Bengaluru/IBNS: At least one person was killed and five more are trapped after an under-construction building collapsed in Bengaluru on Tuesday, media reports said.
Surat building collapse kills 7, bodies pulled out of debris overnight
Surat/IBNS: Seven bodies were pulled out of the rubble a day after a six-storey building collapsed in Gujarat's Surat, media reports said on Sunday.
12 students, two teachers drown as boat overturns in lake near Gujarat's Vadodara
Vadodara/IBNS: At least twelve students and two teachers drowned after a boat overturned in a lake on the outskirts of Vadodara city in Gujarat on Thursday, reports said.
MK Stalin writes to Rajnath Singh seeking more choppers for rescue ops in rain-battered Tamil Nadu
Chennai/IBNS/UNI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K.Stalin Tuesday urged Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to deploy a maximum number of helicopters for rescue operations in the rain-battered southern districts of the State.
After all 41 workers trapped underground in a tunnel in Uttarakhand's Silkyara were rescued on Tuesday, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra said the operation reminded everyone "that no tunnel is too difficult to emerge from" and the same has uplifted the spirits of every Indian citizen.
'Amazing example of humanity, teamwork': PM Modi lauds Uttarakhand tunnel rescue op
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday applauded the Uttarakhand tunnel rescue operation and said the success of this mission has set an amazing example of humanity and teamwork.
Uttarakhand tunnel rescue op ends, all 41 trapped workers brought out after 17-day ordeal
Silkyara/IBNS: The mammoth rescue operation to evacuate the 41 trapped workers in a tunnel in Uttarakhand's Silkyara came to an end Tuesday after a 17-day multi-agency drill that finally met with success. All the labourers were brought out of the tunnel bringing a sigh of relief nationwide.
3 trapped workers brought out from Uttarakhand tunnel on stretchers
Silkyara/IBNS: Three of 41 men trapped underground in a tunnel in Uttarakhand's Silkyara have been rescued after a 17-day multi-agency rescue operation.
Silkyara: The rescue operation to take out 41 workers, trapped since November 12 in the 4.5-km collapsed under-construction tunnel in Uttarakhand, will take much longer than anticipated earlier.
Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Operation to rescue 41 trapped workers in final phase
The operation to rescue 41 workers, who are trapped under the debris caused by a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi, has reached its final phase, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Five days after an under-construction tunnel collapsed in Uttarakhand trapping 40 labourers, a special machine has been flown to the spot to expedite the rescue work, media reports said.
Shimla: NDRF team rescues five people stranded in Beas River
Shimla: The state government has requisitioned the NDRF to speed up rescue and relief operations due to flash floods, landslides, and heavy rainfall that affected people, sources said on Sunday.
Balasore/IBNS: At least 50 people were killed and 300-400 were injured when a passenger train hit the derailed coaches of another train in Odisha's Balasore on Friday evening. Many are feared trapped and the casualties may rise, officials said. However, updates at 230 am quoting officials said the toll could be 120.
IAF flight delivers quake relief supplies in Syria, Turkey
New Delhi/UNI: A seventh Indian Air Force (IAF) plane loaded with quake relief material, including medical equipment and disaster relief consumables, delivered the material in Syria and Turkey on Sunday, the MEA said.
India's NDRF team rescues six-year-old girl from rubble in quake-hit Turkey
New Delhi: India’s National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team in quake-hit Turkey has rescued a six-year-old girl in Gaziantep city from under the rubble of damaged buildings, Home Minister Amit Shah tweeted.