Jaipur, April 19 (IANS) In a tragic accident near the Pushkar Valley in Rajasthan’s Ajmer, a passenger bus plunged nearly 200 feet into a gorge on Sunday, leaving two women dead and 31 others injured, officials said. The bus, carrying 33 passengers, was travelling from Ajmer to Pushkar.The passengers were reportedly travelling to Pisangaon to attend a ‘Mayra’ ceremony when the accident occurred, nearly three kilometre before Pushkar.Eyewitnesses and passersby played a crucial role in the rescue …
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Srinagar, April 14 (IANS) Reacting to the death of a person who jumped into the river after allegedly being chased by cow vigilantes in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday that he will not allow ‘jungle raj’ in the union territory.Speaking to reporters in Bijbehara town of Anantnag district about the Ramban incident, which happened on Sunday, CM Abdullah said he won’t allow jungle raj and that nobody would be allowed to disturb peace here.The chief…
Mathura, April 11 (IANS) After at least 10 people were killed and several were injured when a boat carrying devotees capsized in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district on Friday, a search operation is still underway to trace five people who are still missing, police said on Saturday.Addressing reporters, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Agra, Shailesh Kumar Pandey, said, “Since the incident, continuous search and rescue operations have been underway involving NDRF, SDRF, local police, fire …
Bhopal/Badnagar, April 10 (IANS) Rescue operations are going on to save a three-year-old boy, still trapped at approximately 70 ft depth in a borewell in Jhalariya village, about 75 km from Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain. The boy, named Bhagirath Dewasi, fell into a borewell on Thursday, around 7.30 – 8.00 p.m., while the family was grazing sheep in the field.According to family members, a sheep accidentally dislodged the stone covering the borewell. Curious Bhagirath, the youngest of three sons, appro…
Kotma, April 5 (IANS) The death toll from the tragic building collapse in Kotma town in Madhya Pradesh’s Anuppur district rose to three on Sunday after rescuers recovered the body of a third victim — a woman — from the debris. The body is yet to be identified. The incident occurred around 5.30-5.50 p.m. on Saturday when a four-storey lodge identified as Agarwal Lodge, approximately 10 years old, suddenly collapsed near the Kotma (approx. 600 km from Bhopal) bus stand.Eyewitnesses reported a lo…
Patna, March 28 (IANS) A tragic road accident in Bihar’s Madhepura claimed the lives of three young friends after their car fell into a river. The mishap has cast a pall of grief over the region.The incident occurred on Saturday morning near the Arar Bridge under the Arar police station limits, when the victims were returning from a Ram Navami fair in Gwalpara block.As their car approached the bridge around 1 A.M., the driver lost control, causing the vehicle to crash into a pole and plunge into…
Gandhinagar, March 6 (IANS) A national-level meeting on ‘Disaster Preparedness in Gujarat’ was held in Gandhinagar on Friday, bringing together officials from Central and state agencies to review preparedness against natural and man-made disasters.The aim is to strengthen coordination mechanisms aimed at reducing risks and improving emergency response.The meeting was organised at the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Gujarat Stat…
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) At least 17 persons were killed in a massive blast at an explosives factory in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district on Sunday, police said. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) expressed grief over the tragedy and announced financial assistance for the victims.In a post on X, the PMO said, “The explosion at a factory in Nagpur, Maharashtra, is deeply distressing. My condolences to the families of the deceased. I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured. The local adminis…
Haringhata (West Bengal), Feb 27 (IANS) The National Capacity Building Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) and Collapsed Structure Search and Rescue (CSSR) Competition 2026 concluded successfully on Friday. The competition was hosted by the 2nd Battalion NDRF at its campus in Haringhata, in the Nadia district of West Bengal. It brought together State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams from seven states in the eastern and northeastern region, including Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya, Sik…
Ahmedabad, Feb 25 (IANS) A full-scale mock exercise simulating an earthquake and its cascading impacts was conducted at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad on Wednesday to test emergency response systems and inter-agency coordination during natural disasters.The disaster management drill was organised by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in coordination with the Airports Authority of India (AAI), the Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority (GSDMA) and …