VIJAYAWADA: At least seven people died and several others were injured after a wall at the Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple in Simhachalam collapsed early Wednesday following heavy rains and strong winds, officials said. According to Andhra Pradesh home minister V Anitha, preliminary assessments suggest that the downpour, which began around 2.30 am and…
NEW DELHI: A four-storey building in northeast Delhi’s Mustafabad area collapsed early Saturday, claiming the lives of 11 people, including four children, and injuring 11. A probe has been ordered by chief minister Rekha Gupta. Police said a case of negligence has been registered and the cause of the ‘pancake collapse’ is under investigation.The building,…
NEW DELHI: At least four people were killed after an under-construction building collapsed in northeast Delhi’s Mustafabad in the early hours of Saturday. Several others are feared trapped under the debris, officials said.Rescue teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Delhi Police, and local authorities have launched an operation to locate and evacuate those…
CUTTACK: A 22-year-old man from Bengal died and more than 30 passengers were injured Sunday when 11 coaches of Bengaluru-Kamakhya AC Express derailed near Manguli-Choudwar passenger halt on the outskirts of Cuttack.The train, carrying more than 1,000 passengers, had departed Cuttack station at 11.43am and derailed 11 minutes later after crossing Kendrapada Road station. Most…
DOMALAPENTA (NAGARKURNOOL): Four days into the rescue operations at the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel collapse site, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams on Tuesday finally reached the last point of the collapsed roof, where the eight workers were trapped since Feb 22 morning. Until Monday, the rescue teams could not reach the…
NEW DELHI: The National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) on Saturday said another body was found early morning when they went to see the water level. The body was recovered amid ongoing efforts to rescue trapped workers at the bottom of the flooded rat-hole coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district.Earlier, the relief team recovered the…
GUWAHATI: The body of a miner was recovered on Wednesday morning after the Indian Army, Navy Assam Rifles, NDRF, SDRF, and other agencies resumed operation to rescue people trapped in a coal mine in the 3 Kilo area of Umrangso in Assam.Deputy commandant of the 1st Battalion, NDRF, N Tiwari, said, “We are working diligently…
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…
