NDRF team reaches Palghar's Dahanu after tremors jolt the region

Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth attended the concluding event of the week-long Military-Civil Fusion Exercise Sanyukt Kavach, conducted under the aegis of the Indian Army's Southern Command at Aundh Military Station, Pune.

An earthquake of magnitude 3.5 on the Richter scale struck Sikar in Rajasthan on Saturday morning, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.

The incident happened near Bharoli under the Police Station Jawalamukhi. Superintendent of Police (SP) Dehra, Mayank Choudhary, told ANI that local teams, police team, fire team and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) will resume the search operation tomorrow.

Nagpur Collector Vipin Itankar on Sunday confirmed that 10 to 12 dead bodies were recovered, and expert teams are working at the site to ascertain the cause of the incident after a massive explosion at SBL Energy Limited in the district left at least 15 people dead and 18 others critically injured.

A series of earthquakes and tremors have caused panic in Sikkim during late February 2026, with multiple jolts reported on Thursday and early morning of Friday.