustrated passengers. IANS
Akshay Patra wins Global Champion Award
London: Akshaya Patra, a non-profit organisation running one of the world's largest school meals project in India, has been awarded the BBC World Service Global Champion Award for the programme. The Bengaluru-based NGO was selected by an international panel of judges. It feeds 1.75 million children all over India with hot, freshly prepared meals. PTI
