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India fighting Covid with all its might: PM Modi

7:16 pm May 30, 2021

New Delhi: Asserting that India is fighting COVID-19 with all its might, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spoke to a number of people ranging from those engaged in transporting medical oxygen to lab technician, and said the country’s resolve to prevail over the virus is equal to the magnitude of the challenge it faces. […]

1 killed, 3 injured in Sikkim landslide

8:11 pm October 4, 2020

Gangtok: At least one person was killed and three others were injured after heavy rains triggered a landslide at Tafil village in West Sikkim district, an official said on Sunday. Personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and police conducted rescue operations to trace a person who is still […]

Guwahati landslide kills one; people asked to shift to safer places

Man killed, another injured in landslide in Uttarakhand

11:09 pm June 15, 2020

Gopeshwar: A 30-year-old man was killed and another seriously injured on Monday in Chamoli district after being hit by rubble falling from a hillside as a result of landslide, an official said. The landslide occurred during the widening of the Narayanbagad-Parkhal motor road, Tharali Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) K S Negi said. The road widening work […]

Cold wave continues in most parts of J-K

9:45 pm November 12, 2019

Jammu: There was no let up in the cold spell in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday as several areas in the union territory recorded temperatures below the season’s average, a MeT department spokesman said. Srinagar, which is reeling under intense cold after the season’s first snowfall last week, marked an improvement in the day temperature […]

Myanmar landslide kills 41, many more feared missing

10:22 pm August 10, 2019

Mawlamyine: The death toll from a landslide triggered by monsoon rains in eastern Myanmar rose to at least 41, an official said late Saturday, as emergency workers continued for a second night their desperate search through thick mud for the scores feared missing. A huge brown gash on the hillside marked where the deluge of […]