वायनाड लैंडस्लाइड में अब तक 106 लोगों ने गंवाई जान, जान पर खेलकर रेस्क्यू में लगी सेना और NDRF

वायनाड लैंडस्लाइड में अब तक 106 लोगों ने गंवाई जान, जान पर खेलकर रेस्क्यू में लगी सेना और NDRF

केरल के वायनाड जिले में भयानक त्रासदी हुई है. जोरदार बारिश के बाद हुए भूस्खलन में वायनाड के मेपाड्डी, मुंडक्कल और चूरलमाला इलाके के कई मकान मलबें में दब गए. मरने वालों की तादाद 100 के पार पहुंच चुकी है और हर गुजरते घंटे के साथ लगातार बढ़ती जा रही है. हालात इतने मुश्किल भरे … Read more

Gujarat boat tragedy | Harni lake manager, two operators held

Gujarat boat tragedy | Harni lake manager, two operators held

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

NDRF teams start rescue operations in flood-hit areas of Punjab’s Gurdaspur

NDRF teams start rescue operations in flood-hit areas of Punjab’s Gurdaspur

Gurdaspur Deputy Commissioner Himanshu Aggarwal said that vehicular traffic on Mukerian bridge has been closed after the Mukerian-Gurdaspur road submerged. | Photo Credit: X/@himan47agg_IAS Several teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on August 16 began rescue operations to evacuate people in several areas in Gurdaspur which were inundated following the release of excess … Read more

4 dead after landslide in Maharashtra’s Raigad district

4 dead after landslide in Maharashtra’s Raigad district

Four persons were killed after a landslide in Maharashtra’s Raigad district, an official said on Thursday. NDRF teams have rushed to the site amid reports of at least 100 persons feared to be trapped, the official said. The landslide occurred around 11 p.m. on Wednesday at Irshalwadi village in Khalapur tehsil, the official said. Over … Read more

Cyclone Asani: Here’s how it got its name — All you need to know

Cyclone Asani: Here’s how it got its name — All you need to know

The Cyclone Asani is set to intensify in the low-pressure area of the Bay of Bengal on March 21 with wind speeds of about 70-80 kmph pushing to 90 kmph. The first cyclone of 2022 is set to hit Andaman and Nicobar on March 21. It is named Cyclone Asani. According to the weather department, it … Read more

Uttarakhand flash floods: What has been achieved by search teams in 10 days and what still remains

Uttarakhand flash floods: What has been achieved by search teams in 10 days and what still remains

At least 476 NDRF, SDRF, ITBP and Army personnel has been deployed for the search operations at the Uttarakhand flood sites. (IE Image) The Uttarakhand flash floods that shook the nation on February 7 claimed several lives. It’s been more than 10 days since the tragedy; search and rescue operations continue and dozens are yet … Read more

Centre approves Rs 4,382 crore as assistance for natural calamities to 6 states

Centre approves Rs 4,382 crore as assistance for natural calamities to 6 states

New Delhi: A high-level committee, headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, has approved the release of nearly Rs 4,382 crore to six states as central assistance for the natural calamities they faced this year. The funds will be released to West Bengal, Odisha, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Sikkim as assistance for the damage … Read more

PM CARES Fund got Rs 3,076 crore in just five days, according to the account statement

PM CARES Fund got Rs 3,076 crore in just five days, according to the account statement

NEW DELHI: The PM CARES Fund, set up in March to deal with emergency situations like the COVID-19 pandemic, received Rs 3,076.62 crore in just five days of its formation, as per an account statement made public by the fund on Wednesday. The ‘receipt and payment account’ showed nearly Rs 3,075.85 crore as ‘voluntary contributions’, … Read more

SC refuses plea to transfer PM CARES Fund to NDRF

SC refuses plea to transfer PM CARES Fund to NDRF

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea to transfer the PM CARES Funds to the National Disaster Relief Fund. The court also rejected a plea for a fresh national plan to control Covid-19. A bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan though said the government would be free to transfer the funds to … Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalls valour of Indian soldiers in Kargil War

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recalls valour of Indian soldiers in Kargil War

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday recalled the valour of the Indian armed forces during the Kargil War, saying enemy perched atop heights was defeated by brave soldiers. The country is observing the 21st anniversary of the victory in the Kargil War on Sunday. The Kargil war was declared over on July 26, 1999, after … Read more