After a powerful 7.4 earthquake rocked Huwalien City on Wednesday, claiming four lives, leaving at least 57 injured and rattling scores of buildings, the local authorities swung into rescue operations in the affected areas, Focus Taiwan reported.
Due to fear of Naxalite attacks, many polling booths in the Gaya district used to be shifted to safer places. Voters found it very difficult to vote in such adverse conditions. Gaya SSP announced that this year polling stations situated in naxal-affected areas would not be shifted.
With the raging Human Elephant Conflict (HEC) having devastating impact on the principal and conventional livelihood options like agriculture of people in the affected areas, Aaranyak and British Asian Trust have collaborated to provide alternative livelihood options to womenfolk hit by the
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) expressed hope that this step would lead towards ending the crisis between the Sudanese parties, preventing further suffering of the Sudanese people, and facilitating the arrival of relief and humanitarian aid to the affected areas, espe
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reached Haldwani on Friday afternoon and took stock of the situation of the violent clashes that took place on Thursday evening. Clashes erupted on Thursday night after an anti-encroachment drive in Haldwani's Banbhoolpura area.
Chief Secretary Radha Raturi reached the violence-affected areas on Friday to take stock of the situation in the violence-affected area of Banbhulpura of Haldwani.
Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Of Chhattisgarh, Vijay Sharma visited the Naxal-affected Silger village on the Sukma-Bijapur border in Sukma district on Saturday.
Security is beefed up in the state, especially in naxal-affected areas ahead of the Republic Day celebrations.
DGP Odisha, Arun Kumar Sadangi, said, "Elaborate security arrangements have been made. A comprehensive plan comprising three layers of security is implemented. Inner, isolation and
AIIMS Director Ashutosh Biswas on Tuesday gave details on the successful experimental trial of utilising drones to carry essential blood supplies and said that they are very useful in flood-affected and cyclone-affected areas.
Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Monday visited the areas affected by rainwater stagnation in Puducherry and ordered the officials to clear the sewage canal blockages.
Talking to the reporters here after her visit, she came down heavily on the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Stalin and said that when the people are reeling under the effects of flood, the CM is 'holding a program with the people'.
The Indian Air Force dropped over 11 tons of relief materials in 12 different places in Thoothukudi District on Saturday on its fifth day of continued Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations in the Southern Tamil Nadu city which was hit by heavy rain on December 18 and