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RPI chief Ramdas Athawale had to wait for more than 2 hours at Thane railway station. (Photo: Deepak Kurkunde)

Landslide affects transit, passengers forced to wait

The landslide occurred at 8.50 pm on Saturday at the Lonavala-Kalyan section.

27 Aug 2018 1:05 AM IST

Dozens of people believed buried in the landslide probably did not survive, the mayor of Itogon said Monday, although rescuers kept digging through mud and debris covering a chapel where they had taken shelter. (Photo: AP)

Philippines typhoon Mangkhut toll hits 81, expected to rise

Mangkhut swamped farm fields in nation's agricultural north and smashed houses when it tore through with violent winds...

19 Sept 2018 1:25 PM IST

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Nearly 94 years after the Jallianwalla Bagh outrage British Prime Minster David Cameron felt deeply shameful but stopped...

22 Feb 2013 9:56 AM IST

Sri Lanka has appealed for outside help as the death toll from floods and mudslides on Saturday rose to 100 with 99 others missing.

Mudslide in northeast Congo leaves 40 dead, say authorities

Jean-Bosco Lalu, who leads civil society groups in the nearby regional hub of Bunia, says 30 bodies have been recovered.

17 Aug 2017 8:35 PM IST

Throughout the northwestern area more than 650 houses were destroyed and damaged, hundreds of hectares of crops lost and roads broken, authorities said. (Photo: AFP)

Vietnam: 26 killed, 15 missing in flood, landslide

Last year, around 235 people were reported dead and missing due to flooding and bad weather in Vietnam.

7 Aug 2017 1:49 PM IST

Heavy rainfall has lashed Nepal for the past four days, swelling several Himalayan rivers beyond the danger mark and causing flooding and landslides at many places in the country. (Photo: AP)

Death toll in Nepal floods, landslides rises to 78

The monsoon havoc which started on Friday has affected 27 districts spanning from the eastern, central to the western...

14 Aug 2017 5:06 PM IST

Families perched on trees with young children overnight as flood waters swept away homes in a village in southern district of Chitwan, local media reported. (Photo: AP)

Nepal: Death toll from floods, landslide rises to 40

Torrential downpours have destroyed homes and infrastructure in more than a dozen districts since Friday morning.

13 Aug 2017 4:00 PM IST

Tourists stand outside of a hotel after being evacuated following an earthquake in Ruoergai in southwestern Chinas Sichuan province. A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in southwestern China near a famous national park, killing people and knocking out power and phone networks. (Photo: AP)

China earthquake: 431 injured, death toll rises to 20

More than 60,000 people have been evacuated from the area amid continuing aftershocks, state media said.

10 Aug 2017 2:51 PM IST

A vehicle is crushed after a landslide following heavy rains in Aizawl, Mizoram. (Photo: PTI)

70 people killed in rain-related incidents in various parts of...

In Pakistan and neighboring India, deadly floods occur regularly during the monsoon season, which runs from June through...

14 July 2017 5:19 PM IST

Sri Lanka has appealed for outside help as the death toll from floods and mudslides on Saturday rose to 100 with 99 others missing.

Death toll from Sri Lanka floods rise to 164

Sri Lanka has sought international assistance, with India sending two naval ships laden with supplies over the weekend.

29 May 2017 9:39 AM IST

A Bangladeshi woman mourns next to bodies of relatives (not pictured) after a landslide in Bandarban (Photo: AFP)

At least 92 dead in rain-triggered landslides in Bangladesh

Many of the victims were from poor tribal communities in the remote hill district of Rangamati, close to the Indian...

13 Jun 2017 9:00 PM IST

There are a total of 26 people dead from landslides in four towns of Biliran. We have recovered the bodies, Sofronio Dacillo, Biliran provincial disaster risk reduction and management officer, said. (Photo: AFP)

Landslides, following a tropical storm, claim 26 lives in Phillipines:...

The landslides were triggered by Tropical Storm Kai-Tak.

17 Dec 2017 4:57 PM IST