The 48-hour-long operation started at 8 pm on Wednesday at the Basamand Village in Hisar district
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Trapped miner’s father wants to rappel down Meghalaya mine to look for son
By Anup Sharma Bhangnamari (Assam): Solibar Rahman stopped working in Meghalaya’s illegal coal mines in 2012. The native of this village in western Assam’s Chirang district is, however, confident of his skills and is now bracing for one last attempt to rappel down the 380-foot coal mine at Ksan in[Read More…]
Ground Report: Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital gasps on infrastructure and basic medical facilities
Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital, also known as DMCH was started as a Temple Medical School in 1925 and was upgraded into a college in 1946. It has the largest campus in the state. Entering hospital, the most notable feature was the derelict surgical building of DMCH. With patients admitted[Read More…]
Navy divers join firefighters, mining experts at Meghalaya mining site
Ksan (Meghalaya): A 15-member team of Indian Navy divers and 21 firefighters from Odisha have Meghalaya’s Ksan village on Saturday to assist the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rescuers in evacuating 15 miners who are trapped inside a flooded illegal coal pit for over two weeks now. The district administration[Read More…]
Additional NDRF team rushed to Meghalaya to rescue miners
Shillong: The Central government on Friday rushed an additional National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team to Meghalaya to assist the state in evacuating 15 miners who are trapped inside an illegal coal mine for 16 days now. Coal India Limited (CIL) officials have rushed to the site in remote Ksan[Read More…]
Trapped Meghalaya miners: Rahul Gandhi blames PM Modi, Kiren Rijiju hits back
New Delhi: While 15 miners continue to remain trapped in a flooded coal mine in Meghalaya for a fortnight now, the issue on Wednesday led to a political slugfest with Rahul Gandhi targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centres ruling BJP accusing the Congress President of politicising a tragedy.[Read More…]
NDRF teams sent to Assam, Arunachal Pradesh after warning by China
Guwahati: The Centre has sent eight companies of National Disaster Rescue Force (NDRF) to Arunachal Pradesh followed by six others to Assam after intimation from the Chinese government that landslide has blocked the Milin section of the mainstream of Yarlung Zangbo or Brahmaputra river recently and that it might impact[Read More…]
Cyclone Titli: Centre deploys 21 NDRF teams in Odisha, Andhra and West Bengal
New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday deployed 21 NDRF teams in Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal and put Army, Navy and Coast Guard on standby in view of impending cyclonic storm Titli that is likely to cross coastal areas of the three states on October 11 morning. National Disaster[Read More…]
Kerala Floods 2018: Death toll touches 114; armed forces mount massive rescue operation
With the death toll in the devastating floods rising to 114 in Kerala, and more than one lakh people living in relief camps across the state, the Centre on Thursday deployed all three wings of the armed forces in a massive rescue operation. Torrential rains, overflowing rivers and a series[Read More…]
Heavy rainfall declared in 6 states; NDRF alerted and on standby
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rains and issued a red alert in Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha and Rajasthan at different times for the next two days. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams are on standby in these states. Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh are expected to receive heavy[Read More…]