Two more bodies have been recovered from river Beas. The deceased students whose bodies have been recovered have been identified as Dasari Srinidhi, daughter of Raja Reddy, resident of Karim Nagar in  Hyderabad and Kasarla Reddy, daughter of Krishna Reddy of Bachupally area in Hyderabad. The recovered bodies belong to the group of 24 engineering students of Hyderabad-based VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, who were washed away in the Beas at Thalout in Mandi district after sudden release of water from the Larji dam on June 8. Today is the 42nd day after the tragedy and the team which is overseeing the rescue and search operation at the Pandoh dam site informed the families of the 2 students ...

Himachal Pradesh High Court ordered both the VNR Vigana Jyothi College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad and HP State Electricity Board  hand interim relief of Rs 5 lakh to each of the parents of 24 engineering students who lost there lives in the accident on 8 June. The college and the state electricity board had been directed to deposit 50% each of the interim relief with the court by 9 July. The court would directly monitor the investigation of FIR registering the accident and appointed senior advocate Dilip Sharma as Amicus Curiae to assist the court in the case. The bench directed Superintendent Police, Mandi to file status of investigation by or before 9 July, the next hearing date. Before granting ...