Ten mountaineers killed in avalanche in UttarkashiUttarkashi's disaster management officer, Devendra Singh Patwal, told ET he was still waiting for a detailed report. He said his team was i...
05 Oct, 2022, 12.24 AM IST
Uttarakhand Avalanche: 28 mountaineers trapped at Danda-2 peak; Cheetah choppers carries rescueAs many as 28 people are feared trapped in an avalanche that hit Draupadi's Danda-2 mountain peak in Uttarakhand, chief minister Pushkar Si...
04 Oct, 2022, 02.48 PM IST
Jharkhand CM orders high-level investigation in cable-car mishap in DeogharTwo people died after some cable cars collided on a ropeway at Trikut hills close to Baba Baidyanath Temple on Sunday. The Indian Air force...
12 Apr, 2022, 11.21 AM IST
53 IAF personnel get trained in high-altitude rescue ops during quarantine in DarjeelingThey were also trained on survival tactics at altitudes above 10,000 feet, said the HMI principal, a recipient of the Tenzing Norgay Nation...
22 Sep, 2020, 04.10 PM IST
ITBP brings 7 trekkers' bodies after 500 hours of mission in Uttarakhand's Himalayan peakThe bodies of eight-member team of the climbers, comprising seven foreigners and one Indian, were first spotted by the IAF's search planes ...
03 Jul, 2019, 09.22 PM IST
IAF making efforts to airlift rescue team from crash siteThe team is waiting for the weather to improve so that they can be airlifted from the spot, an IAF official said.
29 Jun, 2019, 04.52 PM IST
Panagarh: Six facts about IAF's latest hub for C-130J Super Hercules planesFrom the new runway, IAF will start operating the Super Hercules aircraft beginning May next year and from March 2017 a permanent unit will...
14 Jul, 2018, 03.56 PM IST
25 students trapped in Tamil Nadu forest fire; 12 rescuedDefence minister Nirmala Sitharaman said two helicopters of the Indian Air Force from its Sulur base near Coimbatore were being sent to ass...
11 Mar, 2018, 10.39 PM IST
Nepal quake: IAF, Army made 2223 sorties, rescued 11,200 peopleRapid Action Medical Teams of armed forces extended medical assistance to 4,762 injured -- 300 cases of surgery, 216 hospital admissions an...
05 Jun, 2015, 10.45 PM IST
Nepal earthquake: IAF helicopter with 18 trekkers returns to cheers18 trekkers, including an 11-year-old girl, to the Mount Everest Base camp touched down in Kathmandu from Lokula with a loud hurrah for the...
29 Apr, 2015, 10.19 AM IST
1,935 Indians evacuated from NepalBraving rains, on third day, since the disaster struck, rescue teams continued to sift through mountains of rubble, looking for survivors.
27 Apr, 2015, 09.52 AM IST
Serious attempts made to rescue marooned people: IAFThe IAF undertook rescue and relief operations in a massive scale in both Kashmir and Jammu regions since floods hit the two regions.
14 Sep, 2014, 03.06 PM IST
ITBP mountaineer gets national sports award on National sports dayITBP trooper, part of rescue team of Uttarakhand rain tragedy operations, was given Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award on National spo...
30 Aug, 2014, 05.15 PM IST
Mi-17 cockpit voice recorder found, all 20 onboard dead: BrowneThe cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of the ill-fated Mi-17 helicopter were today recovered near Gaurikund in Uttarakhand.
26 Jun, 2013, 12.13 PM IST
Over 3,200 people airlifted as Army, IAF continue rescue workArmy and the IAF today continued their rescue operations in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand where more than 3,200 people were evacuated by defence...
23 Jun, 2013, 09.55 PM IST
45 Army, IAF choppers; 10,000 troops deployed in UttarakhandStepping up relief and rescue operations in Uttarakhand, the Defence Ministry has deployed more than 45 choppers and 10,000 troops
20 Jun, 2013, 08.42 PM IST
- MiG-29 aircraft crashes in Himachal Pradesh
A MiG-29 fighter aircraft crashed into a mountain during a night flying exercise near Lahaul- Spiti in Himachal Pradesh and the fate of the...
19 Oct, 2011, 11.48 AM IST