Mangaluru, June 30 (IANS) In a swift maritime search and rescue operation, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship Sachet saved six lives after a fishing boat flooded in rough seas off Mangaluru, officials said on Tuesday.The ICG mentioned that the incident occurred on Monday, when the fishing boat IFB Manju Matha sustained hull damage and began to flood in rough seas. “Responding without delay, ICG immediately diverted a ship to render assistance, effecting a rendezvous with the distressed vessel wit…
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Jammu, June 24 (IANS) At least 23 pilgrims were injured on Wednesday in a road accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said here, adding that two of the injured sustained critical injuries.Officials said the pilgrims were injured after a minibus carrying devotees to the revered Sukrala Mata shrine near Billawar town of the district dropped into a gorge in the Simbli area when the driver lost control of the wheel.The officials said the minibus was on its way to the shrine whe…
Patna, June 4 (IANS) A major fire that broke out in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Prasad Hospital in the Brahmpura area of Muzaffarpur has left at least three people dead and triggered a large-scale rescue operation.More than 20 patients were evacuated from the smoke-filled building, while several injured patients were shifted to nearby hospitals for treatment.The incident created panic across the hospital premises as flames and thick smoke rapidly engulfed the ICU ward.According to eyewitnes…
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) A four-storey under-construction building collapsed in Saidullajab near the Saket Metro Station in the national capital on Saturday evening, leaving several people trapped under the debris and sparking a massive rescue operation. The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) received the first alert at 7.44 p.m. and immediately dispatched four fire tenders to the site on Western Marg.Rescue teams, including the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Delhi Police, civil defence units, …
Bhopal, May 26 (IANS) At least six labourers were killed after a portion of an under-construction well collapsed in Madhya Pradesh’s Panna district on Tuesday. The tragic incident occurred in Biharpurwa village under Ajaygarh police station limits, prompting a massive rescue operation by the administration and local authorities.According to preliminary information, the labourers were engaged in digging and construction work inside the private well when a large section of loose soil suddenly ca…
Shivpuri, May 25 (IANS) A leopard that strayed out of Kuno National Park (KNP) fell into a well while chasing a calf in Shivpuri district and injured two villagers during a rescue operation, an official said on Monday. According to information, the incident occurred in Bhilaudi village, located close to the national park’s boundary.The leopard entered the residential area from the forest on Sunday morning and spotted a calf grazing near agricultural fields.As the leopard chased the calf, the f…
Chamarajanagar (Karnataka), April 23 (IANS) In a tragic incident, a wild elephant that had got stuck in slush after coming to drink water near the Uduthorehalla reservoir in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district in Karnataka, died three days later, on Thursday.According to forest officials, the elephant had entered the Uduthorehalla reservoir in an attempt to drink water and escape the intense heat, but got trapped in the mud. A rescue operation was carried out by forest personnel, who managed …
Jammu, April 20 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed, and several others were injured in a road accident on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district.Union Minister of State (MoS) PMO and Lok Sabha member from Kathua-Udhampur seat, Dr Jitendra Singh, said on X, “Just now spoke to DC Udhampur, Sh Minga Sherpa after learning about a tragic road accident, less than an hour ago, at village Kanote, involving a public transport bus on way from Ramnagar to Udhampur.”He said the rescue operat…
Ujjain/Badnagar, April 10 (IANS) In a heartbreaking conclusion to a massive rescue operation that lasted nearly 22 hours, three‑year‑old Bhagirath Dewasi died after falling into an uncovered borehole in Jhalariya village under Badnagar tehsil, approximately 75 km from Ujjain city. The toddler, the youngest of three sons of shepherd Praveen Dewasi from Gudanla village in Pali district, Rajasthan, slipped into the borewell on Thursday evening around 7:30-8:00 pm. “The boy is dead,” s…
Dhaka, March 26 (IANS) At least eighteen bodies were retrieved after a bus carrying dozens of passengers plunged into the Padma River from a pontoon at a terminal in Bangladesh’s Rajbari district, some 125 km south of Dhaka. The accident occurred at around 5:15 p.m. local time on Wednesday when the Dhaka-bound passenger bus lost control, overturned, and sank to an estimated depth of 80 feet, according to the Fire Service.Sultana Akhtar, Rajbari’s deputy commissioner and district magistrate, told…