Odisha triple train crash: Death toll climbs to 288, around 900 injured; PM Modi reaches accident siteOdisha triple train accident happened near the Bahanaga Baazar station in Balasore district, about 250 km south of Kolkata and 170 km north...
03 Jun, 2023, 03.51 PM IST
Odisha Train Accident: Check out helpline numbers for assistance and supportIn a tragic incident in Odisha's Balasore, three trains collided, resulting in one of the deadliest train accidents in India. Approximately...
03 Jun, 2023, 03.20 PM IST
NDRF, Odisha Fire Services Personnel to donate plasma for treatment of serious patientsAs per the State's Health and Family Welfare Department, around 295 personnel including National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Odisha Dis...
19 Jul, 2020, 09.34 AM IST
Army joins rescue operations to track trapped miners in MeghalayaAn Army team comprising about 20-25 members has been deployed to support the Navy.
29 Jan, 2019, 01.43 PM IST
Navy divers detect another body in flooded Meghalaya coal mineThe first body, of Amir Hussain from Assam's Chirang district, spotted in the mine was handed over to the family members Saturday morning.
26 Jan, 2019, 03.59 PM IST
Meghalaya Mining: A month later, rescue still in limboA few family members of the miners found it difficult to identify the body from a video shot by the ROV.
22 Jan, 2019, 01.29 PM IST
Navy has deployed 5 remotely-operated vehicles to rescue trapped miners: Meghalaya to Supreme CourtThe bench sought to know from the state's counsel as to whether any action had been taken against those indulging in illegal mining activit...
11 Jan, 2019, 02.26 PM IST
When rat hole mining offers the only job opportunityThe six-party-led state government is in favour of an exemption for Meghalaya from the federal laws on mining.
04 Jan, 2019, 11.26 PM IST
- Meghalaya mining mishap: Pumps installed in old shaft
According to official update from district administration, a team of Kirloskar prepared their submersible pump to be inserted inside the ma...
04 Jan, 2019, 01.43 AM IST
Efforts to drain out water on; no trace of trapped miners yetA multi-agency team comprising personnel from the Odisha Fire Service, National Disaster Response Force and the Indian Navy among others is...
03 Jan, 2019, 10.18 AM IST
Meghalaya mine: Rescuers pumped out one lakh twenty thousand litres of water"The dewatering was done only on the adjoining abandoned mine located near the main shaft," said an official bulletin issued by district ad...
02 Jan, 2019, 07.22 PM IST
Rescue units continue to drain mine shaftThe Odisha Fire Service will continue de-watering operations, the district administration said in its bulletin. Coal India has also sent hi...
02 Jan, 2019, 08.56 AM IST
Meghalaya mining mishap: Odisha Fire Service, NRDF remove water rat hole mineAccording to the official bulletin, the Indian Navy Divers along with the NRDF went down the main shaft at 4:30pm on Tuesday to check the w...
01 Jan, 2019, 11.46 PM IST
Mine mishap: Rescue operations to resume with use of sophisticated equipmentThe miners have been trapped in the mine in the Ksan area of Lumthari village in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district since December 13,...
30 Dec, 2018, 07.06 PM IST
Navy sends divers to Meghalaya to rescue trapped minersThree naval personnel have already reached the site of the rescue operation and a group of divers will join them in the next 12 hours, the ...
28 Dec, 2018, 10.02 PM IST
M Nageshwar Rao appointed CBI interim directorNageshwar Rao, a 1986 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Odisha cadre, was working as the Joint Director in the investigating...
24 Oct, 2018, 08.51 PM IST