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Nilgiris wildfire scorches 5,000 acres as crews battle blaze on foot amid high windsA major wildfire has engulfed thousands of acres in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district for over ten days. Over 500 personnel are battling the f...
Nainital forest fires: 8 fresh forest fires in 24 hours, IAF assists in firefighting for 2nd dayThe forest fires are gradually being controlled with the flames already doused in many areas. The fires in Marora and Khanana civil areas i...
1.95 lakh forest fires over the past decade in India, Lockheed Martin can help, says execThe interest for firefighting has grown from operators across the globe including India over the past three years with global warming, the ...
Chandigarh: Droupadi Murmu, Rajnath Singh witness IAF prowess on first Air Force Day celebrations outside Delhi-NCRIt is the IAF's first annual Air Force Day parade and fly-past outside the Delhi-National Capital Region, which also saw the participation ...
Air Force Day: What will be on display at IAF flypast in ChandigarhNearly 80 military aircraft and helicopters will be participating in the Air Force Day fly-past in Chandigarh. It is for the first time tha...
IAF deploying two Mi-17V5 helicopters to douse fire in Lunglei districtIndian Air Force is deploying two Mi-17V5 helicopters, equipped with Bambi Bucket, to douse the major fire in the Lunglei district and adjo...
Manipur seeks Centre's help to douse forest fire in Shirui peakOfficials said the air force is deploying two Mi-17V5 helicopters with bambi buckets to help control and douse the fire at the request of t...
Dzükou Valley wildfire under control, say officialsReviewing on the ongoing activities at Dzükou, DC & DDMA Chairman informed that the situation was more or less under control .The activitie...
Fire spreading in ecologically-sensitive Dzukou Valley of Manipur-NagalandAuthorities said the fire, which possibly started in the afternoon of December 29, is spreading towards the Manipur side of the Valley and ...
Dzukou Valley fire: Indian Air Force deploys Mi-17V5 helicopter to control the fireWith fire in Dzukou Valley along the Manipur and Nagaland razing, Indian Air Force (IAF) has deployed the Mi-17V5 helicopter to tame the wi...
BSF gets two new military Mi-17-V5 hoppers for operationsThe two Mi-17-V5 choppers are the first batch of the total eight helicopters' fleet which are expected to join the Border Security Force by...
Container ship fire doused after 65 hours: OfficialThe Coast Guard said there had been no oil spillage from the MV SSL Kolkata which caught fire on Thursday night and was abandoned by its cr...
Air Force helicopter deployed to contain Delhi's Malviya Nagar firePreviously on Tuesday night when the massive fire broke out at the godown, 40 tenders were rushed to the spot to no avail.
Vaishno Devi yatra resumes as choppers brought in to douse forest fireThe authorities have deployed a large number of forest officials who are being assisted by shrine board officials as well as locals.
27-year-old jeweller Shreyas Cotha has a prized collection of over 200 rare golf ballsCotha's game has just begun. In other words, his collection is just in "inception" stage.
Uttarakhand forest fire controlled: Kiren RijijuThe Minister said a team of experts has already reached Uttarakhand to ascertain the cause of fire and extent of damage.
Army, IAF called in to fight Uttarakhand forest firesArmy units equipped with water bowsers will remain ready to tackle fires in Nainital, Almora, Pauri, Tehri and Rudraprayag districts.
Major forest-fire outside Vizag, IAF choppers deployedFour IAF helicopters were pressed into service to extinguish a massive and widespread forest fire that started in the pristine forest areas...