disaster management

Gangtok, February 27 Fifty-seven earthquakes have been recorded in the Sikkim-Nepal-Bhutan-Tibet region since February 9, of which 41 originated in Sikkim, a top official said on Friday.Addressing a press conference, State Relief Commissioner, Land Revenue and Disaster Management Department...

Haringhata (West Bengal), February 27 – The National Capacity Building Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) and Collapsed Structure Search and Rescue (CSSR) Competition 2026 concluded successfully on Friday.The competition was hosted by the 2nd Battalion of the NDRF at its campus in Haringhata, in...

Patna, February 27 – The final day of the Bihar Legislative Assembly's Budget Session saw significant debate in both houses on Friday. While several important issues were discussed, members of the ruling alliance also raised concerns about their own government and the issue of expanding the...

Shimla, February 26 The Himachal Pradesh SDRF has won the regional-level collapsed structure search and rescue operation competition in Ghaziabad, according to an official statement issued here on Thursday.The competition, organized by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), was held from...

Ahmedabad, February 25 – A full-scale mock exercise simulating an earthquake and its cascading impacts was conducted at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad on Wednesday to test emergency response systems and inter-agency coordination during natural disasters.The...

Palghar, February 25 An incident involving the leakage of chlorine gas was reported at an industrial unit in Palghar district, Maharashtra, on Wednesday, according to officials.No one was injured in the incident at Shree Vinayak Camex in Tarapur MIDC, said Vivekanand Kadam, chief of the...

Thane, February 25 A major fire broke out at a garbage dumping ground in Thane city, Maharashtra, early Wednesday morning, according to civic officials.No one was injured in the blaze, which erupted at the dumping ground of the civic body's Tree Authority Department, located opposite a sewage...

New Delhi, February 24 Lt Governor VK Saxena has approved 272 additional posts in the Revenue department of the Delhi government, in view of the administrative reorganization leading to an increase in the number of districts and subdivisions.In December last year, the Delhi government...

Singapore/Lucknow, February 24 Uttar Pradesh has prepared land banks, business-focused policies, and measures to ensure safety and security, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath told investors in Singapore on Tuesday, a day he met with the country's top leaders, including Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim...

Patna, February 24 Bihar Education Minister Sunil Kumar stated on Tuesday that all universities in the state would be asked to introduce courses in disaster management and include them in the curriculum at the undergraduate level.Such courses have already been introduced in state-run schools...

Bhubaneswar, February 23 – Amidst protests launched by the opposition from the streets to the Assembly over alleged mismanagement in paddy procurement, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari stated on Monday that the state government is firmly committed to protecting the dignity...

Shimla, February 21 Shimla Deputy Commissioner and District Disaster Management Authority Chairman Anupam Kashyap on Saturday directed the Sunni sub-divisional magistrate to identify potential threats from siltation in the Sutlej river and submit a report so that dredging operations can commence...

New Delhi, February 21 The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with three research institutes on Saturday to strengthen disaster management policy research in the country, officials said.The partnership aims to establish a collaborative...

Shillong, February 19 The Meghalaya High Court on Thursday directed East Jaintia Hills SP Pankaj Rasgania and his predecessor to appear before it next week during the hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL) on the illegal coal mining tragedy that claimed 34 lives.A division bench...

Lunglei, February 19, 2026: A mock earthquake exercise was successfully conducted today in Lunglei by the Lunglei District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) in collaboration with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to enhance disaster preparedness and coordinated response.The...

Bhubaneswar, February 19 A total of 147 people lost their lives in the cyclones that hit Odisha in the last 12 years, Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari told the assembly on Thursday.In a written reply to a question by Congress MLA Taraprasad Bahinipati, Pujari said the state was...

Chandigarh, February 19 – The Haryana Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report regarding an incident at the Surajkund fair in Faridabad, in which police Inspector Jagdish Prasad lost his life during rescue operations, and several visitors were injured.Besides...

New Delhi, February 18 The Delhi government has formed a three-member committee to formulate a drone policy aimed at making the city a hub for the design and manufacturing of flying objects, officials said on Wednesday.The committee, headed by the secretary of the Information Technology (IT)...

Thane, February 18 A fire broke out in a warehouse storing waste cloth in Thane district, Maharashtra, officials said on Wednesday.There were no casualties reported in the fire, which occurred at 8:21 am on Tuesday at the warehouse located in the M K Compound area of Shilphata, Thane. Yasin...

Thane, February 17 A 30-year-old man was found dead in a quarry filled with water in Thane city, Maharashtra, on Tuesday, according to civic officials.The body of Prakash Govind Parmar, a resident of Shivai Nagar, was found in the quarry in the Yeoor area in the afternoon, they said...