Uttarakhand tunnel rescue ops for evacuating 41 trapped workers likely to end tonight
New Delhi/IBNS: The rescue operation to evacuate 41 trapped workers from the Uttarakhand tunnel collapse is expected to be completed by Wednesday night with only 12 metres of rock and debris left to be cleared off, media reports said.
Effort to rescue 39 workers trapped inside tunnel continues a day after Uttarakhand glacier burst
Dehradun/IBNS: A massive operation is on since last night to rescue some 39 people believed to be trapped inside a tunnel after a glacier burst in Uttarakhand on Sunday, which caused flash floods leaving 18 dead and over 200 missing.
IAF rescues 107 people from frozen Zanskar river in Ladakh
New Delhi/IBNS: About 50 trekkers including nine foreign nationals and an approximately equal number of local guides and porters, who were a part of the ongoing ‘Chadar Trek’, got stranded when some portions of the frozen Zanskar River, which melted.
Search efforts resume for last victim of Hawaii helicopter crash
Los Angeles/Xinhua: The search resumed on Saturday for the last victim of a tour helicopter that crashed on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, according to local officials.
Meghalaya coal mine incident : Navy divers, NDRF teams continue rescue ops without breakthrough
Guwahati, Dec 31 (IBNS) : A breakthrough continued to elude the rescuers engaged in a massive search operation for the 15 miners, trapped inside a flooded rat-hole coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district even on the 19th day on Monday.
Majherhat bridge collapse: Death toll rises to 3; search and rescue operation ends
Kolkata, Sept 6 (IBNS): The death toll in Majherhat bridge collapse incident rose to three as the search and rescue operation ended on Thursday, media reports said.
Indian Navy conducts search and rescue operations on third day
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IBNS): Indian Navy's search and rescue operations continued for the third day over Southeast Arabian Sea and Lakshadweep and Minicoy islands in the aftermath of severe cyclonic storm 'Ockhi' on Sunday.
IAF chopper joins flood rescue operation in West Bengal
Kolkata, July 28 (IBNS): An Mi-75V5 helicopter of the Indian Air Force has joined the rescue operation at flood-hit Pratappur village in Ghatal in West Bengal's West Medinipur district.