Concerned over the loss of lives, damage to the properties and heavy inundation, the Governor today convened a virtual meeting with the State Branch and all the district units of the Red Cross
Amid the ongoing controversy around the word "Bharat" in President Droupadi Murmu's formal invite to foreign leaders to a G20 dinner, sparking buzz of the country's name change, the title of Akshay Kumar's new film 'Mission Raniganj: The Great Indian Rescue' has been changed to 'Mission R
"A rescue team of police and fire officials rescued 8 youths who were caught in Penna river flood surge. The youths had got trapped after the water level of the river started increasing due to the heavy rains," said the official.
"Late night at 3 am, a three-storey building suddenly collapsed in Barabanki's Fatehpur Kotwali area. There was a stir in the whole area due to the loud sound of the building falling. We received information about this from the local residents," said Barabanki SP.
Teams of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are engaged in the relief and rescue work, Barabanki Superintendent of Police Dinesh Kumar Singh said.
As many as five people lost their lives and six others were injured in an accident in Rawalpindi on Tuesday, ARY News reported citing rescue officials.
Israel forces on Sunday morning rescued five people near the Dead Sea whereas one individual was declared dead, according to police due to dehydration.
Several persons were feared dead after an explosion rocked an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit at Duttapukur in West Bengal's North 24 Paraganas district.
As many as six people, including two women died and five were injured after a passenger van fell off a bridge while travelling on the route connecting the Thakot area of Battagram to Hazara Motorway in Pakistan’s Mansehra, according to a Rescue 1122 official, Dawn reported.