rescue operations

Bhopal, April 2 – In a significant move to combat the persistent problem of bonded labour, the Madhya Pradesh government has constituted a high-level Special Investigation Team (SIT) to deliberate on remedial measures and long-term solutions for issues related to bonded labourers in the Gwalior...

Kabul, April 2 – One person was killed and 13 others were injured after flash floods swept through several areas in the Herat province of Afghanistan, local media reported on Thursday, citing an official statement.Pajhwok Afghan News, an Afghan news outlet, quoted provincial governor spokesman...

Peshawar, April 1 At least four people, including a child, were killed after the roof of a house collapsed in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said.The incident took place in the Bajaur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.The roof of a house in the Rasool Khan area collapsed...

Surat, March 31 – Five members of a family, including four women and a four-year-old child, died after a fire broke out in a residential building in the Limbayat area of Surat on Tuesday morning, officials said.The incident was reported around 11 a.m. in the Mithi Khadi locality, where a...

New Delhi, March 31 – Eight people were killed and eight others were injured in a stampede at the Mata Sheetla Temple in Nalanda district, Bihar, on Tuesday, according to police. This is the latest in a series of crowd crush incidents reported in 2025 and 2026, which have highlighted safety gaps...

Patna, March 31 – Following a deadly stampede in Bihar's Nalanda district, which claimed eight lives and injured several others, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed deep grief and announced compensation for the victims.The state government will provide Rs 6 lakh each to the families of...

Jammu, March 31 Rescuers recovered the body of a boy on Tuesday, who had drowned along with two others after being swept away by a strong current in the Tawi river near Nagrota Sainik school on the outskirts of Jammu, officials said.While the bodies of two boys were recovered on Monday, the...

Jammu, March 31 Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha expressed his grief over the loss of lives in a drowning incident in the Tawi River at Nagrota on Tuesday.While the bodies of two boys who drowned in the river on Sunday have been recovered, the search for the third boy is...

Nalanda, March 31 – A stampede broke out during prayers at the Madhda Sheetla Temple in Nalanda, Bihar, on Tuesday, resulting in the deaths of seven people and one seriously injured, police confirmed.The incident occurred at the Madhda Sheetla Temple in the Deepnagar police station area.Upon...

Beijing, March 31 Four people were killed and nine others were injured following an explosion at a highway tunnel under construction in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, local officials said on Tuesday.The blast occurred on Monday afternoon at a construction site for a section of the...

Islamabad, March 30 – At least 17 people, including 14 children, were killed and 56 others were injured after heavy rains caused roofs and walls to collapse in several areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, since March 25, according to a report by the Provincial Disaster Management Authority...

Peshawar, March 30 Nine people, including eight children, have died and 47 others have been injured due to heavy rainfall across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan since last week, authorities said on Monday.Most of the casualties occurred due to the collapse of roofs and...

Una (HP), March 29 Three drivers sustained serious injuries after an LPG gas tanker collided with two tipper trucks in the Santokhgarh area of Himachal's Una district on Sunday morning, officials said.The impact was so severe that the front sections of all three vehicles were badly damaged...

Mau (UP), March 29 At least 40 pilgrims, including women and children, were injured when their bus crashed into a tree in the Ratanpura area here in the early hours of Sunday, police said.The bus was travelling from Ayodhya to Ballia.The accident occurred around 1:30 am on the...

March 28, New Delhi — At least seven people have been killed and several others injured after an avalanche struck Zoji La in Ladakh, trapping vehicles and blocking a key highway.The avalanche hit the stretch between Zero Point and Minimarg, burying multiple vehicles under snow and debris and...

Jammu, March 27 Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday reviewed the rescue and relief operations following a major avalanche at the Zojila pass along the Srinagar-Leh National Highway, which resulted in the death of seven people and the injury of five others.Chief Minister Omar...

Chhindwara, March 27 – After meeting with the families of the deceased and those injured and admitted at Chhindwara District Hospital on Friday, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav expressed his grief, stating the incident was "deeply distressing."Upon arriving in Chhindwara, the Chief Minister met...

Srinagar, March 27 – A massive snow avalanche struck the Srinagar-Leh highway on the Ladakh side of the Zojila Pass on Friday, trapping several vehicles, officials said, adding that no loss of life was reported in the incident.Officials said the avalanche occurred earlier in the day on the...

Chhindwara, March 27 – A day after a tragic road accident claimed the lives of 10 people, including children and women, and left over 30 others injured in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav met the injured and the families of the deceased on Friday.Chief Minister...

Ujjain, March 27 – A bus carrying a wedding party from Khachrod to Indore overturned in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district on Friday, leaving more than 27 people injured.The accident occurred on Badnagar Road near Jahangirpur village, under the jurisdiction of the Ingoria police station...