Rescue & Relief

Turkish envoy Firat Sunel cites a proverb in Turkish, Dost kara gunde belli olur", which means "a friend in need is a friend indeed".

New Delhi: President Joe Biden said he was "deeply saddened" and promised US assistance Monday after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, killing thousands of people. "I am deeply saddened by the loss of life and…

Doda/Jammu: A team of experts from the Geological Survey of India (GSI) on Saturday inspected a village in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district to ascertain the underlying factors for the development of cracks in nearly two dozen…

Biden said that he had ordered the Pentagon to shoot down the China balloon US President Joe Biden said that the mission to shoot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the East Coast on Saturday has been successful. After arriving at…

Tokyo: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 jolted Izu Islands, Japan, at 04:49:52 GMT on Monday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 409.088 km, was initially determined to be at 29.0005 degrees north latitude…

New Delhi: Central Govt. teams who visited the Joshimath area have submitted their report to PMO and a relief of Rs. 1.50 lakhs have been announced by GOI, apart from providing temporary accommodation nearby. Meanwhile, Congress general…

New Delhi: Making an immediate intervention in the Joshimath land-slide, where cracks in houses have sent warning signals to local and national authorities, Centre gave a clear task to team of experts from seven central institutions to deal…

Cape Town: The death toll from an explosion of a fuel tanker in the South African city of Boksburg has risen to 34, South African broadcaster eNCA reported on Friday. The number of those killed in the December 24 blast has risen from 27 to…

Pretoria: At least 10 people died in an explosion of a fuel tanker in the South African city of Boksburg on Saturday, with several more people injured, according to local ambulance services. "Reports from the scene are that a tanker…

Kinshasa: At least 141 people were killed following floods and landslides caused by heavy rains that hit several outlying districts of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), from late Monday till early Tuesday,…

Betul (MP): Efforts continue on war footing vis-à-vis rescuing an approximately eight-year-old boy who fell into a borewell at Mandhvi village in this district’s Athner block and got trapped at a depth of about 40 ft. The operation is…

Colombo: A group of four Sri Lankan fishermen who set sail on September 25 and got lost in the sea for 63 long days have been rescued by the Indian Coast Guard, it was reported on Wednesday. The men were on board FV Neil Mary were sailing…

Ahmedabad: At least 90 people were killed and several others injured after a cable bridge collapsed in Gujarat's Morbi on Sunday evening, official sources said. Hundreds have been plunged into River Macchu in Morbi town. Local footage…

Seoul: More than 150 people have died in a crush among huge Halloween crowds in a popular nightlife area of South Korea's capital, officials said. The death toll jumped from 59 to 120 in the last hour, with local media reporting a further…

Ankara: Forty-one people have died following an explosion in a coal mine in northern Turkey, the country's president said on Saturday. The discovery of the final missing body brings the rescue operation to an end, more than 20 hours after…

Dharamshala: Two foreign trekkers, Peter Van Geit and Sneha, hailing from Brussels (Belgium) who were trapped in snow-bound Bara Bhanghal valley for the past six days have been rescued and the rescue team comprising of police and trekkers…

Pauri Garhwal: In Uttarakhand, a bus full of passengers fell into a deep gorge in the Lansdowne area of ​​Pauri district late on Tuesday evening. A total of 45 people are said to be on the bus. Rescue teams are on the spot, but due to…

Kanpur: Following complaints of delay in taking the injured to the hospitals and their treatment of the tractor-trolley incident in which 26 people were killed, the district administration on Sunday constituted an inquiry committee.…

New Delhi: In a tragic accident near Kanpur 26 pilgrims were killed, when their vehicles collided.  The pilgrims were returning home after Navaratra puja in a Devi temple when a speeding tractor crashed head-on and fell into a pond on the…

Taipei: At least three buildings collapsed, roads and bridges were damaged and train coaches derailed following a 7.62 magnitude earthquake that struck southeastern Taiwan on Sunday. No casualties have been reported as the quake hit a…