Sharing details of the ongoing borewell rescue operation in Delhi's Keshopur area on Sunday, station officer, Rani Jhansi Road, said the person who fell into the borewell wasn't a minor as was assumed earlier but an adult of between 15 to 20 years of age.
According to the Delhi Fire Service (DFS), the child fell into a borewell, about 40-50 feet deep, inside the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) plant in the Keshopur Mandi area.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday flagged off publicity and rescue mobile vans for the safety of women and adolescents in the state and strengthening all aspects.
A labourer who was trapped under debris after a portion of an under-construction building of medical college in Gujarat's Morbi collapsed on Friday evening was rescued after nearly seven hours of a hectic operation.
Participants in the 42.195 km race included 15,000 soldiers in reserve and regular service, members of security and rescue forces, and 1,800 international runners.
Indian Navy swiftly responded to a distress call from Gulf of Aden where a merchant vessel caught fire after being hit by a missile, and rescued 21 crew members, including one Indian national.
Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation Commissioner CM Saikanth Verma said on Sunday that in two separate incidents, a man and two tourists who tried to commit suicide by going into the sea at RK Beach and Rishikonda Beach in Zones 2 and 4 of the Corporation, respectively, were rescued
A group of seven local trekkers stranded at Mughal Road in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district amid heavy snowfall and avalanches on Saturday were safely rescued.