India hands over personal watercraft to Sri LankaIndia has boosted Sri Lanka's coast guard with two personal watercraft for search and rescue operations. This follows a joint naval diving ...
27 Apr, 2026, 07.53 AM IST
Blackout mock drill across Punjab on April 24In order to test civil defence preparedness in the state, a civil defence air raid/blackout mock exercise will be conducted in all district...
22 Apr, 2026, 10.44 PM IST
Airbus C295 lands on Purvanchal Expressway as part of IAF emergency drillAirbus landing on highway: The exercise was organised to assess the expressway’s potential as an alternative runway during times of war or ...
22 Apr, 2026, 03.10 PM IST
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
"Everyone has been trying, hope that work is completed at earliest": U'khand CM on rescue op at Silkyara tunnelUttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said that efforts to evacuate 41 trapped workers inside the Silkyara tunnel are ongoing ...
27 Nov, 2023, 10.09 AM IST
Efforts on to retrieve broken parts of auger machine, vertical drilling starts at Silkyara tunnel: NDMAThe National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in India is intensifying efforts to rescue 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel in U...
26 Nov, 2023, 05.16 PM IST
Silkyara Tunnel collapse: Plasma cutter flown in to remove auger blades from rubbleIn Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel, 41 laborers trapped for 14 days prompted a multi-agency rescue mission. A plasma cutter from Hyderabad ai...
26 Nov, 2023, 11.01 AM IST
Rescue operation to take time to bring out workers trapped in Silkyara tunnel: NDMAThe NDMA member further said a very difficult operation is going on. Two methods are being used currently, but a third method that is drift...
25 Nov, 2023, 07.34 PM IST
Uttarakhand CM Dhami inspects tunnel site; Arnold Dix sheds hope amid delay in rescue of trapped workers"Prime Minister Narendra Modi is very sensitive towards the workers trapped in Silkyara, Uttarkashi Tunnel. Prime Minister is taking detail...
25 Nov, 2023, 04.57 PM IST
No progress since Thursday, drilling to resume shortly: NDMA on Silkyara tunnel rescue ops"By any means", the trapped workers will be rescued as all resources are being used, said NDMA member Lt Gen (retd) Syed Ata Hasnain while ...
25 Nov, 2023, 04.30 PM IST
Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Drilling halted due to technical glitchThe trouble for the agencies involved in the rescue operation began in the afternoon on Wednesday after the start of drilling exercise. The...
25 Nov, 2023, 04.20 PM IST
Drilling and rescue to resume at Silkyara tunnel following fixing of snag: OfficialsRescue workers are set to begin drilling at the collapsed Silkyara tunnel after a delay of several hours due to a technical issue. The oper...
24 Nov, 2023, 04.09 PM IST
Silkyara tunnel: Hurdles in the way delay rescue operationFormer advisor to the PMO, Bhaskar Khulbe, who was at the site, said an iron mesh which had come in the path of the drilling machine that w...
24 Nov, 2023, 11.06 AM IST
Uttarkashi tunnel rescue ops: Platform for auger machine stabilised, drilling to resume soonRepairing a cracked platform for the drilling machine in Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel brings hope for the trapped 41 workers. Operations h...
24 Nov, 2023, 10.53 AM IST
Uttarakhand: Rescue operations resume at Silkyara tunnel after 6-hour delayRescue operations to evacuate 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel resumed on Thursday morning after an overnight hurdle del...
23 Nov, 2023, 01.56 PM IST
Rescue operation enters full swing as 22-meter pipe reaches trapped workers in Silkyara tunnel collapseThe collapsed Silkyara tunnel, in which 40 labourers are trapped since Sunday, is a part of the Chardham project and it aims to connect Gan...
17 Nov, 2023, 12.06 PM IST
Bilaspur tunnel collapse: Two workers rescued after 9 daysSearch operations continued for the third worker who is still suspected stuck under the debris of the collapsed tunnel in Bilaspur.
21 Sep, 2015, 06.16 PM IST