Bereaved family members perform last rites of one of the deceased persons who died after a boat capsized at Harni lake. | Photo Credit: PTI A day after 12 students and two teachers were killed in a boat accident in Harni lake on the outskirts of Vadodara city in Gujarat, three persons, including a manager … Read more
A rescue operation is underway after a stone quarry caved in, at Maudarh in the Hnahthial district. | Photo Credit: PTI Eight bodies have been recovered from the debris of a stone quarry that collapsed in south Mizoram’s Hnahthial district on Monday, an official said Tuesday. Hnahthial district deputy commissioner R. Lalremsanga said the bodies … Read more
Cyclone Burevi continued to hover over the Gulf of Mannar near the Ramanathan district coast on Saturday, remaining ‘practically stationary’ for the last 30 hours, the India Meteorological Department reported. The Depression is likely to remain in the same state over the region and weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area in the next 12 hours. … Read more
IDUKKI (Kerala): Five people were killed when a mound of earth caved in on a row of houses of tea estate workers at Pettimudi in the high range Idukki district early Friday morning as heavy rains pounded the area triggering a landslide. Police sources said that five bodies have been recovered. Five others who were … Read more
MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday took stock of the state administration‘s preparedness in the wake of the incessant heavy rains in Mumbai and other parts of the state, including Kolhapur where the Panchganga river was flowing close to the danger mark. A statement issued by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said Thackeray … Read more