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Inspector Bhawna Chaudhary becomes BSF air wing’s first woman flight engineerIn a historic first, the Border Security Force (BSF) air wing has appointed its first woman flight engineer, Inspector Bhawna Chaudhary, af...
Mock drills: India to conduct ‘Operation Shield’ in these states; check all detailsMock drills: India is conducting Operation Shield, a large-scale mock drill across several northern and western states, to evaluate emergen...
Operation Shield: India prepares for future threats with massive civil defence drills across border statesIndia is initiating Operation Shield, a large-scale civil defence exercise across states bordering Pakistan, in response to escalating regi...
Civil defence mock drills postponed in several states, Punjab schedules the exercise for June 3Operation Shield, a civil defence exercise, has been postponed in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, and Chandigarh. Punjab requested a new date, ...
Mock drills conducted at several locations in PunjabPunjab conducted statewide mock drills simulating fire emergencies and rescue operations across cities like Ferozepur, Ludhiana, and Mohali...
We are on the verge of winning fight against Naxalism, says Amit Shah at BSF's 59th Raising DayTill 1965, India's border with Pakistan was manned by the State Armed Police Battalion. On April 9, 1965, Pakistan attacked Sardar Post, Ch...
Himachal floods: 108 deaths, Rs 3738.28 cr monetary loss amid yellow alert in state for 5 daysHimachal Pradesh has reported over 100 deaths with an estimated cost of damage from flood and landslides at over Rs 3738 crore. Himachal Pr...
9 dead as incessant rains pound Punjab, Haryana; Army called for rescue operationsHeavy rains have hit the Indian states of Haryana and Punjab for the third day causing flooding in many areas. Nine people have died in rai...
Odisha Train Accident: India mourns 4th deadliest train crashIndia mourns the worst railway accidents in the country in the last 15 years. The death toll in the tragic train derailment in Odisha's Bal...
'Himalayan Task': NDRF to station permanent teams in hills for high-altitude rescue operationsThe federal contingency force has initiated a slew of measures to prepare its saviours for tackling natural and man-made catastrophes in th...
No respite from floods in Assam, Bihar; thunderstorm warning issued in Himachal PradeshThe Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger mark at Guwahati, Tezpur, Dhubri and Goalpara towns. Its tributaries Dhansiri, Jia Bharali, Kop...
Vaishno Devi shrine to have own disaster response force by Sept 2020Simrandeep Singh, the CEO of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB), said training of the board staff has already begun.
Rains cause landslides, floods in many states; claim 57 livesIn Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district, a girl was killed and her parents were missing following a landslide yesterday that buried their hou...
Reports of 10-12 casualties in several parts of the country: Rajnath Singh, Home Minister"We have some reports of 10-12 casualties but yet to get confirmation. There are reports of damage of properties too."
2014: A politically eventful year for IndiaThe states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elect...
NDRF to get two additional battalionsNDRF, which has rescued 12,000 people so far in flood-hit J&K, is set to add two more battalions to its strength.
- Uttarakhand floods: Poor roads, logistical bottlenecks affected our movement, says NDRF
The Bhatinda team, one of the two NDRF units working on the search and rescue mission in Guptkashi, had set out on June 17 but it did not a...
Centre yet to appoint chief of disaster response forceCentre is yet to appoint head of the specialised 10,000- personnel strong NDRF, the mainstay for disaster mitigation and rescue operations.