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MP cruise boat tragedy: Death toll rises to nine; 28 rescued, search ops continue at Bargi DamThe death toll in the Bargi Dam cruise boat tragedy has climbed to nine. Rescuers have recovered five more bodies from the submerged vessel...
Could this Titanic survivor’s life vest sell for nearly $500K at auction? Here's what you need to knowA life vest worn by Titanic survivor Laura Mabel Francatelli is up for auction. Francatelli, a first-class passenger, survived the 1912 dis...
Migrant vessel sinks off Malaysia-Thailand border, hundreds missingA boat carrying around 300 people sank near the Thailand-Malaysia border. Ten survivors and one body have been recovered. The vessel depart...
Mumbai Boat Accident: What led to Neel Kamal’s fatal ferry crash?Elephanta Ferry Boat Accident: A deadly ferry crash near Mumbai's Gateway of India on Wednesday evening resulted in the loss of 13 lives, w...
IAF rescues 13 fishermen stranded on Brahmaputra island in Assam, 3 dead in Mizoram landslidesIn Mizoram, a landslide resulted in three deaths, including a four-year-old girl, after heavy rains caused the partial burial of a tin-roof...
Brazil's Southern region grapples with deadly rains, mudslides; 37 killedBrazil's Rio Grande do Sul state is facing its worst disaster ever as heavy rains and mudslides have claimed 37 lives, with 74 people still...
Europe’s worst migrant boat disaster: Nine arrested, probe ordered by GreeceGreek authorities have arrested nine crew members of the fishing boat that drowned 45 miles off the Kalamata coast. It has ordered a probe ...
'Our house was carried away': Flood survivors in Russian-held Ukraine speak of their escape"The water in the house was at waist level. At midnight everything had been dry - both inside and outside," said the 73-year-old, who walks...
Landslide kills at least 11 in Indonesia's remote Natuna regionThe agency said survivors were being evacuated from the Searasan region, while a search and rescue team had been dispatched to the area. In...
31 sailors go missing after Thai navy ship capsizes during storm in Gulf of Thailand. See detailsAccording to reports, 31 sailors are missing after a warship with over 100 personnel capsized during a storm in the Gulf of Thailand.
Death toll from Philippine landslides, floods rises to 58: official talliesMost of the deaths from tropical storm Megi -- the strongest to hit the disaster-prone archipelago this year -- were in the central provinc...
Toll in AP boat tragedy rises to 12; search on for 21 missingThe toll in the boat tragedy in Andhra Pradesh rose to 12 as four more bodies were recovered.
The real-life superheroes of Kerala: How fishermen saved countless lives from flood furyDespite facing varying water levels in completely unknown places, they banked on their skills and luck to bring survivors back to safety.
INS Magar joins Southern Naval CommandThe ship was welcomed by Rear Admiral RJ Nadkarni, Chief of Staff, headquarters of Southern Naval Command on Wednesday, a defence press rel...
China ship disaster death toll jumps, company says sorryOnly 14 survivors, one of them the captain, have been found after the ship carrying 456 overturned in a freak tornado on Monday night.
Despite odds, we did good job in J&K: O P Singh, DG, NDRFNDRF DG O P Singh talks about the challenges of tackling J&K floods and how lack of dedicated air-support and paucity of manpower handicaps...
Bangladesh ferry carrying hundreds sinks: OfficialsFerry accidents are common in Bangladesh, one of Asia's poorest nations which is criss-crossed with more than 230 rivers.
11 drown, 9 missing as boat capsizes in Hirakud reservoir"Eleven bodies have so far been fished out and the number of casualty may rise," Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) P K Mohapatra told.
- Sotheby's to put rare Titanic diary under hammer
Sotheby’s is offering a rare first-hand account by a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic. The chilling descriptive piece is estimated at...
- Bihar flood evacuation rescues 800,000: Official
Rescue workers in flood-hit Bihar have brought over 800,000 people to safety, but tens of thousands more are still believed to be trapped, ...