The Congress registered a landslide victory in the Chhattisgarh polls, bringing an end to the 15-year rule of the Raman Singh-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government. It won 68 seats in the 90-member Assembly, while the BJP got only 15 seats. read more

From the National Disaster Response Fund, Rs 3,048.39 crore will be provided to Kerala, Rs 131.16 crore to Nagaland and Rs 539.52 crore to Andhra Pradesh, said a Home Ministry statement. read more

A disaster official in Khanh Hoa province says some 600 soldiers have been mobilised to search for the missing and evacuate people from high-risk areas. read more

The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was opened for one-way traffic Sunday, a day after being closed due to heavy snowfall and landslides. read more

Milind Kumar came to bat in the sixth over and was unbeaten at the end of the days play. read more

Authorities in Itanagar asked people not to venture into the Siang river flowing through Upper Siang district following a landslide in Tibet which could trigger possible floods in the state. read more

NDRF teams are being airlifted from Bhubaneshwar, Odisha to Pasighat on Saturday and will be positioned at Tuting, Pangin and Pasighat to take part in rescue and relief operations if needed. read more

The East Siang district authorities have issued a flash flood alert and cautioned people not to venture into Siang and peripheral areas to collect driftwood after an artificial lake was formed on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in China following a landsl... read more

Both North and West Sumatra provinces declared a weeklong emergency relief period as hundreds of terrified survivors fled their hillside homes to safer ground, fearing more of the mountainside would collapse under continuing rain. read more

Disaster also involved a river bursting its banks in the town of Bukalasi in the Bududa district, sending muddy water coursing through a market. read more

Satellite images have revealed the devastating scale of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The images, released by DigitalGlobe, show landmarks in the worst-hit city, Palu, all but obliterated.read more

Tourists airlifted from Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul Valley by the IAF on Friday were stranded for nearly a week in Chotta Dara near the Kunzum Pass area. read more

There was a landslide at Maroog in Banihal area of the district resulting in closure of the highway, traffic police officials said. read more

Early snowfall in the higher reaches, cloud burst and heavy rains devastated large parts of Himachal Pradesh from September 22 to 24. Kullu and Lahaul-Spiti were the worst affected. read more

Two men, two women and a child were killed after a temporary shelter collapsed due to a landslide in Gandoh area of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir. read more