Yangon [Maynmar], August 24 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 11 people have been killed in a landslide in Myanmar's Mandalay region as seven more bodies were recovered on Tuesday evening, an official of a local rescue organization told Xinhua.
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for carrying out rescue operations from Afghanistan and said the government is in constant touch with the remaining people over there.
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], August 24 (ANI): A team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Monday rescued over 200 people after they got trapped in the Tamas area near Raini village in Chamoli district due to a landslide yesterday.
Manasbal Bandipora (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 23 (ANI): An event was held near Manasbal Lake on Monday to commemorate the day a group of 23 young Kashmiri boys was apprehended while attempting to cross the Line of Control (LOC) in Gurez sector on 23 August 1998.
Leh (Ladakh) [India], August 22 (ANI): The Indo-Tibetan Border Police along with Ladakh Police rescued 17 villagers on Sunday evening who went missing during the cloudburst in the Rumbok village area.
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 21 (ANI): With rain-triggered humidity increasing in the city, the Bear Rescue Facility at Sur Sarovar, Keetham of Uttar Pradesh's Agra has set up facilities for sloth bears to beat the heat.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 20 (ANI): Railway Protection Force (RPF) rescued 477 runaway children from railway platforms at stations on Central Railway across Maharashtra over the past seven months and reunited them with their parents.
Brussels [Belgium], August 20 (ANI): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has urged for the necessary evacuation of media workers at critical risk in Afghanistan and asked the international community to expedite all evacuation and rescue operations.
Kathmandu [Nepal], August 16 (ANI): Nepal has sought help from various countries and the United Nations for the rescue and safety of its nationals working at various diplomatic missions and international organisations as the crisis continues to unfold in the war-torn country.
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 16 (ANI): The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel celebrated Independence Day on Sunday even as rescue and relief operations continued in flood-hit Varanasi.
New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): A fire broke out at a hotel in Delhi's Dwarka on Sunday morning trapping several people inside. Two bodies have been retrieved from the hotel and fire fighting personnel are engaged in rescue operations, officials said.