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New Delhi, July 14: Debris clearance operations continued at the Delhi Metro accident site in South Delhi even as one-way traffic in the area was thrown open on Tuesday to facilitate movement of vehicles.

Cranes, which toppled yesterday leaving six injured, have been removed from the accident spot.

Metallic structure collapses at Mumbai Metro siteCommuters in the area had some respite this morning as one-way traffic was opened on the Moolchand-Jamrudpur-Nehru Place route.

Mumbai, July 14: Normal life was thrown out of gear in the city on Tuesday due to heavy overnight rains that led to severe water logging in many parts and badly disrupted road, rail and air traffic.

The heavy down pour accompanied by gusty winds since last evening led to traffic snarls at various places.

Suburban trains were also running late by 30-45 minutes due to waterlogging on the tracks.

Central railways was running 30 to 45 minutes late while Harbour line and Western lines are running 10 to 15 minutes, the railways said.

New Delhi,July 14: The Government on Monday said it would examine a suggestion to issue certificates to manufacturing units that do not use child labour.

“I will examine the suggestion,” Labour Minister Mallikarujn Kharge said during Question Hour, when a member suggested issuing certificates to manufacturing units that do not use child labour.

He said according to 2001 census, the number of working children in the age-group of 5-14 years was 1.26 crore, of which about 12 lakh were working in hazardous processes.

Srinagar, July 14: The Peoples’ Democratic Party on Monday said there was a need for serious and sustained efforts to find a permanent solution of the Kashmir issue.

“A final and amicable solution alone can prevent recurrence of the kind of unrest that is witnessed by the state at present,” PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed told a large gathering of party workers at Pahalgam, 100 km from here, on Monday.

He charged the ruling National Conference-Congress government with using cheap tactics to target the PDP through its propaganda.

Srinagar, July 14: Security forces on Monday busted three militant hideouts in Rajouri district and recovered large cache of arms and ammunition from each of them including 45 devices and 12 kgs of explosives, a 16 corps officer said.

New Delhi, July 14: With Assembly elections in three states, including Maharashtra and Haryana, scheduled soon, a meeting of the AICC is expected in Mumbai by September.

Party sources said that the leadership was toying with the idea and no final decision has been taken so far.

If the AICC meeting is held, it will be the first such session of the Congress after the Lok Sabha elections.

The Assembly elections in Maharashtra are scheduled by October and therefore the plan is to hold the meeting before announcement of elections there.

New Delhi, july 14: Even as a bandh crippled life in Darjeeling, the Centre on Monday suggested holding of tripartite meeting with the West Bengal government and the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) on August 24 on the demand of creating a separate Gorkha state.

The Centre has asked the state government to communicate the proposal to the GJM and convey back the response to it.

Kolkata, july 14: The condition of veteran CPM leader Jyoti Basu, who was admitted to hospital on Sunday morning, is stable. The seven-member panel of doctors who have been monitoring his condition for the last 24 hours said that he was doing much better on Monday than when he was admitted.

Basu had been admitted to the AMRI on Sunday after he complained of breathlessness and fainted. Although Basu had a liquid diet on Sunday, doctors said he was given a soft diet of fish and rice on Monday.