Kohima, July 20 (IANS) The death toll in the flash floods and landslides triggered by incessant rainfall in Nagaland’s Mon district has risen to 10, even as search and rescue operations continued for the second day on Monday, officials said. Disaster management and security officials said that five bodies have so far been recovered, while efforts are underway to retrieve the remaining five bodies still believed to be buried under the debris. According to officials, three of the 10 victims are wo…
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Kohima, July 19 (IANS) At least eight people, including children, were killed after a massive landslide ripped through Defence Colony in Nagaland’s Mon district on Sunday, sweeping away several houses and triggering a large-scale multi-agency rescue operation, officials said. A senior Nagaland disaster management official said rescue personnel have so far recovered four bodies, while four more bodies remain buried under the debris. Rescue teams are continuing search and recovery operations ami…
Kohima, July 19 (IANS) At least one person was killed, and a child is feared trapped under the debris after a massive landslide ripped through Defence Colony in Nagaland’s Mon district on Sunday, sweeping away several houses and triggering a large-scale rescue operation, officials said.A Defence spokesman said that around 15 houses in the colony were severely affected by the landslide.Personnel of the Assam Rifles, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Nagaland Police, State Disaster Response…
Kohima, April 25 (IANS) Security forces have apprehended three cadres of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) [ULFA-I] during a counter-insurgency operation in Nagaland’s Mon district, officials said on Saturday.According to officials, the operation was launched on Friday based on specific intelligence inputs regarding the movement of ULFA-I cadres in the region.The cadres were reportedly active in the Phomching area and were attempting to move towards Shangnyu village when…