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900 people rescued from Mahalaxmi Express: Nityanand Rai
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Badlapur [Maharashtra] [India], July 27 (ANI): All the 700 passengers and 200 railway staff, who were marooned since 3 am in heavy rains in the Kolhapur-Mumbai Mahalaxmi Express, which was stranded about 100 km from Mumbai, were rescued by joint efforts of teams of National Disaster Respo
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900 passengers including 9 pregnant women safely evacuated: NDRF
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): As many as 900 passengers including 9 pregnant women who were stranded on board Mahalaxmi Express between Vagani and Badlapur have been evacuated safely, said Director General of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) SN Pradhan here on Saturday.
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Fadnavis directs Chief Secretary to monitor Mahalaxmi Express rescue ops
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 27 (ANI): Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday instructed the Chief Secretary to personally monitor rescue operations at Vagani, where people are stranded on board Mahalaxmi Express.
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Assam Floods: Over 2,700 villages affected in 18 districts
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 26 (ANI): Flood situation in 2,753 villages spread across 18 districts in Assam has worsened due to the release of excess water from Kuricchu hydropower plant reservoir in Bhutan, the state's Disaster Management Authority said on Friday.
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India received satellite data related to floods from 8 countries as per st
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday said that as per "standard practice," it had received satellite data related to floods in different regions of the country from eight nations including USA, Russia, and China, due to its membership of the Inte
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Bihar: Youth drowns while filming Tik Tok video
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Darbhanga (Bihar) [India], July 26 (ANI): One youth died after drowning in a stream of floodwater while filming a Tik Tok video in Darbhanga district of Bihar on Monday. The body of the youth was recovered a day later by the authorities.
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Death toll in Assam floods touches 75
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Dispur (Assam) [India], July 24 (ANI): Assam death toll mounted to 75 after six persons lost their lives on Wednesday as floods continue to wreak havoc in various districts, Disaster Management Authority (DMA) said.
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Workshop on disaster management held in Kochi
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], July 24 (ANI): The US Consulate and Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR) in association with Kerala State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) organized a workshop called 'America with Kerala' here on Wednesday to come up with policy recommendations on disaster m
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US calls for immediate ceasefire in Syria
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 24 (ANI): Condemning continuous airstrikes by Russia and the Syrian government in Idlib province, the United States on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire to end the "humanitarian disaster".
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12 people dead, 10 injured in various unnatural incidents across Uttar Pra
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 22 (ANI): Twelve people lost their lives while 10 more have been injured in various unnatural incidents across the districts in the state till Monday, according to the Uttar Pradesh Disaster Management Authority.
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Bihar: Woman delivers baby girl on NDRF's rescue boat
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Motihari (Bihar) [India], July 21 (ANI): In flood-hit Motihari in Bihar, a woman delivered a baby girl in a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rescue boat on July 20.
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NDRF recovers body of minor girl in Imphal river
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], July 21 (ANI): National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Sunday recovered the body a minor girl from a river here.
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