The troops of the Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday rescued buffaloes brutally crammed in trucks at the International Border of East Khasi Hills, informed officials.
Two persons were rescued from the site of the building accident site in Punjab's Mohali where an under-construction building's roofing fell on Saturday, an official said.
He was rescued from Kishanpur Tiger Reserve, on 1 March 2009 and brought to the zoo over 13 years back after he became a threat to the human population around the Dudhwa National Park.
Around 400 vehicles were rescued safely from the south portal of Rohtang Tunnel, Manali which were stranded due to snowfall in Manali and Lahaul Spiti in Himachal Pradesh, according to SDM Surender Thakur on Thursday.
A police team of Borgang police outpost in Biswanath district of Assam set up a naka checking on Wednesday and intercepted a truck. On checking it, they found the cattle in it.
Amid the inclement weather, the Kashmir Police provided a helping hand to stranded tourists and rescued 52 tourists who were struck at Parihaas Doodhpathri in Budgam, the police said on Thursday.
"Due to the fire, the building was filled with smoke and the families on the first and Second floors were stuck there and were crying for help," a police official familiar with the matter said.
Police added that the fire spread to the entire ground floor housing three shops and due to this
The Christmas weekend also saw five other rescues across the coastal belt of Goa. Morjim, Vagator, and Mandrem accounted for most of the rescue incidents.
The United Nations on Friday urged South Asian countries to rescue around 190 desperate people, who are on the verge of perishing at sea, adrift somewhere between the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal.