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Army soldiers and rescue workers search for bodies after a landslide in Himachal Pradesh. (Photo: AP)

Landslide kills 48 in Himachal Pradesh

2 buses fall into gorge, toll likely to rise; rescue work to resume today.

14 Aug 2017 4:30 AM

So far eight bodies have been recovered which included the driver and the conductor of Chamba depot bus. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Himachal Pradesh landslide claims 46 lives; CM declares Rs 5 lakh ex gratia

Himachal Transport minister GS Bali said the toll could climb to 50 in the incident which took place Saturday night.

13 Aug 2017 12:33 PM

Army personnel rescue villagers who were stuck due to heavy downpour at Surendranagar district of Gujarat on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Heavy rains lash Kolkata, Mumbai; 3 die in Gujarat

NDRF, Air Force rescue 214 stranded people in Gujarat.

23 Jul 2017 1:00 AM

NDRF personnel conducting search operations. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Nagpur boat capsize: 8 bodies recovered from Vena Dam

Eight persons drowned, while three persons managed to escape.

11 Jul 2017 11:18 AM

NDRF personnel in search of survivors at Vena Dam, Maharashtra. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

1 dead, 7 missing after boat capsizes in Nagpur's Vena Dam

A total of 11 people had come for a joy ride on Sunday evening when the mishap took place.

10 Jul 2017 9:04 AM

Pune: 5-year-old boy falls into borewell, rescue operation on

The boy, Mangesh Jadhav, accidentally fell into the borewell in Virali village, station duty officer at Mhaswad police station said.

27 Jun 2017 8:43 AM

Centre assures Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram govt help to deal with floods

Rijiju also tweeted that 24×7 control room of the Ministry of Home Affairs was monitoring severe landslides and floods in these states.

14 Jun 2017 3:24 PM

Senior home ministry and NDRF officials said a small team of about 30 personnel equipped with CBRN-disasters combat was stationed near the India Gate area sometime back. (Photo: Representational Image)

NDRF base comes up in Delhi, to fight bio, nuke threats

Apart from safeguarding the seat of power, it will quickly respond to dangerous threats to the local population.

12 Jun 2017 3:07 AM

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal with Dy CM Manish Sisodia visits victims of gas leak at a hospital in New Delhi. (Photo PTI)

Delhi gas leak: Some students still in hospitals

As many as 16 girls are still admitted in Humdard Institute, 11 are admitted in ESIC, two in Batra Hospital, and one is in Apollo Hospital.

08 May 2017 1:42 AM

National Disaster Response Force personnel conducting the search and rescue operation after a jetty collapsed in Bhadreswar on Wednesday. (Photo: AFP)

West Bengal: Jetty collapse claims 13 lives in Bhadreswar

13 found dead and 5 still missing due to a portion of a bamboo jetty at Telenipara giving way under the impact of high tide on Wednesday.

29 Apr 2017 9:03 AM

Search operation at the jetty collapse site in Bhadreswar. (Photo: PTI)

Jetty collapse toll now 13, government to ensure safer boats

Meetings would also be held with the mechanised boat manufacturing companies for increasing production.

29 Apr 2017 12:57 AM

A search operation is being carried out in the Hooghly after the collapse of a jetty in West Bengal. (Photo: PTI)

Hooghly: Three dead, many missing as jetty collapses

The National Disaster Response Force has launched a search operation to trace other missing people.

27 Apr 2017 3:53 AM

The spokesperson added that the BMC will now begin training of the men recruited to form the CDRF. (Photo: AP)

Mumbai to have its own disaster response team

BMC spokesperson said Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta has finally given his nod to form the CDRF.

15 Mar 2017 4:32 AM

MP: 17-hr rescue operation saves 1-yr-old from 50 ft borewell pit

Chandrasekhar, the 1-year-old boy, is currently recovering at a local hospital and has been kept under observation.

18 Feb 2017 8:50 AM

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