Heavy rains caused significant route damage in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag district, leading to major rescue efforts. The police, SDRF, and N...

Rescue operations to evacuate 41 workers trapped in the tunnel resumed on Thursday morning after an iron mesh that had come in the path of ...

The flood rescue operation by the National Disaster Response Force continues in the flood-affected areas of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Harya...

The home minister also spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat and took stock of the situation arising out of the forest fir...

In a series of tweets in Hindi, Shah also said teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed for rescue and relie...

The tremors lasted for about 30 seconds.

Four NDRF teams have been kept in reserve to deal with any emergencies. The Centre is in constant touch with the state and ready to lend a ...

The Director General said the NDRF men are also working to save animals who could have been trapped in the blazing fire.

NDRF DG O P Singh talks about the challenges of tackling J&K floods and how lack of dedicated air-support and paucity of manpower handicaps...

"The excellent job of NDRF personnel during a disaster in a nuclear power plant in Japan has made India proud," Shinde said.

The government is working with all resources to rehabilitate people and rebuild the damaged infrastructure in Uttarakhand.

With rains hampering aerial operations in rain-ravaged Kedarnath area, the Army today said it is opening a new land route to the holy shrin...

CDFD here has identified the bodies of seven ITBP/NDRF personnel who died when their helicopter crashed during a rescue mission in Uttarakh...

The 'guard of honour'-- a ceremonial mark of respect-- to the 5 Air Force, 6 ITBP and 9 NDRF personnel was led by Shinde.

NDRF's operation in Kedarnath valley stood out as all survivors were rescued before a fresh spell of rain lashed the valley.

"It may go up. But we cannot say now," he said. Shinde said due to bad weather this morning, rescue operation has been hit in Uttarakhand.

Centre is yet to appoint head of the specialised 10,000- personnel strong NDRF, the mainstay for disaster mitigation and rescue operations.