search and rescue

Jammu, March 29 Three boys were reportedly drowned in the Tawi River here on Sunday, prompting authorities to launch a large-scale rescue operation, officials said.The three boys – Bavish Koul, Sonam Dutt, and Aditya Pandit, all belonging to the Kashmiri Pandit community – were swept away by a...

Madhepura (Bihar), March 28 At least three people were killed early on Saturday after their car plunged into a river in Madhepura district, Bihar, police said.The accident occurred around 1 am in the Arar outpost area when the driver lost control of the car, and the four-wheeler fell off a...

Srinagar, March 28 – The Srinagar-Leh National Highway, which was affected by an avalanche, was closed to traffic on Saturday as authorities cleared the snow.Seven people were killed and several vehicles were buried in an avalanche at the Zojila Pass on Friday.One of the victims was a...

March 27, New Delhi – Mexico's navy announced on Thursday that it had initiated a search and rescue operation in the Caribbean to locate two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid to Cuba after they failed to arrive in Havana as scheduled.In a statement, the navy said the two vessels departed...

Dhaka, March 26 – At least eighteen bodies were retrieved after a bus carrying dozens of passengers plunged into the Padma River from a pier at a terminal in Bangladesh's Rajbari district, about 125 km south of Dhaka.The accident occurred around 5:15 p.m. local time on Wednesday when the bus...

Tel Aviv, March 24 – A missile fired from Iran struck Tel Aviv on Tuesday, injuring several people and damaging buildings and vehicles, Israeli authorities said.Loud explosions were heard across the city, with eyewitnesses reporting large plumes of smoke rising from both the northern and...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 22 Senior Congress leader V D Satheesan on Sunday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for urgent intervention in light of reports of the death of two people from Kerala and the disappearance of another in flash floods in Oman.In his letter, Satheesan expressed...

Washington, March 21 – The US military sank a boat allegedly involved in drug trafficking in the eastern Pacific, and three people on board survived the incident, the US Southern Command said."Intelligence confirmed that the low-profile vessel was operating along known drug trafficking routes...

Daejeon, March 21 – Ten people have been killed and four others remain missing following a major fire at a car parts plant in Daejeon, South Korea, authorities said on Saturday. Another 59 people were seriously or slightly injured.Firefighters have been searching for the four missing people...

Prayagraj, March 19 Holding that there was ample time to rescue Noida techie Yuvraj Mehta before he drowned in a water-filled trench in January, the Allahabad High Court has asked the NDRF and the SDRF to inform it about the steps taken by their teams to save him, which had reached the spot.A...

Shimla, March 19 The 14th Battalion of the National Disaster Response Force conducted large-scale mobilization drills across several districts of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday to strengthen rapid response capabilities and ensure resource readiness, officials said.The exercise was conducted...

Colombo, March 13 – The bodies of 84 identified Iranian sailors killed in the March 4 US attack on the warship IRIS Dena off the coast of Sri Lanka were repatriated to Iran, the Sri Lankan Defence Ministry said on Friday.The bodies are being transported to Iran via a special flight that...

Veraval, March 12 – In a swift and coordinated search and rescue operation on Thursday, an injured fisherman was safely evacuated by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) after receiving a distress call from a fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea.The ICG's ship C-149, stationed at Veraval, was dispatched...

Jammu, March 10 The body of a soldier who had gone missing during a river crossing exercise in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on the previous day was recovered on Tuesday, officials said.The body of Sepoy Akshit Sharma was recovered from the Manawar Tawi stream by a joint search...

Jammu, March 10 The body of a soldier who had gone missing during a river crossing exercise in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on the previous day was recovered on Tuesday, officials said.The body of Sepoy Akshit Sharma was recovered from the Manawar River by a joint search party of...

Jakarta, March 10 – The death toll from a massive garbage avalanche at Indonesia's largest landfill has risen to seven, the Jakarta Search and Rescue Office said on Tuesday.The search and rescue operation ended around midnight on Monday after the last victim was found at the Bantar Gebang...

Jammu, March 9 An army soldier went missing during a river crossing exercise in the Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, prompting the launch of a joint rescue operation to locate him, officials said.They said the incident occurred in the Manawar river in the...

Kochi, March 8 Two crew members of a fishing boat have been killed after a ship collided with their vessel off the Kollam coast, police officials said on Sunday.The bodies of the deceased were recovered by the coast guard and will be brought to Vizhinjam on Monday, the coastal police said...

Kochi, March 8 Two people are missing after a fishing boat sank following a collision with a ship off the Kollam coast, officials said on Sunday.According to coastal police, two crew members are missing, while nine others were rescued by the ship involved in the collision.The fishing boat...

Guwahati, March 6 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday condoled the death of two Indian Air Force pilots in the crash of a Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet in the Karbi Anglong district, describing it as a moment of "immense grief and loss".He added that the entire nation stands with...