Jammu, July 20 (IANS) Seven persons were killed after a fresh landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in J&K’s Poonch district on Monday.
Jammu, July 20 (IANS) As the horrors of unprecedented death and destruction caused by the flood unfold in the twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir, bone-chilling reports of human suffering and infrastructure collapse came to light on Monday, with hundreds of fortunate civilians escaping death with a whisker.
Jammu, July 19 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday assured all possible assistance from the Centre to J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as massive flash floods wreaked havoc in Poonch and Rajouri districts, killing ten people and leaving many missing.
Kohima, July 19 (IANS) At least eight people, including children, were killed after a massive landslide ripped through Defence Colony in Nagaland’s Mon district on Sunday, sweeping away several houses and triggering a large-scale multi-agency rescue operation, officials said.
Jammu, July 19 (IANS) The Army on Sunday carried out a swift rescue operation in the flash flood-affected Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir and saved 11 civilians.
Jammu, July 19 (IANS) At least ten people were killed as flash floods wreaked havoc in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Rajouri districts, officials said on Sunday, adding that several were missing.
Canberra, July 18 (IANS) India has emerged as a valuable partner for ASEAN by focusing its cooperation on areas where the regional bloc seeks support, while remaining least concerned about dependence. When disaster strikes maritime Southeast Asia — whether a typhoon across the mainland, an earthquake in Myanmar, or a vessel in distress in the Andaman Sea — the true measure is not who is most powerful, but who responds first, how quickly, and at what cost, a report has stated.
Bengaluru, July 16 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister, G. Parameshwara, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking urgent intervention to relax National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) norms and provide enhanced assistance to the State in view of an escalating drought situation triggered by deficient monsoon rains and an emerging drinking water crisis.
Beijing, July 16 (IANS) Floods triggered by rounds of torrential rains have left 39 people dead and nine others missing in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Chinese authorities said on Thursday.
Bengaluru, July 15 (IANS) After a clean chit to three senior IPS officers in the 2025 Chinnaswamy Stadium stampede tragedy, Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly R. Ashoka on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Congress government, alleging that it was trying to shield those responsible for the deaths of 11 people.
