"Late night the SDRF team was informed by Thana Munikireti that due to the rise in the water level in the Rishikesh saline source area, people's houses have been flooded, in which the SDRF team is needed for the rescue of the trapped people," said officials.
Clashes broke out on Wednesday in South 24 Parganas after an attempt was made to kill the former head of the Basanti village panchayat and the husband of present panchayat head by slitting his throat, Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Dibakar Das said.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday said that the disaster control centre had examined the state's rain situation. The CM also advised Char Dham pilgrims to proceed ontheir journey after taking a weather update, said officials.
Union Minister for State Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Tuesday informed Lok Sabha that due to all-out efforts, the flood situation in Delhi was brought under control.
"Naxalite sensitive police stations Bajag, Samnapur and Karanjia will be included under it and the headquarters will be Bajag," Mishra told reporters here.
Uttarakhand police on Sunday informed that three people have died and the search operation for the missing persons is still underway after a landslide at Gaurikund.
According to officials, the SDRF team was informed late at night by the Disaster Control Room, Dehradun, that some houses in the Bhopalpani village between Thana and Soda-Sarauli were flooded due to heavy rains.
A day after the landslide incident in Gaurikund, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday said that a search operation to trace people who went missing following a landslide triggered by a flashflood in Gaurikund is underway.
Three people have died and seventeen are reportedly missing after a massive landslide occurred in the Rudraprayag district, officials said on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], August 4: Dasra, a strategic philanthropy organization, along with Observer Research Foundation launched a landmark report on the intersection of climate and the SDGs in India titled Our Uncommon Future: Intersectionality of Climate Change and SDGs in the Global South at t
Rudraprayag Superintendent of Police, Visakha told ANI that there are more than 10 people whose whereabouts are yet to be known. A search operation is underway to trace missing people.
With an aim to strengthen the skilling ecosystem and entrepreneurship development in the North Eastern Region (NER), the Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati on Tuesday in the presence of Dharmendr