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Rae Bareli tragedy: NDRF says it rushed to spot right away
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Unchahar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 2 (ANI): The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), along with state of the art equipment, had rushed from the RRC Lucknow to assist the local administration, after the unit boiler exploded at the National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTP
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UP: 10 killed, 70 injured in NTPC Plant explosion in Raebareli
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 1 (ANI): At least ten people were killed and 70 others sustained burn injuries after an ash-pipe exploded due to pressure at National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) plant in Unchahar area of Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli district.
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Demonetisation is an 'Out and Out disaster': Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 30 (ANI): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that the Central Government has launched two torpedoes on the India economy- one demonetisation and another is Goods and Service Tax (GST), adding that note ban was an "Out and Out disaster" by Prime
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Note ban is 'biggest' man-made disaster, worse than 2004 Tsunami: Chidamba
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 28 (ANI): Former Union Home Minister and senior Congress leader, P. Chidambaram, on Saturday termed demonetisation as the "biggest" man-made disaster, "worse than the Tsunami of 2004".
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Rising unemployment in India is 'Modi Made Disaster': Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] October 26 (ANI): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said rising unemployment in India was 'MMD: Modi Made Disaster'.
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Girl, rescued from Bengaluru building collapse, passes away
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Oct. 19 (ANI): The three-year old girl, who was rescued from the Ejipura building collapse site earlier this week, passed away on Thursday due to multiple organ failure.
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Nokia signs MoU with Japan's Sendai city to improve residents' safety
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 18 (ANI): Telecommunication company Nokia and the city of Sendai in Japan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deliver technology solutions for local businesses as they recover from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, while contributing to improvements in
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K'taka: Six killed in roof collapse due to cylinder blast, govt. announces
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 16 (ANI): At least six people were killed and a few are feared trapped after a two-storeyed residential building collapsed due to a cylinder blast in Bengaluru's Ejipura district.
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54 dead, 39 missing in Vietnam floods
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], Oct 13 (ANI): At least 54 persons lost their lives and another 39 were missing, after a tropical depression hit the country earlier this week that caused heavy floods and landslides.
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Bringing real estate under GST will be a 'disaster': Congress
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 13 (ANI): With the Centre mulling to bring real estate under Goods and Services Tax (GST) ambit, the Congress Party on Friday said that the decision would prove to be a disaster.
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Bangladesh, US begin disaster response exercise
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct 8 (ANI): The Bangladesh Armed Forces Division and U.S. Army Pacific on Sunday began their participation in the Pacific Resilience Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange (DREE), a civil-military disaster preparedness and response initiative between the governments
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India to host first Annual BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 7 (ANI): India is all set to host the First Annual BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise, which will commence on October 10 and culminate on October 13 here.
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