Why Delhi practised war-like air raid sirens, blackouts & evacuations across 17 locations. Here’s what the drill was aboutEast Delhi conducted a two-day civil defence exercise across 17 locations, simulating air raids, blackouts, and evacuations to test emergen...
04 Apr, 2026, 11.59 AM IST
Myanmar earthquake: India's first NDRF team reaches NaypyidawIndia's first NDRF team arrived in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw to assist with earthquake relief efforts. The team, consisting of 80 personn...
29 Mar, 2025, 08.20 PM IST
Rajasthan: NDRF hopes to rescue toddler trapped in borewell soonRescuers in Rajasthan are working to save a girl trapped in a borewell. Authorities are constructing a tunnel to reach her despite solid ro...
30 Dec, 2024, 07.21 AM IST
Army, Navy join efforts to rescue excavator operator at soil cave-in site in PalgharMaharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde disclosed that the Army, Navy, and Coast Guard are aiding rescue efforts for an excavator operator...
14 Jun, 2024, 03.29 PM IST
At least 16 dead, several injured in Maharashtra's Raigad landslideAt least 16 people died and several were reported to be injured in a major landslide that hit Irshalwadi village in Khalapur tehsil in Maha...
21 Jul, 2023, 12.51 PM IST
Raigad landslide: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde announces Rs 5 lakh ex gratia for deceased's kinMaharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde expressed grief over the landslide incident in Raigad that killed at least four people. He announc...
20 Jul, 2023, 12.28 PM IST
Maharashtra: Amit Shah speaks to CM Shinde as landslide in Raigad kills 4Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that he had spoken to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde regarding the landslide that ...
20 Jul, 2023, 11.08 AM IST
Landslide in Maharashtra's Raigad, 22 people rescued, many others feared trappedThe Raigad Police has set up a control room after the incident. The police said that so far they have rescued 22 people from the spot but m...
20 Jul, 2023, 06.59 AM IST
Balasore train accident: Rescuer hallucinated blood upon seeing water, another lost appetite, says NDRF DGAn NDRF personnel deployed in the rescue operation at the three-train crash site in Odisha's Balasore district has been hallucinating blood...
07 Jun, 2023, 01.41 PM IST
'Most bodies fished out by feeling them, were tough to spot because of Muddy Machchhu Waters'Karwal said, "the collapse area was divided into three zones among the civil administration, State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), fire ser...
01 Nov, 2022, 08.58 AM IST
Amarnath yatra: NDRF, SDRF personnel getting special training to join mountain rescue teamsThe administration is preparing to welcome about eight lakh pilgrims during the yatra this year. The officials said NDRF and SDRF personnel...
18 Apr, 2022, 04.27 PM IST
Each state may get NDRF unit amid frequent disastersIt has been suggested that the eight union territories (UTs), including Delhi, J&K and Ladakh, can have separate battalions and also share ...
27 Nov, 2021, 07.22 AM IST
NDRF allowed to set up makeshift hospitals at battalion levels ahead of monsoon seasonNDRF teams will be airlifted and stationed across states to help in rescue missions during the upcoming south west monsoon, officials added.
26 May, 2021, 08.03 AM IST
Disasters: NDRF trains Nepalese police rescuers in IndiaThe NDRF is the central force of the country to respond to such emergency incidents with a country-wide reach.
13 Dec, 2015, 04.07 PM IST
Hostility meets NDRF initially in flood-hit KashmirThe personnel of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) faced anti-India sloganeering, stone pelting and even one of their personnel was k...
16 Sep, 2014, 04.43 PM IST
Jammu and Kashmir floods: Over 90,000 rescued, but many refuse to leave homeAs waters began receding in Srinagar, many residents began insisting they would not leave home and move to safer places.
11 Sep, 2014, 01.04 PM IST
Google to help people search for stranded kin in flood-hit Jammu and KashmirThe National Disaster Response Force has tied up with the Google to upload data that can be accessed by anyone.
10 Sep, 2014, 12.53 PM IST