‘First Responder’: How India’s Operation Brahma helping quake-hit Myanmar

IANS | March 29, 2025 5:01 PM

New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Hours after a high-intensity earthquake jolted Myanmar, causing widespread devastation, India came to the quick rescue of the neighboring country by sending rescue teams and providing humanitarian aid to assist in evacuation efforts as well as comforting the displaced populace.

One body recovered from Telangana tunnel on day 16 of rescue operation

IANS | March 9, 2025 9:02 PM

Hyderabad, March 9 (IANS) Rescue workers on Sunday - the 16th day of the operation - pulled out the body of one of the eight missing persons from the partially collapsed SLBC tunnel in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district after the cadaver dogs from Kerala identified the spot for presence of human remains under the rubble.

Bereaved grandfather leaps into grandson’s pyre, ends life

IANS | March 8, 2025 8:26 PM

Bhopal, March 8 (IANS) In a tragic but shocking incident, an elderly man ended his life by leaping into the burning pyres of his grandson and granddaughter-in-law. This tragic incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday in Siholia village, Sidhi district, under the jurisdiction of Bahri police station.

MP: Three WCL coal miners killed as slab collapses

IANS | March 6, 2025 9:20 PM

Bhopal, March 6 (IANS) In a tragic incident, three coal miners lost their lives due to a slab collapse at the Chhatarpur-I coal mines operated by Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) – a subsidiary of Coal India Limited on Thursday.

Dancer’s death: Victim’s mother approaches Calcutta HC seeking fair probe

IANS | March 5, 2025 2:31 PM

Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) Tanushree Chattopadhyay, the mother of dancer-cum-event management professional Sutandra Chattopadhyay, who died in an accident last month allegedly while escaping drunk youths, on Wednesday, approached a single-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court seeking a fair probe by the cops in the matter.

U'khand avalanche: 4 killed, 50 rescued; CM Dhami oversees rescue ops

IANS | March 2, 2025 12:05 AM

New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) As a result of swift, prompt and collective efforts of the security forces, including the Army, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), fifty workers were rescued from the avalanche that struck Mana village in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, on Friday night, an official said on Saturday, adding four persons, however, were killed in the incident.