NEW DELHI: A building collapsed in Meerut’s Zakir Colony on Saturday and 8-10 people are believed to be trapped, reports news agency ANI citing Selva Kumari, commissioner Meerut division.“A building has collapsed in Zakir Colony. 8-10 people are trapped under it. Rescue operation is underway. Police and fire officials are carrying out rescue operation.Army, NDRF,…
NEW DELHI: NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences for the loss of lives in a drowning incident in Gujarat‘s Dehgam taluk area in a social media post, in the wee hours on Saturday.At least eight people drowned while bathing in the Meshwo River in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar district on Friday evening, an official…
NEW DELHI: The bodies of two Indian Coast Guard (ICG) jawans were recovered from the Arabian Sea late on Tuesday evening, following an emergency landing of an ICG Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) in the sea late Monday night. One crew member had been rescued earlier, while one is still missing.The helicopter, which had recently played…
DEHRADUN: A multi-agency rescue operation continued at Kedarnath for the fourth day with 400 people still stranded after severe rains ravaged the area on Wednesday night. Over 1,200 individuals, including pilgrims and locals, were moved to safer locations on Sunday, even as the Indian Army began constructing a footbridge on the damaged stretch between Sonprayag…
Nasreen Amir Kureshi, 29, from Pune, slipped into a 50-foot gorge at Borne Ghat while taking a selfie. Her group had detoured there after learning Thoseghar waterfall was closed due to heavy rains PUNE: A 29-year-old woman, Nasreen Amir Kureshi from Warje, Pune, fell approximately 50 feet into a densely vegetated gorge at Borne Ghat…
At least three people died after a two-story building collapsed in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri area on Friday, officials said, adding that the rescue operation is underway as more people are feared to be still trapped. According to the police, one of the deceased is identified as Mukesh Kumar, 45, who was injured in the incident…
NEW DELHI: In a major mishap at Rau’s IAS coaching centre in central Delhi’s Old Rajender Nagar, at least two students died after rainwater accumulated on the road flooded the library in the basement on Saturday evening. There were 30 students in all at the centre. Twenty-seven either escaped or were rescued but three got…
NEW DELHI: In a major mishap at Rau’s IAS coaching centre in central Delhi’s Old Rajender Nagar, three students drowned after rainwater accumulated on the road flooded the library in the basement on Saturday evening. Two of the dead were girls, the third was a male student.There were 30 students in all at the coaching…
NEW DELHI: A four-storey building collapsed in Navi Mumbai’s Belapur area early on Saturday, leading to the rescue of two individuals, while efforts are ongoing to find another person feared trapped, according to an NDRF official. The incident took place around 5 a.m. in Shahbaz village. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Navi…
KOLKATA: Authorities launched a rescue operation after a massive fire was reported at a mall at Acropolis mall in east Kolkata, TV reports suggested.The civic authorities pressed at least 10 fire tenders into service to control the blaze.As per the reports, the blaze was reported from the food court situated on the fifth floor of…
