Flood alert issued to 14 villages as water from Sathanur dam in Tiruvannamalai CHENNAI: A family of seven including five children is feared buried alive in Tiruvannamalai after mud and boulders came tumbling down from a hillock behind their house around 4.30pm on Sunday following heavy rain in the aftermath of Cyclone Fengal.Police tried to…
Cyclone Dana, a severe cyclonic storm, is rapidly approaching the coasts of Odisha and West Bengal. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that the cyclone will make landfall between midnight on October 24 and the early hours of October 25, bringing wind speeds between 100-120 km/h. Authorities have urged residents in the coastal regions…
NEW DELHI: Kolkata airport will remain shut for 15 hours from October 24 6pm to October 25 9am in view of cyclone Dana which may hit West Bengal and Odisha coast by Thursday night, as per IMD‘s forecast.Further, over 190 local trains have been cancelled as a part of precautionary measure. The suspension will be…
MEERUT: Six members of a family, including a pregnant woman and a toddler, died, and two others were critically injured when an oxygen cylinder used by an ailing woman exploded inside their house in the Sikandrabad area of Bulandshahr, police said on Tuesday. The blast in Ashapuri Colony, Bulandshahr, around 8 pm on Monday, flattened…
Fishermen at seaside villages in Balasore Talasari beach are getting prepared for ensuing cyclone that is likely to hit Odisha-West Bengal coast by October 24 as a severe cyclonic storm on Monday. BHUBANESWAR: A cyclonic storm is likely to hit the coasts of Odisha and West Bengal on Thursday after an existing system over the…
19 passengers sustained injuries in Mysuru-Darbanga Express train accident CHENNAI: Hours after the Mysuru-Darbanga Express collided with a stationary goods train at Kavarapettai on Friday night, a high-level committee of the railways started the inquiry into the accident. According to railway officials, the commissioner for rail safety also arrived at the spot.The Mysuru-Darbanga Bagmati Express…
19 passengers sustained injuries in Mysuru-Darbanga Express train accident CHENNAI: Hours after the Mysuru-Darbanga Express collided with a stationary goods train at Kavarapettai on Friday night, a high-level committee of the railways started the inquiry into the accident. According to railway officials, the commissioner for rail safety also arrived at the spot.The Mysuru-Darbanga Bagmati Express…
NEW DELHI: At least nine people died after a three-storey building collapsed in Zakir Colony, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.The Information Department reported that out of 15 people trapped, 14 were rescued from the rubble.Rescue efforts by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams, supported by sniffer dogs, are ongoing despite…
MEERUT: Three persons, including a minor, died and three persons were missing after a three-storey building in Meerut’s congested Zakir Colony collapsed on Saturday evening. Rescue teams pulled out five minors, two women, and a man to safety, with search efforts ongoing, despite the challenging weather conditions in the area.District magistrate Deepak Meena, said, “We…
MEERUT: Three persons, including a minor, died and three persons were missing after a three-storey building in Meerut’s congested Zakir Colony collapsed on Saturday evening. Rescue teams pulled out five minors, two women, and a man to safety, with search efforts ongoing, despite the challenging weather conditions in the area.District magistrate Deepak Meena, said, “We…
