Wildfire cuts off remote Canadian village, 700 people stranded as airlifts and boat rescues beginA fast-moving wildfire has isolated Patuanak, a remote Indigenous community in northern Saskatchewan, after severing its only road access. ...
05 Jul, 2025, 08.42 AM IST
Sikkim: First batch of tourists from Chaten successfully evacuated at Pakyong AirportEvacuation efforts are underway in North Sikkim following severe weather conditions that triggered landslides and flash floods. Helicopters...
05 Jun, 2025, 10.09 AM IST
Sikkim landslides: IAF evacuates 33 people, including 2 US nationals, from Chaten regionFollowing devastating landslides in Sikkim, the Indian Air Force launched humanitarian assistance operations, evacuating 33 individuals, in...
04 Jun, 2025, 04.55 PM IST
Four soldiers injured in gunfight with terrorists in J&K's KishtwarFour Army personnel were injured in a gunfight with terrorists in a remote forest area of Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Sunday. ...
10 Nov, 2024, 03.52 PM IST
Nearly 1,400 girl students escape from school building engulfed by fire in Pakistan's Khyber PakhtunkhwaNearly 1,400 girl students safely evacuated from a school building engulfed by a massive fire in a remote mountainous region of Pakistan's ...
27 May, 2024, 03.20 PM IST
Volcano erupts again on Iceland peninsula: Met officeIcelandic police declared a state of emergency as a new volcanic fissure erupted on the Reykjanes peninsula, the fourth since December. The...
17 Mar, 2024, 07.34 AM IST
Rain-triggered floods, landslides claim at least 50 lives in northern, eastern India in 3 daysHeavy showers followed by landslides and flooding in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh over the past three days killed at least 36 pe...
21 Aug, 2022, 12.48 PM IST
White Knight Corps commander visits remote Hil Kaka in JK's PoonchA defence spokesman said Lt Gen Sangha commemorated the day by laying wreath at the War Memorial at Hil Kaka in Jammu and Kashmir.
29 Aug, 2019, 10.33 AM IST
Villagers see political motive in evacuation along Wagah borderThe operation has thrown the life villagers into complete disarray even as the locals pointed out that they were never evacuated during the...
03 Oct, 2016, 08.40 PM IST
Centre creating war hysteria with eye on UP elections: Captain Amarinder SinghAddressing a press conference along the sidelines of the 'Halke vich Captain' programme, he pointed out that there was no troop movement on...
02 Oct, 2016, 05.43 PM IST
Landslide kills 17 in Myanmar: State mediaA landslide triggered by torrential rains has killed at least 17 people in eastern Myanmar and forced the evacuation of scores more.
13 Oct, 2015, 12.16 PM IST
Landslide leaves 20 dead in Manipur village near Myanmar borderThe police said that at least 20 people were killed when a landslide buried a whole village in the remote Joupi area of Manipur's Chandel d...
01 Aug, 2015, 08.40 PM IST
Indian Army evacuates French trekkers, Nepalese citizensFrench nationals Ingrid and Julien were trekking in central Nepal's tranquil Gorkha district when a 7.9-magnitude quake struck on April 25.
14 May, 2015, 09.43 PM IST
Rescuers struggle to deliver aid to remote areas in quake-hit NepalRescuers raced against time to search for survivors still feared trapped under mountains of debris in quake-hit Nepal where over 5,000 peop...
29 Apr, 2015, 12.17 PM IST
Rescue work of pilgrims in Uttarakhand overRescue operations to evacuate stranded pilgrims today came to an end in disaster-hit Uttarakhand with a group of 150 being safely taken out.
02 Jul, 2013, 04.43 PM IST
Pilgrims rescued, foodgrain shortage in some Uttarakhand villagesRescue of pilgrims stranded in Badrinath came to an end today with about 150 of them being safely evacuated.
02 Jul, 2013, 12.46 PM IST
- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assures all help to flood-hit Uttarakhand
With flash floods causing devastation in Uttarakhand, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured the state government of all possible help.
07 Aug, 2012, 09.05 PM IST